Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Linux Performance Comparison Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com looking at the evolving Ubuntu 12.04 LTS performance with new hardware enablement stacks in the Precise Pangolin point releases..
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Linux Performance Comparison Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Ubuntu 12.04.2 Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.4 Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores) HP 161C Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM 4096MB 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+) IDT 92HD81B1X5 Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 Ubuntu 12.04 3.5.0-23-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.18.0 X Server 1.13.0 intel 2.20.9 3.0 Mesa 9.0 GCC 4.6 ext4 1600x900 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160 Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+) (1300MHz) 3.8.0-29-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.20.0 X Server 1.13.3 intel 2.21.6 3.0 Mesa 9.1.4 Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz) 3.11.0-15-generic (x86_64) X Server 1.14.5 intel 2.99.904 3.0 Mesa 9.2.1 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v Disk Details - DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw Processor Details - Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand Graphics Details - Ubuntu 12.04.2: UXA - Ubuntu 12.04.3: SNA - Ubuntu 12.04.4: SNA System Details - Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE.
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Linux Performance Comparison blake2: Phoronix Test Suite v5.0.0m1 c-ray: Total Time dbench: 1 ffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DV graphics-magick: Blur graphics-magick: Sharpen graphics-magick: Resizing graphics-magick: HWB Color Space graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver hpcc: G-HPL hpcc: G-Ffte hpcc: EP-DGEMM hpcc: G-Ptrans hpcc: EP-STREAM Triad hpcc: G-Rand Access hpcc: Rand Ring Latency hpcc: Rand Ring Bandwidth hpcc: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth openarena: 1600 x 900 compress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compression postmark: Disk Transaction Performance reaction: 1600 x 900 supertuxkart: 1600 x 900 build-apache: Time To Compile build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile vpxenc: vpxenc xonotic: 1600 x 900 - Low xonotic: 1600 x 900 - High xonotic: 1600 x 900 - Ultra Ubuntu 12.04.2 Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.4 4.70 115.77 210.59 26.75 81 41 102 129 70 1276.42 8.43749 1.42446 2.23488 0.36452 1.81366 0.00673 1.11725 0.79002 4265.841 22.43 22.21 1666 48.87 87.43 62.50 202.19 16.87 74.29 38.89 28.48 4.62 115.52 190.87 26.69 81 41 102 128 71 1270.81 8.37216 1.42993 2.23567 0.37108 1.81823 0.00655 1.06919 0.78819 4272.179 27.23 21.29 1633 58.83 95.41 62.93 203.05 16.87 88.20 44.84 31.40 4.62 115.59 195.99 26.24 81 41 102 129 70 1273.77 8.36751 1.42418 2.23256 0.36951 1.82226 0.00579 1.20247 0.78854 4279.907 27.47 22.21 1549 68 104.27 62.72 204.08 16.77 92.81 48.78 33.34 OpenBenchmarking.org
BLAKE2 Phoronix Test Suite v5.0.0m1 OpenBenchmarking.org Cycles Per Byte, Fewer Is Better BLAKE2 20130131 Phoronix Test Suite v5.0.0m1 Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.4 Ubuntu 12.04.2 1.0575 2.115 3.1725 4.23 5.2875 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 4.62 4.62 4.70 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -O3 -march=native -lcrypto -lz
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.4 Ubuntu 12.04.2 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 115.52 115.59 115.77 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
Dbench Client Count: 1 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 Ubuntu 12.04.2 Ubuntu 12.04.4 Ubuntu 12.04.3 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 210.59 195.99 190.87 1. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt -O2
FFmpeg H.264 HD To NTSC DV OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Ubuntu 12.04.4 Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.2 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 26.24 26.69 26.75 -lasound -lSDL -lasound -lSDL 1. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lm -pthread -lrt -std=c99 -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -fno-tree-vectorize -MMD -MF -MT
GraphicsMagick Operation: Blur OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Blur Ubuntu 12.04.4 Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.2 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 81 81 81 -ljpeg -ljpeg 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Sharpen Ubuntu 12.04.4 Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.2 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 41 41 41 -ljpeg -ljpeg 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Resizing OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Ubuntu 12.04.4 Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.2 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 102 102 102 -ljpeg -ljpeg 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: HWB Color Space OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Ubuntu 12.04.4 Ubuntu 12.04.2 Ubuntu 12.04.3 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 129 129 128 -ljpeg -ljpeg 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.4 Ubuntu 12.04.2 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 71 70 70 -ljpeg -ljpeg 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver Ubuntu 12.04.2 Ubuntu 12.04.4 Ubuntu 12.04.3 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 4.84, N = 3 SE +/- 3.80, N = 3 SE +/- 2.44, N = 3 1276.42 1273.77 1270.81 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
HPC Challenge Test / Class: G-HPL OpenBenchmarking.org GFLOPS, More Is Better HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL Ubuntu 12.04.2 Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.4 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.00416, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00821, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00250, N = 3 8.43749 8.37216 8.36751 1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.3
HPC Challenge Test / Class: G-Ffte OpenBenchmarking.org GFLOPS, More Is Better HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.2 Ubuntu 12.04.4 0.3217 0.6434 0.9651 1.2868 1.6085 SE +/- 0.00235, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00419, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00090, N = 3 1.42993 1.42446 1.42418 1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.3
