Ubuntu 18.04 + Core i7 8700K Hyper Threading Intel Core i7-8700K Hyper Threading benchmarks on Ubuntu Linux. HT Enabled: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0805 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 118GB INTEL SSDPEK1W120GA, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.1 (git-85d02bcf76) (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 HT Disabled: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0805 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 118GB INTEL SSDPEK1W120GA, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.1 (git-85d02bcf76) (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Blender 2.79a Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better HT Enabled .. 1286.42 |======================================= HT Disabled . 1843.52 |======================================================== VP9 libvpx Encoding 1.7.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HT Enabled .. 17.38 |========================================================= HT Disabled . 17.82 |========================================================== m-queens 1.1 Time To Solve Seconds < Lower Is Better HT Enabled .. 115.00 |============================================= HT Disabled . 144.26 |========================================================= asmFish 2017-09-19 1024 Hash Memory, 26 Depth Nodes/second > Higher Is Better HT Enabled .. 23363946 |======================================================= HT Disabled . 17697094 |========================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better HT Enabled .. 77.24 |=============================================== HT Disabled . 94.81 |========================================================== Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better HT Enabled .. 19310386 |======================================================= HT Disabled . 15050203 |=========================================== POV-Ray 3.7.0.7 Trace Time Seconds < Lower Is Better HT Enabled .. 60.93 |============================================== HT Disabled . 77.34 |========================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.28 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better HT Enabled .. 190 |============================================================ HT Disabled . 189 |============================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.28 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better HT Enabled .. 207 |============================================================ HT Disabled . 205 |=========================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.28 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better HT Enabled .. 259 |============================================================ HT Disabled . 257 |============================================================ Timed PHP Compilation 7.1.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better HT Enabled .. 52.37 |================================================ HT Disabled . 62.78 |========================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better HT Enabled .. 45 |================================================ HT Disabled . 57 |============================================================= Primesieve 6.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better HT Enabled .. 36.22 |========================================================= HT Disabled . 37.04 |========================================================== Cryptsetup PBKDF2-whirlpool Iterations Per Second > Higher Is Better HT Enabled .. 1034197 |======================================================== HT Disabled . 1041632 |======================================================== Cryptsetup 2.0.2 PBKDF2-sha512 Iterations Per Second > Higher Is Better HT Enabled .. 1785541 |======================================================== HT Disabled . 1799102 |======================================================== 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better HT Enabled .. 39467 |========================================================== HT Disabled . 30392 |============================================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better HT Enabled .. 29.37 |====================================================== HT Disabled . 31.64 |========================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better HT Enabled .. 21.92 |===================================================== HT Disabled . 24.06 |========================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better HT Enabled .. 19.98 |================================================== HT Disabled . 23.11 |========================================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better HT Enabled .. 393.88 |========================================================= HT Disabled . 300.95 |============================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better HT Enabled .. 12.78 |====================================================== HT Disabled . 13.77 |========================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better HT Enabled .. 8.03 |=========================================================== HT Disabled . 8.00 |=========================================================== GIMP 2.8.22 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better HT Enabled .. 9.23 |=========================================================== HT Disabled . 9.12 |========================================================== x264 2018-02-05 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HT Enabled .. 72.46 |========================================================== HT Disabled . 61.72 |================================================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better HT Enabled .. 7.14 |================================================== HT Disabled . 8.39 |=========================================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better HT Enabled .. 5.22 |====================================================== HT Disabled . 5.72 |=========================================================== GIMP 2.8.22 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better HT Enabled .. 4.88 |=========================================================== HT Disabled . 4.77 |========================================================== FFmpeg 3.4.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better HT Enabled .. 4.34 |========================================================== HT Disabled . 4.38 |=========================================================== GIMP 2.8.22 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better HT Enabled .. 2.60 |=========================================================== HT Disabled . 2.56 |==========================================================