Ubuntu 12.04 ThinkPad W510 Linux Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com from a Lenovo ThinkPad W510 notebook with an Intel Core i7 720QM Clarksfield CPU. Stock, freshly installed Ubuntu x86_64 each time of releases Ubuntu 10.04 through Ubuntu 12.04 LTS development snapshot on 26 March.
HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1203272-SU-THINKPADW73&sor&gru .
Ubuntu 12.04 ThinkPad W510 Linux Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 12.04 Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.47GHz (8 Cores) LENOVO 4318CTO Intel Core DMI 4096MB 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160 NVIDIA Device 0a3c 1024MB Conexant ID 5069 Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel WiFi Link 6000 Ubuntu 10.04 2.6.32-38-generic (x86_64) GNOME 2.30.2 X Server 1.7.6 nouveau 0.0.15 2.1 Mesa 7.7.1 GCC 4.4.3 ext4 1600x900 NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB Conexant CX20585 Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 Ubuntu 10.10 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64) GNOME 2.32.0 X Server 1.9.0 nouveau 0.0.16 2.1 Mesa 7.9-devel GCC 4.4.5 NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/950MHz) Ubuntu 11.04 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64) GNOME 2.32.1 X Server 1.10.1 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2 GCC 4.5.2 NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz) Ubuntu 11.10 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64) Unity 4.22.0 X Server 1.10.4 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.6.1 Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-20-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.8.0 X Server 1.11.3 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.6 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - Ubuntu 10.04: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i486 --with-tune=generic -v - Ubuntu 10.10: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v - Ubuntu 11.04: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gold --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-ld=default --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-multiarch-defaults=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-plugin-ld=ld.gold --with-tune=generic -v - Ubuntu 11.10: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,go --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v - Ubuntu 12.04: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,go --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v Disk Details - Ubuntu 10.04: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw - Ubuntu 10.10: CFQ / barrier=1,commit=600,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw - Ubuntu 11.04: CFQ / barrier=1,commit=600,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw - Ubuntu 11.10: CFQ / acl,barrier=1,commit=600,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr - Ubuntu 12.04: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr Processor Details - Scaling Governor: ondemand System Details - Ubuntu 10.04: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. This was running on battery power. - Ubuntu 10.10: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. This was running on battery power. - Ubuntu 11.04: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. This was running on battery power. - Ubuntu 11.10: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system. This was running on battery power. - Ubuntu 12.04: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system. This was running on battery power. Graphics Details - Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 12.04: EXA
Ubuntu 12.04 ThinkPad W510 Linux openarena: 1024 x 768 compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test apache: Static Web Page Serving postmark: Disk Transaction Performance c-ray: Total Time build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 12.04 7102 10128.26 2083 126.69 219.13 7315 9604.89 1645 127.17 222.09 7359 10492.76 1691 116.59 206.58 112.17 7075 11040.87 1666 116.88 205.78 108.67 7655 12033.28 2178 116.83 205.52 OpenBenchmarking.org
System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Min Avg Max Ubuntu 12.04 18604 47906 60402 Ubuntu 10.10 20984 50784 60579 Ubuntu 10.04 27043 54494 65184 Ubuntu 11.04 29363 56111 68269 Ubuntu 11.10 30700 58492 71139 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliwatts System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring 20K 40K 60K 80K 100K
OpenArena Resolution: 1024 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 12.04 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.55, N = 3 112.17 108.67
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 11.10 1600 3200 4800 6400 8000 SE +/- 51.80, N = 3 SE +/- 128.38, N = 3 SE +/- 28.30, N = 3 SE +/- 96.17, N = 3 SE +/- 143.85, N = 4 7655 7359 7315 7102 7075 1. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 48.65, N = 3 SE +/- 55.57, N = 3 SE +/- 180.68, N = 6 SE +/- 334.33, N = 6 SE +/- 80.51, N = 3 12033.28 11040.87 10492.76 10128.26 9604.89 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lm -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 10.10 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 31.50, N = 10 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 22.83, N = 10 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 20.80, N = 5 2178 2083 1691 1666 1645
Timed Idle System Power Consumption Monitor Min Avg Max Ubuntu 12.04 18637 20786 26043 Ubuntu 10.10 20984 22136 26586 Ubuntu 10.04 27043 27389 31385 Ubuntu 11.04 29363 31063 37715 Ubuntu 11.10 30700 33742 43881 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliwatts, Fewer Is Better Timed Idle System Power Consumption Monitor 11K 22K 33K 44K 55K
OpenArena System Power Consumption Monitor Min Avg Max Ubuntu 12.04 20412 38461 41564 Ubuntu 11.10 31169 46974 50011 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliwatts, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 System Power Consumption Monitor 13K 26K 39K 52K 65K
C-Ray System Power Consumption Monitor Min Avg Max Ubuntu 12.04 34824 56319 60402 Ubuntu 10.10 22183 57994 60192 Ubuntu 10.04 30312 62600 64585 Ubuntu 11.04 36977 64969 67489 Ubuntu 11.10 44953 66196 68235 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliwatts, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 System Power Consumption Monitor 20K 40K 60K 80K 100K
PostMark System Power Consumption Monitor Min Avg Max Ubuntu 12.04 29773 34319 38971 Ubuntu 10.10 32481 35353 37390 Ubuntu 10.04 37040 39641 41998 Ubuntu 11.04 38799 41372 44207 Ubuntu 11.10 40026 42765 45916 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliwatts, Fewer Is Better PostMark 1.51 System Power Consumption Monitor 12K 24K 36K 48K 60K
Apache Benchmark System Power Consumption Monitor Min Avg Max Ubuntu 10.10 26199 40531 42329 Ubuntu 12.04 21924 41512 43919 Ubuntu 10.04 30442 46433 48717 Ubuntu 11.04 32435 48798 50451 Ubuntu 11.10 33308 49892 51862 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliwatts, Fewer Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 System Power Consumption Monitor 13K 26K 39K 52K 65K
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation System Power Consumption Monitor Min Avg Max Ubuntu 12.04 27500 54597 60030 Ubuntu 10.10 30397 56732 60579 Ubuntu 10.04 35703 60844 65184 Ubuntu 11.04 37755 63596 68269 Ubuntu 11.10 35468 64443 71139 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliwatts, Fewer Is Better Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 System Power Consumption Monitor 20K 40K 60K 80K 100K
7-Zip Compression System Power Consumption Monitor Min Avg Max Ubuntu 12.04 33099 53134 58587 Ubuntu 10.10 38072 54685 57992 Ubuntu 10.04 41807 58602 62528 Ubuntu 11.04 43837 61185 66416 Ubuntu 11.10 55126 62900 70832 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliwatts, Fewer Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 System Power Consumption Monitor 20K 40K 60K 80K 100K
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 116.59 116.83 116.88 126.69 127.17 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 1.65, N = 3 SE +/- 1.62, N = 3 SE +/- 1.36, N = 3 SE +/- 1.37, N = 3 SE +/- 1.35, N = 3 205.52 205.78 206.58 219.13 222.09
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