Everything is better, so I would say they are getting better, just not as much as people think :(
And I believe FLOPS are so high, that the benchmark might be even limited by threading :D (did not do any tests to verify, how many % of time is wasted on threading)
AVX CPU detected!
SSE CPU detected!
Threads available: 32 vs. 4 for Phenom II
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1. ADD REG, 1 (GPR arithmetic)
2. AND REG, REG (GPR Boolean)
3. SHR REG, CL (Variable shifts - Phenom's phorte)
4. PADDB MMX (Obsolete instruction set)
5. CMOVcc REG, REG (Branchless programming)
6. FLOPS (Floating point with best set)
7. IMUL REG, REG (GPR Multiplication)
8. Toggle Multi vs. Single Threads (Current=32)
0. Quit
1
Run 1/10 Time: 0.417
Run 2/10 Time: 0.418
Run 3/10 Time: 0.415
Run 4/10 Time: 0.414
Run 5/10 Time: 0.417
Run 6/10 Time: 0.417
Run 7/10 Time: 0.418
Run 8/10 Time: 0.419
Run 9/10 Time: 0.416
Run 10/10 Time: 0.418
Executed 259.4 billion instructions/second
Score: 8.617 Phenom's II's worth's
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2
Run 1/10 Time: 0.418
Run 2/10 Time: 0.414
Run 3/10 Time: 0.41
Run 4/10 Time: 0.401
Run 5/10 Time: 0.418
Run 6/10 Time: 0.414
Run 7/10 Time: 0.418
Run 8/10 Time: 0.416
Run 9/10 Time: 0.419
Run 10/10 Time: 0.416
Executed 267.8 billion instructions/second
Score: 8.761 Phenom's II's worth's
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3
Run 1/10 Time: 0.802
Run 2/10 Time: 0.82
Run 3/10 Time: 0.8
Run 4/10 Time: 0.793
Run 5/10 Time: 0.811
Run 6/10 Time: 0.811
Run 7/10 Time: 0.82
Run 8/10 Time: 0.819
Run 9/10 Time: 0.81
Run 10/10 Time: 0.805
Executed 135.4 billion instructions/second
Score: 4.497 Phenom's II's worth's
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8. Toggle Multi vs. Single Threads (Current=32)
4
Run 1/10 Time: 0.102
Run 2/10 Time: 0.103
Run 3/10 Time: 0.105
Run 4/10 Time: 0.103
Run 5/10 Time: 0.104
Run 6/10 Time: 0.103
Run 7/10 Time: 0.103
Run 8/10 Time: 0.104
Run 9/10 Time: 0.104
Run 10/10 Time: 0.104
Executed 1053 billion instructions/second
Score: 12.75 Phenom's II's worth's
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5
Run 1/10 Time: 0.758
Run 2/10 Time: 0.782
Run 3/10 Time: 0.787
Run 4/10 Time: 0.77
Run 5/10 Time: 0.762
Run 6/10 Time: 0.778
Run 7/10 Time: 0.766
Run 8/10 Time: 0.769
Run 9/10 Time: 0.781
Run 10/10 Time: 0.767
Executed 141.7 billion instructions/second
Score: 4.707 Phenom's II's worth's
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8. Toggle Multi vs. Single Threads (Current=32)
6
Run 1/10 Time: 0.096
Run 2/10 Time: 0.095
Run 3/10 Time: 0.095
Run 4/10 Time: 0.092
Run 5/10 Time: 0.094
Run 6/10 Time: 0.096
Run 7/10 Time: 0.092
Run 8/10 Time: 0.093
Run 9/10 Time: 0.098
Run 10/10 Time: 0.093
Executed 1167 billion instructions/second
Score: 28.21 Phenom's II's worth's
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7
Run 1/10 Time: 1.472
Run 2/10 Time: 1.505
Run 3/10 Time: 1.549
Run 4/10 Time: 1.473
Run 5/10 Time: 1.598
Run 6/10 Time: 1.494
Run 7/10 Time: 1.557
Run 8/10 Time: 1.459
Run 9/10 Time: 1.443
Run 10/10 Time: 1.453
