Re: [gentoo-user] PCIe x1 or PCIe x4 SATA controller card

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
> <<<SNIP>>>
> With each generation, the architecture becomes more efficient, meaning more 
> instructions per cycle, lower consumption and so on. The max frequency is 
> not really the driving force behind performance increase anymore due to 
> efficiency issues at higher frequencies.
>
> Here are some benchmark comparisons from cpubenchmark.net:
>
> Processor  year   power   cores   single-core score   multi-core score
> FX-8350    2012   125 W   8/8           1580               6026
> i5-4590    2014    84 W   4/4           2086               5356
> i5-10400   2020    65 W   6/12          2580              12258
> R3 4300G   2020    65 W   4/8           2557              11017
> R5 5600G   2021    65 W   6/12          3185              19892
> R5 7600X   2022   145 W   6/12          4213              28753
>
> Sources:
> https://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html#desktop-thread
> https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+FX-8350+Eight-Core&id=1780
> https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-4590+%40+3.30GHz&id=2234
> https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-10400+%40+2.90GHz&id=3737
> https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Ryzen+3+4300G&id=3808
> https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Ryzen+5+5600G&id=4325
> https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Ryzen+5+7600X&id=5033
>
> You can see the increase in performance. My old i5-4590, at half the cores, 
> can keep up with your FX, even though it is only 1½ years younger. Ryzens 
> used to be more efficient in multi workloads (look at the 2020 entries). But 
> I’m not too sure about current generations due to Intel’s big-little 
> concept.
> DDR5 and PCIe5 have higher requirements at signal quality, making the boards 
> and components much more expensive (and, again, more power hungry). That’s 
> why, even though DDR4 platforms are on their way out technologically, they 
> are still an economically sound choice.
>
> <<<SNIP>>>
> ¹ As far as I can see, compiling packages is the most taxing thing you do, 
>   which is why I don’t see you needing a big-rig processor. (Though I 
>   understand the nice feeling you get from having one.)
>


It's been a while.  I been getting some things ready for garden time and
a few spring projects as well.  I looked at a few lists of CPU
processors.  This is a bit pricey but I may try to buy a AMD Ryzen 9
5900X 12-Core @ 3.7 GHz.  It has 4 more cores but clock speed is a
little slower.  Even just comparing number of cores and the fairly close
clock speed, that alone should make it a bit faster.  Add in that they
make them run code more efficiently now, should be a good bit better.  I
usually try to aim for 4 or 5 times more processing power.  I suspect
this may help with encryption as well since newer CPUs have extra code
just for that on there now.  Most of the mobos also handle a lot more
memory as well.  I have 32GBs now.  Most support 64GB and I think I saw
a 128GB version somewhere. 

Just comparing CPU to CPU, what would you expect as far as increase in
speed?  I'm not expecting a exact number, just curious as to how much
difference I could reasonably expect. 

As to another reply, I've looked at the following cases. 

Fractal Design Node 804  Lots of hard drive space.
Gamemax Master M905  Lots of drive space here too.  A little like my
current HAF-932 case.
Thermaltake Tower 900 Tons of hard drive space.  Looks really large tho. 

Most of those have a fairly close price range depending where I buy.  My
biggest thing, hard drive space.  I added up the other day, including
backups and such, I have around 100TBs of hard drive space.  I made a
list.  2 16TB, 3 14TB, 1 10TB, 2 8TB and a 6TB.  I may have another one
lurking about somewhere.  Most of the larger ones are in my main rig. 

Trying to figure out how much improvement I can expect.  I'm mostly just
worried about the age of my current rig tho. 

Dale

:-)  :-)