System76 Galago UltraPro vs. Gaelle Pro Ubuntu 13.10 Sstem76 Galago UltraPro benchmarks of Intel Core i7 Haswell Ultrabook compared to Gazelle Pro. Benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix. System76 Gazelle Pro: Processor: Intel Core i7-4900MQ @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Gazelle Professional, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12, Graphics: Intel 4th Gen Core IGP (1300MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 System76 Galago UltraPro: Processor: Intel Core i7-4750HQ @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Galago UltraPro, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDMCEAC12, Graphics: Intel Crystal Well IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 radeon-k04: Processor: Intel Core i5-4570 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS H87-PRO, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 250GB Hitachi HDT722525DLA380 + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EZRX-00D, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Mobility Radeon HD 4330/4350/4550 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL 2405FPW, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 hd4600-k04: Processor: Intel Core i5-4570 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS H87-PRO, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 250GB Hitachi HDT722525DLA380 + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EZRX-00D, Graphics: Intel Haswell IGP 256MB, Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Monitor: DELL 2405FPW, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.1, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 hd4600-k10: Processor: Intel Core i5-4570 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS H87-PRO, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 250GB Hitachi HDT722525DLA380 + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EZRX-00D, Graphics: Intel Haswell Desktop 256MB, Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.11.1, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 hd4600-k10xfce: Processor: Intel Core i5-4570 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS H87-PRO, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 250GB Hitachi HDT722525DLA380 + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EZRX-00D, Graphics: Intel Haswell Desktop 256MB, Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-11-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 318.99 |============================================ System76 Galago UltraPro . 71.95 |========== radeon-k04 ............... 18.57 |=== hd4600-k04 ............... 20.89 |=== hd4600-k10 ............... 20.71 |=== hd4600-k10xfce ........... 21.26 |=== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 727.32 |============================================ System76 Galago UltraPro . 694.21 |========================================== radeon-k04 ............... 297.69 |================== hd4600-k04 ............... 324.50 |==================== hd4600-k10 ............... 331.77 |==================== hd4600-k10xfce ........... 409.55 |========================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 366.96 |============================================ System76 Galago UltraPro . 318.39 |====================================== radeon-k04 ............... 283.04 |================================== hd4600-k04 ............... 257.61 |=============================== hd4600-k10 ............... 209.77 |========================= hd4600-k10xfce ........... 240.26 |============================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 5245 |======================================== System76 Galago UltraPro . 4518 |=================================== radeon-k04 ............... 5813 |============================================= hd4600-k04 ............... 6000 |============================================== hd4600-k10 ............... 5068 |======================================= hd4600-k10xfce ........... 5954 |============================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 198.72 |========================== System76 Galago UltraPro . 340.53 |============================================ radeon-k04 ............... 21.73 |=== hd4600-k04 ............... 104.73 |============== hd4600-k10 ............... 185.03 |======================== hd4600-k10xfce ........... 198.10 |========================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 38.23 |======================== System76 Galago UltraPro . 71.60 |============================================= radeon-k04 ............... 5.40 |=== hd4600-k04 ............... 25.93 |================ hd4600-k10 ............... 34.63 |====================== hd4600-k10xfce ........... 35.60 |====================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 26.1 MAX: 58.0 System76 Galago UltraPro . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 14.1 MAX: 36.0 radeon-k04 ............... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 8.5 MAX: 97.0 hd4600-k04 ............... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 38.6 MAX: 89.0 hd4600-k10 ............... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 28.7 MAX: 64.0 hd4600-k10xfce ........... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 28.2 MAX: 67.0 Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 109.73 |======================= System76 Galago UltraPro . 212.47 |============================================ radeon-k04 ............... 7.93 |== hd4600-k04 ............... 44.33 |========= hd4600-k10 ............... 101.27 |===================== hd4600-k10xfce ........... 