Linux 3.8 Liquorix Kernel Benchmarking the Liquorix kernel of the Linux 3.8 kernel. Linux kernel benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Linux 3.8.0: 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 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-030800-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.88, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Linux 3.8.6: 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 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.6-030806-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.88, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Liquorix 3.8: 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 13.04, Kernel: 3.8-6.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.88, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8.0 .. 1592 |====================================================== Linux 3.8.6 .. 1572 |====================================================== Liquorix 3.8 . 1696 |========================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8.0 .. 54.10 |========================================================= Linux 3.8.6 .. 54.19 |========================================================= Liquorix 3.8 . 54.18 |========================================================= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8.0 .. 321.73 |======================================================== Linux 3.8.6 .. 319.57 |======================================================== Liquorix 3.8 . 318.00 |======================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8.0 .. 77.57 |========================================================= Linux 3.8.6 .. 77.70 |========================================================= Liquorix 3.8 . 77.70 |========================================================= Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8.0 .. 132.07 |======================================================== Linux 3.8.6 .. 132.13 |======================================================== Liquorix 3.8 . 132.40 |======================================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8.0 .. 214.33 |======================================================== Linux 3.8.6 .. 214.05 |======================================================== Liquorix 3.8 . 212.18 |======================================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8.0 .. 49.19 |========================================================= Linux 3.8.6 .. 49.17 |========================================================= Liquorix 3.8 . 49.17 |========================================================= CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8.0 .. 1.66 |========================== Linux 3.8.6 .. 3.44 |====================================================== Liquorix 3.8 . 3.71 |========================================================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.8.0 .. 44.56 |========================================================= Linux 3.8.6 .. 41.67 |===================================================== Liquorix 3.8 . 41.75 |===================================================== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8.0 .. 3505.56 |=================================================== Linux 3.8.6 .. 3774.13 |======================================================= Liquorix 3.8 . 3672.60 |====================================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8.0 .. 7.85 |=========================================== Linux 3.8.6 .. 10.03 |======================================================= Liquorix 3.8 . 10.36 |========================================================= x264 2013-01-28 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8.0 .. 55.96 |==================================================== Linux 3.8.6 .. 60.91 |========================================================= Liquorix 3.8 . 60.54 |========================================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.8.0 .. 209.59 |======================================================== Linux 3.8.6 .. 197.56 |===================================================== Liquorix 3.8 . 195.72 |==================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.8.0 .. 79.54 |========================================================= Linux 3.8.6 .. 78.02 |======================================================== Liquorix 3.8 . 78.28 |======================================================== Primesieve 4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.8.0 .. 236.93 |======================================================== Linux 3.8.6 .. 234.93 |======================================================== Liquorix 3.8 . 229.81 |====================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.8.0 .. 292 |========================================================== Linux 3.8.6 .. 291 |========================================================== Liquorix 3.8 . 297 |=========================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.8.0 .. 22.59 |===================================================== Linux 3.8.6 .. 24.44 |========================================================= Liquorix 3.8 . 22.97 |====================================================== FFmpeg 1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.8.0 .. 30.45 |======================================================== Linux 3.8.6 .. 31.07 |========================================================= Liquorix 3.8 . 25.21 |============================================== N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.8.0 .. 96.93 |==================================================== Linux 3.8.6 .. 104.14 |======================================================== Liquorix 3.8 . 101.05 |====================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8.0 .. 2843.96 |================================================ Linux 3.8.6 .. 3243.23 |======================================================= Liquorix 3.8 . 2775.36 |=============================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8.0 .. 11759.45 |================================================ Linux 3.8.6 .. 11814.49 |================================================ Liquorix 3.8 . 13160.93 |======================================================