Linux Laptop Benchmarks Testing by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. ThinkPad W510: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB FUJITSU MHZ2160B, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.88, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 ThinkPad T61: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 6459CTO, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M-E, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS72201, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 512MB (400/600MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1984, Network: Intel 82566MM Gigabit Connection + Intel PRO/Wireless OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.88, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 ThinkPad T60: Processor: Intel T2400 @ 1.83GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 2613EJU, Chipset: Intel Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS + ICH7-M, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 80GB Hitachi HTS541080G9SA00, Graphics: AMD Mobility Radeon X1400 128MB, Audio: Analog Devices AD1981, Network: Intel 82573L Gigabit + Intel PRO/Wireless OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (i686), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1400x1050 EliteBook 161C: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 ASUS S56C: Processor: Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS K56CA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505 + 24GB SanDisk SSD i100, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC270, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 2.02 |= ThinkPad T61 ... 2.02 |= ThinkPad T60 ... 1.31 |= EliteBook 161C . 90.70 |======================================================= ASUS S56C ...... 2.65 |== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 42.24 |===================== ThinkPad T61 ... 39.38 |==================== ThinkPad T60 ... 22.12 |=========== EliteBook 161C . 107.72 |====================================================== ASUS S56C ...... 60.42 |============================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 59.70 |============================= ThinkPad T61 ... 44.39 |===================== ThinkPad T60 ... 19.54 |========= EliteBook 161C . 112.34 |====================================================== ASUS S56C ...... 76.00 |===================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 51.75 |=================== ThinkPad T61 ... 37.18 |============== ThinkPad T60 ... 14.96 |===== EliteBook 161C . 148.50 |====================================================== ASUS S56C ...... 105.29 |====================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 703 |========================== ThinkPad T61 ... 691 |========================= ThinkPad T60 ... 70 |=== EliteBook 161C . 1537 |======================================================== ASUS S56C ...... 721 |========================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 66.83 |======================================================= ThinkPad T61 ... 20.13 |================= ThinkPad T60 ... 15.57 |============= EliteBook 161C . 48.20 |======================================== ASUS S56C ...... 59.40 |================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. MIN: 3.0 AVG: 14.9 MAX: 35.0 ThinkPad T61 ... MIN: 19.0 AVG: 49.6 MAX: 89.0 ThinkPad T60 ... MIN: 35.0 AVG: 64.3 MAX: 89.0 EliteBook 161C . MIN: 5.0 AVG: 20.4 MAX: 41.0 ASUS S56C ...... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 16.5 MAX: 40.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 98.24 |======================================================= ThinkPad T61 ... 27.99 |================ ThinkPad T60 ... 18.28 |========== EliteBook 161C . 72.35 |========================================= ASUS S56C ...... 71.10 |======================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 48.22 |================================================ ThinkPad T61 ... 14.16 |============== ThinkPad T60 ... 12.59 |============= EliteBook 161C . 50.71 |=================================================== ASUS S56C ...... 54.75 |======================================================= GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1024 x 768 Points > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 443 |========================================================= ThinkPad T61 ... 74 |========== EliteBook 161C . 208 |=========================== ASUS S56C ...... 406 |==================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 16.47 |====================================================== ThinkPad T61 ... 10.49 |================================== EliteBook 161C . 16.80 |======================================================= ASUS S56C ...... 11.17 |===================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 1.97418 |===================================================== ThinkPad T61 ... 0.97367 |========================== EliteBook 161C . 1.41069 |====================================== ASUS S56C ...... 1.43666 |======================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 2.31470 |================== ThinkPad T61 ... 6.80617 |===================================================== EliteBook 161C . 4.57002 |==================================== ASUS S56C ...... 2.98475 |======================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 1.07329 |===================================================== ThinkPad T61 ... 0.63220 |=============================== EliteBook 161C . 0.37017 |================== ASUS S56C ...... 0.42234 |===================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad GB/s > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 1.22596 |============================== ThinkPad T61 ... 1.87729 |============================================== EliteBook 161C . 1.81811 |============================================= ASUS S56C ...... 2.14680 |===================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Random Access GUP/s > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 0.02122 |===================================================== ThinkPad T61 ... 0.00925 |======================= EliteBook 161C . 0.02047 |=================================================== ASUS S56C ...... 0.01553 |======================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Latency usecs < Lower Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 1.39572 |===================================================== ThinkPad T61 ... 0.47946 |================== EliteBook 161C . 0.56979 |====================== ASUS S56C ...... 0.92887 |=================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth GB/s > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 0.55613 |================================= ThinkPad T61 ... 0.86401 |=================================================== EliteBook 161C . 0.76420 |============================================= ASUS S56C ...... 0.89771 |===================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth MB/s > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 4538.49 |======================================= ThinkPad T61 ... 6106.11 |===================================================== EliteBook 161C . 4624.06 |======================================== ASUS S56C ...... 4796.14 |========================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 10.10 |================================= ThinkPad T61 ... 10.02 |================================= ThinkPad T60 ... 4.34 |============== EliteBook 161C . 16.66 |======================================================= ASUS S56C ...... 10.51 |=================================== x264 2013-06-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 61.21 |======================================================= ThinkPad T61 ... 31.91 |============================= ThinkPad T60 ... 13.60 |============ EliteBook 161C . 61.34 |======================================================= ASUS S56C ...... 40.96 |===================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 1140.15 |============================================== ThinkPad T61 ... 917.45 |===================================== ThinkPad T60 ... 538.67 |====================== EliteBook 161C . 1313.66 |===================================================== ASUS S56C ...... 779.80 |=============================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 61.49 |=============== ThinkPad T61 ... 94.22 |======================= ThinkPad T60 ... 219.75 |====================================================== EliteBook 161C . 74.43 |================== ASUS S56C ...... 114.51 |============================ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 22.90 |=========================== ThinkPad T61 ... 25.11 |============================== ThinkPad T60 ... 46.04 |======================================================= EliteBook 161C . 17.04 |==================== ASUS S56C ...... 28.97 |=================================== Opus Codec Encoding 1.0.1 WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode Seconds < Lower Is Better ThinkPad W510 .. 14.87 |================== ThinkPad T61 ... 18.32 |====================== ThinkPad T60 ... 44.91 |======================================================= EliteBook 161C . 11.52 |============== ASUS S56C ...... 19.53 |========================