Ubuntu 13.10 vs. 12.04 Linux LTS Server Benchmarks
Running benchmarks by Michael Larabel with the Phoronix Test Suite.


Ubuntu 13.10: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v2/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	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: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Ubuntu 12.04.4: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivytown DMI2, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.11.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 ... 5555 |========================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 . 5245 |=====================================================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: G-HPL
GFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 . 65.81 |=========================================================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: G-Ffte
GFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 . 3.12963 |=======================================================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: EP-DGEMM
GFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 . 6.53693 |=======================================================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: G-Ptrans
GB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 . 1.61935 |=======================================================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad
GB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 . 1.18934 |=======================================================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: G-Random Access
GUP/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 . 0.06915 |=======================================================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: Random Ring Latency
usecs < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 . 0.82921 |=======================================================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth
GB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 . 0.55179 |=======================================================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 . 12726.19 |======================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP LBM
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 ... 236.98 |======================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 . 238.20 |======================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 ... 9.57  |====================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 . 10.05 |=======================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP MRI-Q
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 ... 15.36 |==========================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 . 20.21 |=======================================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP Leukocyte
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 ... 22.82 |======================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 . 23.25 |=======================================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 ... 62.49 |=======================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 . 62.14 |=======================================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP Streamcluster
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 ... 32.61 |=======================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 . 32.60 |=======================================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 ... 9662 |========================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 . 9691 |========================================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 ... 16157667 |=========================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 . 33924333 |====================================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 ... 134285 |======================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 . 135168 |======================================================


VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0
vpxenc
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 ... 31.80 |======================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 . 32.11 |=======================================================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 ... 25.75 |=======================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 . 23.42 |==================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 ... 58.17 |=======================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 . 52.78 |==================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 ... 17.31 |==================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 . 27.80 |=======================================================


Open Porous Media 2013-11-26
OPM Benchmark: Upscale-Relperm
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 . 55.12 |=========================================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 ... 54 |==========================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 . 50 |======================================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 13.10 ... 17466.16 |===================================================
Ubuntu 12.04.4 . 17938.30 |====================================================