Chromebook Linux 3.13 Kernel Benchmarks of Acer C720 Chromebook on Ubuntu 13.10 with varying kernel releases. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com... Linux 3.10: Processor: Intel Celeron 2955U @ 1.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Acer Peppy v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB KINGSTON SNS4151, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1000MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-031000-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 Linux 3.11: Processor: Intel Celeron 2955U @ 1.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Acer Peppy v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB KINGSTON SNS4151, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1000MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-031100-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 Linux 3.12: Processor: Intel Celeron 2955U @ 1.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Acer Peppy v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB KINGSTON SNS4151, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1000MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-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 Linux 3.13 Git: Processor: Intel Celeron 2955U @ 1.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Acer Peppy v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB KINGSTON SNS4151, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1000MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-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 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.10 ..... 36.70 |======================================================= Linux 3.11 ..... 36.77 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 ..... 36.93 |======================================================= Linux 3.13 Git . 36.97 |======================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.10 ..... MIN: 7.0 AVG: 27.2 MAX: 64.0 Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 7.0 AVG: 27.3 MAX: 85.0 Linux 3.12 ..... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 26.9 MAX: 57.0 Linux 3.13 Git . MIN: 6.0 AVG: 26.9 MAX: 57.0 Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1366 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.10 ..... 88.07 |====================================================== Linux 3.11 ..... 88.77 |====================================================== Linux 3.12 ..... 88.20 |====================================================== Linux 3.13 Git . 89.90 |======================================================= Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.10 ..... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 11.2 MAX: 51.0 Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 11.1 MAX: 50.0 Linux 3.12 ..... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 11.2 MAX: 47.0 Linux 3.13 Git . MIN: 5.0 AVG: 11.0 MAX: 47.0 Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1366 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.10 ..... 43.07 |======================================================= Linux 3.11 ..... 43.20 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 ..... 43.13 |======================================================= Linux 3.13 Git . 43.43 |======================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.10 ..... 92.78 |======================================================= Linux 3.11 ..... 93.13 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 ..... 93.03 |======================================================= Linux 3.13 Git . 89.29 |===================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.10 ..... 56.81 |====================================================== Linux 3.11 ..... 57.29 |====================================================== Linux 3.12 ..... 58.27 |======================================================= Linux 3.13 Git . 57.84 |======================================================= PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: Covariance Computation Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.10 ..... 12.55 |======================================================= Linux 3.11 ..... 12.53 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 ..... 12.52 |======================================================= Linux 3.13 Git . 12.53 |======================================================= PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: Correlation Computation Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.10 ..... 12.55 |======================================================= Linux 3.11 ..... 12.53 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 ..... 12.53 |======================================================= Linux 3.13 Git . 12.54 |======================================================= PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: 3 Matrix Multiplications Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.10 ..... 54.24 |====================================================== Linux 3.11 ..... 53.99 |====================================================== Linux 3.12 ..... 55.27 |======================================================= Linux 3.13 Git . 53.90 |====================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Linux 3.10 ..... 789 |======================================================== Linux 3.11 ..... 804 |========================================================= Linux 3.12 ..... 793 |======================================================== Linux 3.13 Git . 796 |======================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Linux 3.10 ..... 1924000 |===================================================== Linux 3.11 ..... 1918333 |===================================================== Linux 3.12 ..... 1921333 |===================================================== Linux 3.13 Git . 1915000 |===================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Linux 3.10 ..... 14940 |======================================================= Linux 3.11 ..... 14940 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 ..... 14932 |======================================================= Linux 3.13 Git . 14891 |======================================================= x264 2013-06-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.10 ..... 29.12 |====================================================== Linux 3.11 ..... 28.93 |====================================================== Linux 3.12 ..... 29.42 |======================================================= Linux 3.13 Git . 29.00 |====================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.10 ..... 12.74 |======================================================= Linux 3.11 ..... 12.74 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 ..... 12.68 |======================================================= Linux 3.13 Git . 12.79 |======================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.10 ..... 34.48 |======================================================= Linux 3.11 ..... 34.73 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 ..... 34.44 |======================================================= Linux 3.13 Git . 34.48 |======================================================= FFmpeg 2.0 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.10 ..... 41.67 |======================================================= Linux 3.11 ..... 41.70 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 ..... 41.17 |====================================================== Linux 3.13 Git . 41.76 |======================================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.10 ..... 7342.82 |============================================ Linux 3.11 ..... 7378.91 |============================================ Linux 3.12 ..... 8857.99 |===================================================== Linux 3.13 Git . 7462.68 |=============================================