Linux 3.12 Intel Core i7 Benchmarks Intel Core i7-3960X testing with a Intel DX79SI and AMD Radeon HD 4850 512MB on Ubuntu 13.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Linux 3.11: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 1.95GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4850 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-031100-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.12 Git: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4850 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 23.30 |======================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 31.97 |======================================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 43.13 |=================================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 46.53 |======================================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 34.40 |====================================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 34.93 |======================================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 60.12 |=============================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 70.84 |======================================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 65.11 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 Git . 62.69 |===================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 4011 |=============================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 4807 |======================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 290.37 |====================================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 285.27 |===================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 72.07 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 Git . 72.17 |======================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 9.0 AVG: 13.8 MAX: 24.0 Linux 3.12 Git . MIN: 9.0 AVG: 13.8 MAX: 22.0 Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 80.10 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 Git . 80.50 |======================================================= Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 122.53 |====================================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 122.50 |====================================================== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 8.1 MAX: 16.0 Linux 3.12 Git . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 8.1 MAX: 12.0 Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 20.40 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 Git . 20.39 |======================================================= Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 22.74 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 Git . 22.74 |======================================================= Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 80.67 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 Git . 80.27 |======================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 270.82 |====================================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 271.78 |====================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 119.68 |====================================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 119.78 |====================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 81.53 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 Git . 81.60 |======================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 54.56 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 Git . 54.57 |======================================================= Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 15.34 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 Git . 15.33 |======================================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 5.94 |======================================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 5.70 |====================================================== x264 2013-06-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 211.73 |====================================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 212.11 |====================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 1627.15 |===================================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 1631.58 |===================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 63.53 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 Git . 62.85 |====================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 19.34 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 Git . 19.29 |======================================================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 19 |========================================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 19 |========================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 13.62 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 Git . 13.63 |======================================================= Opus Codec Encoding 1.0.1 WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 9.37 |======================================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 9.33 |======================================================== FFmpeg 2.0 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 11.74 |======================================================= Linux 3.12 Git . 11.63 |====================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ..... 15993.10 |================================================== Linux 3.12 Git . 16591.15 |====================================================