Ubuntu 12.04 ThinkPad W510 Tests Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 12.04: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.47GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 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: 1600x900 Ubuntu 11.10: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.47GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Ubuntu 11.04: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.47GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/950MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Ubuntu 10.10: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.47GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB, Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.9-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Timed Idle System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 . MIN: 18637 AVG: 20786 MAX: 26043 Ubuntu 11.10 . MIN: 30700 AVG: 33742 MAX: 43881 Ubuntu 11.04 . MIN: 29363 AVG: 31063 MAX: 37715 Ubuntu 10.10 . MIN: 20984 AVG: 22136 MAX: 26586 OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 . 108.67 |====================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 112.17 |======================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 . MIN: 20412 AVG: 38461 MAX: 41564 Ubuntu 11.10 . MIN: 31169 AVG: 46974 MAX: 50011 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 . 116.83 |=================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 116.88 |=================================================== Ubuntu 11.04 . 116.59 |=================================================== Ubuntu 10.10 . 127.17 |======================================================== C-Ray 1.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 . MIN: 34824 AVG: 56319 MAX: 60402 Ubuntu 11.10 . MIN: 44953 AVG: 66196 MAX: 68235 Ubuntu 11.04 . MIN: 36977 AVG: 64969 MAX: 67489 Ubuntu 10.10 . MIN: 22183 AVG: 57994 MAX: 60192 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 . 2178 |========================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 1666 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.04 . 1691 |============================================= Ubuntu 10.10 . 1645 |============================================ PostMark 1.51 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 . MIN: 29773 AVG: 34319 MAX: 38971 Ubuntu 11.10 . MIN: 40026 AVG: 42765 MAX: 45916 Ubuntu 11.04 . MIN: 38799 AVG: 41372 MAX: 44207 Ubuntu 10.10 . MIN: 32481 AVG: 35353 MAX: 37390 Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 . 12033.28 |====================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 11040.87 |================================================== Ubuntu 11.04 . 10492.76 |=============================================== Ubuntu 10.10 . 9604.89 |=========================================== Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 . MIN: 21924 AVG: 41512 MAX: 43919 Ubuntu 11.10 . MIN: 33308 AVG: 49892 MAX: 51862 Ubuntu 11.04 . MIN: 32435 AVG: 48798 MAX: 50451 Ubuntu 10.10 . MIN: 26199 AVG: 40531 MAX: 42329 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 . 205.52 |==================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 205.78 |==================================================== Ubuntu 11.04 . 206.58 |==================================================== Ubuntu 10.10 . 222.09 |======================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 . MIN: 27500 AVG: 54597 MAX: 60030 Ubuntu 11.10 . MIN: 35468 AVG: 64443 MAX: 71139 Ubuntu 11.04 . MIN: 37755 AVG: 63596 MAX: 68269 Ubuntu 10.10 . MIN: 30397 AVG: 56732 MAX: 60579 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 . 7655 |========================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 . 7075 |====================================================== Ubuntu 11.04 . 7359 |======================================================== Ubuntu 10.10 . 7315 |======================================================= 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 . MIN: 33099 AVG: 53134 MAX: 58587 Ubuntu 11.10 . MIN: 55126 AVG: 62900 MAX: 70832 Ubuntu 11.04 . MIN: 43837 AVG: 61185 MAX: 66416 Ubuntu 10.10 . MIN: 38072 AVG: 54685 MAX: 57992 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Milliwatts Ubuntu 12.04 . MIN: 18604 AVG: 47906 MAX: 60402 Ubuntu 11.10 . MIN: 30700 AVG: 58492 MAX: 71139 Ubuntu 11.04 . MIN: 29363 AVG: 56111 MAX: 68269 Ubuntu 10.10 . MIN: 20984 AVG: 50784 MAX: 60579