Linux 4.14-rc1 vs. Linux 4.13 Kernel Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-7740K testing with a ASUS PRIME X299-A and Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB on Ubuntu 17.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Linux 4.14-rc1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.14.0-041400rc1-generic (x86_64) 20170916, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Linux 4.13: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-041300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 778.32 |===================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 817.14 |======================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 194576 |===================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 204280 |======================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 1109.13 |=====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 1105.73 |=====================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 283918 |======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 283105 |======================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 932.12 |======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 856.42 |==================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 233027 |======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 214101 |==================================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 114.73 |======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 37.82  |==================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 293.33 |======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 48.13  |=========


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 114.17 |======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 40.55  |===================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 3470.33 |=====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 3495.23 |=====================================================


BlogBench 1.0
Test: Read
Final Score > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 624983  |================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 1032253 |=====================================================


BlogBench 1.0
Test: Write
Final Score > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 27454 |=======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 8195  |================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 12
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 358.19 |======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 284.85 |===========================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 1224.64 |=====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 947.53  |=========================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 653.41 |======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 599.66 |==================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Read Compiled Tree
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 3947.60 |====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 3987.26 |=====================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Add - Benchmark: Integer
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 26117.52 |====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 26085.53 |====================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Copy - Benchmark: Integer
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 23663.88 |====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 23743.38 |====================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Scale - Benchmark: Integer
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 23916.24 |====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 23562.21 |===================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Triad - Benchmark: Integer
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 25936.78 |====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 26048.15 |====================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 24797.99 |====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 24903.18 |====================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Add - Benchmark: Floating Point
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 26046.61 |====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 26127.96 |====================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Copy - Benchmark: Floating Point
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 23781.52 |====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 23844.84 |====================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Scale - Benchmark: Floating Point
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 23695.31 |====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 23714.43 |====================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Triad - Benchmark: Floating Point
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 26108.55 |====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 26104.46 |====================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 24941.26 |====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 24915.57 |====================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: BT.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 3917.52 |=====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 3910.14 |=====================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: EP.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 404.91 |=====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 410.29 |======================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: FT.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 6496.47 |====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 6560.02 |=====================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: FT.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 7000.98 |====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 7087.05 |=====================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: LU.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 15983.55 |====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 16054.10 |====================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: LU.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 8811.17 |====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 8979.74 |=====================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: SP.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 3369.44 |=====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 3384.83 |=====================================================


HPC Challenge 1.5.0
Test / Class: G-HPL
GFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 7.87503 |=====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 7.89885 |=====================================================


HPC Challenge 1.5.0
Test / Class: G-Ffte
GFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 1.03330 |==================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 1.08634 |=====================================================


HPC Challenge 1.5.0
Test / Class: G-Ffte
GFLOP/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 1.03330 |==================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 1.08634 |=====================================================


HPC Challenge 1.5.0
Test / Class: EP-DGEMM
GFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 8.55761 |=====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 8.59109 |=====================================================


HPC Challenge 1.5.0
Test / Class: G-Ptrans
GB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 1.16711 |=============================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 1.36740 |=====================================================


HPC Challenge 1.5.0
Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad
GB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 4.06725 |=====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 3.97432 |====================================================


HPC Challenge 1.5.0
Test / Class: G-Random Access
GUP/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 0.00464 |=====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 0.00461 |=====================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP LBM
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 143.05 |======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 142.80 |======================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 9.86 |========================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 9.89 |========================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP Stencil
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 23.24 |======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 23.61 |=======================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 29.93 |=====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 30.85 |=======================================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP LavaMD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 145.99 |======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 144.77 |======================================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 38.29 |=======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 38.25 |=======================================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP Streamcluster
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 22.65 |=======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 22.57 |=======================================================


