Ray Tracing, Chess Benchmarks CXL 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 testing with a GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS) and ASPEED Family on Ubuntu 18.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 12 x 32 GB DDR4-2933MT/s HMA84GR7CJR4N-WM, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 asmFish 2018-07-23 1024 Hash Memory, 26 Depth Nodes/second > Higher Is Better 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 . 134658370 |===================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 . 16.32 |========================================= Crafty 25.2 Elapsed Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 . 7972706 |======================================= POV-Ray 3.7.0.7 Trace Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 . 15.38 |========================================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 128 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 . 3.50 |========================================== Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 . 127247804 |===================================== Tachyon 0.98.9 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 . 1.40 |========================================== TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 . 1271426 |=======================================