Performance - CineBench

Processor performance: CineBench 15

We are slowly transitioning towards CineBench 15 as this newer version has the option to measure single threads. Apart from that, the rendering software R11.5 to R15 and new footage, the new version now supports systems with up to 256 threads. The performance of processors and graphics cards is, as usual, determined on the basis of 3D scenes. A selection of test results allows a rough classification of the benefit of your own system. For the CPU test is a scene with around 280,000 polygons used, while the GPU test based on OpenGL comes with about a million polygons, high-resolution textures and various effects. The results will be issued in final points (CPU) and fps (GPU). According to the developers, the software has been "extensively developed to exploit the performance of new hardware as possible." The results are unsurprisingly not comparable with those from earlier versions. You'll notice we still need to add a number of processors, all in due time. You'll notice the single core perf paints a completely different picture here.

Below, the results, in light blue default performance with memory setup in Distributed mode (default). Throughout our charts, the dark grey bar will show processor as tested at default settings. Mind you that we disable any out of the ordinary turbo and software optimization options available in the BIOS. We also overclocked the processor, towards 4100 MHz on all cores (yep all 32 of them!). Throughout our testing paces, you'll be able to observe what that brings as extra AMD TLC.

Staggering numbers really. What you will notice though is that scaling isn't 100%, the multi-core complexity much like SLI or Crossfire, for example, will result in a bit of loss overall. Realistically though, any virtualization g33k or content creator will have such a smile on his/her face right now. I can think of so many workloads that would love Threadripper, but using 64 threads, that's a challenge as this review will proof.

This IPC test will build up and get updated over time. Basically, we lock all processor cores at 3500 MHz. We disable turbos and things like XFR. That way you can see the architecture performance of the processor clocked at exactly the same frequency. This is a single thread measurement. For many people, this is the holy grail of measurements. I, however, tend to say there's more to it than that, and that would be higher frequency allowances.