debian-7.6-3.2
A Kernel comparison via the Phoronix Test Suite.


VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.39GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Oracle VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 9GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: InnoTek VirtualBox, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit

	OS: Debian 7.6, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VirtualBox

Debian 7.6 3.14 kernel: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.39GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Oracle VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 9GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: InnoTek VirtualBox, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit

	OS: Debian 7.6, Kernel: 3.14-0.bpo.2-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VirtualBox

Debian 7.6 3.2 kernel: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.39GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Oracle VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 9GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: InnoTek VirtualBox, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit

	OS: Debian 7.6, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VirtualBox


SQLite 3.7.3
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 149.20 |======================================
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 111.35 |============================
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 106.20 |===========================
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 105.05 |===========================
Debian 7.6 3.14 kernel ......... 129.69 |=================================
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 119.00 |==============================
Debian 7.6 3.2 kernel .......... 140.02 |====================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11
TPC-B Transactions Per Second
TPS > Higher Is Better
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 489.49 |=====================================
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 462.78 |===================================
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 421.36 |================================
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 410.71 |===============================
Debian 7.6 3.2 kernel .......... 497.64 |======================================


PyBench 2008-08-14
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 1778 |========================================
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 1774 |=======================================
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 1800 |========================================
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 1779 |========================================
Debian 7.6 3.14 kernel ......... 1783 |========================================
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 1782 |========================================
Debian 7.6 3.2 kernel .......... 1781 |========================================


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 124708 |======================================
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 122565 |=====================================
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 121849 |=====================================
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 122155 |=====================================
Debian 7.6 3.14 kernel ......... 123871 |======================================
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 122186 |=====================================
Debian 7.6 3.2 kernel .......... 124348 |======================================


AIO-Stress 0.21
Test: Random Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 152.15 |======================================
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 115.68 |=============================
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 31.37  |========
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 30.63  |========
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 26.75  |=======
Debian 7.6 3.14 kernel ......... 34.24  |=========
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 24.88  |======
Debian 7.6 3.2 kernel .......... 16.85  |====


PolyBench-C 3.2
Test: 3 Matrix Multiplications
Seconds < Lower Is Better
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 33.73 |======================================
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 34.41 |=======================================
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 33.30 |======================================
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 33.91 |======================================
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 34.60 |=======================================
Debian 7.6 3.14 kernel ......... 33.69 |======================================
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 34.32 |=======================================
Debian 7.6 3.2 kernel .......... 34.48 |=======================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 4152.49 |===================
VBOX HDD - Intel Core i5-2500K . 8197.02 |=====================================
Debian 7.6 3.14 kernel ......... 7997.76 |====================================