Your MySQL example isn't exactly relevant. It was in 2007, yet you said "MySQL still tanks at 8 cores". Furthermore it was on FreeBSD, with a flawed libpthrea

Your MySQL example isn't exactly relevant. It was in 2007, yet you said "MySQL still tanks at 8 cores". Furthermore it was on FreeBSD, with a flawed libpthread. In terms of "real" workloads, I'm not going to bother getting into it, as this is quickly devolving in to a true Scotsman argument. Instead of arguing pointlessly about it, maybe our energy would be better spent publishing some benchmarks.