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. Ubuntu 13.10: 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 Ubuntu 14.04 + 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 Ubuntu 13.10 ............................ 45.47 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04 ............................ 44.97 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers .............. 44.43 |============================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers . 45.20 |============================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............................ 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 Ubuntu 14.04 + 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 Ubuntu 13.10 ............................ 61.48 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 ............................ 66.61 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers .............. 66.58 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers . 65.06 |============================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............................ 38.32 |===================== Ubuntu 14.04 ............................ 54.74 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers .............. 54.63 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers . 54.89 |============================== GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1024 x 768 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............................ 253 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 ............................ 339 |================================ Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers .............. 339 |================================ Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers . 341 |================================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............................ 9.64205 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 ............................ 9.73284 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers .............. 9.71821 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers . 9.74043 |============================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............................ 1.40173 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 ............................ 1.02019 |==================== Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers .............. 1.06391 |===================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers . 1.04447 |===================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............................ 5.14450 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.04 ............................ 5.24316 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers .............. 5.25038 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers . 5.25217 |============================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............................ 0.84095 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.04 ............................ 0.88112 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers .............. 0.88113 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers . 0.88068 |============================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Random Access GUP/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............................ 0.01017 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 ............................ 0.00945 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers .............. 0.00931 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers . 0.00934 |========================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............................ 3200.76 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.04 ............................ 3345.83 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers .............. 3324.50 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers . 3314.32 |============================ VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............................ 8.59 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.04 ............................ 8.66 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers .............. 8.59 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers . 8.64 |=============================== x264 2013-06-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............................ 29.01 |============================= Ubuntu 14.04 ............................ 29.44 |============================= Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers .............. 29.40 |============================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers . 30.01 |============================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............................ 651.97 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 ............................ 661.09 |============================= Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers .............. 664.06 |============================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers . 664.68 |============================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............................ 126.87 |============================= Ubuntu 14.04 ............................ 127.01 |============================= Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers .............. 126.99 |============================= Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers . 127.00 |============================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............................ 34.47 |============================= Ubuntu 14.04 ............................ 36.07 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers .............. 35.99 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers . 35.52 |============================== Opus Codec Encoding 1.0.1 WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ............................ 23.37 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04 ............................ 23.42 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04 + xorg-edgers .............. 23.41 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04 + Linux 3.14 + xorg-edgers . 23.41 |==============================