Acer C720 Chromebook Haswell Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Acer C720 Peppy Chromebook running Ubuntu 13.10 vs. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with Intel Haswell Celeron processor. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U: Processor: Intel Celeron 2955U @ 1.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Acer Peppy v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB KINGSTON SNS4151, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1000MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-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: 1366x768 Ubuntu 14.04: Processor: Intel Celeron 2955U @ 1.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Acer Peppy v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB KINGSTON SNS4151, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1000MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0-rc1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers: Processor: Intel Celeron 2955U @ 1.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Acer Peppy v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB KINGSTON SNS4151, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1000MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.0-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers: Processor: Intel Celeron 2955U @ 1.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Acer Peppy v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 16GB KINGSTON SNS4151, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1000MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.0-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 45.47 |================================= Ubuntu 14.04 ......................... 44.97 |================================= Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers ........... 44.43 |================================ Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers ............. 45.20 |================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . MIN: 7.0 AVG: 21.6 MAX: 68.0 Ubuntu 14.04 ......................... MIN: 8.0 AVG: 22.4 MAX: 43.0 Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers ........... MIN: 8.0 AVG: 22.4 MAX: 43.0 Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers ............. MIN: 7.0 AVG: 22.5 MAX: 43.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 61.48 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04 ......................... 66.61 |================================= Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers ........... 66.58 |================================= Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers ............. 65.06 |================================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 38.32 |======================= Ubuntu 14.04 ......................... 54.74 |================================= Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers ........... 54.63 |================================= Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers ............. 54.89 |================================= GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1024 x 768 Points > Higher Is Better Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 253 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 ......................... 339 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers ........... 339 |=================================== Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers ............. 341 |=================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 9.64205 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.04 ......................... 9.73284 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers ........... 9.71821 |=============================== Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers ............. 9.74043 |=============================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 1.40173 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.04 ......................... 1.02019 |======================= Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers ........... 1.06391 |======================== Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers ............. 1.04447 |======================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 5.14450 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04 ......................... 5.24316 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers ........... 5.25038 |=============================== Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers ............. 5.25217 |=============================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 0.84095 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04 ......................... 0.88112 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers ........... 0.88113 |=============================== Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers ............. 0.88068 |=============================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Random Access GUP/s > Higher Is Better Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 0.01017 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.04 ......................... 0.00945 |============================= Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers ........... 0.00931 |============================ Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers ............. 0.00934 |============================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth MB/s > Higher Is Better Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 3200.76 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04 ......................... 3345.83 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers ........... 3324.50 |=============================== Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers ............. 3314.32 |=============================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 8.59 |================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ......................... 8.66 |================================== Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers ........... 8.59 |================================== Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers ............. 8.64 |================================== x264 2013-06-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 29.01 |================================ Ubuntu 14.04 ......................... 29.44 |================================ Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers ........... 29.40 |================================ Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers ............. 30.01 |================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 651.97 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.04 ......................... 661.09 |================================ Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers ........... 664.06 |================================ Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers ............. 664.68 |================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 126.87 |================================ Ubuntu 14.04 ......................... 127.01 |================================ Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers ........... 126.99 |================================ Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers ............. 127.00 |================================ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 34.47 |================================ Ubuntu 14.04 ......................... 36.07 |================================= Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers ........... 35.99 |================================= Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers ............. 35.52 |================================ Opus Codec Encoding 1.0.1 WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode Seconds < Lower Is Better Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 23.37 |================================= Ubuntu 14.04 ......................... 23.42 |================================= Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers ........... 23.41 |================================= Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers ............. 23.41 |=================================