Executed 74.41 billion instructions/second
Score: 14.36 Phenom's II's worth's
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8
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8. Toggle Multi vs. Single Threads (Current=1)
1
Run 1/10 Time: 5.1
Run 2/10 Time: 7.813
Run 3/10 Time: 6.999
Run 4/10 Time: 5.066
Run 5/10 Time: 5.157
Run 6/10 Time: 5.127
Run 7/10 Time: 5.131
Run 8/10 Time: 6.578
Run 9/10 Time: 9.14
Run 10/10 Time: 9.022
Executed 21.2 billion instructions/second
Score: 2.811 Phenom's II's worth's
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8. Toggle Multi vs. Single Threads (Current=1)
2
Run 1/10 Time: 5.131
Run 2/10 Time: 5.13
Run 3/10 Time: 5.13
Run 4/10 Time: 5.131
Run 5/10 Time: 5.131
Run 6/10 Time: 5.13
Run 7/10 Time: 5.132
Run 8/10 Time: 5.141
Run 9/10 Time: 5.132
Run 10/10 Time: 5.133
Executed 20.93 billion instructions/second
Score: 2.734 Phenom's II's worth's
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8. Toggle Multi vs. Single Threads (Current=1)
3
Run 1/10 Time: 10.11
Run 2/10 Time: 14.89
Run 3/10 Time: 15.97
Run 4/10 Time: 13.76
Run 5/10 Time: 16.46
Run 6/10 Time: 13.56
Run 7/10 Time: 12.46
Run 8/10 Time: 11.6
Run 9/10 Time: 10.1
Run 10/10 Time: 10.11
Executed 10.63 billion instructions/second
Score: 1.41 Phenom's II's worth's
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8. Toggle Multi vs. Single Threads (Current=1)
4
Run 1/10 Time: 1.265
Run 2/10 Time: 1.268
Run 3/10 Time: 1.264
Run 4/10 Time: 1.264
Run 5/10 Time: 1.3
Run 6/10 Time: 1.507
Run 7/10 Time: 1.486
Run 8/10 Time: 1.643
Run 9/10 Time: 2.067
Run 10/10 Time: 1.704
Executed 84.95 billion instructions/second
Score: 4.103 Phenom's II's worth's
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8. Toggle Multi vs. Single Threads (Current=1)
5
Run 1/10 Time: 12.93
Run 2/10 Time: 14.25
Run 3/10 Time: 12.14
Run 4/10 Time: 11.74
Run 5/10 Time: 12.71
Run 6/10 Time: 12.55
Run 7/10 Time: 11.92
Run 8/10 Time: 11.86
Run 9/10 Time: 13.22
Run 10/10 Time: 11.39
Executed 9.426 billion instructions/second
Score: 1.251 Phenom's II's worth's
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8. Toggle Multi vs. Single Threads (Current=1)
6
Run 1/10 Time: 1.265
Run 2/10 Time: 1.263
Run 3/10 Time: 1.263
Run 4/10 Time: 1.263
Run 5/10 Time: 1.263
Run 6/10 Time: 1.264
Run 7/10 Time: 1.263
Run 8/10 Time: 1.256
Run 9/10 Time: 1.256
Run 10/10 Time: 1.253
Executed 85.69 billion instructions/second
Score: 8.265 Phenom's II's worth's
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7
Run 1/10 Time: 20.2
Run 2/10 Time: 20.2
Run 3/10 Time: 22.59
Run 4/10 Time: 26.31
Run 5/10 Time: 21.15
Run 6/10 Time: 20.21
Run 7/10 Time: 20.21
Run 8/10 Time: 25.09
Run 9/10 Time: 26.48
Run 10/10 Time: 26.32
Executed 5.316 billion instructions/second
Score: 4.102 Phenom's II's worth's
Everything is better, so I would say they are getting better, just not as much as people think :( And I believe FLOPS are so high, that the benchmark might be even limited by threading :D (did not do any tests to verify, how many % of time is wasted on threading)