Threadripper vs. Intel - Linux 4.4 To 4.16 Tests AMD and Intel Linux 4.16 kernel benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. 1950X: Linux 4.8: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (F3g BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-040800-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 1950X: Linux 4.9: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (F3g BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-040900-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 1950X: Linux 4.10: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (F3g BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-041000-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 1950X: Linux 4.11: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (F3g BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.11.0-041100-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 1950X: Linux 4.12: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (F3g BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-041200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 1950X: Linux 4.13: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (F3g BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-041300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 1950X: Linux 4.14: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (F3g BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.14.0-041400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 1950X: Linux 4.15: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (F3g BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-041500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 1950X: Linux 4.16: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (F3g BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.16.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180325, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i7-5960X: Linux 4.8: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-040800-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i7-5960X: Linux 4.9: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-040900-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i7-5960X: Linux 4.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-041000-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i7-5960X: Linux 4.11: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.11.0-041100-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i7-5960X: Linux 4.12: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-041200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i7-5960X: Linux 4.13: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-041300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i7-5960X: Linux 4.14: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.14.0-041400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i7-5960X: Linux 4.15: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-041500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.4.0-devel (LLVM 5.0.1), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i7-5960X: Linux 4.16: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.16.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180323, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.4.0-devel (LLVM 5.0.1), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i7-990X: Linux 4.8: Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-040800-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i7-990X: Linux 4.9: Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-040900-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i7-990X: Linux 4.10: Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-041000-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i7-990X: Linux 4.11: Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.11.0-041100-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i7-990X: Linux 4.12: Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-041200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i7-990X: Linux 4.13: Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-041300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i7-990X: Linux 4.14: Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.14.0-041400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i7-990X: Linux 4.15: Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-041500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.2.4 (LLVM 5.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i7-990X: Linux 4.16: Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.16.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180323, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.2.4 (LLVM 5.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better 1950X: Linux 4.8 ..... 998.26 |======================================== 1950X: Linux 4.9 ..... 1078.64 |=========================================== 1950X: Linux 4.10 .... 1091.99 |============================================ 1950X: Linux 4.11 .... 1031.34 |========================================= 1950X: Linux 4.12 .... 1063.61 |=========================================== 1950X: Linux 4.13 .... 1110.51 |============================================= 1950X: Linux 4.14 .... 993.94 |======================================== 1950X: Linux 4.15 .... 1045.42 |========================================== 1950X: Linux 4.16 .... 1170.47 |=============================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.8 .. 902.01 |==================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.9 .. 902.58 |==================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.10 . 898.29 |==================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.11 . 893.34 |==================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.12 . 989.33 |======================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.13 . 1004.13 |======================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.14 . 981.20 |======================================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.15 . 947.36 |====================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.16 . 939.51 |====================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.8 ... 495.98 |==================== i7-990X: Linux 4.9 ... 487.06 |==================== i7-990X: Linux 4.10 .. 487.84 |==================== i7-990X: Linux 4.11 .. 485.67 |==================== i7-990X: Linux 4.12 .. 505.17 |==================== i7-990X: Linux 4.13 .. 500.72 |==================== i7-990X: Linux 4.14 .. 506.74 |==================== i7-990X: Linux 4.15 .. 485.00 |=================== i7-990X: Linux 4.16 .. 486.06 |==================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better 1950X: Linux 4.8 ..... 506.30 |================================================ 1950X: Linux 4.9 ..... 500.11 |=============================================== 1950X: Linux 4.10 .... 497.40 |=============================================== 1950X: Linux 4.11 .... 477.07 |============================================= 1950X: Linux 4.12 .... 494.85 |=============================================== 1950X: Linux 4.13 .... 502.59 |================================================ 1950X: Linux 4.14 .... 507.80 |================================================ 1950X: Linux 4.15 .... 484.84 |============================================== 1950X: Linux 4.16 .... 489.73 |============================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.8 .. 446.79 |========================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.9 .. 383.10 |==================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.10 . 