Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Liquorix Performance Phoronix.com benchmarks for a future article looking at the performance impact of the stock Ubuntu 12.04 LTS kernel versus the Liquorix kernel using its official Debian package, also from the Linux 3.2 kernel like the Precise Pangolin kernel in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x86_64. Only the kernel was changed out between test runs. Core i7: Linux 3.2: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+) (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Core i7: Liquorix 3.2: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+) (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-12.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 6459CTO, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M-E, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS72201, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 128MB (400/600MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1984, Network: Intel 82566MM Gigabit Connection + Intel PRO/Wireless OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Core 2 Duo: Liquorix 3.2: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 6459CTO, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M-E, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS72201, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Analog Devices AD1984, Network: Intel 82566MM Gigabit Connection + Intel PRO/Wireless OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-12.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 ....... 82.94 |============================================= Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 .... 79.75 |=========================================== Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 .... 2.92 |== Core 2 Duo: Liquorix 3.2 . 3.04 |== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 ....... 1923 |=================== Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 .... 4666 |============================================== Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 .... 1732 |================= Core 2 Duo: Liquorix 3.2 . 2148 |===================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - HDR: No - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 .... 30.36 |================================================ Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 . 21.08 |================================= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 ....... 90.60 |============================================= Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 .... 66.10 |================================= Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 .... 25.45 |============= Core 2 Duo: Liquorix 3.2 . 25.43 |============= TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 ....... 54.14 |=========================================== Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 .... 56.46 |============================================= Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 .... 32.06 |========================== Core 2 Duo: Liquorix 3.2 . 35.05 |============================ VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 ....... 16.02 |============================================= Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 .... 14.78 |========================================== Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 .... 9.98 |============================ Core 2 Duo: Liquorix 3.2 . 9.87 |============================ x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 ....... 58.12 |============================================= Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 .... 58.58 |============================================= Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 .... 31.52 |======================== Core 2 Duo: Liquorix 3.2 . 30.43 |======================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 ....... 203.28 |=========================== Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 .... 205.41 |=========================== Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 .... 329.90 |============================================ Core 2 Duo: Liquorix 3.2 . 328.56 |============================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 ....... 116.17 |============================== Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 .... 115.80 |============================== Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 .... 169.58 |============================================ Core 2 Duo: Liquorix 3.2 . 169.68 |============================================ FFmpeg 0.10 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 ....... 12.41 |================================ Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 .... 12.41 |================================ Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 .... 17.33 |============================================= Core 2 Duo: Liquorix 3.2 . 17.26 |============================================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 ....... 230 |========================= Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 .... 230 |========================= Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 .... 427 |=============================================== Core 2 Duo: Liquorix 3.2 . 427 |=============================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 ....... 75.23 |============================================= Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 .... 75.35 |============================================= Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 .... 39.50 |======================== Core 2 Duo: Liquorix 3.2 . 39.53 |======================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 ....... 154.24 |============================================ Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 .... 122.91 |=================================== Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 .... 80.61 |======================= Core 2 Duo: Liquorix 3.2 . 97.99 |============================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 ....... 3674.53 |=========================================== Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 .... 3583.45 |========================================== Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 .... 2560.97 |============================== Core 2 Duo: Liquorix 3.2 . 2923.31 |================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 ....... 2780.63 |=========================================== Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 .... 2759.20 |=========================================== Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 .... 1546.98 |======================== Core 2 Duo: Liquorix 3.2 . 1568.86 |======================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 ....... 2418.73 |========================================== Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 .... 2482.98 |=========================================== Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 .... 1576.43 |=========================== Core 2 Duo: Liquorix 3.2 . 1526.35 |========================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 ....... 17.00 |============================================= Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 .... 16.89 |============================================= Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 .... 8.41 |====================== Core 2 Duo: Liquorix 3.2 . 8.52 |======================= Interbench 0.31 Benchmark: Audio - Background Load: Read Max Latency ms < Lower Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 .... 0.42 |======================= Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 . 0.10 |====== Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 . 0.88 |================================================= Interbench 0.31 Benchmark: Audio - Background Load: Video Max Latency ms < Lower Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 .... 0.52 |============================================ Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 . 0.12 |========== Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 . 0.58 |================================================= Interbench 0.31 Benchmark: Audio - Background Load: Write Max Latency ms < Lower Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 .... 1.33 |======================================== Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 . 0.53 |================ Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 . 1.63 |================================================= Interbench 0.31 Benchmark: Audio - Background Load: X Max Latency ms < Lower Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 .... 0.20 |====== Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 . 0.12 |==== Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 . 1.52 |================================================= Interbench 0.31 Benchmark: Gaming - Background Load: Compile Max Latency ms < Lower Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 ....... 71.77 |============================= Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 .... 69.43 |============================ Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 .... 2.92 |= Core 2 Duo: Liquorix 3.2 . 110.70 |============================================ Interbench 0.31 Benchmark: Video - Background Load: Burn Max Latency ms < Lower Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 .... 5.20 |================================================= Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 . 0.10 |= Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 . 3.47 |================================= Interbench 0.31 Benchmark: Video - Background Load: Compile Max Latency ms < Lower Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 .... 21.40 |================================================ Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 . 9.85 |====================== Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 . 10.15 |======================= Interbench 0.31 Benchmark: Video - Background Load: Memload Max Latency ms < Lower Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 .... 0.27 |= Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 . 0.12 | Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 . 16.70 |================================================ Interbench 0.31 Benchmark: Video - Background Load: Read Max Latency ms < Lower Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 .... 0.53 |= Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 . 0.10 | Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 . 34.97 |================================================ Interbench 0.31 Benchmark: Video - Background Load: Write Max Latency ms < Lower Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 .... 2.17 |================================================= Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 . 1.55 |=================================== Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 . 2.08 |=============================================== Interbench 0.31 Benchmark: Video - Background Load: X Max Latency ms < Lower Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 .... 2.88 |========== Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 . 0.12 | Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 . 13.27 |================================================ Interbench 0.31 Benchmark: X - Background Load: Compile Max Latency ms < Lower Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 .... 40.00 |================================================ Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 . 39.00 |=============================================== Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 . 1.30 |== Interbench 0.31 Benchmark: X - Background Load: Write Max Latency ms < Lower Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 .... 0.23 |== Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 . 6.00 |================================================= Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 . 0.10 |= Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 ....... 19816.29 |========================================== Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 .... 16286.43 |=================================== Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 .... 10811.75 |======================= Core 2 Duo: Liquorix 3.2 . 8980.63 |=================== NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7: Linux 3.2 ....... 27113.04 |========================================== Core i7: Liquorix 3.2 .... 24575.78 |====================================== Core 2 Duo: Linux 3.2 .... 13541.24 |===================== Core 2 Duo: Liquorix 3.2 . 14692.18 |=======================