Ubuntu Intel Core i7 Extreme - 12.10, 12.04, Etc Intel Core i7-3960X testing with a Intel DX79SI and AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB on Ubuntu 11.04, 11.10, 12.04 LTS, 12.10 development... Testing by Michael Larabel of Phoronix for a future article looking at Intel Core i7 Extreme power consumption of Ubuntu over past year and a half as well as the Linux performance-per-Watt of these x86_64 Ubuntu installations. Ubuntu 11.04: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge DMI2, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 3.8.10, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 11.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge DMI2, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection 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: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge DMI2, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-26: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Timed Idle System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............ MIN: 87 AVG: 87 MAX: 87 Ubuntu 11.10 ............ MIN: 86 AVG: 87 MAX: 87 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ MIN: 86 AVG: 87 MAX: 87 Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-26 . MIN: 87 AVG: 87 MAX: 87 OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............ 82.07 |================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............ 111.20 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 87.07 |=================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-26 . 85.20 |================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............ 0.74 |=========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............ 0.78 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 0.79 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-26 . 0.80 |=============================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............ MIN: 88 AVG: 110 MAX: 132 Ubuntu 11.10 ............ MIN: 112 AVG: 143 MAX: 152 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ MIN: 105 AVG: 110 MAX: 137 Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-26 . MIN: 104 AVG: 107 MAX: 114 Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............ 46.65 |======================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............ 92.44 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 64.47 |================================ Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-26 . 86.37 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............ 0.43 |========================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............ 0.78 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 0.63 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-26 . 0.75 |============================================= Xonotic 0.6 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............ MIN: 88 AVG: 108 MAX: 150 Ubuntu 11.10 ............ MIN: 91 AVG: 118 MAX: 155 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ MIN: 86 AVG: 102 MAX: 150 Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-26 . MIN: 103 AVG: 115 MAX: 173 Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............ 16.76 |====================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............ 35.08 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 35.53 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-26 . 33.92 |============================================ Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............ 0.08 |=========== Ubuntu 11.10 ............ 0.34 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 0.33 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-26 . 0.31 |=========================================== Lightsmark 2008 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............ MIN: 99 AVG: 208 MAX: 233 Ubuntu 11.10 ............ MIN: 90 AVG: 103 MAX: 107 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ MIN: 89 AVG: 109 MAX: 125 Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-26 . MIN: 99 AVG: 108 MAX: 127 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............ 30.53 |============================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............ 30.95 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 30.67 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-26 . 22.79 |================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............ 7.89 |==================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............ 7.53 |================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 7.27 |================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-26 . 10.11 |============================================== C-Ray 1.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............ MIN: 231 AVG: 241 MAX: 244 Ubuntu 11.10 ............ MIN: 205 AVG: 233 MAX: 239 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ MIN: 88 AVG: 223 MAX: 239 Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-26 . MIN: 201 AVG: 231 MAX: 235 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............ 334.27 |===================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............ 356.51 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 373.52 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-26 . 401.39 |============================================= 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............ 23775 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ............ 24877 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 25063 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-26 . 24993 |============================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............ 102.61 |========================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............ 111.12 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 112.07 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-26 . 110.25 |============================================ 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ............ MIN: 195 AVG: 232 MAX: 246 Ubuntu 11.10 ............ MIN: 177 AVG: 224 MAX: 242 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ MIN: 89 AVG: 224 MAX: 244 Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-26 . MIN: 198 AVG: 227 MAX: 244 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts Ubuntu 11.04 ............ MIN: 87 AVG: 140 MAX: 246 Ubuntu 11.10 ............ MIN: 86 AVG: 125 MAX: 242 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ MIN: 86 AVG: 111 MAX: 244 Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-26 . MIN: 87 AVG: 120 MAX: 244 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ..... 1.45 |======================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ..... 1.78 |================================================ Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 2.00 |====================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.04 ..... MIN: 215 AVG: 231 MAX: 240 Ubuntu 11.10 ..... MIN: 109 AVG: 200 MAX: 238 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . MIN: 87 AVG: 187 MAX: 238