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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hoohoo - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
Single thread performance lower than previous generation, but more cores. Sadly the price is totally out of line.I want to upgrade from an i7-3820, these things do offer the bang but the buck is definitely missing.
hoohoo - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
Shouldn't they be using their GTX 1080? The games do not seem to be CPU bound. Am I reading the charts wrong?pavag - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
"For $1721, [...] can invest in either the 14-core E5-2680 v4 [...] or get double the cores in a 2P system and using the E5-2640 v4 processor: a 10-core 2.4 GHz/3.4 "Ok. You said it, you own it.
Do the benchmarks and compare. I actually need it.
Seekmore - Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - link
Intel I7 6950x-Like it already? It is overpriced and is the most expensive in the history of processors till the date. An excellent Processor with excellent performance calculated for its price and features it supports. One of the fastest processor ranking high in the category.http://www.comparecpus.com/en/intel-i7-5960x-vs-am...
Get other details of Intel I7 6950x Extreme Edition to find out why is everybody looking for it..
Spunjji - Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - link
I saw the prices and threw up a little in my mouth. This is market capitalism at its nadir :(Spunjji - Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - link
...specifically with respect to the tech industry, obviously - didn't to be that hyperbolic.stimudent - Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - link
I just need to do my banking and watch porn. 56 cores should do the trick.Gothmoth - Thursday, June 2, 2016 - link
multitasking is the word.i use lightroom, photoshop, autopano giga at the same time very often.. every core helps.
or i render out a video with premiere while i edit a composition in after effects.
iGigaflop - Thursday, June 2, 2016 - link
I'll keep my 5820k i was kicking myself for not waiting 2 months for the 6800k but broadwell might be a little faster per clock but it doesnt overclock as good as haswell. I run my 5820k at 4.7 at 1.313 volts i think mine in a great overclocker and it never goes above mid 70c. But for everyday use i keep it at 4.2 and it stays around 50c. Im using a h100v2 and a cm storm stryker case. I think pretty much every 5820k should go 4.3-4.5ghz. And im running it off a asus x99 deluxe board. I just hope they keep the x99 v3 socket for skylake e.Jackie60 - Friday, June 3, 2016 - link
Why do you bother with the pointless GPU limited benchmarks-it's a total waste of time and effort and tell us nothing.