HP Linux Laptop vs. Lenovo ThinkPad Intel Linux laptop testing for a future article on phoronix.com.. Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook: 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 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-rc3, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Clarksfield - Lenovo 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 (405/324MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0-rc3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook . 79.37 |========================================== Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ... 12.60 |======= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook . 78.67 |========================================== Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ... 14.67 |======== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook . 268.99 |========================================= Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ... 9.32 |= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook . 1160 |=========================================== Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ... 562 |===================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook . 26.37 |================================= Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ... 34.00 |========================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook . MIN: 6.0 AVG: 37.8 MAX: 79.0 Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ... MIN: 17.0 AVG: 29.4 MAX: 44.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook . 92.08 |================================= Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ... 114.38 |========================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook . 49.08 |========================================== Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ... 46.45 |======================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook . 34.55 |========================================== Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ... 25.43 |=============================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook . 22.89 |========================================== Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ... 17.05 |=============================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook . 1291.61 |======================================== Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ... 1133.89 |=================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook . 65.17 |======================================== Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ... 67.60 |========================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook . 227.92 |========================================= Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ... 205.21 |===================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook . 74.31 |========================================== Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ... 61.51 |=================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook . 21.82 |========================================== Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ... 18.93 |==================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook . 249 |========================================= Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ... 265 |============================================ Hierarchical INTegration 1.0 Test: FLOAT QUIPs > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook . 256460031.08 |=================================== Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ... 210221438.77 |=============================