crunchbang_linux_statler Intel Core i7-2600K testing with a ASRock Z68M-ITX/HT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1024MB on Debian 6.0.4 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Default with Linux 2.6.32.5: Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68M-ITX/HT, Chipset: Intel Sandy DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB M4-CT064M4SSD2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1024MB (822/2020MHz), Audio: Realtek ID 892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Debian 6.0.4, Kernel: 2.6.32.20120504.1 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.7.7, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.41, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.41, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5 + CUDA 4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5: Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68M-ITX/HT, Chipset: Intel Sandy DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB M4-CT064M4SSD2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1024MB (822/2020MHz), Audio: Realtek ID 892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Debian 6.0.4, Kernel: 2.6.32.20120504.1 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.7.7, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.41, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.41, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5 + CUDA 4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares: Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68M-ITX/HT, Chipset: Intel Sandy DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB M4-CT064M4SSD2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1024MB (822/2020MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 3.2.15.ares (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.41, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.41, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5 + CUDA 4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT: Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68M-ITX/HT, Chipset: Intel Sandy DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB M4-CT064M4SSD2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1024MB (822/2020MHz), Audio: Intel Cougar Point HD Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 3.2.15.pan (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.41, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.41, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5 + CUDA 4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 90.44 |================================ Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 87.95 |=============================== 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 89.19 |================================ 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 88.46 |=============================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 54.40 |================================ Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 53.26 |=============================== 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 54.73 |================================ 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 54.75 |================================ 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 19139 |============================= Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 20770 |================================ 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 20300 |=============================== 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 20770 |================================ Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 8.22 |================================= Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 7.37 |============================== 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 7.30 |============================= 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 7.35 |============================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 12373.95 |============================ Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 12968.44 |============================= 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 12579.85 |============================ 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 12453.51 |============================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 2842.26 |============================= Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 2967.87 |============================== 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 2925.57 |============================== 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 2890.65 |============================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 204.77 |============================= Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 220.69 |=============================== 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 215.56 |============================== 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 219.41 |=============================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 7652.52 |============================= Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 7789.64 |============================== 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 7333.28 |============================ 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 7292.39 |============================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 187.74 |============================= Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 198.39 |=============================== 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 198.75 |=============================== 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 198.32 |=============================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 10710.64 |========================== Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 11915.56 |============================= 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 11813.07 |============================= 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 11788.50 |============================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 6416.54 |============================== Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 6457.41 |============================== 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 6480.39 |============================== 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 6438.27 |============================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 6093.31 |============================= Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 6335.12 |============================== 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 6232.85 |============================== 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 6000.85 |============================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 42.09 |============================== Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 44.88 |================================ 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 43.75 |=============================== 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 43.10 |=============================== POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 693 |================================== Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 651 |================================ 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 652 |================================ 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 654 |================================ Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 103 |================================ Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 104 |================================ 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 109 |================================== 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 109 |================================== Enemy Territory 2.60 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 286.37 |============================= Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 302.23 |=============================== 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 303.23 |=============================== 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 301.43 |=============================== Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 793.92 |=============================== Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 798.22 |=============================== 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 800.46 |=============================== 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 802.48 |=============================== Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 57.61 |================================ Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 57.60 |================================ 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 57.57 |================================ 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 57.93 |================================ AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 2432.09 |============================== Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 2159.71 |=========================== 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 233.92 |=== 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 232.17 |=== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 228.94 |=============================== Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 229.47 |=============================== 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 179.09 |======================== 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 189.56 |========================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 534.51 |=============================== Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 537.56 |=============================== 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 295.17 |================= 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 327.38 |=================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 811.25 |============================ Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 837.15 |============================= 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 846.31 |============================= 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 889.44 |=============================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 50.00 |========================== Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 36.03 |=================== 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 61.37 |================================ 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 58.70 |=============================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync Files/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 2117.07 |======================== Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 2124.33 |======================== 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 2154.90 |========================= 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 2614.87 |============================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 66.83 |======================== Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 66.93 |======================== 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 89.47 |================================ 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 88.80 |================================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 54.80 |============================ Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 55.42 |============================ 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 62.85 |================================ 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 61.28 |=============================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 68.05 |==================== Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 91.65 |=========================== 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 105.62 |=============================== 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 101.99 |============================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 8092.27 |========================= Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 8277.93 |========================= 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 8909.40 |=========================== 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 9851.80 |============================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 88.25 |========================== Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 95.90 |============================ 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 104.95 |=============================== 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 101.90 |============================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 9101.72 |====================== Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 9395.39 |======================= 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 10586.74 |========================== 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 11804.58 |============================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 99.22 |============================== Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 96.31 |============================= 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 104.09 |=============================== 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 99.42 |============================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 8838.67 |======================= Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 9182.07 |======================== 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 10113.70 |=========================== 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 11022.12 |============================= Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 23604.76 |================== Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 26308.10 |==================== 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 33346.57 |========================= 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 38162.24 |============================= SmallPT GPU 1.6pts1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Complex Samples/sec > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 2193.60 |============================== Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 2191.37 |============================== 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 2191.77 |============================== 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 2193.80 |============================== SmallPT GPU 1.6pts1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Caustic3 Samples/sec > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 339025.33 |============================ Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 338888.37 |============================ 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 338799.90 |============================ 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 339357.30 |============================ SmallPT GPU 1.6pts1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Cornell Samples/sec > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 35013.53 |============================= Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 34987.47 |============================= 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 34988.93 |============================= 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 35042.00 |============================= Sunflow Rendering System 0.07.2 Global Illumination + Image Synthesis Seconds < Lower Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 3.09 |================================= Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 3.03 |================================ 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 3.02 |================================ 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 3.00 |================================ Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 14847.12 |============================= Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 14896.54 |============================= 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 14945.18 |============================= 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 14941.19 |============================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 14432.49 |============================= Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 14480.46 |============================= 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 14506.15 |============================= 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 14528.37 |============================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 15523.45 |============================= Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 15573.40 |============================= 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 15603.85 |============================= 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 15550.08 |============================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better Default with Linux 2.6.32.5 ........... 15899.69 |============================= Overclock 4.0 Ghz with Linux 2.6.32.5 . 15947.95 |============================= 4.0 Ghz with Linux 3.2.15.ares ........ 15973.39 |============================= 4.0 Ghz with 3.2.15.pan RT ............ 15903.89 |=============================