Intel Haswell - Ubuntu 13.04 vs. Updates Intel Haswell Core i7 4770K benchmarking of Ubuntu 13.04 Linux for a future article on Phoronix. Ubuntu 13.04: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Haswell IGP, Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.6, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.1, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Haswell IGP, Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.10.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.6, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.1, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + Mesa 9.2: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Haswell IGP, Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.10.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.6, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-4eaa099), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Haswell IGP, Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.10.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.6, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-4eaa099), Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130330 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 31.87 |========================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ............ 41.70 |================================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + Mesa 9.2 . 41.40 |================================= Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 65.20 |========================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ............ 79.12 |============================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + Mesa 9.2 . 85.72 |================================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 20.97 |================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ............ 29.33 |========================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + Mesa 9.2 . 39.25 |================================= Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 50.57 |============== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ............ 85.43 |======================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + Mesa 9.2 . 115.27 |================================ Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 104.29 |=================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ............ 133.95 |======================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + Mesa 9.2 . 174.96 |================================ Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 46.97 |===================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ............ 62.61 |============================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + Mesa 9.2 . 73.37 |================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 32.05 |========================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ............ 37.99 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + Mesa 9.2 . 41.04 |================================= Rodinia 2.2 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 93.30 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 92.69 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 94.04 |================================== Rodinia 2.2 Test: OpenMP Leukocyte Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 33.88 |================================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 34.11 |================================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 34.85 |================================== Rodinia 2.2 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 95.69 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 90.64 |================================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 94.91 |================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 13176.58 |============================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 13168.25 |============================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 13451.59 |=============================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 304.51 |================================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 305.86 |================================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 272.97 |============================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 11056.95 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 10847.33 |============================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 10886.23 |=============================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 5597.15 |================================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 5579.94 |================================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 5641.03 |================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 4882.56 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 4937.79 |================================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 4979.50 |================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 45.30 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 45.33 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 45.54 |================================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 29.03 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 27.78 |================================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 28.11 |================================= LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 44.37 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 43.78 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 42.24 |================================ FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 6059.53 |================================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 6066.82 |================================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 6049.95 |================================ Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 10.23 |================================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 10.27 |================================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 10.47 |================================== BLAKE2 20121223 Phoronix Test Suite v4.6.0 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 5.30 |=================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 5.31 |=================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 5.29 |=================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 6580 |=================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 6602 |=================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 6602 |=================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 20883333 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 20949000 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 10221000 |=============== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 43744 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 43756 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 41804 |================================ TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2z Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 117.60 |============================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 121.07 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 128.58 |================================= VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 26.68 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 26.86 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 26.32 |================================= x264 2013-05-14 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 155.62 |================================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 154.78 |================================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 156.29 |================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 162 |==================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 162 |==================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 163 |==================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 205 |==================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 206 |==================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 206 |==================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 123 |==================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 124 |==================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 124 |==================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 1331.21 |================================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 1320.95 |================================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 1239.26 |============================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 95.77 |===================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 96.50 |===================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 151.51 |================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 26.86 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 26.86 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 22.96 |============================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 9.25 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 9.51 |=================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 8.58 |================================ Primesieve 4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 79.20 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 79.24 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 79.25 |================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 83 |===================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 83 |===================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 83 |===================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 4.99 |=================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 4.97 |=================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 4.87 |================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 12.25 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 12.21 |================================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 12.40 |================================== FFmpeg 1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 12.90 |================================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 13.11 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 13.30 |================================== Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 85.94 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 83.83 |================================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 85.72 |================================== Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 136.40 |================================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 133.16 |================================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 125.50 |============================== Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 170.63 |================================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 166.63 |================================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 165.02 |================================ N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 38.18 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 38.19 |================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 38.40 |================================== Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 808.12 |================================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 807.39 |================================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 801.60 |================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 147.17 |================================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 148.27 |================================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 147.93 |================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .............. 4678.80 |========================================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 . 4727.00 |========================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 ........................ 25402.17 |============================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 ........... 25958.22 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Linux 3.10 + GCC 4.8 . 25945.37 |===============================