Comparing the Linux performance of Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS, Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS, Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS, and an Ubuntu 13.04 development snapshot. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com for a future article looking at the Ubuntu Linux performance. These Linux performance benchmarks are from an AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core system.
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AMD Ubuntu Linux LTS Comparison,
"System Power Consumption Monitor - Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring",
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",39,45.1,42.9,44.9,43.5,40.6
"Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",18.5,18.1,18.2
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",17.9,18.1,17.6
"Ubuntu 13.04",17.7,17.9,17.5
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",77.8,79.1,68.3,75.2,73.6,75.6
"Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",229.3,231.4,226.1
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",78.9,81.4,81.2
"Ubuntu 13.04",129.4,133.6,133.6
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",31.8,32,35.4,31.6,32.2,32
"Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",43.6,40.8,37.6,35.2,34.7,43.2
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",41.2,38.4,34.8,32,31.2,37.2
"Ubuntu 13.04",40.8,38,34,32,33.2,34.8
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",38.9,41.4,41.7,38.8,41.5,38.5
"Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",16.1,16.3,16.5
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",15.5,15.6,15.7
"Ubuntu 13.04",16.5,16.5,16.7
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",43,43,43.3
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",77,77.1,76.5
"Ubuntu 13.04",110.2,108.1,106.8
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"Dbench 4.0 - Client Count: 1",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"Dbench 4.0 - Client Count: 1",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",80.9681,84.7426,84.4141
"Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",9.8333,9.85366,9.78534
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",9.35997,9.36054,9.34751
"Ubuntu 13.04",10.37,10.4173,10.472
"IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",71.720703125,72.5068359375,71.943359375
"Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",95.8701171875,96.115234375,95.52734375
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",94.3623046875,95.009765625,95.7177734375
"Ubuntu 13.04",96.359375,95.099609375,94.91015625
"IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",69.515625,63.751953125,65.06640625,62.7216796875,61.640625,61.7841796875
"Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",97.6416015625,97.171875,95.69140625
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",96.31640625,95.39453125,93.724609375
"Ubuntu 13.04",96.138671875,94.5859375,91.7861328125
"IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",75.5888671875,76.447265625,73.1494140625
"Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",92.03125,90.8994140625,89.8251953125
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",90.6884765625,89.25,88.107421875
"Ubuntu 13.04",90.5810546875,88.8447265625,88.2568359375
"IOzone 3.405 - Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",62.5791015625,62.4501953125,62.2216796875
"Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",90.4775390625,89.19921875,87.142578125
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",88.0068359375,86.78125,85.7138671875
"Ubuntu 13.04",87.765625,86.26953125,84.7421875
"C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"Smallpt 1.0 - Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 - Static Web Page Serving",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 - Static Web Page Serving",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",5370.35,5362.67,5383.66
"Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",8219.48,6543.84,6529.99,6666.36,6654.89,6674.89
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",11417.88,11378.94,11410.36
"Ubuntu 13.04",9243.14,9303.15,9285.59
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: EP.B",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",63,63.02,63.12
"Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",62.26,62.4,61.64
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",60.93,61.24,61.19
"Ubuntu 13.04",60.86,61.21,60.99
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: EP.B",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: LU.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",3202.44,3216.16,3201.51
"Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",3014.3,3014.2,3016.03
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",2388.1,2148.14,2175.81,2212.12,2313.66,2271.53
"Ubuntu 13.04",3414.27,3321.05,3370.14
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: LU.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: MG.B",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",2239.39,2235.78,2237.87
"Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",2209.55,2182.77,2207.28
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",2116.75,2117.21,2107.79
"Ubuntu 13.04",2183.02,2191.86,2190.91
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: MG.B",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: SP.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: UA.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: SP.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",2268.06,2268.55,2263.04
"Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",2192.25,2193.23,2194.8
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",2122.18,2100.85,2098.85
"Ubuntu 13.04",2203.87,2209.68,2216.35
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: UA.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",12.42,12.51,12.48
"Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",13.04,13.05,13.03
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",13.12,13.14,13.2
"Ubuntu 13.04",12.04,12.03,12.04
"PostMark 1.51 - Disk Transaction Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",303,295,281,297
"Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",1773,1798,1798
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",617,637,625
"Ubuntu 13.04",822,801,798
"PostMark 1.51 - Disk Transaction Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"BLAKE2 20121223 - Phoronix Test Suite v4.4.0m2",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",15.55,15.55,15.62
"Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",15.62,15.62,15.63
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",15.61,15.61,15.61
"Ubuntu 13.04",15.77,15.78,15.78
"C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",145.307,145.242,144.914
"Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",140.635,140.55,140.668
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",134.724,135.659,133.675
"Ubuntu 13.04",92.638,92.715,92.668
"Smallpt 1.0 - Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS",289,289,288
"Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS",275,276,275
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",263,263,263
"Ubuntu 13.04",327,328,326
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - System Power Consumption Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"C-Ray 1.1 - System Power Consumption Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"Smallpt 1.0 - System Power Consumption Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 - System Power Consumption Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"PostMark 1.51 - System Power Consumption Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"Dbench 4.0 - System Power Consumption Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"IOzone 3.405 - System Power Consumption Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"IOzone 3.405 - System Power Consumption Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"IOzone 3.405 - System Power Consumption Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"IOzone 3.405 - System Power Consumption Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"FS-Mark 3.3 - System Power Consumption Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"FS-Mark 3.3 - System Power Consumption Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"FS-Mark 3.3 - System Power Consumption Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"FS-Mark 3.3 - System Power Consumption Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - System Power Consumption Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - System Power Consumption Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - System Power Consumption Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - System Power Consumption Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - System Power Consumption Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS",
"Ubuntu 13.04",