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.


Ubuntu 10.10: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB, Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.9-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

Ubuntu 11.04: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: string: Software Rasterizer 1024MB (550/950MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	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: 1600x900

Ubuntu 11.10: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, 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: 1600x900

Ubuntu 12.04: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0-rc2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - HDR: No - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 . 26.14 |=========================================================
Ubuntu 12.04 . 1.00  |==


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 11.10 . 78.40 |===============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 . 95.60 |=========================================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 10.10 . 3586 |========================================================
Ubuntu 11.04 . 3571 |========================================================
Ubuntu 11.10 . 3690 |==========================================================
Ubuntu 12.04 . 3179 |==================================================


Apache Benchmark 2.2.21
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 10.10 . 10367.73 |=========================================
Ubuntu 11.04 . 13217.84 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 11.10 . 12616.50 |==================================================
Ubuntu 12.04 . 13585.67 |======================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 10.10 . 116.36 |========================================================
Ubuntu 11.04 . 107.84 |====================================================
Ubuntu 11.10 . 106.85 |===================================================
Ubuntu 12.04 . 106.86 |===================================================


7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 10.10 . 8951 |==========================================================
Ubuntu 11.04 . 8416 |=======================================================
Ubuntu 11.10 . 8351 |======================================================
Ubuntu 12.04 . 8813 |=========================================================


x264 2011-12-06
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 10.10 . 57.01 |========================================================
Ubuntu 11.04 . 55.08 |======================================================
Ubuntu 11.10 . 57.52 |========================================================
Ubuntu 12.04 . 58.15 |=========================================================


VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1
vpxenc
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 10.10 . 9.09 |======================================================
Ubuntu 11.04 . 9.07 |======================================================
Ubuntu 11.10 . 9.62 |=========================================================
Ubuntu 12.04 . 9.82 |==========================================================