Ubuntu 14.04 LTS vs. 13.10 vs. 12.04 Linux LTS Server Benchmarks Running benchmarks by Michael Larabel with the Phoronix Test Suite for a future article on Phoronix.com. 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 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon, 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 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, 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 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 4574 |============================================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 65.81 |==================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 66.64 |===================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 3.12963 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 2.90266 |=============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 6.53693 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 6.50203 |=================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 1.61935 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 1.64106 |=================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad GB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 1.18934 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 1.24245 |=================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Random Access GUP/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 0.06915 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 0.01444 |=========== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Latency usecs < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 0.82921 |================================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 1.31642 |=================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth GB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 0.55179 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 0.55146 |=================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 12726.19 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 12112.83 |================================================ Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 236.98 |================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 238.20 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 245.91 |==================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 9.57 |================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 10.05 |===================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 9.77 |==================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI-Q Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 15.36 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 20.21 |===================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 15.57 |========================================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Leukocyte Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 22.82 |==================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 23.25 |===================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 23.32 |===================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 62.49 |===================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 62.14 |==================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 62.86 |===================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 32.61 |==================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 32.60 |==================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 32.99 |===================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 9662 |====================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 9691 |====================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 9651 |====================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 16157667 |======================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 33924333 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 16157667 |======================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 134285 |==================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 135168 |==================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 134106 |==================================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 31.80 |==================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 32.11 |===================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 29.81 |================================================= Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 25.75 |=================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 23.42 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 26.78 |===================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 58.17 |===================================================== Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 52.78 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 58.51 |===================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 17.31 |================================= Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 27.80 |===================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 17.29 |================================= Open Porous Media 2013-11-26 OPM Benchmark: Upscale-Relperm Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 55.12 |===================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 54.92 |===================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 54 |======================================================= Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 50 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 55 |======================================================== 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 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 15914.13 |============================================