CompuLab Low-Power Linux PC Comparison
Testing by Michael Larabel of Phoronix for a future article on Phoronix of the different CompuLab devices and other low-power Intel x86 and ARM Linux systems running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.


CompuLab Utilite: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 10 @ 1.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Compulab CM-FX6, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 32GB SanDisk SSD U100, Graphics: GC2000 Engine, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.0.35-cm-fx6-5.1 (armv7l), Desktop: GNOME 3.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

CompuLab Fit-PC2: 

	Processor: Intel Atom Z530 @ 1.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel SBC-FITPC2, Chipset: Intel Hub + SCH, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 160GB Hitachi HTS54501, Graphics: Intel Hub (SCH Poulsbo), Audio: Realtek ALC260, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Ralink RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-29-generic (i686), Display Driver: modesetting 0.7.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

CompuLab Trim-Slice: 

	Processor: ARMv7 rev 0 @ 1.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: trimslice, Memory: 593MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung HM251HI, Graphics: NVIDIA TEGRA, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.1.10-l4t.r16.01 (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext2, Screen Resolution: 1366x1536

CompuLab Intense-PC: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HCC54755, Graphics: Intel Ivy Bridge (1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.6, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

ASRock 3D Vision NetTop: 

	Processor: Intel Core i3 370M @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock HM55-MXM, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000BEKT-8, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M 512MB (202/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9287 Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.7, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.4 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

ASRock Core i3 NetTop: 

	Processor: Intel Core i3 330M @ 2.13GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock HM55-HT, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST9500325AS, Graphics: Intel Core IGP, Audio: VIA VT2020, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9287 Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.6, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: G-HPL
GFLOPS > Higher Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 2.01655 |===========
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 0.82762 |=====
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 1.04644 |======
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 7.73103 |============================================
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 5.85633 |=================================
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 5.19380 |==============================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 390.00 |=================================
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 473.04 |========================================
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 537.40 |=============================================
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 61.52  |=====
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 76.30  |======
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 85.40  |=======


Gzip Compression
2GB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 102.70 |================================
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 86.34  |===========================
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 146.01 |=============================================
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 17.28  |=====
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 19.37  |======
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 25.82  |========


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 56.82 |===========================================
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 56.70 |==========================================
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 61.44 |==============================================
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 7.33  |=====
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 11.68 |=========
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 13.19 |==========


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Monte Carlo
Mflops > Higher Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 49.80  |======
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 48.11  |=====
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 56.33  |======
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 398.05 |=============================================
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 290.99 |=================================
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 258.11 |=============================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad
GB/s > Higher Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 0.51484 |======
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 0.85012 |===========
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 0.44687 |======
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 3.49379 |============================================
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 2.05182 |==========================
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 1.88436 |========================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: Random Ring Latency
usecs < Lower Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 4.32837 |======================
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 8.75824 |============================================
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 5.16231 |==========================
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 1.15236 |======
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 1.53218 |========
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 1.76620 |=========


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 128.79 |===========================================
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 135.49 |=============================================
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 135.75 |=============================================
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 17.96  |======
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 26.35  |=========
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 29.84  |==========


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation
Mflops > Higher Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 124.12 |=======
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 270.60 |===============
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 140.10 |========
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 839.39 |=============================================
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 666.50 |====================================
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 590.73 |================================


TSCP 1.81
AI Chess Performance
Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 127979 |=======
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 197936 |===========
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 126451 |=======
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 807594 |=============================================
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 555678 |===============================
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 488369 |===========================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: G-Ptrans
GB/s > Higher Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 0.08971 |=======
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 0.11404 |=========
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 0.13199 |==========
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 0.55574 |============================================
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 0.33193 |==========================
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 0.31007 |=========================


N-Queens 1.0
Elapsed Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 246.59 |=====================
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 518.44 |=============================================
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 113.19 |==========
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 140.39 |============
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 162.77 |==============


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: EP-DGEMM
GFLOPS > Higher Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 0.56971 |============
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 0.44101 |==========
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 0.56679 |============
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 2.01932 |============================================
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 1.54409 |==================================
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 1.36686 |==============================


PolyBench-C 3.2
Test: Correlation Computation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 24.59 |====================================
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 31.22 |==============================================
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 21.97 |================================
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 7.03  |==========
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 7.89  |============
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 8.94  |=============


