Kubuntu 13.10 x64 Intel Core i5-3570 testing with a ASUS P8Z77-V and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB on Ubuntu 13.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 3.12.4-ext73-f1-27.2-k8-ags-cfs: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB OCZ VERTEX4 + 250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 500GB Seagate ST3500320AS + 1500GB Western Digital WD15EARS-00M, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: PLX2472HD, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection + Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.4-ext73-f1-27.2-k8-ags-cfs (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OCZ VERTEX4: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB OCZ VERTEX4 + 250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 500GB Seagate ST3500320AS + 1500GB Western Digital WD15EARS-00M, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: PLX2472HD, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection + Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.4-ext73-f1-27.2-k8-ags-cfs (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 3.12.4-031204-generic: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB OCZ VERTEX4 + 250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 500GB Seagate ST3500320AS + 1500GB Western Digital WD15EARS-00M, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: PLX2472HD, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection + Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.4-031204-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 3.12.0-997-generic: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB OCZ VERTEX4 + 250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 500GB Seagate ST3500320AS + 1500GB Western Digital WD15EARS-00M, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: PLX2472HD, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection + Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-997-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PLEXTOR PX-256M5 - Intel Core i7-4770K: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z87-PRO, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB PLEXTOR PX-256M5 + 500GB Western Digital WD5000AACS-0 + 64GB SanDisk SDSSDP06 + 2 x 240GB OCZ REVODRIVE3, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3200x1200 FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better 3.12.4-ext73-f1-27.2-k8-ags-cfs . 107.58 |=================================== 3.12.4-031204-generic ........... 114.93 |===================================== 3.12.0-997-generic .............. 104.27 |================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better 3.12.4-ext73-f1-27.2-k8-ags-cfs ........ 5813 |================================ OCZ VERTEX4 ............................ 5725 |================================ 3.12.4-031204-generic .................. 4518 |========================= 3.12.0-997-generic ..................... 4518 |========================= 3.12.0-997-generic ..................... 4545 |========================= PLEXTOR PX-256M5 - Intel Core i7-4770K . 5143 |============================ Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better 3.12.4-ext73-f1-27.2-k8-ags-cfs ........ 18.14 |=============================== 3.12.4-031204-generic .................. 18.42 |=============================== 3.12.0-997-generic ..................... 18.18 |=============================== PLEXTOR PX-256M5 - Intel Core i7-4770K . 15.30 |========================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better 3.12.4-ext73-f1-27.2-k8-ags-cfs ........ 35.45 |=============================== 3.12.4-031204-generic .................. 35.47 |=============================== 3.12.0-997-generic ..................... 35.25 |=============================== PLEXTOR PX-256M5 - Intel Core i7-4770K . 32.31 |============================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 3.12.4-ext73-f1-27.2-k8-ags-cfs ........ 31.40 |=============================== 3.12.4-031204-generic .................. 31.30 |=============================== 3.12.0-997-generic ..................... 31.27 |=============================== PLEXTOR PX-256M5 - Intel Core i7-4770K . 23.32 |======================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better 3.12.4-ext73-f1-27.2-k8-ags-cfs ........ 2.84 |=============================== 3.12.4-031204-generic .................. 2.83 |=============================== 3.12.0-997-generic ..................... 2.83 |=============================== PLEXTOR PX-256M5 - Intel Core i7-4770K . 2.96 |================================ Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better 3.12.4-ext73-f1-27.2-k8-ags-cfs ........ 18542.74 |============================ 3.12.4-031204-generic .................. 13651.38 |===================== 3.12.0-997-generic ..................... 13560.05 |==================== PLEXTOR PX-256M5 - Intel Core i7-4770K . 15153.96 |======================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better 3.12.4-ext73-f1-27.2-k8-ags-cfs . 340.18 |===================================== 3.12.4-031204-generic ........... 342.83 |===================================== 3.12.0-997-generic .............. 300.59 |================================ 3.12.0-997-generic .............. 267.93 |=============================