Fedora 20 Updates Testing Performance ASUS Zenbook Prime UX32 Intel Ultrabook benchmarks on Fedora 20 stock plus updates. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Fedora 20 Stock: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 10240MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Fedora 20, Kernel: 3.11.10-300.fc20.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.10.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.14.4, Display Driver: intel 2.21.15, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20131017, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 10240MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Fedora 20, Kernel: 3.11.10-300.fc20.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.10.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.14.4, Display Driver: intel 2.21.15, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.5, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20131212, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates + Linux 3.12: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 10240MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Fedora 20, Kernel: 3.12.6-300.fc20.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.10.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.14.4, Display Driver: intel 2.21.15, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.5, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20131212, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Fedora 20 Stock ........................ 3826 |=============================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates .............. 3866 |=============================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates + Linux 3.12 . 3947 |================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 20 Stock ........................ 19.83 |=========================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates .............. 20.40 |============================ Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates + Linux 3.12 . 22.92 |=============================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 20 Stock ........................ MIN: 6 AVG: 50 MAX: 99 Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates .............. MIN: 5 AVG: 48 MAX: 99 Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates + Linux 3.12 . MIN: 5 AVG: 46 MAX: 99 Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 20 Stock ........................ 51.60 |=========================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates .............. 52.50 |=========================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates + Linux 3.12 . 59.87 |=============================== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 20 Stock ........................ MIN: 3.0 AVG: 19.4 MAX: 68.0 Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates .............. MIN: 4.0 AVG: 18.6 MAX: 62.0 Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates + Linux 3.12 . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 17.6 MAX: 46.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 20 Stock ........................ 79.55 |========================= Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates .............. 82.73 |========================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates + Linux 3.12 . 97.21 |=============================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 20 Stock ........................ 40.93 |============================ Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates .............. 42.13 |============================= Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates + Linux 3.12 . 44.93 |=============================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 20 Stock ........................ 29.01 |=========================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates .............. 30.18 |============================= Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates + Linux 3.12 . 32.71 |=============================== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Fedora 20 Stock ........................ 2265 |================================ Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates .............. 2257 |================================ Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates + Linux 3.12 . 2257 |================================ John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Fedora 20 Stock ........................ 3788333 |============================= Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates .............. 3788333 |============================= Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates + Linux 3.12 . 3801000 |============================= John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Fedora 20 Stock ........................ 31892 |=============================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates .............. 31771 |=============================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates + Linux 3.12 . 31892 |=============================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Fedora 20 Stock ........................ 1220.90 |============================ Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates .............. 1229.58 |============================ Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates + Linux 3.12 . 1251.24 |============================= Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 20 Stock ........................ 60.05 |=============================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates .............. 59.69 |=============================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates + Linux 3.12 . 59.94 |=============================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 20 Stock ........................ 206.43 |============================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates .............. 204.51 |============================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates + Linux 3.12 . 204.81 |============================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 20 Stock ........................ 73.61 |=============================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates .............. 73.53 |=============================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates + Linux 3.12 . 73.52 |=============================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 20 Stock ........................ 23.21 |=============================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates .............. 22.38 |============================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates + Linux 3.12 . 20.83 |============================ FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 20 Stock ........................ 6.47 |================================ Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates .............. 6.48 |================================ Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates + Linux 3.12 . 6.47 |================================ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 20 Stock ........................ 17.09 |=============================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates .............. 17.10 |=============================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates + Linux 3.12 . 17.07 |=============================== Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 20 Stock ........................ 76.59 |=============================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates .............. 75.17 |============================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates + Linux 3.12 . 77.52 |=============================== Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 20 Stock ........................ 93.55 |=============================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates .............. 92.89 |=============================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates + Linux 3.12 . 93.37 |=============================== Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 20 Stock ........................ 161.08 |============================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates .............. 160.74 |============================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates + Linux 3.12 . 161.04 |============================== POV-Ray 3.7.0 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 20 Stock ........................ 419.06 |============================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates .............. 415.00 |============================== Fedora 20 - 6 Jan Updates + Linux 3.12 . 416.52 |==============================