The Intel Skylake-X Review: Core i9 7900X, i7 7820X and i7 7800X Tested
by Ian Cutress on June 19, 2017 9:01 AM ESTBenchmarking Performance: CPU Web Tests
One of the issues when running web-based tests is the nature of modern browsers to automatically install updates. This means any sustained period of benchmarking will invariably fall foul of the 'it's updated beyond the state of comparison' rule, especially when browsers will update if you give them half a second to think about it. Despite this, we were able to find a series of commands to create an un-updatable version of Chrome 56 for our 2017 test suite. While this means we might not be on the bleeding edge of the latest browser, it makes the scores between CPUs comparable.
SunSpider 1.0.2
The oldest web-based benchmark in this portion of our test is SunSpider. This is a very basic javascript algorithm tool, and ends up being more a measure of IPC and latency than anything else, with most high-performance CPUs scoring around about the same. The basic test is looped 10 times and the average taken. We run the basic test 4 times.
Sunspider goes after peak frequency most of the time, althoguh there is some variation as it moves into basically becoming a legacy test.
Mozilla Kraken 1.1
Kraken is another Javascript based benchmark, using the same test harness as SunSpider, but focusing on more stringent real-world use cases and libraries, such as audio processing and image filters. Again, the basic test is looped ten times, and we run the basic test four times.
Kraken is more of an intense attack on JS, and still regularly sorts by IPC and frequency.
Google Octane 2.0
Along with Mozilla, as Google is a major browser developer, having peak JS performance is typically a critical asset when comparing against the other OS developers. In the same way that SunSpider is a very early JS benchmark, and Kraken is a bit newer, Octane aims to be more relevant to real workloads, especially in power constrained devices such as smartphones and tablets.
Octane seems to be an optimization target, and with the new Skylake-X it shows.
WebXPRT 2015
While the previous three benchmarks do calculations in the background and represent a score, WebXPRT is designed to be a better interpretation of visual workloads that a professional user might have, such as browser based applications, graphing, image editing, sort/analysis, scientific analysis and financial tools.
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wolfemane - Monday, June 19, 2017 - link
First off, comments like yours contribute to absolutely nothing. Making whatever you say completely useless and more appropriate for deleting rather than individuals coming to conclusions based on what they read. At least they are posting on the topic at hand.Second, I read the article, and it was well done. My comments were directed at the very end of their conclusion and was basing my comments on a review that came out a few months after the original ryzen review. I got my articles mixed up, owned up to my mistake, and apologized.
What are you doing? Trolling....? How about adding something creative to the conversation instead of posting utterly pointless and useless dribble? Grow the F up.
Ryan Smith - Monday, June 19, 2017 - link
Wolfe, nested comments only display to 5 deep. They were responding to cheshirster, not you.=)bongey - Wednesday, August 2, 2017 - link
Don't be, they hammered Ryzen in gaming performance in their conclusion, even without benchmarks.That is clear evidence of shilling for Intel, following a narrative without any evidence."Gaming Performance, particularly towards 240 Hz gaming, is being questioned,"
"AMD has a strong workstation core "
cheshirster - Monday, June 19, 2017 - link
See herehttp://www.anandtech.com/show/11244/the-amd-ryzen-...
fullhd
i5 7600 - 139fps
1800X - 99fps
http://www.anandtech.com/show/11244/the-amd-ryzen-...
Rocker League fulhd
i5 7500 - 188fps
1800X - 132fps
And now they write
"Our GTX1080 seems to be hit the hardest out of our four GPUs, as well as Civilization 6, the second Rise of the Tomb Raider test, and Rocket League on all GPUs. As a result, we only posted a minor selection of results, most of which show good parity at 4K"
RoTR and GL, same games, same bad results, just different brands and now they are not going to publish them.
Ryan Smith - Monday, June 19, 2017 - link
It's important to note that the articles you quote are from the Ryzen 5 launch, which was over a month after the X370 platform. A lot of Ryzen's issues had been fixed in the weeks before.bongey - Wednesday, August 2, 2017 - link
In your conclusion intel shill"Gaming Performance, particularly towards 240 Hz gaming, is being questioned,"
"AMD has a strong workstation core "
koomba - Thursday, July 6, 2017 - link
Uhh, not sure what you are remembering, but Anandtechs initial Ryzen review most certainly did NOT include gaming benchmark.I think it's slightly amusing how many people here in the comments immediately jumped down the reviewers throat over no gaming reviews and the reason given for that. And then they proceed to spin that into some kind of perceived bias against Ryzen, like the author has some AMD bashing agenda.
You, and several others, are literally inventing "facts" to support accusations of bias and unequal treatment. Then to top it off, trying to say Anandtech reviewers are fan boys.
But in reality, the entire basis of all these claims of bias, etc is completely fabricated. So much for all that huh? Almost seems like overly defensive, some might even say fan boy behavior. Irony is present. lol.
bongey - Wednesday, August 2, 2017 - link
Nope they just bashed Ryzen in gaming in the conclusion even without benchmarks."Gaming Performance, particularly towards 240 Hz gaming, is being questioned,"
"AMD has a strong workstation core "
Slappi2 - Monday, June 19, 2017 - link
Wow AMD gets stomped here. No way I would buy an AMD CPU after seeing that.R0H1T - Monday, June 19, 2017 - link
Sure now enjoy your 10 core space heater ~www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i9-7900x-skylake-x,5092-11.html