Ubuntu 11.10 Benchmarks Benchmarks between Ubuntu 11.04 and Ubuntu 11.10 development for a future article on Phoronix.com during Oktoberfest. Phenom II X3: Ubuntu 11.04: Processor: AMD Phenom II X3 710 @ 2.60GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: MSI 890GXM-G65 (MS-7642) v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS880, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT (660/950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Phenom II X3: Ubuntu 11.10: Processor: AMD Phenom II X3 710 @ 2.60GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: MSI 890GXM-G65 (MS-7642) v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS880, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT (660/950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.10.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.2.902 (1.10.3 RC 2), Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Opteron: Ubuntu 11.04: Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2927/S2927-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 3.8.10, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Opteron: Ubuntu 11.10: Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2927/S2927-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.10.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.2.902 (1.10.3 RC 2), Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core 2 Duo: Ubuntu 11.04: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 6459CTO, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M-E, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS72201, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M (400/600MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1984, Network: Intel 82566MM Gigabit Connection + Intel PRO/Wireless OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Phenom II X3: Ubuntu 11.04 . 2916 |============================================ Phenom II X3: Ubuntu 11.10 . 2916 |============================================ Opteron: Ubuntu 11.04 ...... 2916 |============================================ Opteron: Ubuntu 11.10 ...... 2916 |============================================ Core 2 Duo: Ubuntu 11.04 ... 2500 |====================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Phenom II X3: Ubuntu 11.04 . 15.90 |============================= Phenom II X3: Ubuntu 11.10 . 15.00 |=========================== Opteron: Ubuntu 11.04 ...... 21.07 |====================================== Opteron: Ubuntu 11.10 ...... 23.77 |=========================================== Core 2 Duo: Ubuntu 11.04 ... 17.63 |================================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync Files/s > Higher Is Better Phenom II X3: Ubuntu 11.04 . 117.32 |===================================== Phenom II X3: Ubuntu 11.10 . 88.63 |============================ Opteron: Ubuntu 11.04 ...... 54.80 |================= Opteron: Ubuntu 11.10 ...... 131.97 |========================================== Core 2 Duo: Ubuntu 11.04 ... 79.93 |========================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Phenom II X3: Ubuntu 11.04 . 173.97 |======================================== Phenom II X3: Ubuntu 11.10 . 173.96 |======================================== Opteron: Ubuntu 11.04 ...... 127.75 |============================== Opteron: Ubuntu 11.10 ...... 125.72 |============================= Core 2 Duo: Ubuntu 11.04 ... 181.88 |========================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Phenom II X3: Ubuntu 11.04 . 318 |================================ Phenom II X3: Ubuntu 11.10 . 311 |================================ Opteron: Ubuntu 11.04 ...... 232 |======================== Opteron: Ubuntu 11.10 ...... 224 |======================= Core 2 Duo: Ubuntu 11.04 ... 442 |============================================= 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Phenom II X3: Ubuntu 11.04 . 4315 |====================== Phenom II X3: Ubuntu 11.10 . 4229 |====================== Opteron: Ubuntu 11.04 ...... 8644 |============================================ Opteron: Ubuntu 11.10 ...... 8515 |=========================================== Core 2 Duo: Ubuntu 11.04 ... 4076 |===================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Phenom II X3: Ubuntu 11.04 . 35.51 |========================================= Phenom II X3: Ubuntu 11.10 . 36.93 |=========================================== Opteron: Ubuntu 11.04 ...... 34.27 |======================================== Opteron: Ubuntu 11.10 ...... 36.15 |========================================== Core 2 Duo: Ubuntu 11.04 ... 32.36 |====================================== x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Phenom II X3: Ubuntu 11.04 . 33.76 |=============================== Phenom II X3: Ubuntu 11.10 . 34.18 |=============================== Opteron: Ubuntu 11.04 ...... 46.43 |=========================================== Opteron: Ubuntu 11.10 ...... 46.71 |=========================================== Core 2 Duo: Ubuntu 11.04 ... 24.06 |====================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Phenom II X3: Ubuntu 11.10 . 56.59 |======================== Opteron: Ubuntu 11.04 ...... 31.52 |============== Opteron: Ubuntu 11.10 ...... 99.71 |=========================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Phenom II X3: Ubuntu 11.10 . 140.10 |============================ Opteron: Ubuntu 11.04 ...... 87.60 |================= Opteron: Ubuntu 11.10 ...... 212.17 |==========================================