The Intel Broadwell-E Review: Core i7-6950X, i7-6900K, i7-6850K and i7-6800K Tested
by Ian Cutress on May 31, 2016 2:01 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- Intel
- Enterprise
- Prosumer
- X99
- 14nm
- Broadwell-E
- HEDT
Linux Performance
Built around several freely available benchmarks for Linux, Linux-Bench is a project spearheaded by Patrick at ServeTheHome to streamline about a dozen of these tests in a single neat package run via a set of three commands using an Ubuntu 11.04 LiveCD. These tests include fluid dynamics used by NASA, ray-tracing, OpenSSL, molecular modeling, and a scalable data structure server for web deployments. We run Linux-Bench and have chosen to report a select few of the tests that rely on CPU and DRAM speed.
C-Ray: link
C-Ray is a simple ray-tracing program that focuses almost exclusively on processor performance rather than DRAM access. The test in Linux-Bench renders a heavy complex scene offering a large scalable scenario.
NAMD, Scalable Molecular Dynamics: link
Developed by the Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, NAMD is a set of parallel molecular dynamics codes for extreme parallelization up to and beyond 200,000 cores. The reference paper detailing NAMD has over 4000 citations, and our testing runs a small simulation where the calculation steps per unit time is the output vector.
Redis: link
Many of the online applications rely on key-value caches and data structure servers to operate. Redis is an open-source, scalable web technology with a strong developer base, but also relies heavily on memory bandwidth as well as CPU performance.
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RealLaugh - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
Why are there no 4k resolution benchmarks, did I miss something?Surely the consumer base for this tech are not going to be playing on 1080p?!
Isn't that where the CPUs would start to get ahead of the i5 and i7 products?
Call me out if I'm mistaken!
dannybates - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
You are mistaken.Lower Res = More CPU Dependent, Less GPU Dependent
Higher Res = More GPU Dependent, Less CPU Dependent
Lowering the resolution of a computer game or software program increases the dependency on the CPU. As the resolution decreases, less strain is placed on the graphics card because there are fewer pixels to render, but the strain is then transferred to the CPU. At a lower resolution, the frames per second are limited to the CPU's speed.
RealLaugh - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
ok thanks now I know.adamod - Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - link
i shall purchase a xeon e5 2699 v4 and a GT210.....i was to play crysis at 800x600 but ULTRA!!!Ph0b0s - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
The only thing for gaming might be scaling with more cores. With Directx 12, it makes better use of multi-core CPU's. It would be good for Anandtech to do a story on how Directx 12 scales with more cores, now we can have up to 10. I don't know if there are enough DirectX 12 games to do this yet? If you don't get an benefit for having more that 4 cores then Broadwell-E will not be needed for gaming. If you get a benefit over 4 cores that will be the case for needing Broadwell-E for gaming.jabber - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
Yeah I'm looking forward to playing some DX12 games in 2018 with my DX14 capable GPU. C'mon folks that's how it always works.adamod - Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - link
here is some limited date....it shows ashes and gears at least along with some synthetics:http://www.pcworld.com/article/3039552/hardware/te...
Wardrop - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
Good banner photo! Liking it.r3loaded - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
Yay, price gouging!AMD pls save us.
ochadd - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
Pricing is just prohibitively high imho. I'm still rocking SandyBridge and was hoping the lowest end would basically by a 5820 with 40 lanes unlocked. Would have made a great upgrade. With the pricing I think it's best to wait until the next version of the regular desktop (Kaby Lake?) to pull the trigger.