Ubuntu 15.04 Intel Xeon E5 1680 v3 Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com comparing Ubuntu Linux server performance. Ubuntu 14.10: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 @ 3.80GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS X99-A, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ ARC100, Graphics: AMD FirePro V8800 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 @ 3.80GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS X99-A, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ ARC100, Graphics: AMD FirePro V8800 2048MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-30-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 15.04: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 @ 3.80GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS X99-A, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ ARC100, Graphics: AMD FirePro V8800 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-14-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 28.51 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 29.87 |=================================================== Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 28.53 |================================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 297.13 |============================================= Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 327.43 |================================================== Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 302.88 |============================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 460.88 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 373.17 |======================================== Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 460.21 |================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 299.76 |======================= Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 361.96 |============================ Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 658.00 |================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 79.27 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 81.42 |=================================================== Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 73.93 |============================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 101.93 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 110.47 |================================================== Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 111.20 |================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 72.60 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 76.07 |=================================================== Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 57.13 |====================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 696.49 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 801.32 |================================================== Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 694.93 |=========================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 346.69 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 371.15 |================================================== Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 324.87 |============================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 2309.58 |========================================= Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 2785.64 |================================================= Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 2383.11 |========================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 5906 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 5952 |================================================== Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 6199 |==================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 102.18 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 102.43 |================================================== Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 102.26 |================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 7.82332 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 7.81890 |================================================= Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 7.86976 |================================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 7.09510 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 7.10032 |================================================= Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 7.09779 |================================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 2.37398 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 2.41058 |================================================ Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 2.45911 |================================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad GB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 2.05610 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 2.05385 |================================================= Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 2.03757 |================================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Random Access GUP/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 0.03845 |======================================== Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 0.04693 |================================================= Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 0.03741 |======================================= Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Microseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 2170 |==================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 1923 |============================================== Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 2137 |=================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 13344 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 13555 |=================================================== Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 13469 |=================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 20206000 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 20982000 |================================================ Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 20176000 |============================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 170871 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 171346 |================================================== Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 170644 |================================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 34.34 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 34.24 |=================================================== Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 33.83 |================================================== x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 322.37 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 354.07 |================================================== Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 299.10 |========================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 56.28 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 51.69 |============================================== Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 56.96 |=================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 11.32 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 11.26 |=================================================== Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 11.36 |=================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 11.81 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 12.49 |=================================================== Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 12.37 |=================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 1233.20 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 1247.47 |================================================= Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 1223.53 |================================================ Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ....... 18614.53 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS . 20363.53 |=============================================== Ubuntu 15.04 ....... 20864.26 |================================================