DigitalOcean Ubuntu 14.04 LTS x64
32GB 12 CPU DigitalOcean instance droplet benchmarking of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS by Michael Larabel.


Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS: 

	Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.40GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2 x 16384 MB RAM, Disk: 315GB, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Red Hat Virtio device

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-29-generic (x86_64), File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU 1.0

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: 

	Processor: 12 x QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.40GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2 x 16384 MB RAM, Disk: 315GB, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Red Hat Virtio device

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU 1.0


Flexible IO Tester 1.57
Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern
Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 56.04 |===============================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 92.27 |===================================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 2366 |====================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 1756 |=======================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 14.33 |===========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 16.85 |===================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP MRI-Q
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 32.16 |===================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 26.25 |==========================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 151.30 |================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 156.58 |==================================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP LavaMD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 544.34 |==================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 231.65 |=====================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP Leukocyte
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 36.47 |==========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 44.01 |===================================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 95.59  |=======================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 121.49 |==================================================


PolyBench-C 3.2
Test: Covariance Computation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 19.68 |===================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 9.52  |=========================


PolyBench-C 3.2
Test: Correlation Computation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 19.80 |===================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 10.15 |==========================


PolyBench-C 3.2
Test: 3 Matrix Multiplications
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 64.39 |===================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 37.64 |==============================


LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0
Test: Rhodopsin Protein
Loop Time < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 55.80 |=====================================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 5805 |============================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 6890 |====================================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 21117667 |================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 16710167 |======================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 84263 |================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 89832 |===================================================


VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0
vpxenc
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 18.20 |=========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 22.71 |===================================================


x264 2014-01-09
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 115.67 |====================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Blur
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 89 |======================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 64 |=======================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 70 |======================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 55 |==========================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 113 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 109 |===================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 133 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 124 |=================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 56 |===================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 59 |======================================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 1035.47 |=============================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 1119.86 |=================================================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 42.92 |=========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 53.20 |===================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 77.11 |===================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 70.78 |===============================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 33.17 |===================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 16.69 |==========================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 7.74 |====================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 6.12 |=========================================


Open Porous Media 2013-11-26
OPM Benchmark: Upscale-Relperm
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 27.55 |=====================================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 69 |======================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 61 |================================================


FFmpeg 2.1.1
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 23.22 |===========================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 43.07 |===================================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 9121.07 |=================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 9002.44 |================================================