Intel Core i7-4750HQ testing of various Linux kernel releases. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.
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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 |====================================================