Ubuntu 14.04 LTS vs. 13.10 vs. 12.04 Linux LTS Server Benchmarks

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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS vs. 13.10 vs. 12.04 Linux LTS Server BenchmarksProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionUbuntu 12.04.4Ubuntu 13.10Ubuntu 14.04 LTSIntel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores)MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0Intel Ivytown DMI28192MB1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MBRealtek ALC892DELL S2409WRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 12.043.11.0-15-generic (x86_64)Unity 5.20.0X Server 1.14.5radeon 7.2.03.0 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.6.3ext41920x1080Intel Xeon E5 v2/CoreUbuntu 13.103.11.0-12-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.1.2X Server 1.14.33.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.8.1Intel Xeon E7 v2/XeonUbuntu 14.043.13.0-24-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.2.0X Server 1.15.1radeon 7.3.03.1 Mesa 10.1.0 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.8.2OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- Ubuntu 12.04.4: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v - Ubuntu 13.10: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Disk Details- DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rwProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemandSystem Details- Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE.

Ubuntu 12.04.4Ubuntu 13.10Ubuntu 14.04 LTSResult OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%115%130%146%C-RayJohn The RipperPostMarkTimed Apache CompilationApache BenchmarkParboilTimed Linux Kernel CompilationSmallptVP8 libvpx EncodingRodinia

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS vs. 13.10 vs. 12.04 Linux LTS Server Benchmarkspostmark: Disk Transaction Performancehpcc: G-HPLhpcc: G-Fftehpcc: EP-DGEMMhpcc: G-Ptranshpcc: EP-STREAM Triadhpcc: G-Rand Accesshpcc: Rand Ring Latencyhpcc: Rand Ring Bandwidthhpcc: Max Ping Pong Bandwidthparboil: OpenMP LBMparboil: OpenMP CUTCPparboil: OpenMP MRI-Qrodinia: OpenMP Leukocyterodinia: OpenMP CFD Solverrodinia: OpenMP Streamclusterjohn-the-ripper: Blowfishjohn-the-ripper: Traditional DESjohn-the-ripper: MD5vpxenc: vpxencbuild-apache: Time To Compilebuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timeopen-porous-media: Upscale-Relpermsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesapache: Static Web Page ServingUbuntu 12.04.4Ubuntu 13.10Ubuntu 14.04 LTS5245238.2010.0520.2123.2562.1432.6096913392433313516832.1123.4252.7827.805017938.30555565.813303.129636.536931.619351.189340.069150.829210.5517912726.185236.989.5715.3622.8262.4932.6196621615766713428531.8025.7558.1717.3155.125417466.16457466.640232.902666.502031.641061.242450.014441.316420.5514612112.827245.919.7715.5723.3262.8632.9996511615766713410629.8126.7858.5117.2954.925515914.13OpenBenchmarking.org

PostMark

This is a test of NetApp's PostMark benchmark designed to simulate small-file testing similar to the tasks endured by web and mail servers. This test profile will set PostMark to perform 25,000 transactions with 500 files simultaneously with the file sizes ranging between 5 and 512 kilobytes. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.10Ubuntu 12.04.412002400360048006000SE +/- 55.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 37.00, N = 34574555552451. (CC) gcc options: -O3

HPC Challenge

OpenBenchmarking.orgGFLOPS, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: G-HPLUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.101530456075SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 366.6465.81-lhwloc-lopen-rte -lopen-pal -lnsl -lutil1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -ldl -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops2. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.53. Ubuntu 13.10: BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgGFLOPS, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: G-FfteUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.100.70421.40842.11262.81683.521SE +/- 0.02970, N = 3SE +/- 0.03042, N = 32.902663.12963-lhwloc-lopen-rte -lopen-pal -lnsl -lutil1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -ldl -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops2. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.53. Ubuntu 13.10: BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgGFLOPS, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: EP-DGEMMUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.10246810SE +/- 0.00872, N = 3SE +/- 0.00434, N = 36.502036.53693-lhwloc-lopen-rte -lopen-pal -lnsl -lutil1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -ldl -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops2. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.53. Ubuntu 13.10: BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgGB/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: G-PtransUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.100.36920.73841.10761.47681.846SE +/- 0.00168, N = 3SE +/- 0.00156, N = 31.641061.61935-lhwloc-lopen-rte -lopen-pal -lnsl -lutil1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -ldl -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops2. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.53. Ubuntu 13.10: BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgGB/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: EP-STREAM TriadUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.100.27960.55920.83881.11841.398SE +/- 0.01485, N = 3SE +/- 0.00108, N = 31.242451.18934-lhwloc-lopen-rte -lopen-pal -lnsl -lutil1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -ldl -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops2. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.53. Ubuntu 13.10: BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgGUP/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: G-Random AccessUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.100.01560.03120.04680.06240.078SE +/- 0.00012, N = 3SE +/- 0.00058, N = 30.014440.06915-lhwloc-lopen-rte -lopen-pal -lnsl -lutil1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -ldl -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops2. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.53. Ubuntu 13.10: BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgusecs, Fewer Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: Random Ring LatencyUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.100.29620.59240.88861.18481.481SE +/- 0.00835, N = 3SE +/- 0.02419, N = 31.316420.82921-lhwloc-lopen-rte -lopen-pal -lnsl -lutil1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -ldl -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops2. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.53. Ubuntu 13.10: BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgGB/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: Random Ring BandwidthUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.100.12420.24840.37260.49680.621SE +/- 0.00147, N = 3SE +/- 0.00052, N = 30.551460.55179-lhwloc-lopen-rte -lopen-pal -lnsl -lutil1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -ldl -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops2. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.53. Ubuntu 13.10: BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: Max Ping Pong BandwidthUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.103K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 116.10, N = 3SE +/- 25.79, N = 312112.8312726.19-lhwloc-lopen-rte -lopen-pal -lnsl -lutil1. (CC) gcc options: -lblas -lm -pthread -lmpi -ldl -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=native -funroll-loops2. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.53. Ubuntu 13.10: BLAS + Open MPI 1.4.5

