Linux 3.2 Kernel Benchmarking

Linux kernel benchmarking from an Intel Core i7 3960X overclocked to 4.5GHz on an Intel X79 motherboard as a review sample from Intel for future articles on Phoronix.com. Testing from the Linux 3.2 kernel and older. Using generic mainline Ubuntu kernel PPA to easy reproduce.

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Linux 3.2 Kernel Benchmarking, "World of Padman 1.2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",193.7,193.9,191.4 "Linux 3.1",191.7,192.9,194.1 "Linux 3.0",191.2,194,192.1 "Linux 2.6.39",35.6,35.6,35.6 "Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",79.293604,79.1431252,79.1715077 "Linux 3.1",78.7988452,78.8132527,79.1521281 "Linux 3.0",78.6458979,78.9524539,78.839056 "Linux 2.6.39",25.6244522,25.5360017,25.5607335 "SQLite 3.7.3 - Test Target: Default Test Directory", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",47.835591077805,47.520008087158,47.413352966309 "Linux 3.1",46.352084875107,46.115343809128,46.162009954453 "Linux 3.0",39.797764062881,39.829231023788,39.784407138824 "Linux 2.6.39",39.856411933899,39.746980905533,39.796847105026 "Loopback TCP Network Performance - Time To Transfer 10GB Via Loopback", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",16.09513092041,16.180795907974,16.067435026169 "Linux 3.1",16.133833169937,16.131580114365,16.196295022964 "Linux 3.0",17.05720615387,16.511553049088,16.787755966187 "Linux 2.6.39",19.209571838379,19.020640134811,19.040840148926 "Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Compile", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",412.7,431.22,426.13 "Linux 3.1",470.62,485.59,477.3 "Linux 3.0",475.22,483.41,480.6 "Linux 2.6.39",469.85,480.35,480.59 "PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4 - TPC-B Transactions Per Second", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",4103.47318,4118.053945,4121.709691 "Linux 3.1",3770.183283,3780.836939,3766.955183 "Linux 3.0",3770.008693,3751.861158,3752.700498 "Linux 2.6.39",3682.10991,3676.603655,3648.880809 "Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 - Static Web Page Serving", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",21262.78,20982.15,20928.99 "Linux 3.1",21004.66,20481.49,19817.6 "Linux 3.0",19260.03,19545.28,20247.93 "Linux 2.6.39",19190.49,19035.02,18630.46 "7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 - Compress Speed Test", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",26192,24442,25517 "Linux 3.1",23693,23981,23831 "Linux 3.0",24341,24577,24080 "Linux 2.6.39",25147,24128,24188 "Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Initial Create", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",224.51,222.59,227.49 "Linux 3.1",217.25,221.59,235.71,220.73,230.81 "Linux 3.0",207.3,225.24,227.63,231.42,231.13,224.83 "Linux 2.6.39",207.07,210.39,217.58 "CLOMP 3.3 - Static OMP Speedup", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",6.09,5.64,6.1,5.49,5.55,5.53,5.96,6.16,6.11,5.58 "Linux 3.1",5.98,5.52,5.58,5.51,5.66 "Linux 3.0",6.13,6.23,5.72,5.78,6.1,5.59,6.27,5.41,6.16,6.12 "Linux 2.6.39",6.11,5.66,6.17,5.53,5.7,6.01,6.08,6.19,6.19,5.77 "VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 - vpxenc", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",23.6,23.7,23.66 "Linux 3.1",24.02,23.76,23.76 "Linux 3.0",23.45,23.52,22.23 "Linux 2.6.39",22.62,23.49,22.83 "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",1598.6,1580.6,1597.8 "Linux 3.1",1579.4,1591.8,1591.1 "Linux 3.0",1565.3,1572.8,1570.6 "Linux 2.6.39",1541.5,1544.4,1541.9 "Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Read Compiled Tree", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",1639.95,1639.95,1622.65 "Linux 3.1",1683.24,1661.34,1670.44 "Linux 3.0",1679.87,1689.3,1679.87 "Linux 2.6.39",1702.1,1670.77,1670.44 "C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",39.474,40.04,39.712 "Linux 3.1",40.327,41.001,41.016 "Linux 3.0",40.138,40.882,41.425 "Linux 2.6.39",39.368,41.309,42.024 "SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",1651.61,1651.61,1651.61,1651.61 "Linux 3.1",1658.3,1665.04,1665.04,1665.04 "Linux 3.0",1685.6,1685.6,1671.84,1685.6 "Linux 2.6.39",1692.56,1706.67,1699.59,1699.59 "SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",313.42,310.01,313.42,312.28 "Linux 3.1",314.57,315.73,314.57,315.73 "Linux 3.0",318.08,318.08,318.08,319.27 "Linux 2.6.39",319.27,319.27,319.27,319.27 "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",181.8,181.2,181.5 "Linux 3.1",185,184.1,185.1 "Linux 3.0",183.5,183.7,183.2 "Linux 2.6.39",183.4,182.6,183.7 "x264 2011-12-06 - H.264 Video Encoding", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",164.4,168.47,168.91 "Linux 3.1",161.74,166.83,165.4 "Linux 3.0",162.84,165.91,166.57 "Linux 2.6.39",160.55,166.45,166.3 "Smallpt 1.0 - Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",76,76,75 "Linux 3.1",75,75,75 "Linux 3.0",75,76,76 "Linux 2.6.39",75,75,75 "Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 - 256MB File Compression", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",5.7280390262604,5.7770428657532,5.6759481430054 "Linux 3.1",5.730800151825,5.7762489318848,5.7770748138428 "Linux 3.0",5.7837240695953,5.8654050827026,5.6758940219879 "Linux 2.6.39",5.7265598773956,5.6753079891205,5.7287068367004 "GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",85,85,85 "Linux 3.1",85,85,85 "Linux 3.0",86,85,86 "Linux 2.6.39",86,86,86 "OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",191.6,191.4,191.3 "Linux 3.1",192.7,190.1,191.4 "Linux 3.0",190.7,190.7,187.3 "Linux 2.6.39",190.8,192.2,192.1 "SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Composite", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",1064.47,1063.79,1064.92,1063.27 "Linux 3.1",1067.1,1066.28,1068.45,1069.04 "Linux 3.0",1073.62,1073.26,1070.06,1073.5 "Linux 2.6.39",1073.46,1077.71,1074.87,1076.29 "TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w - Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",169.555,170.306,169.641 "Linux 3.1",170.888,170.964,171.768 "Linux 3.0",172.408,171.75,170.736 "Linux 2.6.39",170.544,170.858,170.311 "Lightsmark 2008 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",116.13,116.01,116.01 "Linux 3.1",116.67,116.74,116.75 "Linux 3.0",116.93,116.79,116.72 "Linux 2.6.39",117.06,116.95,117 "Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 - Time To Compile", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",67.216626882553,65.58746099472,65.454853057861 "Linux 3.1",67.461883068085,65.311372041702,65.674515962601 "Linux 3.0",67.019311904907,65.101656913757,64.846293926239 "Linux 2.6.39",67.258034944534,65.253736019135,65.302113771439 "Stream 2009-04-11 - Type: Triad", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",27041.8525,27027.3315,27118.3448,27070.9415,27103.7415,27041.8525,27070.9415,27103.7415,27089.1539,27118.3448 "Linux 3.1",26818.515,26875.7966,26933.3233,26904.5292,26922.5183,26998.3361,26936.9269,26857.8698,26800.6645,26904.5292 "Linux 3.0",26983.8617,27041.8525,27089.1539,27089.1539,27009.202,27041.8525,27089.1539,27085.5095,26980.2455,27070.9415 "Linux 2.6.39",26980.2455,26936.9269,27012.826,26998.3361,26936.9269,27041.8525,26998.3361,26951.351,26980.2455,26936.9269 "GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Resizing", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",148,148,148 "Linux 3.1",148,147,148 "Linux 3.0",148,148,148 "Linux 2.6.39",147,147,148 "Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 - Pfam Database Search", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",9.8529970645905,9.7159950733185,9.7075190544128 "Linux 3.1",9.9465780258179,9.7727608680725,9.7408549785614 "Linux 3.0",9.878653049469,9.7758138179779,9.7889609336853 "Linux 2.6.39",9.8799278736115,9.7408900260925,9.7471680641174 "Stream 2009-04-11 - Type: Scale", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",24372.2041,24483.3506,24425.4282,24447.6736,24429.874,24425.4282,24443.2213,24465.4991,24447.6736,24501.2282 "Linux 3.1",24279.6179,24332.438,24297.1991,24314.8058,24314.8058,24350.0958,24314.8058,24279.6179,24297.1991,24297.1991 "Linux 