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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jwcalla - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
No time for a 1070 review but a dozen-page day-one review for a platform nobody is going to buy.rhysiam - Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - link
Different authors. It's Ryan Smith who tackles the GPU reviews.GreenReaper - Thursday, March 2, 2017 - link
It is just as important to write the reviews for things people should not buy as it is for those they should. Perhaps more-so, so that people avoid making a mistake!ex_User - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
Haven't you forgotten to change the following line on overclocking page: "MSI has improved its overclocking options as of late on the Z170 platform(...)"?jardows2 - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
Little confused. The chart shows the i7-6950X as 10 core/ 20 threads, but you state it is"a full $634 more than the 8-core i7-6900K"I thought the i76900K was 4 core - 8 threads. Am I missing something here?
GTRagnarok - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
6900K is 8C/16T. Maybe you're thinking of the mainstream Skylake 6700K?jardows2 - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
That would be my confusion! Thanks for setting me straight!mapesdhs - Thursday, June 9, 2016 - link
Don't blame yourself, Intel's product naming is really dumb.zeeBomb - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
Golly...dreams money CAN'T buy.maxxbot - Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - link
I've been easy on Intel these past few years but they deserve nothing but ridicule for this launch, the fact that you still need a spend a full $1000 for any 8-core CPU is a disgrace.