Liquorix 3.11 Linux Kernel Performance Liquorix 3.11 kernel benchmars against mainline vanilla kernels on Ubuntu Linux x86_64. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Linux 3.10: 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: 3.10.0-031000-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.903, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.11: 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: 3.11.0-031100-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.903, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.12 Git: Processor: Intel Core i7-4750HQ @ 3.20GHz (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: 3.12.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.903, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.11 Liquorix: Processor: Intel Core i7-4750HQ @ 3.20GHz (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: 3.11-3.dmz.2-liquorix-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.903, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.10 .......... 683.27 |================================= Linux 3.11 .......... 691.43 |================================= Linux 3.12 Git ...... 699.48 |================================= Linux 3.11 Liquorix . 1007.39 |================================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.10 .......... 295.57 |========================================= Linux 3.11 .......... 293.26 |======================================== Linux 3.12 Git ...... 357.44 |================================================= Linux 3.11 Liquorix . 334.08 |============================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 3.10 .......... 4385 |============================================ Linux 3.11 .......... 4385 |============================================ Linux 3.12 Git ...... 5102 |=================================================== Linux 3.11 Liquorix . 4777 |================================================ OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.10 .......... 316.13 |============================================== Linux 3.11 .......... 335.50 |================================================= Linux 3.12 Git ...... 332.90 |================================================= Linux 3.11 Liquorix . 292.83 |=========================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.10 .......... 63.02 |============================================= Linux 3.11 .......... 70.33 |================================================== Linux 3.12 Git ...... 70.50 |================================================== Linux 3.11 Liquorix . 61.33 |=========================================== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.10 .......... 203.97 |================================================ Linux 3.11 .......... 209.73 |================================================= Linux 3.12 Git ...... 198.15 |============================================== Linux 3.11 Liquorix . 165.37 |======================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.10 .......... 230.97 |============================================= Linux 3.11 .......... 250.59 |================================================= Linux 3.12 Git ...... 233.24 |============================================== Linux 3.11 Liquorix . 212.58 |========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.10 .......... 119.20 |=============================================== Linux 3.11 .......... 124.60 |================================================= Linux 3.12 Git ...... 121.59 |================================================ Linux 3.11 Liquorix . 108.76 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.10 .......... 73.14 |================================================= Linux 3.11 .......... 74.54 |================================================== Linux 3.12 Git ...... 74.85 |================================================== Linux 3.11 Liquorix . 70.24 |=============================================== PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: 3 Matrix Multiplications Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.10 .......... 23.15 |================================================== Linux 3.11 .......... 22.55 |================================================= Linux 3.12 Git ...... 22.81 |================================================= Linux 3.11 Liquorix . 10.31 |====================== x264 2013-06-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.10 .......... 152.05 |================================================ Linux 3.11 .......... 151.37 |================================================ Linux 3.12 Git ...... 152.25 |================================================= Linux 3.11 Liquorix . 153.75 |================================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.10 .......... 89.22 |================================================== Linux 3.11 .......... 89.22 |================================================== Linux 3.12 Git ...... 87.48 |================================================= Linux 3.11 Liquorix . 88.09 |================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.10 .......... 28.28 |================================================== Linux 3.11 .......... 28.30 |================================================== Linux 3.12 Git ...... 28.26 |================================================== Linux 3.11 Liquorix . 28.35 |================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.10 .......... 7.97 |================================================== Linux 3.11 .......... 7.95 |================================================== Linux 3.12 Git ...... 7.92 |================================================== Linux 3.11 Liquorix . 8.05 |=================================================== Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.10 .......... 69.95 |================================================== Linux 3.11 .......... 69.64 |================================================== Linux 3.12 Git ...... 69.57 |================================================== Linux 3.11 Liquorix . 69.08 |================================================= Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.10 .......... 83.74 |================================================== Linux 3.11 .......... 83.41 |================================================== Linux 3.12 Git ...... 83.38 |================================================== Linux 3.11 Liquorix . 81.85 |================================================= Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.10 .......... 148.69 |================================================= Linux 3.11 .......... 148.26 |================================================= Linux 3.12 Git ...... 148.63 |================================================= Linux 3.11 Liquorix . 147.37 |================================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.10 .......... 26501.28 |===================================== Linux 3.11 .......... 28241.92 |======================================== Linux 3.12 Git ...... 33598.56 |=============================================== Linux 3.11 Liquorix . 29379.35 |=========================================