Linux 4.15 Testing x86 PTI Tests for a future article on Phoronix. i7 8700K: Pre: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-041500rc5-generic (x86_64) 20171224, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.4.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 i7 8700K: Post: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20171231, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.4.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 i7 6800K: Pre: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NV120 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.15.0-041500rc5-generic (x86_64) 20171224, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 i7 6800K: Post: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NV120 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.15.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20171231, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 E3-1280 v5: Pre: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.15.0-041500rc5-generic (x86_64) 20171224, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2 (LLVM 5.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 E3-1280 v5: Post: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 470/480 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.15.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20171231, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2 (LLVM 5.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .... 67.99 |================================================ i7 8700K: Post ... 74.41 |===================================================== i7 6800K: Pre .... 40.54 |============================= i7 6800K: Post ... 41.66 |============================== E3-1280 v5: Pre .. 63.90 |============================================== E3-1280 v5: Post . 69.43 |================================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .... 116.10 |==================================================== i7 8700K: Post ... 65.40 |============================= i7 6800K: Pre .... 58.90 |========================== i7 6800K: Post ... 53.48 |======================== E3-1280 v5: Pre .. 99.67 |============================================= E3-1280 v5: Post . 99.02 |============================================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .... 293.60 |==================================================== i7 8700K: Post ... 135.20 |======================== i7 6800K: Pre .... 51.87 |========= i7 6800K: Post ... 50.67 |========= E3-1280 v5: Pre .. 152.93 |=========================== E3-1280 v5: Post . 152.13 |=========================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .... 116.27 |==================================================== i7 8700K: Post ... 71.77 |================================ i7 6800K: Pre .... 42.95 |=================== i7 6800K: Post ... 43.03 |=================== E3-1280 v5: Pre .. 92.67 |========================================= E3-1280 v5: Post . 93.13 |========================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .... 1637.52 |=================================================== i7 8700K: Post ... 994.87 |=============================== i7 6800K: Pre .... 708.58 |====================== i7 6800K: Post ... 696.39 |====================== E3-1280 v5: Pre .. 1626.89 |=================================================== E3-1280 v5: Post . 1631.14 |=================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .... 656.20 |==================================================== i7 8700K: Post ... 558.77 |============================================ i7 6800K: Pre .... 468.23 |===================================== i7 6800K: Post ... 398.81 |================================ E3-1280 v5: Pre .. 604.43 |================================================ E3-1280 v5: Post . 591.38 |=============================================== x264 2017-09-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .... 305.55 |==================================================== i7 8700K: Post ... 303.70 |==================================================== i7 6800K: Pre .... 242.61 |========================================= i7 6800K: Post ... 243.23 |========================================= E3-1280 v5: Pre .. 183.50 |=============================== E3-1280 v5: Post . 184.38 |=============================== ebizzy 0.3 Records/s > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .... 396530 |=================================================== i7 8700K: Post ... 401645 |==================================================== i7 6800K: Pre .... 199634 |========================== i7 6800K: Post ... 197273 |========================== E3-1280 v5: Pre .. 237038 |=============================== E3-1280 v5: Post . 234040 |============================== FFmpeg 3.3.3 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .... 4.19 |===================================== i7 8700K: Post ... 4.17 |===================================== i7 6800K: Pre .... 6.04 |===================================================== i7 6800K: Post ... 6.11 |====================================================== E3-1280 v5: Pre .. 6.14 |====================================================== E3-1280 v5: Post . 6.15 |====================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .... 2243.46 |=============================== i7 8700K: Post ... 1949.49 |=========================== i7 6800K: Pre .... 3655.01 |=================================================== i7 6800K: Post ... 2949.57 |========================================= E3-1280 v5: Pre .. 3285.12 |============================================== E3-1280 v5: Post . 3167.10 |============================================ Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .... 3141409.42 |============================================= i7 8700K: Post ... 2958700.33 |=========================================== i7 6800K: Pre .... 2648650.75 |====================================== i7 6800K: Post ... 2459189.08 |=================================== E3-1280 v5: Pre .. 2973663.83 |=========================================== E3-1280 v5: Post . 3330057.92 |================================================ Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .... 2192989.50 |=============================================== i7 8700K: Post ... 2216207.08 |================================================ i7 6800K: Pre .... 1968968.17 |========================================== i7 6800K: Post ... 1926070.42 |========================================= E3-1280 v5: Pre .. 2232438.29 |================================================ E3-1280 v5: Post . 2224133.40 |================================================ Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .... 49245.29 |================================================== i7 8700K: Post ... 49516.92 |================================================== i7 6800K: Pre .... 32675.40 |================================= i7 6800K: Post ... 36243.13 |===================================== E3-1280 v5: Pre .. 41684.96 |========================================== E3-1280 v5: Post . 42677.59 |=========================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Crypto Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .... 1479.12 |=================================================== i7 8700K: Post ... 1486.27 |=================================================== i7 6800K: Pre .... 1197.27 |========================================= i7 6800K: Post ... 1195.17 |========================================= E3-1280 v5: Pre .. 830.01 |============================ E3-1280 v5: Post . 829.30 |============================ Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Forking Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .... 71213.27 |================================================== i7 8700K: Post ... 70875.02 |================================================== i7 6800K: Pre .... 65249.95 |============================================== i7 6800K: Post ... 66028.68 |============================================== E3-1280 v5: Pre .. 59937.30 |========================================== E3-1280 v5: Post . 58708.73 |========================================= Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Socket Activity Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better i7 8700K: Pre .... 9951.75 |=================================================== i7 8700K: Post ... 8604.22 |============================================ i7 6800K: Pre .... 5828.56 |============================== i7 6800K: Post ... 5742.01 |============================= E3-1280 v5: Pre .. 5486.25 |============================ E3-1280 v5: Post . 5160.32 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