Ubuntu 12.04 LTS vs. Ubuntu 12.10 - Intel Core i7 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS benchmarking with Linux 3.2 kernel when running an Intel Core i7 3770K Ivy Bridge system with Intel HD 4000 graphics and Panther Point motherboard. Few results by Michael Larabel of Phoronix compared to an Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal snapshot from 22 June 2012. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Ivy Bridge, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.19.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.3, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 246.71 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 250.76 |============================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 248.09 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 250.94 |============================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 511.79 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 487.57 |=========================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 272.76 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 285.63 |============================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 2192.55 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 2224.90 |============================================ Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Fish FPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 1.51 | Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 252.86 |============================================= Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Gears FPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 114.85 |===================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 244.73 |============================================= Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Charts FPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 13.99 |================================ Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 19.84 |============================================== Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Gradients FPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 60.21 |=========================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 100.27 |============================================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 38.12 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 42.88 |============================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 121.83 |======================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 141.47 |============================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 27.63 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 30.07 |============================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 106.23 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 124.26 |============================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 46.55 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 52.73 |============================================== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 5645.33 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 5862.37 |============================================ Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 5.80 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 5.87 |=============================================== Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 12.95 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 12.67 |============================================= John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 6005 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 6080 |=============================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 137.36 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 134.04 |============================================ VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 27.47 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 27.31 |============================================== x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 149.79 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 148.76 |============================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 84 |================================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 84 |================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 167 |================================================ Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 164 |=============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 83 |================================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 83 |================================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 1646.66 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 1662.08 |============================================ 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 20928 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 21234 |============================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 44.87 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 33.47 |================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 7.75 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 8.13 |=============================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 81 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 89 |================================================= Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 72.04 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 71.52 |============================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 5.44 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 5.27 |============================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 12.86 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 13.24 |============================================== FFmpeg 0.10 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 9.65 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 9.64 |=============================================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Bibd Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 108.40 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 120.26 |============================================= Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 65.84 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 68.79 |============================================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 101.19 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 109.63 |============================================= Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 148.51 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 147.16 |============================================= OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 100.40 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 100.50 |============================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 3099.54 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 3026.76 |=========================================== Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 33030.55 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-22 . 33778.60 |===========================================