105.50 |====================== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... MIN: 2 AVG: 9 MAX: 25 System76 Galago UltraPro . MIN: 1 AVG: 5 MAX: 21 radeon-k04 ............... MIN: 2 AVG: 17 MAX: 99 hd4600-k04 ............... MIN: 2 AVG: 22 MAX: 54 hd4600-k10 ............... MIN: 1 AVG: 10 MAX: 29 hd4600-k10xfce ........... MIN: 1 AVG: 9 MAX: 27 Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 104.87 |======================================== System76 Galago UltraPro . 115.53 |============================================ radeon-k04 ............... 10.88 |==== hd4600-k04 ............... 89.87 |================================== hd4600-k10 ............... 103.93 |======================================== hd4600-k10xfce ........... 107.87 |========================================= Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... MIN: 2 AVG: 10 MAX: 20 System76 Galago UltraPro . MIN: 1 AVG: 9 MAX: 23 radeon-k04 ............... MIN: 1 AVG: 32 MAX: 99 hd4600-k04 ............... MIN: 2 AVG: 11 MAX: 21 hd4600-k10 ............... MIN: 1 AVG: 10 MAX: 20 hd4600-k10xfce ........... MIN: 1 AVG: 9 MAX: 21 Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 56.67 |======================== System76 Galago UltraPro . 103.03 |============================================ radeon-k04 ............... 10.37 |==== hd4600-k04 ............... 32.83 |============== hd4600-k10 ............... 54.03 |======================= hd4600-k10xfce ........... 54.67 |======================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 180.25 |=============================== System76 Galago UltraPro . 251.96 |============================================ radeon-k04 ............... 24.47 |==== hd4600-k04 ............... 89.45 |================ hd4600-k10 ............... 161.68 |============================ hd4600-k10xfce ........... 168.91 |============================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 76.15 |=========================== System76 Galago UltraPro . 126.09 |============================================ radeon-k04 ............... 5.89 |== hd4600-k04 ............... 39.51 |============== hd4600-k10 ............... 67.77 |======================== hd4600-k10xfce ........... 70.02 |======================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 45.91 |=========================== System76 Galago UltraPro . 75.63 |============================================= radeon-k04 ............... 4.57 |=== hd4600-k04 ............... 28.34 |================= hd4600-k10 ............... 38.83 |======================= hd4600-k10xfce ........... 39.13 |======================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 28.79 |========================== System76 Galago UltraPro . 48.94 |============================================= radeon-k04 ............... 3.69 |=== hd4600-k04 ............... 19.41 |================== hd4600-k10 ............... 24.43 |====================== hd4600-k10xfce ........... 24.22 |====================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 3710 |=============================== System76 Galago UltraPro . 5539 |============================================== radeon-k04 ............... 1259 |========== hd4600-k04 ............... 5083 |========================================== hd4600-k10 ............... 3650 |============================== hd4600-k10xfce ........... 3781 |=============================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 384 |============================ System76 Galago UltraPro . 648 |=============================================== radeon-k04 ............... 41 |=== hd4600-k04 ............... 209 |=============== hd4600-k10 ............... 325 |======================== hd4600-k10xfce ........... 325 |======================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 38510 |===================== System76 Galago UltraPro . 84265 |============================================= radeon-k04 ............... 7287 |==== hd4600-k04 ............... 13999 |======= hd4600-k10 ............... 40199 |===================== hd4600-k10xfce ........... 43992 |======================= GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 4437 |============================== System76 Galago UltraPro . 158 |= radeon-k04 ............... 6693 |============================================== hd4600-k04 ............... 67 | hd4600-k10 ............... 74 |= hd4600-k10xfce ........... 73 |= GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 289 |== System76 Galago UltraPro . 485 |=== radeon-k04 ............... 6695 |============================================== hd4600-k04 ............... 200 |= hd4600-k10 ............... 229 |== hd4600-k10xfce ........... 230 |== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 21.75 |====================================== System76 Galago UltraPro . 25.71 |============================================= radeon-k04 ............... 23.80 |========================================== hd4600-k04 ............... 22.24 |======================================= hd4600-k10 ............... 22.42 |======================================= hd4600-k10xfce ........... 22.26 |======================================= VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 25.15 |================================== System76 Galago UltraPro . 23.32 |================================ radeon-k04 ............... 32.24 |============================================ hd4600-k04 ............... 32.75 |============================================ hd4600-k10 ............... 32.65 |============================================ hd4600-k10xfce ........... 