Linux 3.16 Kernel Intel Core i7 Canyon
Linux 3.16 kernel benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


Linux 3.15: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel HD 4600, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.912, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Linux 3.16 Git: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel HD 4600, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.912, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 30.32 |=======================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 22.62 |=========================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 50.87 |=======================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 39.60 |===========================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 21.99 |=======================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 22.05 |=======================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 299.10 |======================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 289.33 |====================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 234.42 |======================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 210.16 |================================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 5906 |========================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 5813 |=======================================================


BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6
Computational Test: Dhrystone 2
LPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 40131475.67 |=================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 39633474.33 |================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 227 |=========================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 227 |=========================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 245 |=========================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 245 |=========================================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 2102.17 |=====================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 2108.23 |=====================================================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 22.37 |=======================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 21.95 |======================================================


Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 53.97 |=======================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 48.67 |==================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 65.16 |=======================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 65.34 |=======================================================


Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 23.07 |=======================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 22.03 |=====================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 14.91 |=======================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 14.89 |=======================================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 4.41 |========================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 4.26 |======================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 11.82 |=======================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 11.80 |=======================================================


Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 400.91 |======================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 401.47 |======================================================


Hierarchical INTegration 1.0
Test: FLOAT
QUIPs > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 414385467.10 |================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 414945880.69 |================================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 42270.26 |====================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 5606.08  |=======