CLOMP 3.3
Static OMP Speedup
Speedup > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 4.36 |========================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 4.34 |========================================================


lzbench 2017-08-08
Test: XZ 0  - Process: Compression
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 40 |==========================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 40 |==========================================================


lzbench 2017-08-08
Test: XZ 0  - Process: Decompression
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 112 |=========================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 112 |=========================================================


lzbench 2017-08-08
Test: Zstd 1  - Process: Compression
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 409 |========================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 413 |=========================================================


lzbench 2017-08-08
Test: Zstd 1  - Process: Decompression
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 1187 |========================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 1186 |========================================================


lzbench 2017-08-08
Test: Brotli 0  - Process: Compression
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 472 |=========================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 473 |=========================================================


lzbench 2017-08-08
Test: Brotli 0  - Process: Decompression
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 612 |=========================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 610 |=========================================================


lzbench 2017-08-08
Test: Libdeflate 1  - Process: Compression
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 239 |=========================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 237 |=========================================================


lzbench 2017-08-08
Test: Libdeflate 1  - Process: Decompression
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 1244 |========================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 1244 |========================================================


LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0
Test: Rhodopsin Protein
Loop Time < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 27.47 |=======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 27.24 |=======================================================


FFTW 3.3.6
Build: Stock - Size: 2D FFT Size 4096
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 6595.07 |=====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 6522.87 |====================================================


FFTW 3.3.6
Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 4096
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 26081 |=======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 25978 |=======================================================


Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 6.52 |========================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 6.50 |========================================================


Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2
Primate Phylogeny Analysis
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 196.34 |======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 195.41 |======================================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 708.50 |======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 682.64 |====================================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Monte Carlo
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 148.01 |====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 152.88 |======================================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 250.04 |======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 240.48 |====================================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 812.41 |======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 741.26 |=================================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 1054.40 |=====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 951.68  |================================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 1277.63 |=====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 1275.55 |=====================================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 9216 |========================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 9219 |========================================================


TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a
Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping
FPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 232.04 |======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 231.77 |======================================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 2931.15 |=====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 2752.47 |==================================================


ebizzy 0.3

Records/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 296845 |======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 288912 |=====================================================


Timed LLVM Compilation 4.0.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 578.35 |======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 576.53 |======================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 16.14 |=======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 16.14 |=======================================================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 7.25 |========================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 7.21 |========================================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 4.40 |========================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 4.42 |========================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.5
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 8.41 |========================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 8.47 |========================================================


FFmpeg 3.3.3
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 4.85 |========================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 4.86 |========================================================


R Benchmark

Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 0.3485 |=====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 0.3522 |======================================================


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 850.00 |======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 850.27 |======================================================


glibc bench 1.0
Benchmark: ffs
nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 5.85 |========================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 5.76 |=======================================================


glibc bench 1.0
Benchmark: sqrt
nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 15.85 |=======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 15.85 |=======================================================


glibc bench 1.0
Benchmark: tanh
nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 50.32 |======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 51.67 |=======================================================


glibc bench 1.0
Benchmark: ffsll
nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 5.76 |========================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 5.81 |========================================================


glibc bench 1.0
Benchmark: pthread_once
nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 6.70 |========================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 6.74 |========================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3
Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 1117.24 |=====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 1062.30 |==================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3
Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 1369.38 |=====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 1351.10 |====================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 1698.05 |===================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 1756.43 |=====================================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: LPOP
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 3025035.58 |==================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 2405074.25 |========================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SADD
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 2406154.58 |=================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 2433099.67 |==================================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: LPUSH
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 2243907.58 |==================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 2257359.33 |==================================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 2895838.92 |==================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 2899052.00 |==================================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 2153626.15 |=================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 2179703.17 |==================================================


Blender 2.79
Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 461.07 |==================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 495.33 |======================================================


Xsbench 2017-07-06

Lookups/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 1476250 |=====================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 1477614 |=====================================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 51013.33 |===================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 52143.91 |====================================================


Scikit-Learn 0.17.1

Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.14-rc1 . 56.87 |=======================================================
Linux 4.13 ..... 57.14 |=======================================================