PolyBench-C 3.2
Test: Covariance Computation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 24.53 |=====================================
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 30.88 |==============================================
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 21.87 |=================================
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 7.14  |===========
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 7.94  |============
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 9.00  |=============


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization
Mflops > Higher Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 67.53   |==
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 153.00  |====
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 53.98   |=
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 1604.02 |============================================
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 905.52  |=========================
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 797.22  |======================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply
Mflops > Higher Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 52.73   |=
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 156.46  |====
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 54.77   |==
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 1563.42 |============================================
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 830.85  |=======================
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 748.14  |=====================


PolyBench-C 3.2
Test: 3 Matrix Multiplications
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 571.48 |=============================================
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 485.77 |======================================
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 551.93 |===========================================
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 30.63  |==
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 49.31  |====
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 52.30  |====


Dolfyn 0.527
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 578.60 |=============================================
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 325.91 |=========================
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 551.51 |===========================================
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 32.92  |===
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 50.46  |====
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 58.67  |=====


FFmpeg 2.1.1
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 357.63 |=================================
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 489.53 |=============================================
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 28.73  |===
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 33.53  |===
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 36.97  |===


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 62.15  |===
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 128.86 |======
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 64.53  |===
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 927.07 |=============================================
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 563.63 |===========================
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 502.71 |========================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: G-Random Access
GUP/s > Higher Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 0.00162 |===========
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 0.00043 |===
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 0.00069 |=====
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 0.00622 |============================================
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 0.00495 |===================================
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 0.00439 |===============================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 630.47  |===============
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 1823.45 |============================================
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 1261.45 |==============================
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 127.32  |===
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 141.01  |===
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 159.21  |====


FFTE 5.0
Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 387.34  |====
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 287.68  |===
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 4041.88 |============================================
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 3097.36 |==================================
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 2475.13 |===========================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: G-Ffte
GFLOPS > Higher Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 0.24977 |=====
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 0.18720 |====
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 0.15694 |===
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 2.20394 |============================================
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 1.41956 |============================
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 1.28883 |==========================


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Scale
MB/s > Higher Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 1438.23  |=====
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 1506.41  |=====
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 846.85   |===
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 11830.58 |===========================================
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 7130.52  |==========================
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 6622.09  |========================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform
Mflops > Higher Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 16.57  |===
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 16.15  |===
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 17.48  |====
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 221.33 |=============================================
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 124.28 |=========================
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 119.34 |========================


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Triad
MB/s > Higher Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 1652.73  |=====
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 1672.49  |=====
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 977.26   |===
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 13227.29 |===========================================
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 7632.93  |=========================
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 7248.21  |========================


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Add
MB/s > Higher Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 1678.17  |=====
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 1670.97  |=====
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 985.78   |===
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 13199.64 |===========================================
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 7749.29  |=========================
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 7338.54  |========================


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Copy
MB/s > Higher Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 1486.55  |=====
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 1447.70  |=====
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 890.48   |===
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 11853.69 |===========================================
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 7240.19  |==========================
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 6848.12  |=========================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 1419 |======================
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 2559 |=======================================
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 3049 |===============================================
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 230  |====
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 315  |=====
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 366  |======


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth
MB/s > Higher Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 711.96  |=====
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 521.51  |====
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 1280.55 |=========
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 6410.86 |============================================
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 3757.65 |==========================
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 3481.51 |========================


Primesieve 4.2
1e12 Prime Number Generation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 1382.41 |========================
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 2264.13 |========================================
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 2513.16 |============================================
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 233.49  |====
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 289.83  |=====
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 340.10  |======


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 109.12  |====
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 104.05  |====
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 103.47  |====
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 1094.24 |============================================
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 803.71  |================================
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 779.53  |===============================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth
GB/s > Higher Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 0.14196 |====
CompuLab Fit-PC2 ........ 0.22299 |=======
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 0.58702 |==================
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 1.42152 |============================================
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 0.91323 |============================
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 0.86991 |===========================


CLOMP 3.3
Static OMP Speedup
Speedup > Higher Is Better
CompuLab Utilite ........ 4.63 |===============================================
CompuLab Trim-Slice ..... 1.93 |====================
CompuLab Intense-PC ..... 2.98 |==============================
ASRock 3D Vision NetTop . 3.31 |==================================
ASRock Core i3 NetTop ... 3.33 |==================================