414.98 |======================================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.11 . 398.77 |====================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.12 . 431.30 |========================================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.13 . 439.60 |========================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.14 . 411.84 |======================================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.15 . 385.69 |==================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.16 . 395.21 |===================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.8 ... 233.69 |====================== i7-990X: Linux 4.9 ... 218.91 |===================== i7-990X: Linux 4.10 .. 231.28 |====================== i7-990X: Linux 4.11 .. 230.77 |====================== i7-990X: Linux 4.12 .. 221.69 |===================== i7-990X: Linux 4.13 .. 234.14 |====================== i7-990X: Linux 4.14 .. 231.98 |====================== i7-990X: Linux 4.15 .. 219.72 |===================== i7-990X: Linux 4.16 .. 224.75 |===================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better 1950X: Linux 4.8 ..... 6697 |================================================= 1950X: Linux 4.9 ..... 6672 |================================================ 1950X: Linux 4.10 .... 6881 |================================================== 1950X: Linux 4.11 .... 6637 |================================================ 1950X: Linux 4.12 .... 6881 |================================================== 1950X: Linux 4.13 .... 6881 |================================================== 1950X: Linux 4.14 .... 6819 |================================================== 1950X: Linux 4.15 .... 6756 |================================================= 1950X: Linux 4.16 .... 6697 |================================================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.8 .. 6097 |============================================ i7-5960X: Linux 4.9 .. 5952 |=========================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.10 . 5862 |=========================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.11 . 5859 |=========================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.12 . 6151 |============================================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.13 . 6250 |============================================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.14 . 6303 |============================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.15 . 5282 |====================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.16 . 5176 |====================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.8 ... 4630 |================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.9 ... 4438 |================================ i7-990X: Linux 4.10 .. 4411 |================================ i7-990X: Linux 4.11 .. 4411 |================================ i7-990X: Linux 4.12 .. 4545 |================================= i7-990X: Linux 4.13 .. 4519 |================================= i7-990X: Linux 4.14 .. 4545 |================================= i7-990X: Linux 4.15 .. 3907 |============================ i7-990X: Linux 4.16 .. 3846 |============================ Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Kernel ms < Lower Is Better 1950X: Linux 4.8 ..... 5140 |============================================== 1950X: Linux 4.9 ..... 5060 |============================================== 1950X: Linux 4.10 .... 5090 |============================================== 1950X: Linux 4.11 .... 5040 |============================================= 1950X: Linux 4.12 .... 5030 |============================================= 1950X: Linux 4.13 .... 4950 |============================================= 1950X: Linux 4.14 .... 3720 |================================== 1950X: Linux 4.15 .... 3710 |================================= 1950X: Linux 4.16 .... 3770 |================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.8 .. 3370 |============================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.9 .. 3350 |============================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.10 . 3450 |=============================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.11 . 3410 |=============================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.12 . 3440 |=============================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.13 . 3420 |=============================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.14 . 2310 |===================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.15 . 2380 |===================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.16 . 2360 |===================== i7-990X: Linux 4.8 ... 5040 |============================================= i7-990X: Linux 4.9 ... 5550 |================================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.10 .. 5530 |================================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.11 .. 5530 |================================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.12 .. 5540 |================================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.13 .. 5520 |================================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.14 .. 4760 |=========================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.15 .. 3530 |================================ i7-990X: Linux 4.16 .. 3500 |================================ GIMP 2.8.20 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better 1950X: Linux 4.8 ..... 3.30 |================================= 1950X: Linux 4.9 ..... 3.29 |================================= 1950X: Linux 4.10 .... 3.28 |================================= 1950X: Linux 4.11 .... 3.30 |================================= 1950X: Linux 4.12 .... 3.30 |================================= 1950X: Linux 4.13 .... 3.43 |================================== 1950X: Linux 4.14 .... 3.52 |=================================== 1950X: Linux 4.15 .... 3.34 |================================= 1950X: Linux 4.16 .... 3.31 |================================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.8 .. 4.65 |=============================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.9 .. 4.78 |================================================ i7-5960X: Linux 4.10 . 4.93 |================================================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.11 . 5.00 |================================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.12 . 4.16 |========================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.13 . 4.10 |========================================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.14 . 4.09 |========================================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.15 . 4.60 |============================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.16 . 4.64 |============================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.8 ... 4.49 |============================================= i7-990X: Linux 4.9 ... 4.49 |============================================= i7-990X: Linux 4.10 .. 4.49 |============================================= i7-990X: Linux 4.11 .. 4.48 |============================================= i7-990X: Linux 4.12 .. 4.46 |============================================= i7-990X: Linux 4.13 .. 4.43 |============================================ i7-990X: Linux 4.14 .. 4.45 |============================================= i7-990X: Linux 4.15 .. 