Intel Haswell MacBook Air 2013
Benchmarking the aforementioned notebook


Intel MacBook Air Haswell: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 1.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Air, Chipset: Apple SSD, Memory: 2 x 2048 DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 121GB APPLE SSD SD0128F, Graphics: Intel HD 5000 1024MB, Monitor: Color LCD

	OS: OS X 10.8.4 (12E3067), Kernel: 12.4.1 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.28) (based on LLVM 3.2svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6.3, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1366x768

Intel IvyBridge HP ProBook 4340s Core i5 3230M: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-3230M @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 17F0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB HGST HTS545050A7, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1100MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD87B2/4, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Ralink RT3290 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.912, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-15b5e66 trusty-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 + Clang 3.4.2-2~gd~t + LLVM 3.4.2, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 3286x1080

NBLB2 M/B Arrandale QS Discrete Madison Pro: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5 580M @ 2.67GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Acer Calpella, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000LM014-1EJ1 + 1500GB HGST HTS541515A9, Graphics: AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5000 1024MB (550/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC272X, Network: Broadcom NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit PCIe + Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250

	OS: Linux, Kernel: 3.14.12-rt9-1-rt (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.12.2, Display Driver: fglrx 14.20.7, OpenGL: 4.4.12968, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1 20140903 + Clang 3.5.0 + LLVM 3.5.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768


Unpacking The Linux Kernel
linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel MacBook Air Haswell ...................... 23.97 |====================
Intel IvyBridge HP ProBook 4340s Core i5 3230M . 27.25 |=======================
NBLB2 M/B Arrandale QS Discrete Madison Pro .... 19.06 |================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: No - Sound: On
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel MacBook Air Haswell ...................... 30.29 |=========
Intel IvyBridge HP ProBook 4340s Core i5 3230M . 41.26 |=============
NBLB2 M/B Arrandale QS Discrete Madison Pro .... 74.74 |=======================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: No - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel MacBook Air Haswell ...................... 30.56 |=========
Intel IvyBridge HP ProBook 4340s Core i5 3230M . 41.99 |=============
NBLB2 M/B Arrandale QS Discrete Madison Pro .... 76.23 |=======================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel MacBook Air Haswell ...................... 17.09 |=======
Intel IvyBridge HP ProBook 4340s Core i5 3230M . 35.75 |================
NBLB2 M/B Arrandale QS Discrete Madison Pro .... 52.95 |=======================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel MacBook Air Haswell ...................... 16.95 |=======
Intel IvyBridge HP ProBook 4340s Core i5 3230M . 36.20 |===============
NBLB2 M/B Arrandale QS Discrete Madison Pro .... 54.31 |=======================


BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6
Computational Test: Dhrystone 2
LPS > Higher Is Better
Intel MacBook Air Haswell ...................... 24600380.87 |=================
Intel IvyBridge HP ProBook 4340s Core i5 3230M . 20106498.07 |==============


TSCP 1.81
AI Chess Performance
Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel MacBook Air Haswell ...................... 329100 |==================
Intel IvyBridge HP ProBook 4340s Core i5 3230M . 397383 |======================
NBLB2 M/B Arrandale QS Discrete Madison Pro .... 316119 |==================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Intel MacBook Air Haswell ...................... 380.53  |=======
Intel IvyBridge HP ProBook 4340s Core i5 3230M . 1087.91 |=====================
NBLB2 M/B Arrandale QS Discrete Madison Pro .... 1059.66 |====================


7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Intel MacBook Air Haswell ...................... 5584 |==================
Intel IvyBridge HP ProBook 4340s Core i5 3230M . 7409 |========================
NBLB2 M/B Arrandale QS Discrete Madison Pro .... 6467 |=====================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel MacBook Air Haswell ...................... 123.84 |======================
Intel IvyBridge HP ProBook 4340s Core i5 3230M . 69.58  |============
NBLB2 M/B Arrandale QS Discrete Madison Pro .... 70.80  |=============


Primesieve 4.2
1e12 Prime Number Generation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel MacBook Air Haswell ...................... 297.68 |======================
Intel IvyBridge HP ProBook 4340s Core i5 3230M . 214.49 |================
NBLB2 M/B Arrandale QS Discrete Madison Pro .... 259.27 |===================