Ubuntu 15.04 vs. 15.10 Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 15.04: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-30-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.9 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Ubuntu 15.10: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151003, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 34.93 |========================================================= Ubuntu 15.10 . 34.87 |========================================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 106.80 |====================================================== Ubuntu 15.10 . 109.80 |======================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 35.10 |======================================================== Ubuntu 15.10 . 35.43 |========================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 63.10 |======================================================== Ubuntu 15.10 . 64.10 |========================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . MIN: 8.0 AVG: 15.4 MAX: 22.0 Ubuntu 15.10 . MIN: 9.0 AVG: 15.4 MAX: 24.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 80.04 |========================================================= Ubuntu 15.10 . 79.84 |========================================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 24179 |========================================================= Ubuntu 15.10 . 24211 |========================================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 743 |=========================================================== Ubuntu 15.10 . 746 |=========================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 80226 |======================================================== Ubuntu 15.10 . 81303 |========================================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 71612 |========================================================= Ubuntu 15.10 . 71618 |========================================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 81985 |========================================================= Ubuntu 15.10 . 82279 |========================================================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 7.46 |========================= Ubuntu 15.10 . 16.69 |========================================================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 12.18 |================= Ubuntu 15.10 . 41.35 |========================================================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 93.77 |========================================================= Ubuntu 15.10 . 61.70 |====================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 97.17 |=================== Ubuntu 15.10 . 285.73 |======================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 36.16 |========= Ubuntu 15.10 . 234.27 |======================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 19.12 |========== Ubuntu 15.10 . 110.16 |======================================================== x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 321.41 |======================================================== Ubuntu 15.10 . 310.53 |====================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 45355 |========================================================= Ubuntu 15.10 . 40925 |=================================================== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.9.0 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 31.91 |============================================== Ubuntu 15.10 . 39.78 |========================================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 55.65 |================================= Ubuntu 15.10 . 95.00 |========================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 10.74 |==================================================== Ubuntu 15.10 . 11.82 |========================================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 3.48 |=========================================== Ubuntu 15.10 . 4.65 |========================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 7.18 |========================================================== Ubuntu 15.10 . 7.13 |========================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 13.08 |========================================================= Ubuntu 15.10 . 12.89 |======================================================== FFmpeg 2.6.2 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 24.85 |========================================================= Ubuntu 15.10 . 24.57 |======================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 1299.30 |======================================================= Ubuntu 15.10 . 1109.95 |=============================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 1977.82 |====================================================== Ubuntu 15.10 . 2008.03 |======================================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 1213.50 |======================================================= Ubuntu 15.10 . 1219.51 |======================================================= Stress-NG 0.04.05 Test: Crypto Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 1746.45 |======================================================= Ubuntu 15.10 . 1708.30 |====================================================== Stress-NG 0.04.05 Test: CPU Stress Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 3469.61 |======================================================= Ubuntu 15.10 . 2710.36 |=========================================== Stress-NG 0.04.05 Test: Matrix Math Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 42605.60 |====================================================== Ubuntu 15.10 . 36648.99 |============================================== Stress-NG 0.04.05 Test: Vector Math Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 313665.06 |=================================================== Ubuntu 15.10 . 323263.69 |===================================================== Stress-NG 0.04.05 Test: Memory Copying Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 3048.53 |=============== Ubuntu 15.10 . 10915.18 |====================================================== Stress-NG 0.04.05 Test: Socket Activity Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 8775.90 |===================================================== Ubuntu 15.10 . 9169.82 |======================================================= Stress-NG 0.04.05 Test: Context Switching Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 12484890.78 |================================= Ubuntu 15.10 . 19139531.77 |=================================================== Stress-NG 0.04.05 Test: System V Message Passing Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 7143762.37 |================================== Ubuntu 15.10 . 10814512.38 |=================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 15.04 . 18496.23 |====================================================== Ubuntu 15.10 . 16829.68 |=================================================