Fedora 18 Systemd Boot Performance
Fedora 18 systemd boot time of kernel and user-space performance compared to Fedora 17. Clean installs each time.


Fedora 17: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+) (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205

	OS: Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle), Kernel: 3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.3, Display Server: X Server 1.12.0, Display Driver: intel 2.19.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20120921, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

Fedora 18: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Gen6 Mobile (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205

	OS: Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow), Kernel: 3.6.10-4.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.9.4, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.14, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20121109, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

Fedora 18 + Updates: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205

	OS: Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow), Kernel: 3.7.2-204.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.9.5, Display Server: X Server 1.13.1, Display Driver: intel 2.20.17, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20121109, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900


Systemd Kernel Boot Time
Phoronix Test Suite v4.4.0m0
ms < Lower Is Better
Fedora 17 ........... 5115 |===================================================
Fedora 18 ........... 2871 |=============================
Fedora 18 + Updates . 2894 |=============================


Systemd Total Boot Time
Phoronix Test Suite v4.4.0m0
ms < Lower Is Better
Fedora 17 ........... 8778  |===========
Fedora 18 ........... 40451 |==================================================
Fedora 18 + Updates . 40402 |==================================================


Systemd Userspace Boot Time
Phoronix Test Suite v4.4.0m0
ms < Lower Is Better
Fedora 17 ........... 3662  |=====
Fedora 18 ........... 34675 |==================================================
Fedora 18 + Updates . 34485 |==================================================