PHP 7.1 Benchmarking
PHP 7.0 vs. 7.1 benchmarks along with Facebook HHVM 3.5. Tests by Michael Larabel..


PHP 5.5.38: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-51-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5.13462, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 4.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

PHP 5.6.28: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-51-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5.13462, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 4.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

PHP 7.0.13: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-51-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5.13462, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 4.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

PHP 7.1.0: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-51-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5.13462, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 4.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

HHVM 3.5.13: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-51-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5.13462, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 4.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


Phoronix Test Suite Self Test 1.0
Test: Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PHP 5.5.38 .. 163.41 |=========================================================
PHP 5.6.28 .. 156.15 |======================================================
PHP 7.0.13 .. 54.56  |===================
PHP 7.1.0 ... 52.32  |==================
HHVM 3.5.13 . 67.92  |========================


Phoronix Test Suite Self Test 1.0
Test: List Suites
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PHP 5.5.38 .. 0.17 |============================================
PHP 5.6.28 .. 0.17 |============================================
PHP 7.0.13 .. 0.12 |===============================
PHP 7.1.0 ... 0.12 |===============================
HHVM 3.5.13 . 0.23 |===========================================================


Phoronix Test Suite Self Test 1.0
Test: Render Test
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PHP 5.5.38 .. 41.14 |==========================================================
PHP 5.6.28 .. 39.24 |=======================================================
PHP 7.0.13 .. 11.73 |=================
PHP 7.1.0 ... 11.63 |================
HHVM 3.5.13 . 18.70 |==========================


Phoronix Test Suite Self Test 1.0
Test: Info Command
Seconds < Lower Is Better
PHP 5.5.38 .. 0.55 |===========================================================
PHP 5.6.28 .. 0.53 |=========================================================
PHP 7.0.13 .. 0.48 |===================================================
PHP 7.1.0 ... 0.48 |===================================================
HHVM 3.5.13 . 0.52 |========================================================


Phoronix Test Suite Self Test 1.0
Test: Peak Memory Usage
MB < Lower Is Better
PHP 5.5.38 .. 234.33 |=========================================================
PHP 5.6.28 .. 234.33 |=========================================================
PHP 7.0.13 .. 227.54 |=======================================================
PHP 7.1.0 ... 229.54 |========================================================
HHVM 3.5.13 . 187.68 |==============================================