Ice Lake Microcode Update Intel Core i7-1065G7 May 2020 microcode update. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article. 0x46: Processor: Intel Core i7-1065G7 @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 06CDVY (1.0.9 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 34ef, Memory: 16GB, Disk: KBG40ZPZ512G NVMe TOSHIBA 512GB, Graphics: Intel Iris Plus G7 3GB (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC289, Network: Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.8, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.4, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 0x78: Processor: Intel Core i7-1065G7 @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 06CDVY (1.0.9 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 34ef, Memory: 16GB, Disk: KBG40ZPZ512G NVMe TOSHIBA 512GB, Graphics: Intel Iris Plus G7 3GB (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC289, Network: Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.8, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.4, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 LeelaChessZero 0.25 Backend: Eigen Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better 0x46 . 162 |=================================================================== 0x78 . 159 |================================================================== Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better 0x46 . 16802 |=============================================================== 0x78 . 17213 |================================================================= Go Benchmarks Test: build Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better 0x46 . 21753979669 |========================================================== 0x78 . 22165651022 |=========================================================== Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better 0x46 . 6166765 |============================================================== 0x78 . 6230924 |=============================================================== Java Gradle Build Gradle Build: Reactor Seconds < Lower Is Better 0x46 . 395.97 |=============================================================== 0x78 . 400.48 |================================================================ DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: H2 msec < Lower Is Better 0x46 . 5501 |================================================================= 0x78 . 5577 |================================================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Tradesoap msec < Lower Is Better 0x46 . 16706 |============================================================= 0x78 . 17747 |================================================================= Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.41 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 0x46 . 61.16 |================================================================ 0x78 . 61.81 |================================================================= Timed GDB GNU Debugger Compilation 9.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 0x46 . 304.66 |=============================================================== 0x78 . 309.02 |================================================================ Stress-NG 0.11.07 Test: NUMA Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 0x46 . 50.09 |================================================================= 0x78 . 49.39 |================================================================ Stress-NG 0.11.07 Test: MEMFD Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 0x46 . 124.82 |================================================================ 0x78 . 122.18 |=============================================================== Stress-NG 0.11.07 Test: Atomic Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 0x46 . 165477.96 |============================================================= 0x78 . 162580.58 |============================================================ Stress-NG 0.11.07 Test: Malloc Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 0x46 . 13697327.81 |=========================================================== 0x78 . 13524125.65 |========================================================== Stress-NG 0.11.07 Test: Forking Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 0x46 . 18620.81 |============================================================== 0x78 . 18331.63 |============================================================= Stress-NG 0.11.07 Test: SENDFILE Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 0x46 . 31070.97 |============================================================== 0x78 . 30844.35 |============================================================== Stress-NG 0.11.07 Test: CPU Cache Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 0x46 . 22.00 |================================================================= 0x78 . 21.35 |=============================================================== Stress-NG 0.11.07 Test: CPU Stress Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 0x46 . 829.66 |================================================================ 0x78 . 816.82 |=============================================================== Stress-NG 0.11.07 Test: Matrix Math Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 0x46 . 8678.71 |=============================================================== 0x78 . 8608.57 |============================================================== Stress-NG 0.11.07 Test: Vector Math Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 0x46 . 12039.32 |============================================================== 0x78 . 11908.12 |============================================================= Stress-NG 0.11.07 Test: Memory Copying Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 0x46 . 1082.64 |=============================================================== 0x78 . 1069.23 |============================================================== Stress-NG 0.11.07 Test: Socket Activity Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 0x46 . 2124.63 |=============================================================== 0x78 . 2083.34 |============================================================== Stress-NG 0.11.07 Test: Context Switching Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 0x46 . 651385.37 |============================================================= 0x78 . 644686.50 |============================================================ ctx_clock Context Switch Time Clocks < Lower Is Better 0x46 . 80 |=================================================================== 0x78 . 81 |==================================================================== PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better 0x46 . 1072 |================================================================= 0x78 . 1086 |================================================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better 0x46 . 652955 |================================================================ 0x78 . 645234 |=============================================================== Selenium Benchmark: ARES-6 - Browser: Firefox ms < Lower Is Better 0x46 . 54.01 |=============================================================== 0x78 . 55.63 |================================================================= Selenium Benchmark: Kraken - Browser: Firefox ms < Lower Is Better 0x46 . 1104.7 |=============================================================== 0x78 . 1124.9 |================================================================ Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream 2 - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better 0x46 . 76.54 |================================================================= 0x78 . 74.20 |=============================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Firefox Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better 0x46 . 70.8 |================================================================== 0x78 . 69.0 |================================================================ Selenium Benchmark: PSPDFKit WASM - Browser: Firefox Score < Lower Is Better 0x46 . 2346 |================================================================= 0x78 . 2387 |================================================================== Selenium Benchmark: WASM imageConvolute - Browser: Firefox ms < Lower Is Better 0x46 . 29.4 |=============================================================== 0x78 . 30.6 |================================================================== Selenium Benchmark: WASM collisionDetection - Browser: Firefox ms < Lower Is Better 0x46 . 491.1 |================================================================ 0x78 . 498.7 |=================================================================