Intel Core i7 8700K CofeeLake Review & Benchmarks – 2-channel DDR4 Cache & Memory Performance

What is “CofeeLake” CFL? The 8th generation Intel Core architecture is code-named “CofeeLake” (CFL): unlike previous architectures, it is a minor stepping of the previous 7th generation “KabyLake” (KBL), itself a minor update of the 6th generation “SkyLake” (SKL). The server/workstation (SKL-X/KBL-X) CPU core saw new instruction set support (AVX512) … Read more…

Intel Core i7 8700K CofeeLake Review & Benchmarks – CPU 6-core/12-thread Performance

What is “CofeeLake” CFL? The 8th generation Intel Core architecture is code-named “CofeeLake” (CFL): unlike previous architectures, it is a minor stepping of the previous 7th generation “KabyLake” (KBL), itself a minor update of the 6th generation “SkyLake” (SKL). The server/workstation (SKL-X/KBL-X) CPU core saw new instruction set support (AVX512) … Read more…

SiSoftware Sandra Titanium (2018) SP2b Update

Service Pack 2 (SP2) Download

We are pleased to announce SP2b (version 28.31) for Sandra Titanium (2018) with updated hardware and software support: Sandra Titanium (2018) Press Release CPU Benchmarks: Multi-Media, .Net Multi-Media, Java Multi-Media: optimised fractal picture size selection for better scaling. Crash fix upon loading large fractals. Image Processing: optimised picture size selection … Read more…

SiSoftware Sandra Titanium (2018) SP2 Update

Service Pack 2 (SP2) Download

We are pleased to announce SP2 (version 28.28) for Sandra Titanium (2018) with updated hardware and software support: Sandra Titanium (2018) Press Release GPGPU: nVidia Series 2000 (Turing) GPGPU support (still on SDK 9.2 for broad compatibility) Fixes workgroup sizes for Scientific benchmarks CPU: Support for Intel 9000-Series CPU Crypto … Read more…

SiSoftware Sandra Titanium (2018) SP1b Update

Service Pack 1 (SP1) Download

We are pleased to announce SP1b (version 28.26) for Sandra Titanium (2018) with updated hardware and software support: Sandra Titanium (2018) Press Release GPGPU: Updated nVidia CUDA 9.2 SDK with FP16 support for all benchmarks nVidia Volta arch GPGPU support CPU: Support update for AMD ThreadRipper v2 CPU: Support update … Read more…

nVidia Titan V: Volta GPGPU performance in CUDA and OpenCL

What is “Titan V”? It is the latest high-end “pro-sumer” card from nVidia with the next-generation “Volta” architecture, the next generation to the current “Pascal” architecture on the Series 10 cards. Based on the top-end 100 chipset (not lower 102 or 104) it boasts full speed FP64/FP16 performance as well … Read more…

nVidia Titan X: Pascal GPGPU Performance in CUDA and OpenCL

What is “Titan X (Pascal)”? It is the current high-end “pro-sumer” card from nVidia using the current generation “Pascal” architecture – equivalent to the Series 10 cards. It is based on the 2nd-from-the-top 102 chipset (not the top-end 100) thus it does not feature full speed FP64/FP16 performance that is … Read more…

SiSoftware Sandra Titanium (2018) RTMa Update

We are pleased to release RTMa (RTM update A – version 28.18) update for Sandra Titanium (2018) with the following updates: Sandra Titanium (2018) Press Release CPU: Updated tools allowed for new AVX512 code-path (FFT) Hardware support updates and fixes Updates to the new Overall Benchmarks: CPU, GPGPU, Disk, Memory … Read more…

SiSoftware Sandra Titanium (2018) Released!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Press Office SiSoftware Sandra Titanium (2018) Released: Brand-new benchmarks, hardware support Superseded By: SiSoftware Sandra 20/20 (2020) Updates: RTMa, SP1b, SP2, SP2b, SP2c, SP3, SP3a/b, SP4/a/c. London, UK, April 27th 2018 – We are pleased to announce the launch of SiSoftware Sandra Titanium (2018), the latest … Read more…

AMD Ryzen+ 2700X, 2600 Review & Benchmarks – 2-channel DDR4 Cache & Memory Performance

What is “Ryzen+” ZEN+? After the very successful launch of the original “Ryzen” (Zen/Zeppelin – “Summit Ridge” on 14nm), AMD has been hard at work optimising and improving the design: “Ryzen+” (code-name “Pinnacle Ridge”) is thus a 12nm die shrink that can also includes APU – with integrated “Vega RX” … Read more…

AMD Ryzen+ 2700X, 2600 Review & Benchmarks – CPU 8-core/16-thread Performance

What is “Ryzen+” ZEN+? After the very successful launch of the original “Ryzen” (Zen/Zeppelin – “Summit Ridge” on 14nm), AMD has been hard at work optimising and improving the design: “Ryzen+” (code-name “Pinnacle Ridge”) is thus a 12nm die shrink that can also includes APU – with integrated “Vega RX” … Read more…

Sandra Platinum (2017) SP4 – Updates for ‘Meltdown’ and ‘Spectre’

Spectre Vulnerability

NB: SP4 has been refreshed to version 24.61 vs. the original 24.55 a day later. We are pleased to release SP4 (Service Pack 4 – version 24.61) update for Sandra Platinum (2017) with the following updates: Sandra Platinum (2017) Press Release Reporting of Operating System (Windows) speculation control settings for … Read more…

Sandra Platinum (2017) SP3 – Updates and Fixes

Service Pack 3 (SP3) Download

We are pleased to release SP3 (Service Pack 3 – version 24.50) update for Sandra Platinum (2017) with the following updates: Sandra Platinum (2017) Press Release Fix start-up crash with non-AVX older systems (both x86 and x64) Tools update allowing further optimisations to AVX512 benchmarks Other hardware information fixes depending … Read more…

Sandra Platinum (2017) SP2 – NUMA for ThreadRipper, AVX512 for SKL-X

Update Wizard

We are pleased to release SP2 (Service Pack 2 – version 24.41) update for Sandra Platinum (2017) with the following updates: Sandra Platinum (2017) Press Release Tools update allowing further ports of benchmarks to AVX512, e.g.: CPU Multi-Media: 128-bit (octa) floating-point benchmark CPU Scientific: GEMM, FFT N-Body (single and double … Read more…