Ubuntu 13.10 vs. 13.03 vs. 12.10 Linux

Intel Core i7-3960X testing with a Intel DX79SI and AMD [AMD/ATI] RV730 PRO [Radeon HD 4650] 512MB on Ubuntu 13.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.

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Ubuntu 13.10 vs. 13.03 vs. 12.10 Linux, "FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 - WAV To FLAC", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",8.248626947403,5.3303802013397,5.3273918628693,5.3265647888184,5.3281831741333,5.3299307823181,5.3283729553223,5.3289248943329,5.3298559188843,5.3543999195099 "Ubuntu 13.04",5.2950088977814,5.2958278656006,5.274286031723,5.287171125412,5.2741589546204 "Ubuntu 12.10",5.2895300388336,5.2692329883575,5.2720391750336,5.2709121704102,5.268373966217 "Urban Terror 4.2.013 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",59.8,57.4,60 "Ubuntu 13.04",59.9,60,59.9 "Ubuntu 12.10",71.5,23.8,23.1,23.1,23.1,23.2 "BLAKE2 20121223 - Phoronix Test Suite v4.8.0m1", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",27.66,5,5,5,5.02,5 "Ubuntu 13.04",5.01,5.04,5.01 "Ubuntu 12.10",5.01,5.01,5.01 "OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",59.4,59.4,59.4 "Ubuntu 13.04",59.8,59.8,59.7 "Ubuntu 12.10",84.7,85.4,85.2 "OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",15.3,15.4,15.4 "Ubuntu 13.04",14.5,14.6,14.6 "Ubuntu 12.10",15.3,15.6,15.6 "Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",59.8767008,59.8767844,59.8881224 "Ubuntu 13.04",59.9288751,59.9269568,59.9272405 "Ubuntu 12.10",17.1846416,17.1698388,56.4865715,56.8328844,17.1321286,56.8072802 "Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",39.1519509,39.1177592,39.1344964 "Ubuntu 13.04",39.7202832,39.6526648,39.6314471 "Ubuntu 12.10",10.2309734,10.2186001,10.22634 "Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",24.9251209,24.9376377,24.9527971 "Ubuntu 13.04",25.0537969,25.057283,25.0615315 "Ubuntu 12.10",8.9388617,8.9477171,14.6627898,8.9470174,18.6162593,8.957307 "Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 - Pfam Database Search", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",15.244289159775,15.293636083603,15.246113061905 "Ubuntu 13.04",15.230378866196,15.273992061615,15.305149078369 "Ubuntu 12.10",15.196578979492,15.333938837051,15.363439083099 "Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 - Multiple Sequence Alignment", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",5.7525901794434,7.1340310573578,4.9053280353546,5.9018740653992,5.8505110740662,5.683030128479 "Ubuntu 13.04",6.8041701316833,7.0870890617371,7.2956790924072 "Ubuntu 12.10",6.002552986145,6.1740550994873,5.8745770454407 "Himeno Benchmark 3.0 - Poisson Pressure Solver", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",1635.414344,1646.561235,1647.305877 "Ubuntu 13.04",1633.384521,1630.134541,1642.583966 "Ubuntu 12.10",1607.215835,1605.296472,1608.454874 "Dolfyn 0.527 - Computational Fluid Dynamics", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",24.369413137436,24.281167030334,24.306950807571 "Ubuntu 13.04",24.213289022446,23.801599025726,23.968902111053 "Ubuntu 12.10",24.248669862747,24.062881231308,24.038281917572 "LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 - Test: Rhodopsin Protein", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",60.1758,60.4141,60.2617 "Ubuntu 13.04",39.6523,39.8242,39.5547 "Ubuntu 12.10",39.5469,39.6758,39.6602 "Parboil 2.5 - Test: Matrix Q", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",26.471642,26.414511,26.460985 "Ubuntu 13.04",17.266003,17.265181,17.243124 "Ubuntu 12.10",23.20676,23.196922,23.213863 "Parboil 2.5 - Test: MRI Gridding", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",49.852188,49.540489,50.966015 "Ubuntu 13.04",49.530762,49.575531,48.933136 "Ubuntu 12.10",50.3405,53.340118,53.430702 "Parboil 2.5 - Test: Seven-Point Stencil", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",44.675968,44.066563,43.888332 "Ubuntu 13.04",44.814339,45.546848,44.859303 "Ubuntu 12.10",44.670441,43.836056,44.861279 "Parboil 2.5 - Test: Cutoff Pair Potential", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",11.410291,10.805499,10.665649,11.317891 "Ubuntu 13.04",11.145556,10.89531,11.112723 "Ubuntu 12.10",10.88908,11.11281,10.902654 "Parboil 2.5 - Test: Two-Point Angular Correlation", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",487.006561,455.05307,487.052582,477.384247 "Ubuntu 13.04",487.743439,473.006348,402.522919,487.117828,482.010742,453.283447 "Ubuntu 12.10",465.905029,502.419159,498.91748,503.706604,478.40271 "Parboil 2.5 - Test: Lid-Driven Cavity Fluid Dynamics", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",463.168732,463.129822,462.205231 "Ubuntu 13.04",463.773376,464.377106,464.474365 "Ubuntu 12.10",461.255646,461.798218,462.196808 "Rodinia 2.2 - Test: OpenMP LavaMD", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",76.182521820068,71.970350980759,71.598847866058 "Ubuntu 13.04",68.889404058456,68.333152770996,69.531924962997 "Ubuntu 12.10",50.496510982513,50.42223405838,50.427086114883 "Rodinia 2.2 - Test: OpenMP Leukocyte", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",26.432728052139,25.819364070892,25.950753927231 "Ubuntu 13.04",25.737378120422,25.536689996719,26.118487119675 "Ubuntu 12.10",26.552752017975,26.056119918823,26.272375106812 "Rodinia 2.2 - Test: OpenMP CFD Solver", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",87.347930192947,86.645617008209,86.81161403656 "Ubuntu 13.04",85.920777082443,85.609414100647,85.939524888992 "Ubuntu 12.10",85.787611961365,85.706712961197,85.308807849884 "Rodinia 2.2 - Test: OpenMP Streamcluster", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",62.529148817062,62.52398109436,62.513382911682 "Ubuntu 13.04",62.738111019135,62.775551795959,62.81400513649 "Ubuntu 12.10",62.698256969452,62.704281806946,62.759006977081 "FFTE 5.0 - Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",3755.0824706912,5751.0127988755,5742.7104586597,5754.3569914825,5751.3676473438,5752.7375115068 "Ubuntu 13.04",5727.5908602488,5761.8599993823,5749.4302220888 "Ubuntu 12.10",5703.9254778323,5767.0282411733,5756.9013370633 "x264 2013-06-08 - H.264 Video Encoding", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",174.41,219.34,220.82,219.29,219.33,219.45,221.51,220.77,220.62,219.98 "Ubuntu 13.04",177.55,216.61,217.89,217.44,216.88,218.89,214.16,215.64,218.46,216.46 "TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2z - Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",188.993,189.638,190.056 "Ubuntu 13.04",168.282,168.634,168.663 "Ubuntu 12.10",163.052,162.533,162.138 "FFmpeg 1.1 - H.264 HD To NTSC DV", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",11.738734960556,11.330765008926,11.31286907196 "Ubuntu 13.04",18.113173007965,17.878922939301,18.333194971085 "Ubuntu 12.10",18.705574989319,18.466282844543,17.976423978806 "NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 - Static Web Page Serving", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",21923.14,21701.19,21735.83 "Ubuntu 13.04",24750.87,24585.88,24690.09 "Ubuntu 12.10",25889.04,25316.69,26657.45 "Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 - Static Web Page Serving", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 13.10 20130705",14593.67,14755.42,14460.88 "Ubuntu 13.04",14453.01,14048.87,14179.46 "Ubuntu 12.10",17212.34,17170.96,17310.53