Acer C720 Chromebook Haswell Ubuntu Acer C720 Peppy Chromebook running Ubuntu 13.10 with Intel Haswell Celeron processor. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM: 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 (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 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: NVIDIA 304.88, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 6459CTO, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M-E, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS72201, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 512MB (400/600MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1984, Network: Intel 82566MM Gigabit Connection + Intel PRO/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: NVIDIA 304.88, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400: Processor: Intel T2400 @ 1.83GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 2613EJU, Chipset: Intel Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS + ICH7-M, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 80GB Hitachi HTS541080G9SA00, Graphics: AMD Mobility Radeon X1400 128MB, Audio: Analog Devices AD1981, Network: Intel 82573L Gigabit + Intel PRO/Wireless OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (i686), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1400x1050 EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M: 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 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: 1600x900 ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U: 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 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 MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M: Processor: Intel Core i5 520M @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-F22586C8, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ AGILITY2, Graphics: Intel Core IGP 256MB, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-14-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 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 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 AC720+crouton-sid: Processor: Intel Celeron 2955U @ 1.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Acer Peppy v1.0, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 64GB SC2 M2 SSD OS: Debian Linux Jessie/sid, Kernel: 3.8.11 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 64GB-mydigitalssd: Processor: Intel Celeron 2955U @ 1.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Acer Peppy v1.0, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 64GB SC2 M2 SSD, Graphics: Intel Haswell Mobile OS: Debian Linux Jessie/sid, Kernel: 3.8.11 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ........ 66.83 |================================= ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 ...... 20.13 |========== ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ........ 15.57 |======== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M ....... 48.20 |======================== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ............ 59.40 |============================= MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ........... 53.80 |=========================== Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 45.47 |====================== 64GB-mydigitalssd .................... 43.40 |===================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ........ 98.24 |================================= ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 ...... 27.99 |========= ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ........ 18.28 |====== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M ....... 72.35 |======================== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ............ 71.10 |======================== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ........... 51.18 |================= Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 61.48 |===================== 64GB-mydigitalssd .................... 63.26 |===================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ........ 48.22 |============================= ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 ...... 14.16 |========= ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ........ 12.59 |======== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M ....... 50.71 |=============================== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ............ 54.75 |================================= MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ........... 33.07 |==================== Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 38.32 |======================= 64GB-mydigitalssd .................... 52.33 |================================ VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ........ 10.10 |==================== ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 ...... 10.02 |==================== ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ........ 4.34 |========= EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M ....... 16.66 |================================= ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ............ 10.51 |===================== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ........... 5.88 |============ Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 8.59 |================= AC720+crouton-sid .................... 8.44 |================= 64GB-mydigitalssd .................... 8.27 |================ x264 2013-06-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ........ 61.21 |================================= ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 ...... 31.91 |================= ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ........ 13.60 |======= EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M ....... 61.34 |================================= ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ............ 40.96 |====================== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ........... 23.35 |============= Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 29.01 |================ AC720+crouton-sid .................... 29.57 |================ 64GB-mydigitalssd .................... 29.13 |================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ........ 1.07329 |=============================== ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 ...... 0.63220 |================== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M ....... 0.37017 |=========== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ............ 0.42234 |============ MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ........... 0.30889 |========= Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 0.84095 |======================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ........ 16.47390 |============================= ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 ...... 10.49070 |=================== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M ....... 16.80297 |============================== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ............ 11.16660 |==================== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ........... 6.45871 |============ Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 9.64205 |================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ........ 1.97418 |=============================== ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 ...... 0.97367 |=============== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M ....... 1.41069 |====================== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ............ 1.43666 |======================= MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ........... 1.02314 |================ Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 1.40173 |====================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ........ 2.31470 |=========== ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 ...... 6.80617 |=============================== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M ....... 4.57002 |===================== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ............ 2.98475 |============== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ........... 1.72322 |======== Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 5.14450 |======================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Random Access GUP/s > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ........ 0.02122 |=============================== ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 ...... 0.00925 |============== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M ....... 0.02047 |============================== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ............ 0.01553 |======================= MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ........... 0.00825 |============ Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 0.01017 |=============== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth MB/s > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ........ 4538.49 |======================= ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 ...... 6106.11 |=============================== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M ....... 4624.06 |======================= ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ............ 4796.14 |======================== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ........... 3005.89 |=============== Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 3200.76 |================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ........ 1140.15 |=========================== ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 ...... 917.45 |====================== ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ........ 538.67 |============= EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M ....... 1313.66 |=============================== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ............ 779.80 |================== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ........... 501.19 |============ Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 651.97 |=============== AC720+crouton-sid .................... 634.69 |=============== 64GB-mydigitalssd .................... 648.43 |=============== GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1024 x 768 Points > Higher Is Better ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ........ 443 |=================================== ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 ...... 74 |====== EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M ....... 208 |================ ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ............ 406 |================================ MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ........... 180 |============== Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 253 |==================== 64GB-mydigitalssd .................... 333 |========================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ........ MIN: 3.0 AVG: 14.9 MAX: 35.0 ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 ...... MIN: 19.0 AVG: 49.6 MAX: 89.0 ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ........ MIN: 35.0 AVG: 64.3 MAX: 89.0 EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M ....... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 20.4 MAX: 41.0 ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ............ MIN: 6.0 AVG: 16.5 MAX: 40.0 MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ........... MIN: 9.0 AVG: 18.5 MAX: 34.0 Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . MIN: 7.0 AVG: 21.6 MAX: 68.0 64GB-mydigitalssd .................... MIN: 10.0 AVG: 23.0 MAX: 44.0 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ........ 61.49 |========= ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 ...... 94.22 |============== ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ........ 219.75 |================================ EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M ....... 74.43 |=========== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ............ 114.51 |================= MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ........... 164.38 |======================== Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 126.87 |================== AC720+crouton-sid .................... 128.92 |=================== 64GB-mydigitalssd .................... 129.93 |=================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ........ 22.90 |============== ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 ...... 25.11 |================ ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ........ 46.04 |============================= EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M ....... 17.04 |=========== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ............ 28.97 |================== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ........... 53.24 |================================= Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 34.47 |===================== AC720+crouton-sid .................... 35.61 |====================== 64GB-mydigitalssd .................... 34.96 |====================== Opus Codec Encoding 1.0.1 WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode Seconds < Lower Is Better ThinkPad W510 - Core i7 720QM ........ 14.87 |=========== ThinkPad T61 - Core 2 Duo T9300 ...... 18.32 |============= ThinkPad T60 - Core Duo T2400 ........ 44.91 |================================= EliteBook 161C - Core i5 2520M ....... 11.52 |======== ASUS S56C - Core i3 3217U ............ 19.53 |============== MacBook Pro - Core i5 520M ........... 34.13 |========================= Acer C720 Chromebook - Celeron 2955U . 23.37 |================= AC720+crouton-sid .................... 23.92 |================== 64GB-mydigitalssd .................... 23.89 |==================