Linux 3.16 Intel Ultrabook Kernel Testing
Linux 3.16 kernel benchmarks on an ASUS Zenbook Prime running Ubuntu Linux. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


Linux 3.15: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz), Audio: Intel 7 /C210, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.912, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-7928b94 trusty-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Linux 3.16 Git: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1150MHz), Audio: Intel 7 /C210, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.912, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-7928b94 trusty-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 6
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 212.84 |======================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 207.60 |=====================================================


ebizzy 0.3
Phoronix Test Suite v5.2.0
Records/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 13835 |=====================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 14275 |=======================================================


FFmpeg 2.1.1
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 23.91 |======================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 24.14 |=======================================================


Hierarchical INTegration 1.0
Test: FLOAT
QUIPs > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 156672975.35 |================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 152319115.52 |===============================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 783.93 |======================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 783.39 |======================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 28.43 |=======================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 28.41 |=======================================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 32.37 |=======================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 31.60 |======================================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... MIN: 4.0  AVG: 31.0  MAX: 70.0 
Linux 3.16 Git . MIN: 4.0  AVG: 31.0  MAX: 70.0 


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 1565 |========================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 1512 |======================================================


Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 100.00 |======================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 99.07  |=====================================================


Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... MIN: 5.0  AVG: 9.9   MAX: 18.0 
Linux 3.16 Git . MIN: 6.0  AVG: 10.0  MAX: 19.0 


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 32.35 |=======================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 31.34 |=====================================================


Warsow 1.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 30.80 |=======================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 29.57 |=====================================================


x264 2014-01-09
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 59.90 |=======================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 59.52 |=======================================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 126.19 |======================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 119.41 |===================================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.15 ..... 63.72 |=======================================================
Linux 3.16 Git . 62.27 |======================================================