Linux 4.10 Core i7 6770HQ Intel Core i7-6770HQ testing with a Intel NUC6i7KYB and Intel Iris Pro 580 (Skylake GT4e) 3072MB on Ubuntu 16.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Linux 4.8: Processor: Intel Core i7-6770HQ @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel NUC6i7KYB, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB, Graphics: Intel Iris Pro 580 (Skylake GT4e) 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC233, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 8260 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-040800-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.9: Processor: Intel Core i7-6770HQ @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel NUC6i7KYB, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB, Graphics: Intel Iris Pro 580 (Skylake GT4e) 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC233, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 8260 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.9.0-040900-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-6770HQ @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel NUC6i7KYB, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB, Graphics: Intel Iris Pro 580 (Skylake GT4e) 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC233, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 8260 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161230, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 40.78 |========================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 41.41 |=========================================================== Linux 4.10 . 40.97 |========================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 5.43906 |========================================================= Linux 4.9 .. 4.92119 |==================================================== Linux 4.10 . 4.93046 |==================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 3.66555 |========================================================= Linux 4.9 .. 3.65573 |========================================================= Linux 4.10 . 3.63639 |========================================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 2.39169 |====================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 2.52764 |========================================================= Linux 4.10 . 2.50189 |======================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad GB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 3.69073 |==================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 4.05925 |========================================================= Linux 4.10 . 3.85591 |====================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Random Access GUP/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 0.01876 |====================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 0.01964 |========================================================= Linux 4.10 . 0.01957 |========================================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Latency usecs < Lower Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 0.44191 |========================================================= Linux 4.9 .. 0.44455 |========================================================= Linux 4.10 . 0.43146 |======================================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth GB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 2.88814 |======================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 2.88182 |======================================================== Linux 4.10 . 2.92369 |========================================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 14904.41 |======================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 14594.61 |======================================================= Linux 4.10 . 14925.10 |======================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 336.61 |========================================================= Linux 4.9 .. 339.19 |========================================================= Linux 4.10 . 343.59 |========================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 23.36 |========================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 22.99 |========================================================== Linux 4.10 . 23.58 |=========================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 28.87 |=========================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 25.52 |==================================================== Linux 4.10 . 28.01 |========================================================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 40.61 |======================================================= Linux 4.9 .. 41.21 |======================================================== Linux 4.10 . 43.59 |=========================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 226.85 |========================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 219.77 |======================================================== Linux 4.10 . 225.50 |========================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 69.43 |=========================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 68.22 |========================================================== Linux 4.10 . 69.17 |=========================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 46.96 |=========================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 45.61 |========================================================= Linux 4.10 . 46.21 |========================================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 29.95 |=========================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 29.77 |=========================================================== Linux 4.10 . 30.01 |=========================================================== FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 10.22 |=========================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 10.18 |=========================================================== Linux 4.10 . 10.17 |=========================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 2712.63 |================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 3087.01 |========================================================= Linux 4.10 . 3003.64 |======================================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 4735.49 |========================================= Linux 4.9 .. 6299.13 |======================================================= Linux 4.10 . 6545.17 |========================================================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 2446995.17 |===================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 2407986.67 |==================================================== Linux 4.10 . 2499367.58 |====================================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 1693057.59 |=================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 1800991.75 |====================================================== Linux 4.10 . 1736775.75 |==================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.09 Test: Crypto Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 716.80 |========================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 717.97 |========================================================== Linux 4.10 . 715.20 |========================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.09 Test: Bsearch Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 2243.64 |========================================================= Linux 4.9 .. 2207.94 |======================================================== Linux 4.10 . 2195.88 |======================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.09 Test: Forking Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 46468.54 |==================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 49856.21 |======================================================== Linux 4.10 . 46803.29 |===================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.09 Test: Hsearch Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 19775.45 |======================================================= Linux 4.9 .. 20012.43 |======================================================== Linux 4.10 . 19808.78 |======================================================= Stress-NG 0.07.09 Test: Lsearch Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 44.22 |========================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 44.71 |=========================================================== Linux 4.10 . 44.07 |========================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.09 Test: Tsearch Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 54.78 |========================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 55.32 |=========================================================== Linux 4.10 . 54.49 |========================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.09 Test: CPU Stress Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 1504.60 |======================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 1523.09 |========================================================= Linux 4.10 . 1493.77 |======================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.09 Test: Semaphores Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 4458031.66 |====================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 4450163.90 |====================================================== Linux 4.10 . 4460683.88 |====================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.09 Test: Matrix Math Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 18202.82 |======================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 18247.98 |======================================================== Linux 4.10 . 18347.39 |======================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.09 Test: Vector Math Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 13626.75 |======================================================= Linux 4.9 .. 13903.22 |======================================================== Linux 4.10 . 13607.71 |======================================================= Stress-NG 0.07.09 Test: Memory Copying Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 4227.29 |========================================================= Linux 4.9 .. 4236.54 |========================================================= Linux 4.10 . 4222.69 |========================================================= Stress-NG 0.07.09 Test: Socket Activity Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 7718.19 |========================================================= Linux 4.9 .. 7087.56 |==================================================== Linux 4.10 . 6866.14 |=================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.09 Test: Context Switching Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 2603295.99 |============================================= Linux 4.9 .. 3096497.42 |====================================================== Linux 4.10 . 2508635.23 |============================================ Stress-NG 0.07.09 Test: Glibc C String Functions Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 207812.50 |==================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 211560.88 |===================================================== Linux 4.10 . 219021.55 |======================================================= Stress-NG 0.07.09 Test: Glibc Qsort Data Sorting Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 60.74 |========================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 61.96 |=========================================================== Linux 4.10 . 60.61 |========================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.09 Test: System V Message Passing Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 .. 7534618.22 |====================================================== Linux 4.9 .. 6643583.12 |================================================ Linux 4.10 . 6282255.50 |=============================================