33.13 |============================================= x264 2013-06-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 164.09 |============================================ System76 Galago UltraPro . 151.75 |========================================= radeon-k04 ............... 131.83 |=================================== hd4600-k04 ............... 133.76 |==================================== hd4600-k10 ............... 132.92 |==================================== hd4600-k10xfce ........... 135.33 |==================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 128 |=============================================== System76 Galago UltraPro . 112 |========================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 77 |================================================ System76 Galago UltraPro . 69 |=========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 160 |=============================================== System76 Galago UltraPro . 139 |========================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 200 |=============================================== System76 Galago UltraPro . 172 |======================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 119 |=============================================== System76 Galago UltraPro . 105 |========================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 1715.99 |=========================================== System76 Galago UltraPro . 1475.80 |===================================== radeon-k04 ............... 1629.95 |========================================= hd4600-k04 ............... 1674.13 |========================================== hd4600-k10 ............... 1660.87 |========================================== hd4600-k10xfce ........... 1644.59 |========================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 84.48 |======================================= System76 Galago UltraPro . 87.83 |========================================= radeon-k04 ............... 94.08 |=========================================== hd4600-k04 ............... 94.19 |============================================ hd4600-k10 ............... 97.33 |============================================= hd4600-k10xfce ........... 94.23 |============================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 26.52 |====================================== System76 Galago UltraPro . 28.33 |======================================== radeon-k04 ............... 31.64 |============================================= hd4600-k04 ............... 31.26 |============================================ hd4600-k10 ............... 31.28 |============================================ hd4600-k10xfce ........... 31.20 |============================================ Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 7.85 |===================================== System76 Galago UltraPro . 8.03 |====================================== radeon-k04 ............... 9.63 |============================================== hd4600-k04 ............... 9.27 |============================================ hd4600-k10 ............... 9.23 |============================================ hd4600-k10xfce ........... 9.21 |============================================ Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 99 |====================================== System76 Galago UltraPro . 102 |======================================= radeon-k04 ............... 122 |=============================================== hd4600-k04 ............... 120 |============================================== hd4600-k10 ............... 120 |============================================== hd4600-k10xfce ........... 120 |============================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 4.71 |======================================= System76 Galago UltraPro . 5.60 |============================================== radeon-k04 ............... 5.38 |============================================ hd4600-k04 ............... 5.07 |========================================== hd4600-k10 ............... 5.10 |========================================== hd4600-k10xfce ........... 5.07 |========================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 12.70 |====================================== System76 Galago UltraPro . 15.05 |============================================= radeon-k04 ............... 13.93 |========================================== hd4600-k04 ............... 13.01 |======================================= hd4600-k10 ............... 13.05 |======================================= hd4600-k10xfce ........... 13.01 |======================================= Ogg Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 7.09 |======================================= System76 Galago UltraPro . 8.41 |============================================== radeon-k04 ............... 8.03 |============================================ hd4600-k04 ............... 7.49 |========================================= hd4600-k10 ............... 7.51 |========================================= hd4600-k10xfce ........... 7.49 |========================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better System76 Gazelle Pro ..... 144.40 |============================================ System76 Galago UltraPro . 121.83 |===================================== radeon-k04 ............... 129.00 |======================================= hd4600-k04 ............... 137.13 |========================================== hd4600-k10 ............... 136.57 |========================================== hd4600-k10xfce ........... 136.73 |==========================================