Intel Linux Kernel Tests - Linux 3.2 to Linux 3.7

Benchmarking the Linux 3.2 kernel through Linux 3.7 kernel (Git under development) from an Intel Core i7 3960X Sandy Bridge Extreme Edition to see the overall Linux desktop/system performance from an Ubuntu 12.10 host. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Intel Linux Kernel Tests - Linux 3.2 to Linux 3.7, "Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 - Static Web Page Serving", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",18103.85,17882.82,17936.24 "Linux 3.6",16818.51,16893.57,16864.23 "Linux 3.5",17340.39,17036.47,16670.13 "Linux 3.2",18029,18100.22,18011.72 "Linux 3.3",15795.83,15650.39,15739.45 "Linux 3.7 Git",15649.98,15473.95,15412.48 "OpenSSL 1.0.1c - RSA 4096-bit Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",121.7,121.8,121.7 "Linux 3.6",121.7,120.3,120.3 "Linux 3.5",121.8,121.8,121.8 "Linux 3.2",121.7,120.7,121.8 "Linux 3.3",121,120.3,119.9 "Linux 3.7 Git",121.7,120.3,121.8 "FFmpeg 1.0 - H.264 HD To NTSC DV", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",18.94117307663,18.330856084824,18.198381185532 "Linux 3.6",18.249866008759,17.989835977554,18.094840049744 "Linux 3.5",18.978057861328,18.479223966599,17.982848167419 "Linux 3.2",18.984483957291,18.484582901001,18.255101919174 "Linux 3.3",18.535499095917,18.224450826645,18.456647157669 "Linux 3.7 Git",18.494936943054,18.225812911987,18.194640874863 "Opus Codec Encoding 1.0.1 - WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",9.2294671535492,9.222776889801,9.2226498126984,9.2347400188446,9.4342789649963 "Linux 3.6",9.2148089408875,9.2263860702515,9.2197420597076,9.2221820354462,9.2102618217468 "Linux 3.5",9.3221430778503,9.2257750034332,9.2948389053345,9.2375769615173,9.3105030059814 "Linux 3.2",9.2157759666443,9.2172260284424,9.2264349460602,9.2186269760132,9.2344498634338 "Linux 3.3",9.2392480373383,9.2229759693146,9.2217180728912,9.2282600402832,9.2123830318451 "Linux 3.7 Git",9.2233140468597,9.2223250865936,9.2149798870087,9.2295098304749,9.22625207901 "LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 - WAV To MP3", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",13.406859874725,13.42262506485,13.40399980545,13.367995977402,13.383279800415 "Linux 3.6",13.453504085541,13.381458997726,13.365808963776,13.368688821793,13.384312152863 "Linux 3.5",13.544387102127,13.382842063904,13.521462917328,13.370589017868,13.543298006058 "Linux 3.2",13.412436008453,13.378722906113,13.391402006149,13.413237094879,13.37429189682 "Linux 3.3",13.408715963364,13.380134105682,13.356024026871,13.374294042587,13.493874788284 "Linux 3.7 Git",13.410141944885,13.406805038452,13.388545036316,13.388005971909,13.364910125732 "LZMA Compression - 256MB File Compression", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",128.16981291771,128.50408196449,128.53859901428 "Linux 3.6",128.28982114792,128.20993900299,128.25055503845 "Linux 3.5",129.7808740139,128.78871107101,128.20907211304 "Linux 3.2",128.15333914757,130.00824689865,128.16057014465 "Linux 3.3",128.54218482971,128.0391201973,128.37638092041 "Linux 3.7 Git",129.58907604218,128.27394008636,129.20230102539 "Smallpt 1.0 - Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",17,17,17 "Linux 3.6",17,17,16 "Linux 3.5",17,17,17 "Linux 3.2",16,16,16 "Linux 3.3",17,17,17 "Linux 3.7 Git",17,17,17 "Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 - 256MB File Compression", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",6.1239178180695,6.6423330307007,5.8281209468842,6.0504560470581,5.8281610012054,7.2550239562988 "Linux 