HPC Challenge Test / Class: EP-DGEMM OpenBenchmarking.org GFLOPS, More Is Better HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.2 Ubuntu 12.04.4 0.503 1.006 1.509 2.012 2.515 SE +/- 0.00066, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00029, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00026, N = 3 2.23567 2.23488 2.23256 1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.3
HPC Challenge Test / Class: G-Ptrans OpenBenchmarking.org GB/s, More Is Better HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.4 Ubuntu 12.04.2 0.0835 0.167 0.2505 0.334 0.4175 SE +/- 0.00069, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00219, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00743, N = 3 0.37108 0.36951 0.36452 1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.3
HPC Challenge Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad OpenBenchmarking.org GB/s, More Is Better HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad Ubuntu 12.04.4 Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.2 0.41 0.82 1.23 1.64 2.05 SE +/- 0.01752, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00878, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02536, N = 3 1.82226 1.81823 1.81366 1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.3
HPC Challenge Test / Class: G-Random Access OpenBenchmarking.org GUP/s, More Is Better HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Random Access Ubuntu 12.04.2 Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.4 0.0015 0.003 0.0045 0.006 0.0075 SE +/- 0.00003, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00001, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00004, N = 3 0.00673 0.00655 0.00579 1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.3
HPC Challenge Test / Class: Random Ring Latency OpenBenchmarking.org usecs, Fewer Is Better HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Latency Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.2 Ubuntu 12.04.4 0.2706 0.5412 0.8118 1.0824 1.353 SE +/- 0.00695, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01277, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00565, N = 3 1.06919 1.11725 1.20247 1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.3
HPC Challenge Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth OpenBenchmarking.org GB/s, More Is Better HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth Ubuntu 12.04.2 Ubuntu 12.04.4 Ubuntu 12.04.3 0.1778 0.3556 0.5334 0.7112 0.889 SE +/- 0.00238, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00178, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00228, N = 3 0.79002 0.78854 0.78819 1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.3
HPC Challenge Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth Ubuntu 12.04.4 Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.2 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 3.27, N = 3 SE +/- 23.94, N = 3 SE +/- 13.55, N = 3 4279.91 4272.18 4265.84 1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops 2. BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.3
OpenArena Resolution: 1600 x 900 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Ubuntu 12.04.4 Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.2 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 27.47 27.23 22.43 MIN: 6 / MAX: 78 MIN: 7 / MAX: 79 MIN: 5 / MAX: 94
OpenArena Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Total Frame Time OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Total Frame Time Ubuntu 12.04.4 Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.2 20 40 60 80 100 Min: 6 / Avg: 36.33 / Max: 78 Min: 6 / Avg: 36.67 / Max: 79 Min: 5 / Avg: 44.59 / Max: 90
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 256MB File Compression OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.2 Ubuntu 12.04.4 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 6 SE +/- 0.44, N = 6 21.29 22.21 22.21 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Ubuntu 12.04.2 Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.4 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 6.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 3.00, N = 3 1666 1633 1549 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
Reaction Quake 3 Resolution: 1600 x 900 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1600 x 900 Ubuntu 12.04.4 Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.2 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 68.00 58.83 48.87 MIN: 58.5 / MAX: 59.5 MIN: 48.7 / MAX: 49
Reaction Quake 3 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Total Frame Time OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Total Frame Time Ubuntu 12.04.4 Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.2 11 22 33 44 55 Min: 4 / Avg: 14.6 / Max: 36 Min: 3 / Avg: 16.91 / Max: 43 Min: 3 / Avg: 20.38 / Max: 58
SuperTuxKart Resolution: 1600 x 900 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better SuperTuxKart 0.8.1 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Ubuntu 12.04.4 Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.2 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 2.02, N = 3 SE +/- 1.26, N = 3 SE +/- 2.81, N = 6 104.27 95.41 87.43
Timed Apache Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Ubuntu 12.04.2 Ubuntu 12.04.4 Ubuntu 12.04.3 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 62.50 62.72 62.93
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Ubuntu 12.04.2 Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.4 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.84, N = 3 202.19 203.05 204.08
VP8 libvpx Encoding vpxenc OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.2 Ubuntu 12.04.4 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 16.87 16.87 16.77 1. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lvpx -lm -lpthread -fomit-frame-pointer -O3
Xonotic Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Low Ubuntu 12.04.4 Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.2 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.98, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 92.81 88.20 74.29 MIN: 55 / MAX: 134 MIN: 52 / MAX: 130 MIN: 47 / MAX: 99
Xonotic Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: High Ubuntu 12.04.4 Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.2 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.50, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 48.78 44.84 38.89 MIN: 5 / MAX: 63 MIN: 25 / MAX: 60 MIN: 24 / MAX: 51
Xonotic Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Ultra OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Ultra Ubuntu 12.04.4 Ubuntu 12.04.3 Ubuntu 12.04.2 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 33.34 31.40 28.48 MIN: 17 / MAX: 50 MIN: 15 / MAX: 48 MIN: 16 / MAX: 43
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