Linux Mint 17 vs. Linux Mint 16 vs. Linux Mint 15 Linux Mint 17 benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com compared to older releases of the Cinnamon Ubuntu-based Linux Mint. Linux Mint 17: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: LinuxMint 17, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.2.9, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux Mint 16: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v2/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux Mint 15: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivytown DMI2, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: LinuxMint 15, Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 1.8.6, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.7 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux Mint 13: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 0e00, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: LinuxMint 13, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 1.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 68.80 |===================================================== Linux Mint 16 . 64.10 |================================================== Linux Mint 15 . 72.30 |======================================================== Linux Mint 13 . 65.97 |=================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 109.20 |======================================================= Linux Mint 16 . 94.00 |=============================================== Linux Mint 15 . 106.93 |====================================================== Linux Mint 13 . 93.60 |=============================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 74.40 |======================================================== Linux Mint 16 . 60.32 |============================================= Linux Mint 15 . 72.73 |======================================================= Linux Mint 13 . 62.88 |=============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 167.60 |================================================== Linux Mint 16 . 157.85 |=============================================== Linux Mint 15 . 185.41 |======================================================= Linux Mint 13 . 185.75 |======================================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 152.49 |=============================================== Linux Mint 16 . 136.37 |========================================== Linux Mint 15 . 180.26 |======================================================= Linux Mint 13 . 150.25 |============================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 4098 |============================================= Linux Mint 16 . 4901 |===================================================== Linux Mint 15 . 5173 |======================================================== Linux Mint 13 . 5245 |========================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 71.40 |============================================= Linux Mint 16 . 89.73 |======================================================== Linux Mint 15 . 34.87 |====================== Linux Mint 13 . 58.97 |===================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux Mint 17 . MIN: 8.0 AVG: 14.0 MAX: 20.0 Linux Mint 16 . MIN: 6.0 AVG: 11.1 MAX: 21.0 Linux Mint 15 . MIN: 7.0 AVG: 28.6 MAX: 73.0 Linux Mint 13 . MIN: 8.0 AVG: 16.9 MAX: 26.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 266.99 |====================================================== Linux Mint 16 . 271.70 |======================================================= Linux Mint 15 . 259.56 |===================================================== Linux Mint 13 . 23.35 |===== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 144.89 |======================================================= Linux Mint 16 . 142.92 |====================================================== Linux Mint 15 . 132.67 |================================================== Linux Mint 13 . 13.01 |===== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 100.00 |======================================================= Linux Mint 16 . 99.88 |======================================================= Linux Mint 15 . 87.06 |================================================ Linux Mint 13 . 7.94 |==== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 66.22 |======================================================== Linux Mint 16 . 66.53 |======================================================== Linux Mint 15 . 59.57 |================================================== Linux Mint 13 . 10.68 |========= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 60.91 |======================================================== Linux Mint 16 . 60.07 |======================================================= Linux Mint 15 . 36.02 |================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 2.81817 |================================================ Linux Mint 16 . 3.17181 |====================================================== Linux Mint 15 . 3.08184 |==================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 5.89228 |====================================================== Linux Mint 16 . 5.90298 |====================================================== Linux Mint 15 . 4.63325 |========================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 1.64414 |====================================================== Linux Mint 16 . 1.60550 |===================================================== Linux Mint 15 . 1.58804 |==================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad GB/s > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 1.24934 |====================================================== Linux Mint 16 . 1.22442 |===================================================== Linux Mint 15 . 1.22341 |===================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Random Access GUP/s > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 0.01295 |=========== Linux Mint 16 . 0.06629 |====================================================== Linux Mint 15 . 0.04670 |====================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Latency usecs < Lower Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 1.39624 |====================================================== Linux Mint 16 . 0.92155 |==================================== Linux Mint 15 . 0.91144 |=================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth GB/s > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 0.54429 |===================================================== Linux Mint 16 . 0.55122 |====================================================== Linux Mint 15 . 0.55553 |====================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 10793.97 |================================================= Linux Mint 16 . 11562.58 |==================================================== Linux Mint 15 . 11707.78 |===================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 67.51 |======================================================== Linux Mint 16 . 67.63 |======================================================== Linux Mint 15 . 65.84 |======================================================= Linux Mint 13 . 67.22 |======================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 33.04 |======================================================= Linux Mint 16 . 33.37 |======================================================== Linux Mint 15 . 32.75 |======================================================= Linux Mint 13 . 32.91 |======================================================= VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 28.77 |======================================================== Linux Mint 16 . 28.95 |======================================================== Linux Mint 15 . 28.78 |======================================================== Linux Mint 13 . 28.62 |======================================================= x264 2014-01-09 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 218.97 |====================================================== Linux Mint 16 . 221.30 |======================================================= Linux Mint 15 . 223.09 |======================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 100 |========================================================= Linux Mint 16 . 99 |========================================================= Linux Mint 15 . 99 |========================================================= Linux Mint 13 . 101 |========================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 166 |======================================================== Linux Mint 16 . 165 |======================================================== Linux Mint 15 . 166 |======================================================== Linux Mint 13 . 171 |========================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 195 |========================================================= Linux Mint 16 . 187 |======================================================= Linux Mint 15 . 191 |======================================================== Linux Mint 13 . 198 |========================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 1527.52 |===================================================== Linux Mint 16 . 1549.31 |====================================================== Linux Mint 15 . 1553.87 |====================================================== Linux Mint 13 . 1531.59 |===================================================== ebizzy 0.3 Phoronix Test Suite v5.2.0m1 Records/s > Higher Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 53513 |================================================== Linux Mint 16 . 59667 |======================================================== Linux Mint 15 . 58600 |======================================================= Linux Mint 13 . 50304 |=============================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 64.30 |======================================================== Linux Mint 16 . 63.49 |======================================================= Linux Mint 15 . 61.80 |====================================================== Linux Mint 13 . 57.36 |================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 19.19 |=================================== Linux Mint 16 . 19.23 |=================================== Linux Mint 15 . 22.73 |========================================= Linux Mint 13 . 30.81 |======================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 5.21 |============================================== Linux Mint 16 . 5.28 |=============================================== Linux Mint 15 . 6.41 |========================================================= Linux Mint 13 . 5.25 |=============================================== Open Porous Media 2013-11-26 OPM Benchmark: Upscale-Relperm Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 55.38 |======================================================== Linux Mint 16 . 55.37 |======================================================== Linux Mint 15 . 48.78 |================================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 5.36 |====================================================== Linux Mint 16 . 5.37 |====================================================== Linux Mint 15 . 5.35 |====================================================== Linux Mint 13 . 5.66 |========================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux Mint 17 . 14.27 |======================================================= Linux Mint 16 . 14.52 |======================================================== Linux Mint 15 . 13.98 |====================================================== Linux Mint 13 . 13.99 |======================================================