Generational Tests on the i7-6700K: 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.

Linux-Bench c-ray 1.1 (Hard)

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.

Linux-Bench NAMD Molecular Dynamics

NPB, Fluid Dynamics: link

Aside from LINPACK, there are many other ways to benchmark supercomputers in terms of how effective they are for various types of mathematical processes. The NAS Parallel Benchmarks (NPB) are a set of small programs originally designed for NASA to test their supercomputers in terms of fluid dynamics simulations, useful for airflow reactions and design.

Linux-Bench NAMD Molecular Dynamics

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 b developer base, but also relies heavily on memory bandwidth as well as CPU performance.

Linux-Bench Redis Memory-Key Store, 1x

Linux-Bench Redis Memory-Key Store, 10x

Linux-Bench Redis Memory-Key Store, 100x

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  • MapRef41N93W - Friday, August 7, 2015 - link

    Intel users don't have to brag about single threaded performance. Intel CPUs destroy AMD in multi-threaded as well.....
  • SIDESIDE - Sunday, August 9, 2015 - link

    Actually, you are a child. As for you throwing gasoline on the fire here in the intel vs. amd debate. THERE IS NO DEBATE, intel is literally twice as efficient and powerful as amd, and why wouldn't it? they are 2twice as old a company and have a lunch budget bigger than amd's R&D budget. amd's are a budget line of processors, so you buy budget cause money is tight, good for you. I run a video company and will gladly pay and extra $150 for twice as fast rendering all year. I hope AMD the best because competition is ALWAYS a good thing. but you, prisonerX clearly have your head up your A**
  • medi03 - Thursday, August 6, 2015 - link

    They did that quite a while ago.
  • Artas1984 - Thursday, August 6, 2015 - link

    WELL SAID!!!
  • SkOrPn - Tuesday, December 13, 2016 - link

    Zen appears to be matching the $1050 i7-6900K. I would say that is far better then Nehalem.
  • mmrezaie - Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - link

    Zen needs more than 40% improvement to be competent, but I am hoping as well.
  • mdriftmeyer - Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - link

    The word you're looking for is competitive.
  • Peichen - Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - link

    Competent, competitive. AMD is neither at the moment so both of you are correct.
  • prisonerX - Thursday, August 6, 2015 - link

    Actually AMD is very competent given how much money they have to work with. AMD would be much more competitive too now if it were not for Intel's well documented illegal practices against AMD.

    It's like a thief robbed your home and you're praising the fact that it's great that you can go to the pawn shop and buy what he stole from you.
  • mapesdhs - Thursday, August 6, 2015 - link

    Wow, blaming years of terrible decisions on Intel... that's a new one. It wasn't Intel that made AMD adopt automated design tools, or ignore the much easier, faster and obvious option of releasing a tweaked 8-core Ph2. AMD has made massive losses year after year. Their debts are awful. Blaming all this on Intel is just nuts.

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