ThinkPad W510 Ubuntu 10.10 - 12.04 LTS

Testing a ThinkPad W510 with Intel Core i7 720QM and NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M under Ubuntu 10.10 through Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin; 2012-02-08) x86_64 for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1202084-BY-UBUNTUPRE74.

ThinkPad W510 Ubuntu 10.10 - 12.04 LTSProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionUbuntu 10.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores)LENOVO 4318CTOIntel Core DMI4096MB160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MBConexant CX20585Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300Ubuntu 10.102.6.35-22-generic (x86_64)GNOME 2.32.0X Server 1.9.0nouveau 0.0.162.1 Mesa 7.9-develGCC 4.4.5ext41600x900string: Software Rasterizer 1024MB (550/950MHz)Ubuntu 11.042.6.38-8-generic (x86_64)GNOME 2.32.1X Server 1.10.12.1 Mesa 7.10.2GCC 4.5.2NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz)Ubuntu 11.103.0.0-12-generic (x86_64)Unity 4.22.0X Server 1.10.42.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.6.1Ubuntu 12.043.2.0-14-generic (x86_64)Unity 5.2.0X Server 1.11.32.1 Mesa 8.0-rc2 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.6OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- Ubuntu 10.10: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.- Ubuntu 11.04: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.- Ubuntu 11.10: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system.- Ubuntu 12.04: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system.

ThinkPad W510 Ubuntu 10.10 - 12.04 LTSnexuiz: 1600 x 900 - No - Offopenarena: 1600 x 900postmark: Disk Transaction Performanceapache: Static Web Page Servingc-ray: Total Timecompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testx264: H.264 Video Encodingvpxenc: vpxencUbuntu 10.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04358610367.73116.36895157.019.09357113217.84107.84841655.089.0726.1478.40369012616.50106.85835157.529.62195.60317913585.67106.86881358.159.82OpenBenchmarking.org

Nexuiz

Resolution: 1600 x 900 - HDR: No - Sound: Off

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1600 x 900 - HDR: No - Sound: OffUbuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04612182430SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 326.141.00

OpenArena

Resolution: 1600 x 900

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1600 x 900Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.0420406080100SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.51, N = 378.4095.60

PostMark

Disk Transaction Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceUbuntu 10.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.048001600240032004000SE +/- 78.22, N = 10SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 79.33, N = 10SE +/- 73.74, N = 103586357136903179

Apache Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.21Static Web Page ServingUbuntu 10.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.043K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 73.42, N = 3SE +/- 65.54, N = 3SE +/- 79.90, N = 3SE +/- 29.95, N = 310367.7313217.8412616.5013585.67

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeUbuntu 10.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.04306090120150SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 1.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3116.36107.84106.85106.86

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed TestUbuntu 10.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.042K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 42.46, N = 3SE +/- 239.82, N = 6SE +/- 16.83, N = 3SE +/- 73.33, N = 38951841683518813

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2011-12-06H.264 Video EncodingUbuntu 10.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.041326395265SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 357.0155.0857.5258.15

VP8 libvpx Encoding

vpxenc

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1vpxencUbuntu 10.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 12.043691215SE +/- 0.15, N = 4SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 39.099.079.629.82

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