3.6",6.3130960464478,7.4427721500397,6.1912269592285,5.33571600914,5.3326671123505,6.6352548599243 "Linux 3.5",6.8369529247284,5.8412668704987,6.9112088680267,5.405219078064,7.2291858196259,7.126070022583 "Linux 3.2",5.7632541656494,5.7793889045715,5.6873939037323 "Linux 3.3",5.6777410507202,5.4504899978638,6.7131319046021,5.6177940368652,7.1695079803467,6.3391888141632 "Linux 3.7 Git",7.5150151252747,6.1696660518646,5.744754076004,6.0568521022797,6.535101890564,5.8118579387665 "C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",21.169,21.067,21.043 "Linux 3.6",20.774,21.045,21.069 "Linux 3.5",20.96,21.012,20.965 "Linux 3.2",21.188,21.195,21.151 "Linux 3.3",21.177,21.156,21.163 "Linux 3.7 Git",21.045,21.186,21.292 "Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 - Time To Compile", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",63.777382850647,61.156429052353,61.663069009781 "Linux 3.6",62.402839899063,60.640501022339,60.144222974777 "Linux 3.5",62.721421957016,60.528908967972,60.396451950073 "Linux 3.2",63.571166038513,60.948913097382,61.214084863663 "Linux 3.3",62.629477977753,60.457494020462,60.925405025482 "Linux 3.7 Git",61.998005867004,59.949875116348,59.965862989426 "7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 - Compress Speed Test", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",25066,25295,25364 "Linux 3.6",25407,25493,25232 "Linux 3.5",25317,25375,25023 "Linux 3.2",25062,24785,24997 "Linux 3.3",25120,25280,25537 "Linux 3.7 Git",25346,25347,25157 "Himeno Benchmark 3.0 - Poisson Pressure Solver", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",1633.824537,1636.503454,1640.109867 "Linux 3.6",1637.631796,1636.337229,1641.260169 "Linux 3.5",1637.732278,1637.206165,1643.174546 "Linux 3.2",1638.340201,1636.490253,1640.839027 "Linux 3.3",1640.743352,1643.887951,1639.44313 "Linux 3.7 Git",1641.160317,1639.335248,1639.38178 "GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 - Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.6",134,134,134 "Linux 3.5",133,133,133 "Linux 3.2",131,131,131 "Linux 3.3",132,132,132 "Linux 3.7 Git",134,134,134 "GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 - Operation: Resizing", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",177,177,177 "Linux 3.6",177,177,178 "Linux 3.5",176,176,176 "Linux 3.2",178,178,177 "Linux 3.3",176,175,176 "Linux 3.7 Git",177,177,178 "GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 - Operation: Sharpen", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.6",118,117,118 "Linux 3.5",117,117,117 "Linux 3.2",117,117,117 "Linux 3.3",117,117,117 "Linux 3.7 Git",117,117,117 "x264 2012-10-03 - H.264 Video Encoding", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",193.85,213.5,211.02,213.3,211.61,212.68 "Linux 3.6",195.73,216.9,210.09,214.72,214.07,215.18 "Linux 3.5",191.59,213.63,209.47,208.07,208.43,207.12 "Linux 3.2",191.2,213,211.43,212.91,212.9,207.6 "Linux 3.3",193.26,213.21,212.54,213.02,211.96,211.97 "Linux 3.7 Git",192.6,214.82,218.03,214.47,214.42,214.66 "VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 - vpxenc", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",28.68,27.41,29 "Linux 3.6",29.48,29.35,28.59 "Linux 3.5",28.45,29.41,29.37 "Linux 3.2",28.46,25.96,27.35,29.08,28.57,27.88 "Linux 3.3",28.89,28.49,28.12 "Linux 3.7 Git",28.62,29.15,29.86 "John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 - Test: MD5", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",38172,38532,38460 "Linux 3.6",38532,38544,38532 "Linux 3.5",38019,38172,37944 "Linux 3.2",38532,38520,38016 "Linux 3.3",38484,38412,38532 "Linux 3.7 Git",38460,38532,37932 "John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 - Test: Traditional DES", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",31408000,31506000,31194000 "Linux 3.6",31604000,31358000,31604000 "Linux 3.5",31291000,31506000,31555000 "Linux 3.2",31457000,31506000,31457000 "Linux 3.3",31506000,31506000,31506000 "Linux 3.7 Git",31506000,31506000,31555000 "John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 - Test: Blowfish", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.6",8055,8136,8055 "Linux 3.5",8136,8136,8136 "Linux 3.2",8136,8055,8136 "Linux 3.3",8055,8136,8055 "Linux 3.7 Git",8055,8055,8136 "FFTE 5.0 - Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",5765.6754809507,5771.2552551992,5753.1761015526 "Linux 3.6",5772.4580613376,5769.8387287535,5744.1265842863 "Linux 3.5",5717.589960389,5772.4343440549,5767.4017806584 "Linux 3.2",5774.1748292038,5253.774902831,5770.6937623966,5776.7593016504,5766.5010290697,5776.6776724648 "Linux 3.3",5758.2100115425,5770.143624374,5756.3432138272 "Linux 3.7 Git",5767.2307306492,5773.4826583245,5771.6842512398 "LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 - Test: Rhodopsin Protein", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",39.6719,39.6289,39.9219 "Linux 3.6",39.4453,39.3555,39.5273 "Linux 3.5",39.6836,39.9531,41.0156 "Linux 3.2",39.7188,39.9297,40.1914 "Linux 3.3",39.9688,39.9922,39.9375 "Linux 3.7 Git",39.5039,39.5469,39.5156 "Dolfyn 0.527 - Computational Fluid Dynamics", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 3.6",24.137217998505,23.999238967896,24.093172073364 "Linux 3.5",24.385596990585,23.979194879532,24.088877916336 "Linux 3.2",24.310279846191,24.184905052185,24.103992938995 "Linux 3.3",24.205925941467,24.051755905151,24.016070842743 "Linux 3.7 Git",24.215447902679,23.967357158661,23.985092163086 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: UA.A", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",41.87,41.93,41.41 "Linux 3.6",52.48,52.25,51.98 "Linux 3.5",46.61,46.45,46.4 "Linux 3.2",42.15,42.05,42.15 "Linux 3.3",46.36,46.48,45.91 "Linux 3.7 Git",51.66,51.34,51.74 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: SP.A", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",3629.94,3515.61,3606.99 "Linux 3.6",3624.84,3620.77,3587.17 "Linux 3.5",3623.64,3599.72,3596.39 "Linux 3.2",3617.2,3469.32,3539.48 "Linux 3.3",3610.39,3571.4,3602.11 "Linux 3.7 Git",3660.85,3656.03,3663.66 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: MG.B", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",2505.07,2424.44,2405.5 "Linux 3.6",2722.03,2738.29,2725.34 "Linux 3.5",2645.07,2618.36,2564.8 "Linux 3.2",2511.13,2409.51,2395.66 "Linux 3.3",2614.51,2613.28,2637.08 "Linux 3.7 Git",2720.67,2724.88,2720.76 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: LU.A", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",13255.77,13156.47,13215.58 "Linux 3.6",12797.73,12780.44,12811.51 "Linux 3.5",13174.31,13255.42,13272.52 "Linux 3.2",13045.86,13229.56,13165.48 "Linux 3.3",12628.58,12859.82,13081.52 "Linux 3.7 Git",12871.06,12812.12,12826.92 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: EP.B", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",386.99,384.01,382.6 "Linux 3.6",386.7,387.32,386.33 "Linux 3.5",385.15,385.34,383.46 "Linux 3.2",385.63,382.55,385.3 "Linux 3.3",385.78,384.29,385.71 "Linux 3.7 Git",387.36,386.88,386.63 "Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Initial Create", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",82.14,85.73,85.58 "Linux 3.6",85.3,92.97,90.74,90.52,95.99,92.76 "Linux 