4.92 |================================================= i7-990X: Linux 4.16 .. 4.93 |================================================= GIMP 2.8.20 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better 1950X: Linux 4.8 ..... 5.64 |================================ 1950X: Linux 4.9 ..... 5.70 |================================= 1950X: Linux 4.10 .... 5.72 |================================= 1950X: Linux 4.11 .... 5.76 |================================= 1950X: Linux 4.12 .... 5.77 |================================= 1950X: Linux 4.13 .... 5.81 |================================= 1950X: Linux 4.14 .... 5.69 |================================= 1950X: Linux 4.15 .... 5.87 |================================== 1950X: Linux 4.16 .... 5.81 |================================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.8 .. 7.84 |============================================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.9 .. 8.11 |=============================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.10 . 8.29 |================================================ i7-5960X: Linux 4.11 . 8.30 |================================================ i7-5960X: Linux 4.12 . 7.24 |========================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.13 . 7.26 |========================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.14 . 7.33 |========================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.15 . 7.89 |============================================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.16 . 7.99 |============================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.8 ... 8.11 |=============================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.9 ... 8.04 |============================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.10 .. 8.03 |============================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.11 .. 8.17 |=============================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.12 .. 8.01 |============================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.13 .. 8.02 |============================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.14 .. 8.12 |=============================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.15 .. 8.70 |================================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.16 .. 8.68 |================================================== GIMP 2.8.20 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better 1950X: Linux 4.8 ..... 12.26 |==================================== 1950X: Linux 4.9 ..... 12.36 |==================================== 1950X: Linux 4.10 .... 12.33 |==================================== 1950X: Linux 4.11 .... 12.46 |===================================== 1950X: Linux 4.12 .... 12.70 |===================================== 1950X: Linux 4.13 .... 12.24 |==================================== 1950X: Linux 4.14 .... 12.55 |===================================== 1950X: Linux 4.15 .... 12.49 |===================================== 1950X: Linux 4.16 .... 12.56 |===================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.8 .. 15.44 |============================================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.9 .. 15.58 |============================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.10 . 15.68 |============================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.11 . 15.39 |============================================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.12 . 15.13 |============================================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.13 . 14.67 |=========================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.14 . 14.52 |=========================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.15 . 16.64 |================================================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.16 . 16.55 |================================================= i7-990X: Linux 4.8 ... 14.59 |=========================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.9 ... 14.68 |=========================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.10 .. 14.68 |=========================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.11 .. 14.55 |=========================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.12 .. 14.42 |========================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.13 .. 14.32 |========================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.14 .. 14.51 |=========================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.15 .. 15.68 |============================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.16 .. 15.62 |============================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Semaphores Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 1950X: Linux 4.8 ..... 2665202.80 |================== 1950X: Linux 4.9 ..... 2697941.36 |================== 1950X: Linux 4.10 .... 2710166.51 |================== 1950X: Linux 4.11 .... 2706920.53 |================== 1950X: Linux 4.12 .... 2663334.86 |================== 1950X: Linux 4.13 .... 2707373.07 |================== 1950X: Linux 4.14 .... 2605704.86 |================= 1950X: Linux 4.15 .... 2663116.93 |================== 1950X: Linux 4.16 .... 2823398.61 |=================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.8 .. 3583683.43 |======================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.9 .. 3582489.82 |======================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.10 . 3588522.82 |======================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.11 . 3552592.70 |======================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.12 . 3586579.53 |======================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.13 . 3378455.31 |====================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.14 . 3464922.46 |======================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.15 . 3528441.40 |======================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.16 . 3545624.06 |======================= i7-990X: Linux 4.8 ... 5740062.83 |====================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.9 ... 5784725.25 |====================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.10 .. 5775182.85 |====================================== i7-990X: Linux 4.11 .. 5833609.93 |======================================= i7-990X: Linux 4.12 .. 5943297.53 |======================================= i7-990X: Linux 4.13 .. 6122565.03 |========================================= i7-990X: Linux 4.14 .. 5903183.83 |======================================= i7-990X: Linux 4.15 .. 6645954.36 |============================================ i7-990X: Linux 4.16 .. 6523101.63 |=========================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Socket Activity Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 1950X: Linux 4.8 ..... 12845.96 |============================================== 1950X: Linux 4.9 ..... 12621.72 |============================================= 1950X: Linux 4.10 .... 12653.94 |============================================= 1950X: Linux 4.11 .... 12304.58 |============================================ 1950X: Linux 4.12 .... 12247.23 |============================================ 1950X: Linux 4.13 .... 12424.99 |============================================ 1950X: Linux 4.14 .... 10981.17 |======================================= 1950X: Linux 4.15 .... 