New Tests Pre 7.8
Intel Core i9-7980XE testing with a ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS) and NV117 1024MB on Ubuntu 18.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Core i9 7980XE: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: NV117 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180204, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.3.3, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


Unpacking The Linux Kernel
linux-4.15.tar.xz
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 5.68 |========================================================


Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2
Primate Phylogeny Analysis
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 103.59 |======================================================


BLAKE2 20170307

Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 4.32 |========================================================


Botan 2.4.0
Test: KASUMI  - Encrypt
MiB/s > Higher Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 90.11 |=======================================================


Botan 2.4.0
Test: KASUMI  - Decrypt
MiB/s > Higher Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 86.88 |=======================================================


Botan 2.4.0
Test: AES-256  - Encrypt
MiB/s > Higher Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 3812.44 |=====================================================


Botan 2.4.0
Test: AES-256  - Decrypt
MiB/s > Higher Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 3828.47 |=====================================================


Botan 2.4.0
Test: Twofish  - Encrypt
MiB/s > Higher Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 353.12 |======================================================


Botan 2.4.0
Test: Twofish  - Decrypt
MiB/s > Higher Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 347.27 |======================================================


Botan 2.4.0
Test: Blowfish  - Encrypt
MiB/s > Higher Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 275.96 |======================================================


Botan 2.4.0
Test: Blowfish  - Decrypt
MiB/s > Higher Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 277.47 |======================================================


Botan 2.4.0
Test: CAST-256  - Encrypt
MiB/s > Higher Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 135.56 |======================================================


Botan 2.4.0
Test: CAST-256  - Decrypt
MiB/s > Higher Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 135.58 |======================================================


Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 28.91 |=======================================================


VP9 libvpx Encoding 1.7.0
vpxenc
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 1.16 |========================================================


x264 2018-02-05
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 125.13 |======================================================


POV-Ray 3.7.0.7
Trace Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 32.80 |=======================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 29.76 |=======================================================


eSpeak Speech Engine 1.48.04
Text-To-Speech Synthesis
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 29.47 |=======================================================


FFmpeg 3.4.1
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 13.66 |=======================================================


GnuPG 1.4.22
2GB File Encryption
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 10.60 |=======================================================


Mencoder 1.3.0
AVI To LAVC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 19.58 |=======================================================


OpenSSL 1.1.0f
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 4649.03 |=====================================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.29
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 31882.95 |====================================================


Sunflow Rendering System 0.07.2
Global Illumination + Image Synthesis
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 0.95 |========================================================


Schbench
Message Threads: 2 - Workers Per Message Thread: 2
usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 112 |=========================================================


Schbench
Message Threads: 2 - Workers Per Message Thread: 4
usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 123 |=========================================================


Schbench
Message Threads: 2 - Workers Per Message Thread: 6
usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 122 |=========================================================


Schbench
Message Threads: 4 - Workers Per Message Thread: 2
usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 117 |=========================================================


Schbench
Message Threads: 4 - Workers Per Message Thread: 4
usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 120 |=========================================================


Schbench
Message Threads: 4 - Workers Per Message Thread: 6
usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 123 |=========================================================


Schbench
Message Threads: 6 - Workers Per Message Thread: 2
usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 114 |=========================================================


Schbench
Message Threads: 6 - Workers Per Message Thread: 4
usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 118 |=========================================================


Schbench
Message Threads: 6 - Workers Per Message Thread: 6
usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 5797 |========================================================


Crafty 25.2
Elapsed Time
Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 7868514 |=====================================================


Ogg Encoding 1.3.3
WAV To Ogg
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i9 7980XE . 6.16 |========================================================