3.0",24297.1991,24407.661,24447.6736,24412.1004,24367.7792,24394.3526,24354.5142,24389.9197,24319.2115,24429.874 "Linux 2.6.39",24372.2041,24354.5142,24412.1004,24407.661,24407.661,24429.874,24354.5142,24389.9197,24354.5142,24319.2115 "Stream 2009-04-11 - Type: Add", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",25735.2156,25722.0636,25751.6746,25751.6746,25778.0528,25821.0327,25778.0528,25751.6746,25791.2621,25791.2621 "Linux 3.1",25575.0244,25656.5047,25669.5897,25669.5897,25669.5897,25627.112,25640.1671,25571.7759,25571.7759,25614.0702 "Linux 3.0",25708.925,25804.485,25735.2156,25764.8569,25722.0636,25781.3538,25778.0528,25738.5058,25725.3504,25738.5058 "Linux 2.6.39",25669.5897,25751.6746,25748.3811,25695.7999,25712.2084,25778.0528,25781.3538,25735.2156,25712.2084,25738.5058 "Stream 2009-04-11 - Type: Copy", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",25623.8503,25746.7347,25781.3538,25663.0455,25722.0636,25702.3608,25702.3608,25726.9941,25766.5057,25786.307 "Linux 3.1",25599.4141,25599.4141,25604.2976,25618.9593,25623.8503,25599.4141,25623.8503,25540.9568,25560.4129,25497.2888 "Linux 3.0",25638.5345,25722.0636,25638.5345,25663.0455,25599.4141,25663.0455,25638.5345,25643.4329,25746.7347,25722.0636 "Linux 2.6.39",25746.7347,25682.6881,25623.8503,25702.3608,25707.2837,25722.0636,25682.6881,25682.6881,25599.4141,25521.5303 "Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17 - Time To Compile", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",18.656934976578,18.781029939651,18.770877122879 "Linux 3.1",18.711935997009,18.911381959915,18.662371873856 "Linux 3.0",18.878106117249,18.645414113998,18.78703379631 "Linux 2.6.39",18.810919046402,18.870141029358,18.783343076706 "John The Ripper 1.7.9 - Test: MD5", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",12459,12452,12468 "Linux 3.1",12470,12469,12468 "Linux 3.0",12477,12473,12476 "Linux 2.6.39",12476,12476,12366 "SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",967.15,967.15,964.11,964.11 "Linux 3.1",967.15,964.11,967.15,967.15 "Linux 3.0",967.15,967.15,970.21,967.15 "Linux 2.6.39",967.15,967.15,967.15,967.15 "Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 - Multiple Sequence Alignment", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",22.221930027008,22.19975399971,22.213135004044 "Linux 3.1",22.20788192749,22.193002939224,22.202200174332 "Linux 3.0",22.178624868393,22.169529914856,22.188434123993 "Linux 2.6.39",22.162497997284,22.153856992722,22.165555953979 "SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Monte Carlo", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",443.69,443.69,441.87,441.87 "Linux 3.1",441.87,440.06,441.87,443.69 "Linux 3.0",443.69,441.87,443.69,441.87 "Linux 2.6.39",441.87,441.87,441.87,441.87 "SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",1946.47,1946.47,1953.6,1946.47 "Linux 3.1",1953.6,1946.47,1953.6,1953.6 "Linux 3.0",1953.6,1953.6,1946.47,1953.6 "Linux 2.6.39",1946.47,1953.6,1946.47,1953.6 "OpenSSL 1.0.0e - RSA 4096-bit Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",74.8,74.6,75.5,75.5 "Linux 3.1",75.6,74.6,74.6,75.6 "Linux 3.0",74.8,75.6,74.5,75.6 "Linux 2.6.39",74.8,74.9,75.6,74.7 "John The Ripper 1.7.9 - Test: Blowfish", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",793,793,793 "Linux 3.1",793,793,793 "Linux 3.0",794,792,792 "Linux 2.6.39",794,794,794 "John The Ripper 1.7.9 - Test: Traditional DES", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",4390000,4390000,4390000 "Linux 3.1",4391000,4388000,4388000 "Linux 3.0",4394000,4392000,4392000 "Linux 2.6.39",4394000,4393000,4393000 "GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Sharpen", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",88,88,88 "Linux 3.1",88,88,88 "Linux 3.0",88,88,88 "Linux 2.6.39",88,88,88 "PostMark 1.51 - Disk Transaction Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",4166,5000,4166,5000,5000,4166,5000,4166,5000,5000 "Linux 3.1",4166,5000,4166,5000,5000,4166,5000,4166,5000,4166 "Linux 3.0",5000,4166,4166,4166,5000,4166,4166,4166,5000,4166 "Linux 2.6.39",4166,4166,4166,4166,4166