Intel Core i7 Haswell Linux 3.12 Kernel Intel Core i7-4750HQ testing of various Linux kernel releases. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Linux 3.8: Processor: Intel Core i7-4750HQ @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Galago UltraPro, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDMCEAC12, Graphics: Intel Crystal Well IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.8.0-030800-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.903, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.9: Processor: Intel Core i7-4750HQ @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Galago UltraPro, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDMCEAC12, Graphics: Intel Crystal Well IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.9.0-030900-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.903, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-4750HQ @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Galago UltraPro, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDMCEAC12, Graphics: Intel Crystal Well IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-031000-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.903, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.11: Processor: Intel Core i7-4750HQ @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Galago UltraPro, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDMCEAC12, Graphics: Intel Crystal Well IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-031100-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.903, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.12 Git: Processor: Intel Core i7-4750HQ @ 3.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Galago UltraPro, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDMCEAC12, Graphics: Intel Crystal Well IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.903, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8 ...... 720.59 |====================================================== Linux 3.9 ...... 700.02 |==================================================== Linux 3.10 ..... 683.27 |=================================================== Linux 3.11 ..... 691.43 |==================================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 699.48 |==================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8 ...... 354.09 |===================================================== Linux 3.9 ...... 353.15 |===================================================== Linux 3.10 ..... 295.57 |============================================= Linux 3.11 ..... 293.26 |============================================ Linux 3.12 Git . 357.44 |====================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8 ...... 5474 |======================================================== Linux 3.9 ...... 5282 |====================================================== Linux 3.10 ..... 4385 |============================================= Linux 3.11 ..... 4385 |============================================= Linux 3.12 Git . 5102 |==================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8 ...... 310.90 |================================================== Linux 3.9 ...... 315.17 |=================================================== Linux 3.10 ..... 316.13 |=================================================== Linux 3.11 ..... 335.50 |====================================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 332.90 |====================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8 ...... 41.10 |================================ Linux 3.9 ...... 40.90 |================================ Linux 3.10 ..... 63.02 |================================================= Linux 3.11 ..... 70.33 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 Git . 70.50 |======================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.8 ...... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 24.3 MAX: 54.0 Linux 3.9 ...... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 24.7 MAX: 56.0 Linux 3.10 ..... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 14.2 MAX: 87.0 Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 14.2 MAX: 36.0 Linux 3.12 Git . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 14.3 MAX: 36.0 Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8 ...... 104.30 |=========================== Linux 3.9 ...... 104.70 |=========================== Linux 3.10 ..... 203.97 |===================================================== Linux 3.11 ..... 209.73 |====================================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 198.15 |=================================================== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.8 ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 9.6 MAX: 24.0 Linux 3.9 ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 9.6 MAX: 28.0 Linux 3.10 ..... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 4.8 MAX: 31.0 Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.7 MAX: 20.0 Linux 3.12 Git . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.9 MAX: 21.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8 ...... 245.17 |===================================================== Linux 3.9 ...... 246.34 |===================================================== Linux 3.10 ..... 230.97 |================================================== Linux 3.11 ..... 250.59 |====================================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 233.24 |================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8 ...... 104.75 |============================================= Linux 3.9 ...... 103.21 |============================================= Linux 3.10 ..... 119.20 |==================================================== Linux 3.11 ..... 124.60 |====================================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 121.59 |===================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8 ...... 62.36 |============================================== Linux 3.9 ...... 61.20 |============================================= Linux 3.10 ..... 73.14 |====================================================== Linux 3.11 ..... 74.54 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 Git . 74.85 |======================================================= PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: Covariance Computation Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.8 ...... 5.49 |======================================================= Linux 3.9 ...... 5.49 |======================================================= Linux 3.10 ..... 5.56 |======================================================== Linux 3.11 ..... 5.58 |======================================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 5.46 |======================================================= PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: Correlation Computation Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.8 ...... 5.48 |======================================================== Linux 3.9 ...... 5.49 |======================================================== Linux 3.10 ..... 5.47 |======================================================== Linux 3.11 ..... 5.45 |======================================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 5.46 |======================================================== PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: 3 Matrix Multiplications Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.8 ...... 22.71 |====================================================== Linux 3.9 ...... 22.87 |====================================================== Linux 3.10 ..... 23.15 |======================================================= Linux 3.11 ..... 22.55 |====================================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 22.81 |====================================================== x264 2013-06-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8 ...... 152.20 |====================================================== Linux 3.9 ...... 151.86 |====================================================== Linux 3.10 ..... 152.05 |====================================================== Linux 3.11 ..... 151.37 |====================================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 152.25 |====================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.8 ...... 87.00 |====================================================== Linux 3.9 ...... 86.95 |====================================================== Linux 3.10 ..... 89.22 |======================================================= Linux 3.11 ..... 89.22 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 Git . 87.48 |====================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.8 ...... 28.26 |======================================================= Linux 3.9 ...... 28.28 |======================================================= Linux 3.10 ..... 28.28 |======================================================= Linux 3.11 ..... 28.30 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 Git . 28.26 |======================================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.8 ...... 7.99 |======================================================== Linux 3.9 ...... 8.04 |======================================================== Linux 3.10 ..... 7.97 |======================================================== Linux 3.11 ..... 7.95 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 Git . 7.92 |======================================================= Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.8 ...... 69.87 |======================================================= Linux 3.9 ...... 70.13 |======================================================= Linux 3.10 ..... 69.95 |======================================================= Linux 3.11 ..... 69.64 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 Git . 69.57 |======================================================= Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.8 ...... 83.57 |======================================================= Linux 3.9 ...... 83.64 |======================================================= Linux 3.10 ..... 83.74 |======================================================= Linux 3.11 ..... 83.41 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 Git . 83.38 |======================================================= Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.8 ...... 148.70 |====================================================== Linux 3.9 ...... 148.69 |====================================================== Linux 3.10 ..... 148.69 |====================================================== Linux 3.11 ..... 148.26 |====================================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 148.63 |====================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.8 ...... 33015.14 |=================================================== Linux 3.9 ...... 31807.12 |================================================= Linux 3.10 ..... 26501.28 |========================================= Linux 3.11 ..... 28241.92 |============================================ Linux 3.12 Git . 33598.56 |====================================================