Intel Linux 3.8 Kernel Core i7 Performance Intel Core i7-3770K testing with a ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX on Ubuntu 13.04. Linux kernel comparison for a future article on Phoronix.com. Linux 3.5: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (399/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-030500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0.902 (1.13.1 RC 2), Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-2f225f6) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.6: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (399/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.6.0-030600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0.902 (1.13.1 RC 2), Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-2f225f6) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.7: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX (399/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.7.0-030700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0.902 (1.13.1 RC 2), Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-2f225f6) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.8 Git: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX (399/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0.902 (1.13.1 RC 2), Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-2f225f6) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 14005.43 |===================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 13693.18 |==================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 13900.00 |===================================================== Linux 3.8 Git . 13923.31 |===================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 2875.09 |===================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 2946.58 |====================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 2942.21 |====================================================== Linux 3.8 Git . 2869.43 |===================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 280.25 |======================================================= Linux 3.6 ..... 280.80 |======================================================= Linux 3.7 ..... 280.27 |======================================================= Linux 3.8 Git . 280.28 |======================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 205.28 |======================================================= Linux 3.6 ..... 206.12 |======================================================= Linux 3.7 ..... 205.49 |======================================================= Linux 3.8 Git . 203.60 |====================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 13969.68 |===================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 12882.45 |================================================= Linux 3.7 ..... 14009.45 |===================================================== Linux 3.8 Git . 13928.22 |===================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 6188.70 |====================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 6075.18 |===================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 6226.56 |====================================================== Linux 3.8 Git . 6160.86 |===================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 6041.24 |==================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 6003.18 |=================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 6297.27 |====================================================== Linux 3.8 Git . 6146.43 |===================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 45.13 |======================================================= Linux 3.6 ..... 45.50 |======================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 45.77 |======================================================== Linux 3.8 Git . 39.49 |================================================ LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 37.26 |======================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 37.02 |======================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 37.00 |======================================================== Linux 3.8 Git . 37.21 |======================================================== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 5841.27 |====================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 5836.42 |====================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 5853.30 |====================================================== Linux 3.8 Git . 5844.14 |====================================================== BLAKE2 20121223 Phoronix Test Suite v4.2.0m3 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 5.33 |========================================================= Linux 3.6 ..... 5.33 |========================================================= Linux 3.7 ..... 5.33 |========================================================= Linux 3.8 Git . 5.33 |========================================================= Botan 1.10.3 Test: Tiger Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 426.47 |======================================================= Linux 3.6 ..... 427.43 |======================================================= Linux 3.7 ..... 426.68 |======================================================= Linux 3.8 Git . 427.35 |======================================================= Botan 1.10.3 Test: KASUMI Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 74.75 |======================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 74.89 |======================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 74.76 |======================================================== Linux 3.8 Git . 74.90 |======================================================== Botan 1.10.3 Test: AES-256 Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 197.48 |======================================================= Linux 3.6 ..... 197.76 |======================================================= Linux 3.7 ..... 191.74 |===================================================== Linux 3.8 Git . 197.91 |======================================================= Botan 1.10.3 Test: Twofish Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 202.48 |======================================================= Linux 3.6 ..... 202.72 |======================================================= Linux 3.7 ..... 202.55 |======================================================= Linux 3.8 Git . 202.89 |======================================================= Botan 1.10.3 Test: CAST-256 Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 90.78 |======================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 90.89 |======================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 90.83 |======================================================== Linux 3.8 Git . 91.05 |======================================================== Botan 1.10.3 Test: X9.19-MAC Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 86.06 |======================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 86.17 |======================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 86.31 |======================================================== Linux 3.8 Git . 86.26 |======================================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 119.90 |======================================================= Linux 3.6 ..... 104.95 |================================================ Linux 3.7 ..... 109.01 |================================================== Linux 3.8 Git . 113.64 |==================================================== x264 2012-10-03 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 154.34 |======================================================= Linux 3.6 ..... 153.60 |======================================================= Linux 3.7 ..... 154.49 |======================================================= Linux 3.8 Git . 152.33 |====================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 21174 |======================================================= Linux 3.6 ..... 21561 |======================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 21708 |======================================================== Linux 3.8 Git . 20703 |===================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 85.85 |======================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 84.89 |======================================================= Linux 3.7 ..... 86.07 |======================================================== Linux 3.8 Git . 86.01 |======================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 33.38 |======================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 33.38 |======================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 32.93 |======================================================= Linux 3.8 Git . 32.94 |======================================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 8.05 |==================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 8.19 |===================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 8.76 |========================================================= Linux 3.8 Git . 8.35 |====================================================== Primesieve 4.0 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 83.11 |======================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 81.95 |======================================================= Linux 3.7 ..... 82.18 |======================================================= Linux 3.8 Git . 82.01 |======================================================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 98 |=========================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 98 |=========================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 98 |=========================================================== Linux 3.8 Git . 98 |=========================================================== FFmpeg 1.0 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 16.91 |======================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 16.91 |======================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 16.83 |======================================================= Linux 3.8 Git . 17.03 |======================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 130.47 |======================================================= Linux 3.6 ..... 130.33 |======================================================= Linux 3.7 ..... 130.70 |======================================================= Linux 3.8 Git . 130.43 |======================================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 3089.41 |=================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 3094.91 |=================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 3115.04 |=================================================== Linux 3.8 Git . 3295.76 |====================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 33895.40 |===================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 32605.20 |=================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 29578.63 |============================================== Linux 3.8 Git . 29500.64 |==============================================