core latency broadwell Intel Core i7-4960X testing with a MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS) and AMD FirePro V4800 1GB on Ubuntu 18.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-4960X: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 4.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: VisionTek 240GB, Graphics: AMD FirePro V4800 1GB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.2.8 (LLVM 7.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core-Latency Average Latency Between CPU Cores ns < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4960X . 88.11 |==================================================