Parboil

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP LBMUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.10Ubuntu 12.04.450100150200250SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 3245.91236.98238.201. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP CUTCPUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.10Ubuntu 12.04.43691215SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 39.779.5710.051. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP MRI-QUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.10Ubuntu 12.04.4510152025SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 315.5715.3620.211. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

Rodinia

Rodinia is a suite focused upon accelerating compute-intensive applications with accelerators. CUDA, OpenMP, and OpenCL parallel models are supported by the included applications. This profile utilizes the OpenCL and OpenMP test binaries at the moment. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP LeukocyteUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.10Ubuntu 12.04.4612182430SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 323.3222.8223.25-O2 -lOpenCL-O2 -lOpenCL-O3 -fopenmp1. (CXX) g++ options:

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP CFD SolverUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.10Ubuntu 12.04.41428425670SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 362.8662.4962.14-O2 -lOpenCL-O2 -lOpenCL-O3 -fopenmp1. (CXX) g++ options:

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP StreamclusterUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.10Ubuntu 12.04.4816243240SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 332.9932.6132.60-O2 -lOpenCL-O2 -lOpenCL-O3 -fopenmp1. (CXX) g++ options:

John The Ripper

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: BlowfishUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.10Ubuntu 12.04.42K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 5.69, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 39651966296911. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: Traditional DESUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.10Ubuntu 12.04.47M14M21M28M35MSE +/- 3333.33, N = 3SE +/- 13333.33, N = 3SE +/- 11259.56, N = 31615766716157667339243331. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: MD5Ubuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.10Ubuntu 12.04.430K60K90K120K150KSE +/- 89.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31341061342851351681. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt

VP8 libvpx Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0vpxencUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.10Ubuntu 12.04.4714212835SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 329.8131.8032.111. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lvpx -lm -lpthread -fomit-frame-pointer -O3

Timed Apache Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.4.7Time To CompileUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.10Ubuntu 12.04.4612182430SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 326.7825.7523.42

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.10Ubuntu 12.04.41326395265SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 0.86, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 358.5158.1752.78

C-Ray

This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.10Ubuntu 12.04.4714212835SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 317.2917.3127.801. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Open Porous Media

This is a test of a DUNE (Distributed and Unified Numerics Environment) module called OPM Benchmarks from the Open Porous Media project. Open Porous Media is a set of open-source tools concerning simulation of flow and transport of fluids in porous media. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterOpen Porous Media 2013-11-26OPM Benchmark: Upscale-RelpermUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.101224364860SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 354.9255.121. (F9X) gfortran options: -rdynamic

Smallpt

Smallpt is a C++ global illumination renderer written in less than 100 lines of code. Global illumination is done via unbiased Monte Carlo path tracing and there is multi-threading support via the OpenMP library. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.10Ubuntu 12.04.41224364860SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 35554501. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp

Apache Benchmark

This is a test of ab, which is the Apache benchmark program. This test profile measures how many requests per second a given system can sustain when carrying out 1,000,000 requests with 100 requests being carried out concurrently. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.4.7Static Web Page ServingUbuntu 14.04 LTSUbuntu 13.10Ubuntu 12.04.44K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 11.31, N = 3SE +/- 116.75, N = 3SE +/- 58.84, N = 315914.1317466.1617938.301. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -O2 -pthread