Intel Atom Netbook Ubuntu 10.04, 12.04, 12.10
Intel Atom N270 testing with a SAMSUNG NC10 and Intel Mobile 945GSE IGP on Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS, 12.04LTS, and 12.10 development snapshot via the Phoronix Test Suite. Testing for a future article by Phoronix by Michael Larabel.


Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-24: 

	Processor: Intel Atom N270 @ 1.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: SAMSUNG NC10, Chipset: Intel Mobile 945GSE MCH + ICH7-M, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 32GB OCZ CORE_SSD, Graphics: Intel Mobile 945GSE IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC272, Network: Atheros AR242x / AR542x

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-1-generic (i686), Desktop: Unity 5.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.19.0, OpenGL: 1.4 Mesa 8.0.3, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x600

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: 

	Processor: Intel Atom N270 @ 1.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: SAMSUNG NC10, Chipset: Intel Mobile 945GSE MCH + ICH7-M, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 32GB OCZ CORE_SSD, Graphics: Intel Mobile 945GSE IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC272, Network: Atheros AR242x / AR542x

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic-pae (i686), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 1.4 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x600

Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS: 

	Processor: Intel Atom N270 @ 1.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: SAMSUNG NC10, Chipset: Intel Mobile 945GME MCH + ICH7-M, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 32GB OCZ CORE_SSD, Graphics: Intel Mobile 945GME IGP 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC272, Network: Atheros AR5001 Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-38-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.6, Display Driver: intel 2.9.1, OpenGL: 1.4 Mesa 7.7.1, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x600


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 640 x 480
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-24 . 30.90 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 26.03 |=======================================
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ...... 26.07 |=======================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-24 . 25.70 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 25.37 |=============================================
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ...... 21.20 |======================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1024 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-24 . 25.42 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 23.37 |==========================================
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ...... 18.93 |==================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1024 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-24 . 7.67 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 7.67 |==============================================
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ...... 7.77 |===============================================


World of Padman 1.2
Resolution: 1024 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-24 . 18.77 |============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 17.80 |==========================================
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ...... 19.60 |==============================================


Tremulous 1.1.0
Resolution: 1024 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-24 . 19.43 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 19.43 |==============================================
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ...... 14.67 |===================================


Urban Terror 4.1
Resolution: 1024 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-24 . 9.17  |=================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 8.70  |================================
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ...... 12.63 |==============================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-24 . 189 |==========================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 194 |===========================
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ...... 345 |================================================


LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0
Test: Rhodopsin Protein
Loop Time < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-24 . 576.87 |=============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 566.67 |============================================


FFTE 5.0
Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-24 . 296.43 |=============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 286.41 |===========================================
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ...... 287.31 |============================================


VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1
vpxenc
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-24 . 1.55 |==============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 1.56 |===============================================
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ...... 1.57 |===============================================


x264 2011-12-06
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-24 . 5.05 |===============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 4.98 |==============================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-24 . 79.95 |======================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 96.98 |==============================================
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ...... 42.09 |====================


7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-24 . 935 |================================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 921 |===============================================
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ...... 905 |==============================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-24 . 1316.36 |===========================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 1836.40 |=====================================
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ...... 2163.92 |============================================


FFmpeg 0.10
AVI To NTSC VCD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-24 . 71.66 |=============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 73.20 |==============================================
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ...... 71.87 |=============================================


Apache Benchmark 2.2.21
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 2012-06-24 . 1807.14 |============================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ........ 1773.59 |===========================================
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ...... 369.71  |=========