10478.59 |====================================== 1950X: Linux 4.16 .... 10191.81 |==================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.8 .. 7468.25 |=========================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.9 .. 7533.33 |=========================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.10 . 7390.35 |========================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.11 . 7146.76 |========================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.12 . 6928.98 |========================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.13 . 7049.65 |========================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.14 . 7411.48 |=========================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.15 . 5409.85 |=================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.16 . 5620.38 |==================== i7-990X: Linux 4.8 ... 2626.03 |========= i7-990X: Linux 4.9 ... 2614.24 |========= i7-990X: Linux 4.10 .. 2599.22 |========= i7-990X: Linux 4.11 .. 2585.71 |========= i7-990X: Linux 4.12 .. 2564.91 |========= i7-990X: Linux 4.13 .. 2545.15 |========= i7-990X: Linux 4.14 .. 3399.09 |============ i7-990X: Linux 4.15 .. 3181.90 |=========== i7-990X: Linux 4.16 .. 3072.65 |=========== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Context Switching Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 1950X: Linux 4.8 ..... 8678407.92 |========================================= 1950X: Linux 4.9 ..... 8263334.03 |======================================= 1950X: Linux 4.10 .... 9013564.01 |=========================================== 1950X: Linux 4.11 .... 6851311.90 |================================ 1950X: Linux 4.12 .... 6537134.27 |=============================== 1950X: Linux 4.13 .... 8330947.76 |======================================= 1950X: Linux 4.14 .... 8716116.59 |========================================= 1950X: Linux 4.15 .... 9291563.31 |============================================ 1950X: Linux 4.16 .... 8426926.47 |======================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.8 .. 4580494.10 |====================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.9 .. 5377382.20 |========================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.10 . 4816955.90 |======================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.11 . 4977441.19 |======================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.12 . 5148549.00 |======================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.13 . 4462638.99 |===================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.14 . 4594141.51 |====================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.15 . 4043489.51 |=================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.16 . 4320333.57 |==================== i7-990X: Linux 4.8 ... 2833970.44 |============= i7-990X: Linux 4.9 ... 2929307.13 |============== i7-990X: Linux 4.10 .. 3147294.62 |=============== i7-990X: Linux 4.11 .. 2468793.95 |============ i7-990X: Linux 4.12 .. 2433580.54 |============ i7-990X: Linux 4.13 .. 2643182.99 |============= i7-990X: Linux 4.14 .. 2702798.29 |============= i7-990X: Linux 4.15 .. 2092249.73 |========== i7-990X: Linux 4.16 .. 2170065.00 |========== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: System V Message Passing Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 1950X: Linux 4.8 ..... 17031498.86 |=========================================== 1950X: Linux 4.9 ..... 11062287.72 |============================ 1950X: Linux 4.10 .... 17186500.44 |=========================================== 1950X: Linux 4.11 .... 10373718.73 |========================== 1950X: Linux 4.12 .... 10912258.59 |=========================== 1950X: Linux 4.13 .... 11988836.69 |============================== 1950X: Linux 4.14 .... 16473905.63 |========================================= 1950X: Linux 4.15 .... 12007362.84 |============================== 1950X: Linux 4.16 .... 15650119.70 |======================================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.8 .. 11242645.66 |============================ i7-5960X: Linux 4.9 .. 9985870.32 |========================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.10 . 10306538.18 |========================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.11 . 9055288.96 |======================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.12 . 7358171.92 |================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.13 . 8839102.55 |====================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.14 . 10385311.03 |========================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.15 . 8955743.74 |====================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.16 . 10281201.14 |========================== i7-990X: Linux 4.8 ... 10350737.85 |========================== i7-990X: Linux 4.9 ... 9153489.32 |======================= i7-990X: Linux 4.10 .. 9402415.36 |======================== i7-990X: Linux 4.11 .. 10560360.01 |========================== i7-990X: Linux 4.12 .. 10647414.78 |=========================== i7-990X: Linux 4.13 .. 10463217.24 |========================== i7-990X: Linux 4.14 .. 12117069.51 |============================== i7-990X: Linux 4.15 .. 8852936.14 |====================== i7-990X: Linux 4.16 .. 9053861.55 |======================= NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 1950X: Linux 4.8 ..... 41668.84 |============================================== 1950X: Linux 4.9 ..... 35351.84 |======================================= 1950X: Linux 4.10 .... 34371.68 |====================================== 1950X: Linux 4.11 .... 34067.32 |====================================== 1950X: Linux 4.12 .... 36064.93 |======================================== 1950X: Linux 4.13 .... 33889.12 |===================================== 1950X: Linux 4.14 .... 35454.34 |======================================= 1950X: Linux 4.15 .... 31993.17 |=================================== 1950X: Linux 4.16 .... 32534.18 |==================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.8 .. 35437.35 |======================================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.9 .. 30390.29 |================================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.10 . 29100.08 |================================ i7-5960X: Linux 4.11 . 28547.25 |================================ i7-5960X: Linux 4.12 . 37358.42 |========================================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.13 . 37228.10 |========================================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.14 . 35240.14 |======================================= i7-5960X: Linux 4.15 . 27684.99 |=============================== i7-5960X: Linux 4.16 . 27372.87 |============================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 1950X: Linux 4.8 .. 30553.93 |================================================= 1950X: Linux 4.9 .. 28934.82 |============================================== 1950X: Linux 4.10 . 28757.21 |============================================== 1950X: Linux 4.11 . 28428.17 |============================================== 1950X: Linux 4.12 . 28304.49 |============================================= 1950X: Linux 4.13 . 28372.48 |============================================== 1950X: Linux 4.14 . 28750.58 |============================================== 1950X: Linux 4.15 . 25915.88 |========================================== 1950X: Linux 4.16 . 25282.97 |=========================================