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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mapesdhs - Thursday, June 9, 2016 - link
Or a used 3930K, they cost diddly now. Use the cost saving on better SSDs, faster RAM, etc.rtho782 - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
Wow.Minor performance boosts at best was expected and I could swallow that and still be excited for BDW-E.
Minor performance boosts and a 70% price boost? I won't bother upgrading then.
ShieTar - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
There is no 70% price boost. The 6900K that replaces the 5960X basically sells at the same price with a good 10% performance boost.The 6950X needs to be compared to last generations E5-2687W V3, which still costs more than 2k$. So Intel actually hands out a 10% to 15% performance boost with a 20% price drop on that front:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1730?vs=135...
pencea - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
It's been10 days since the embargo on GTX1080 reviews was lifted and previews aside, there is still a deafening silence from Anandtech. Yes the apologists will argue Anandtech does a deeper review, give them time and all that but seriously when your review is this late, it begins to look like incompetence. Or perhaps you consider your reviews to be elitist, the holy grail among tech websites and that therefore any delay is acceptable? What pressing projects are the GPU staff working on that could explain this state of affairs?GET IT TOGETHER ANANDTECH YOU USED TO BE BETTER!
Ryan Smith - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
"there is still a deafening silence from Anandtech"Feedback is always appreciated. I've mentioned a few times now that it's not done yet and is still in the works. But I'm not sure what else you're looking for?
D. Lister - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
In other news, Guru3D has recently put up their 1070 review. Next time guys, use "Review: Part 1" in title, instead of calling it a "Preview". :Pretrospooty - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
He is looking for it to be done, and not "in the works". =)HighTech4US - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
^ T H I SHighTech4US - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
Quote: But I'm not sure what else you're looking for?An actual review.
artk2219 - Monday, June 6, 2016 - link
Sigh, you can't please everyone, and thank you for taking the time and effort to do these reviews in the first place. As always, I look forward to it and hope to see it whenever it's ready.Thank you!