3.5",90.35,86.26,84.62 "Linux 3.2",76.07,85.62,85.53,84.95,60.59,82.07 "Linux 3.3",80.09,85.92,84.06,85.29 "Linux 3.7 Git",94.35,96.11,95.59 "Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Compile", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",87.83,75.68,71.82,73.4,67.27,61.06 "Linux 3.6",79.38,75.19,70.49,72.73,71.68,68.63 "Linux 3.5",79.51,63.12,69.51,62.65,64.3,61.55 "Linux 3.2",86.12,76.26,64.78,60.63,68.57,59.17 "Linux 3.3",83.87,72.16,67.55,69.32,64.73,59.18 "Linux 3.7 Git",91.86,81.61,76.83,74.13,73.49,67.29 "IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",47.912109375,63.0947265625,56.67578125,55.6767578125,56.7021484375,68.6181640625 "Linux 3.6",61.8154296875,61.78515625,58.08984375,56.1357421875,61.990234375,61.6650390625 "Linux 3.5",51.119140625,61.2890625,63.232421875,56.0283203125,56.0830078125,62.8193359375 "Linux 3.2",47.646484375,61.89453125,58.1826171875,54.9921875,56.0009765625,66.462890625 "Linux 3.3",48.41796875,62.8212890625,57.572265625,56.3984375,56.517578125,66.9931640625 "Linux 3.7 Git",49.1484375,68.7744140625,58.103515625,57.193359375,59.6884765625,70.8388671875 "IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",180.068359375,174.490234375,175.6640625 "Linux 3.6",174.556640625,172.8505859375,174.705078125 "Linux 3.5",172.7822265625,174.2509765625,172.3193359375 "Linux 3.2",183.732421875,180.46484375,174.6640625 "Linux 3.3",168.9404296875,171.2998046875,172.96484375 "Linux 3.7 Git",173.4365234375,172.3818359375,173.4150390625 "Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",37.9700165,24.072987,38.0024357,24.0635048,37.9962262,37.9428373 "Linux 3.6",33.4009681,33.3505999,14.5738369,33.1139968,33.2253415,33.2782408 "Linux 3.5",27.812906,27.8150163,27.8152148 "Linux 3.2",38.3535139,38.3013057,38.3863624 "Linux 3.3",38.2286548,38.2883798,24.1677684,38.1760076,38.3510201,16.9260525 "Linux 3.7 Git",38.2008296,38.073872,38.023847 "Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",99.3327064,97.8912163,20.2482602,97.7637988,95.4546077,97.7862195 "Linux 3.6",70.1701658,70.2915698,70.0588001 "Linux 3.5",62.8377462,17.8365198,62.808827,63.3866017,63.207901,63.085932 "Linux 3.2",100.0869719,98.2586402,97.2888181 "Linux 3.3",97.6204428,98.6447875,96.3365078 "Linux 3.7 Git",89.6730234,90.3920533,90.4598316 "OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",14.9,15.5,15.5 "Linux 3.6",13.8,14.2,14.2 "Linux 3.5",5.2,13,13.1,13.1,13,13.2 "Linux 3.2",14.9,15.4,15.4 "Linux 3.3",14.8,15.2,15.2 "Linux 3.7 Git",14.5,6.9,14.9,14.9,14.9,14.9 "OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1024 x 768", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.6",41.8,38.6,38.7,40.3,39.1 "Linux 3.5",37.8,35.5,35.4,35.6 "Linux 3.2",39.3,36.5,36.7,36.7,36.6 "Linux 3.3",38.4,36.2,36.2 "Linux 3.7 Git",42.5,39.3,39.3,39.3,39.4,39.4 "OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",82.8,84.3,84.1 "Linux 3.6",85.7,86,86 "Linux 3.5",84.4,84.2,84.6 "Linux 3.2",84.7,85,84.1 "Linux 3.3",84.9,84.8,85 "Linux 3.7 Git",85.4,86,86 "OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1024 x 768", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",141.6,143.4,142 "Linux 3.6",146.8,143.7,142.8 "Linux 3.5",138.6,139.7,139.3 "Linux 3.2",141.9,141.7,143.6 "Linux 3.3",138.6,142.5,141.2 "Linux 3.7 Git",141,141.8,140.7 "Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 3.2",17.4084356,18.0874775,18.0483485 "Linux 3.6",24.3819465,24.3501371,24.331407 "Linux 3.5",17.3713974,17.8146015,17.7798509 "Linux 3.2",17.4230579,17.5296264,17.5153753 "Linux 3.3",17.6423,17.5538842,17.9354446 "Linux 3.7 Git",24.1513335,25.0280127,24.433001