X1 Carbon Load
Intel Core i7-5600U testing with a LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW X1 Carbon for a future article.


Linux 4.15.0: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW (N14ET25W 1.03 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG MZNTE128, Graphics: Intel HD 5500 3072MB (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-041500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Linux 4.16.0: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW (N14ET25W 1.03 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG MZNTE128, Graphics: Intel HD 5500 3072MB (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.16.0-041600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Linux 4.17 Git: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW (N14ET25W 1.03 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG MZNTE128, Graphics: Intel HD 5500 3072MB (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.16.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180414, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.15.0 ... 13.62 |======================================================
Linux 4.16.0 ... 13.54 |=====================================================
Linux 4.17 Git . 13.96 |=======================================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2
System Power Consumption Monitor
Milliwatts < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.15.0 ... MIN: 9908  AVG: 15541  MAX: 17398 
Linux 4.16.0 ... MIN: 9912  AVG: 15305  MAX: 17346 
Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 8886  AVG: 14623  MAX: 16846 


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.15.0 ... 38.10 |=======================================================
Linux 4.16.0 ... 38.22 |=======================================================
Linux 4.17 Git . 38.10 |=======================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100
System Power Consumption Monitor
Milliwatts < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.15.0 ... MIN: 10424  AVG: 17473  MAX: 18973 
Linux 4.16.0 ... MIN: 9502   AVG: 17364  MAX: 18919 
Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 9029   AVG: 16855  MAX: 18749 


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.15.0 ... 476332 |=====================================================
Linux 4.16.0 ... 481676 |======================================================
Linux 4.17 Git . 485851 |======================================================


PHPBench 0.8.1
System Power Consumption Monitor
Milliwatts < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.15.0 ... MIN: 10327  AVG: 16225  MAX: 18350 
Linux 4.16.0 ... MIN: 10076  AVG: 16253  MAX: 18538 
Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 8785   AVG: 15470  MAX: 18176 


PyBench 2018-02-16
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.15.0 ... 1817 |========================================================
Linux 4.16.0 ... 1805 |========================================================
Linux 4.17 Git . 1786 |=======================================================


PyBench 2018-02-16
System Power Consumption Monitor
Milliwatts < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.15.0 ... MIN: 9739  AVG: 17297  MAX: 18638 
Linux 4.16.0 ... MIN: 9833  AVG: 17341  MAX: 18922 
Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 8654  AVG: 16965  MAX: 18520 


System Power Consumption Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Milliwatts
Linux 4.15.0 ... MIN: 7464  AVG: 18431  MAX: 21260 
Linux 4.16.0 ... MIN: 7210  AVG: 18500  MAX: 21100 
Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 6126  AVG: 18120  MAX: 20647 


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.15.0 ... 416.39 |======================================================
Linux 4.16.0 ... 413.20 |======================================================
Linux 4.17 Git . 409.33 |=====================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13
System Power Consumption Monitor
Milliwatts < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.15.0 ... MIN: 10400  AVG: 19338  MAX: 21260 
Linux 4.16.0 ... MIN: 9662   AVG: 19504  MAX: 21100 
Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 9197   AVG: 19201  MAX: 20647 


x264 2018-02-05
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.15.0 ... 14.14 |======================================================
Linux 4.16.0 ... 14.23 |=======================================================
Linux 4.17 Git . 14.31 |=======================================================


x264 2018-02-05
System Power Consumption Monitor
Milliwatts < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.15.0 ... MIN: 7464  AVG: 18168  MAX: 20251 
Linux 4.16.0 ... MIN: 7210  AVG: 18186  MAX: 20321 
Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 6126  AVG: 17741  MAX: 19891