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Linux 3.15 Kernel Early Benchmarks
A Kernel comparison up to Linux 3.15 kernel Git. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Linux 3.12:
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-73a4761 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Linux 3.13:
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-031300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-73a4761 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Linux 3.14:
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-73a4761 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Linux 3.15-rc1:
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-73a4761 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 22.30 |=======
Linux 3.13 ..... 168.77 |======================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 168.47 |======================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 166.40 |=====================================================
Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 . 21.43 |========
Linux 3.13 . 154.57 |==========================================================
Linux 3.14 . 154.90 |==========================================================
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 . 48.83 |=========
Linux 3.13 . 307.40 |==========================================================
Linux 3.14 . 246.93 |===============================================
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 . 23.16 |=========
Linux 3.13 . 156.64 |==========================================================
Linux 3.14 . 150.74 |========================================================
x264 2014-01-09
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 184.30 |======================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 183.57 |=====================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 185.42 |======================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 185.23 |======================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Blur
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 135 |=======================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 141 |=========================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 141 |=========================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 141 |=========================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 85 |=========================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 86 |==========================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 86 |==========================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 86 |==========================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 170 |=======================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 175 |=========================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 175 |=========================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 175 |=========================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 209 |=======================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 215 |=========================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 214 |=========================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 215 |=========================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 98 |=======================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 101 |=========================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 100 |========================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 101 |=========================================================
Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 81.66 |=======================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 80.81 |======================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 82.09 |=======================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 81.93 |=======================================================
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 1.86 |=======================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 1.86 |=======================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 1.86 |=======================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 1.89 |========================================================
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 2.92 |========================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 2.77 |=====================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 2.58 |=================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 2.63 |==================================================
Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 1746.74 |=====================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 1738.70 |=====================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 1727.68 |====================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 1732.68 |=====================================================
GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Points > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 . 170 |=======
Linux 3.13 . 1488 |============================================================
Linux 3.14 . 1488 |============================================================
GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Points > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 . 6670 |========
Linux 3.13 . 51458 |===========================================================
Linux 3.14 . 51237 |===========================================================
Hierarchical INTegration 1.0
Test: FLOAT
QUIPs > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 366677734.01 |================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 366930447.97 |================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 356655039.34 |===============================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 367602313.09 |================================================
John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 6640 |========================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 6641 |========================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 6648 |========================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 6632 |========================================================
John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 10310333 |====================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 10308000 |====================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 10314333 |====================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 10305667 |====================================================
John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 83881 |=======================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 84017 |=======================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 83831 |=======================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 83985 |=======================================================
ebizzy 0.3
Records/s
Seconds > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 42584 |=====================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 42774 |=====================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 43300 |======================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 44088 |=======================================================
PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 5245 |========================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 5103 |======================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 5173 |=======================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 5173 |=======================================================
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... MIN: 26.0 AVG: 44.8 MAX: 64.0
Linux 3.13 ..... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.9 MAX: 25.0
Linux 3.14 ..... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.9 MAX: 24.0
Linux 3.15-rc1 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 6.0 MAX: 25.0
Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.12 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 46.8 MAX: 91.0
Linux 3.13 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 6.4 MAX: 39.0
Linux 3.14 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 6.4 MAX: 39.0
Dolfyn 0.527
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 21.13 |=======================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 20.90 |======================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 21.09 |=======================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 20.98 |=======================================================
Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 12.07 |=======================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 12.11 |=======================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 12.08 |=======================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 12.08 |=======================================================
Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 5.43 |======================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 5.63 |========================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 5.41 |======================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 5.55 |=======================================================
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 74.26 |=======================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 74.17 |=======================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 74.29 |=======================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 73.59 |======================================================
Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 25.18 |=======================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 25.38 |=======================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 25.35 |=======================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 24.85 |======================================================
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 22.92 |=======================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 22.92 |=======================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 22.95 |=======================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 22.94 |=======================================================
FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 4.52 |========================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 4.52 |========================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 4.53 |========================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 4.52 |========================================================
FFmpeg 2.1.1
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.12 ..... 11.87 |=======================================================
Linux 3.13 ..... 11.84 |=======================================================
Linux 3.14 ..... 11.76 |======================================================
Linux 3.15-rc1 . 11.79 |=======================================================