HP Linux vs. ThinkPad vs. Zenbook vs. Chromebook vs. ASUS Intel Linux laptop testing for a future article on phoronix.com. Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-rc3, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Clarksfield - Lenovo W510: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB FUJITSU MHZ2160B, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0-rc3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Ivy Bridge - ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0-rc3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Haswell - Acer C720: 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: 3.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0-rc3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Ivy Bridge - ASUS K56CA: Processor: Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS K56CA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505 + 24GB SanDisk SSD i100, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC270, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0-rc3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook ....... 79.37 |==================================== Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ......... 12.60 |====== Ivy Bridge - ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA . 51.68 |======================= Ivy Bridge - ASUS K56CA ........... 19.65 |========= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook ....... 78.67 |==================================== Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ......... 14.67 |======= Ivy Bridge - ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA . 50.80 |======================= Ivy Bridge - ASUS K56CA ........... 19.03 |========= Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook ....... 268.99 |=================================== Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ......... 9.32 |= Ivy Bridge - ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA . 94.55 |============ Ivy Bridge - ASUS K56CA ........... 10.30 |= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook ....... 1160 |======================= Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ......... 562 |=========== Ivy Bridge - ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA . 1860 |===================================== Haswell - Acer C720 ............... 157 |=== Ivy Bridge - ASUS K56CA ........... 514 |========== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook ....... 26.37 |========== Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ......... 34.00 |============= Ivy Bridge - ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA . 43.47 |================ Haswell - Acer C720 ............... 85.30 |=============================== Ivy Bridge - ASUS K56CA ........... 97.73 |==================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook ....... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 37.8 MAX: 79.0 Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ......... MIN: 17.0 AVG: 29.4 MAX: 44.0 Ivy Bridge - ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 23.2 MAX: 50.0 Haswell - Acer C720 ............... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 11.8 MAX: 32.0 Ivy Bridge - ASUS K56CA ........... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 10.3 MAX: 28.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook ....... 92.08 |======================== Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ......... 114.38 |============================== Ivy Bridge - ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA . 133.07 |=================================== Haswell - Acer C720 ............... 91.28 |======================== Ivy Bridge - ASUS K56CA ........... 97.47 |========================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook ....... 49.08 |======================== Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ......... 46.45 |======================= Ivy Bridge - ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA . 73.87 |==================================== Haswell - Acer C720 ............... 60.02 |============================= Ivy Bridge - ASUS K56CA ........... 62.72 |=============================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook ....... 34.55 |======================== Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ......... 25.43 |================= Ivy Bridge - ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA . 50.72 |=================================== Haswell - Acer C720 ............... 47.91 |================================= Ivy Bridge - ASUS K56CA ........... 52.59 |==================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook ....... 22.89 |====================== Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ......... 17.05 |================ Ivy Bridge - ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA . 32.75 |=============================== Haswell - Acer C720 ............... 31.84 |============================== Ivy Bridge - ASUS K56CA ........... 38.01 |==================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook ....... 1291.61 |================================== Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ......... 1133.89 |============================== Ivy Bridge - ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA . 1270.32 |================================= Haswell - Acer C720 ............... 664.08 |================= Ivy Bridge - ASUS K56CA ........... 768.18 |==================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook ....... 65.17 |================== Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ......... 67.60 |=================== Ivy Bridge - ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA . 64.25 |================== Haswell - Acer C720 ............... 125.08 |=================================== Ivy Bridge - ASUS K56CA ........... 99.51 |============================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook ....... 227.92 |================= Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ......... 205.21 |================ Ivy Bridge - ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA . 227.78 |================= Haswell - Acer C720 ............... 457.54 |=================================== Ivy Bridge - ASUS K56CA ........... 353.08 |=========================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook ....... 74.31 |==================== Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ......... 61.51 |================= Ivy Bridge - ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA . 73.51 |==================== Haswell - Acer C720 ............... 127.28 |=================================== Ivy Bridge - ASUS K56CA ........... 114.41 |=============================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook ....... 21.82 |=================== Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ......... 18.93 |================ Ivy Bridge - ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA . 20.92 |================== Haswell - Acer C720 ............... 42.42 |==================================== Ivy Bridge - ASUS K56CA ........... 32.49 |============================ Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook ....... 249 |================= Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ......... 265 |================== Ivy Bridge - ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA . 232 |=============== Haswell - Acer C720 ............... 569 |====================================== Ivy Bridge - ASUS K56CA ........... 360 |======================== Hierarchical INTegration 1.0 Test: FLOAT QUIPs > Higher Is Better Sandy Bridge - HP EliteBook ....... 256460031.08 |============================= Clarksfield - Lenovo W510 ......... 210221438.77 |======================== Ivy Bridge - ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA . 252286909.30 |============================= Haswell - Acer C720 ............... 123899424.38 |============== Ivy Bridge - ASUS K56CA ........... 151832722.05 |=================