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Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz

Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz · tested Aug 26, 2026, 10:48 PM · uploaded by @l_28

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C score35,652ASM score: 24,988

System information

Processor
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz
Computer model
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500 CPU @ 3.20GHz
Architecture
x86-64
Physical cores reported by run
4
Hardware threads reported by run
4
L1 cache
64 MB
L2 cache
256 MB
L3 cache
6,144 MB
Memory
15,867 MB
Operating system
Fedora Linux 44 (Server Edition)
Kernel
Linux 7.1.10-200.fc44.x86_64
Compiler
GCC 16.2.1 20260819 (Red Hat 16.2.1-2)
FOSSbench version
0.4.2
Total test time
1 min 18 sec

Score summary

C multi-core35,652
C single-core11,855
ASM multi-core24,988
ASM single-core7,944

Test environment

Background monitoring
Available
Average background CPU use
0.4%
Peak background CPU use
1%
Available memory before test
14,089 MB
Running processes
198
Activity sample duration
10 seconds

Individual workload results

WorkloadRunMeasured performanceRaw throughputScoreElapsedIterationsThreadsChecksum
Native Integer Mathcommon 32-bit multiply/add/rotate mix10% of overall scoreMulti-core22,989.95 Mops/s22,989.95 million work units/sec74,4980.54 seconds1,93449859996032
Single-core6,241.55 Mops/s6,241.55 million work units/sec20,2250.52 seconds2,0301473536247
Wide Integer Math64-bit ALU: imul, mul, div, bitops10% of overall scoreMulti-core21,229.31 Mops/s21,229.31 million work units/sec68,7920.52 seconds1,147414575810974248360308
Single-core5,768.39 Mops/s5,768.39 million work units/sec18,6920.52 seconds1,245112837301489008420636
Floating Point Mathdouble: mulsd/addsd, divsd, sqrtsd10% of overall scoreMulti-core3,570.56 Mops/s3,570.56 million work units/sec21,2280.54 seconds242443418098292859128
Single-core966.98 Mops/s966.98 million work units/sec5,7490.52 seconds25314622540543000602686
Prime Numberssieve of Eratosthenes to 2M10% of overall scoreMulti-core1,133.99 Mcand/s1,133.99 million work units/sec13,9650.51 seconds73443488436
Single-core526.51 Mcand/s526.51 million work units/sec6,4840.52 seconds137120403821
Extended InstructionsSSE2: 128-bit integer + float10% of overall scoreMulti-core66,864.98 Mops/s66,864.98 million work units/sec101,6800.52 seconds2,714410721800608
Single-core18,184.37 Mops/s18,184.37 million work units/sec27,6530.52 seconds2,95711318921121
CompressionLZ77 match finder, 4 MiB corpus10% of overall scoreMulti-core1,692.27 MB/s1,692.27 million work units/sec25,1080.53 seconds534356155336
Single-core459.03 MB/s459.03 million work units/sec6,8110.52 seconds57195758746
EncryptionChaCha20, 20 rounds, 1 MiB10% of overall scoreMulti-core1,593.52 MB/s1,593.52 million work units/sec39,2490.52 seconds19744964377996
Single-core433.32 MB/s433.32 million work units/sec10,6730.52 seconds2141991501571
Physics512-body direct-sum gravity10% of overall scoreMulti-core1,537.31 Mpair/s1,537.31 million work units/sec24,3630.52 seconds762484049232555385260
Single-core417.82 Mpair/s417.82 million work units/sec6,6210.52 seconds830113857577481878841336
Sortingheapsort, 1M uint3210% of overall scoreMulti-core498.48 Mkey-cmp/s498.48 million work units/sec13,7320.5 seconds3417626240643839807060
Single-core174.52 Mkey-cmp/s174.52 million work units/sec4,8080.48 seconds410
Memory Latencydependent-load pointer chase, 16 MiB0% of overall scoreMulti-core120 ns/access33.33 million work units/sec4,2190.72 seconds6430001496
Single-core79.58 ns/access12.57 million work units/sec1,5910.48 seconds615246208
Memory BandwidthSTREAM triad, 12 MiB working set per thread10% of overall scoreMulti-core20,845.94 MB/s20,845.94 million work units/sec65,1440.52 seconds21644256212480
Single-core19,450.51 MB/s19,450.51 million work units/sec60,7830.49 seconds76411061029312