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 3.12.4-ext73-f1-27.2-i7-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-i7-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 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 |================================= 3.12.4-ext73-f1-27.2-i7-ags-cfs . 117.07 |===================================== 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 |============================== 3.12.4-ext73-f1-27.2-i7-ags-cfs . 5813 |======================================= 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 |====================================== 3.12.4-ext73-f1-27.2-i7-ags-cfs . 18.35 |====================================== 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 |====================================== 3.12.4-ext73-f1-27.2-i7-ags-cfs . 35.38 |====================================== 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 |====================================== 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 |======================================= 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 |========================== 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 |=============================