Intel LLC Caching On Intel Core i3 2100 Testing of Intel's new LLC patch set by Eric and Chris for improved Intel DRM performance on Sandy Bridge. Linux 2.6.38: Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel BLH6710H.86A.0075.2010.1112.1844, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 1792MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel Sandy Bridge IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: intel 2.14.902, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 2.6.39-rc1 + LLC Caching: Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel BLH6710H.86A.0075.2010.1112.1844, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 1792MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel Sandy Bridge IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.39-rc1-pts (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: intel 2.14.902, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 2.6.39-rc1: Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel BLH6710H.86A.0075.2010.1112.1844, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 1792MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel Sandy Bridge IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.39-020639rc1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: intel 2.14.902, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.38 ................... 18.45 |============================== Linux 2.6.39-rc1 + LLC Caching . 24.14 |======================================= Linux 2.6.39-rc1 ............... 22.76 |===================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.38 ................... 20.11 |=============== Linux 2.6.39-rc1 + LLC Caching . 51.82 |======================================= Linux 2.6.39-rc1 ............... 44.54 |================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.38 ................... 17.11 |================== Linux 2.6.39-rc1 + LLC Caching . 36.09 |======================================= Linux 2.6.39-rc1 ............... 31.57 |================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.38 ................... 13.77 |====================== Linux 2.6.39-rc1 + LLC Caching . 24.22 |======================================= Linux 2.6.39-rc1 ............... 21.63 |=================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.38 ................... 11.08 |========================= Linux 2.6.39-rc1 + LLC Caching . 17.19 |======================================= Linux 2.6.39-rc1 ............... 15.56 |=================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.38 ................... 131.20 |=========================== Linux 2.6.39-rc1 + LLC Caching . 188.13 |====================================== Linux 2.6.39-rc1 ............... 170.23 |================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.38 ................... 101.23 |============================ Linux 2.6.39-rc1 + LLC Caching . 138.37 |====================================== Linux 2.6.39-rc1 ............... 119.93 |================================= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.38 ................... 75.00 |================================ Linux 2.6.39-rc1 + LLC Caching . 92.33 |======================================= Linux 2.6.39-rc1 ............... 82.07 |=================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.38 ................... 55.10 |================================== Linux 2.6.39-rc1 + LLC Caching . 63.70 |======================================= Linux 2.6.39-rc1 ............... 58.23 |==================================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.38 ................... 50.93 |============================= Linux 2.6.39-rc1 + LLC Caching . 68.87 |======================================= Linux 2.6.39-rc1 ............... 64.83 |===================================== VDrift 2010-06-30 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.38 ................... 34.69 |================================== Linux 2.6.39-rc1 + LLC Caching . 39.80 |======================================= Linux 2.6.39-rc1 ............... 37.57 |===================================== Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.38 ................... 52.03 |======================= Linux 2.6.39-rc1 + LLC Caching . 89.20 |======================================= Linux 2.6.39-rc1 ............... 79.23 |=================================== Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.38 ................... 44.07 |=========================== Linux 2.6.39-rc1 + LLC Caching . 64.70 |======================================= Linux 2.6.39-rc1 ............... 59.50 |==================================== Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.38 ................... 32.27 |========================= Linux 2.6.39-rc1 + LLC Caching . 51.23 |======================================= Linux 2.6.39-rc1 ............... 47.47 |==================================== Warsow 0.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.38 ................... 25.40 |=============================== Linux 2.6.39-rc1 + LLC Caching . 32.20 |======================================= Linux 2.6.39-rc1 ............... 30.30 |===================================== World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 2.6.38 ................... 60.17 |============================== Linux 2.6.39-rc1 + LLC Caching . 77.90 |======================================= Linux 2.6.39-rc1 ............... 69.53 |===================================