Sandy Bridge Linux 3.17 Kernel Intel Linux benchmarks by Michael Larabel. Linux 3.16.0: Processor: Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-031600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-a4359bc 2014-08-19 trusty-oibaf-ppa+gallium-nine), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Linux 3.17 20140820: Processor: Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-a4359bc 2014-08-19 trusty-oibaf-ppa+gallium-nine), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.16.0 ........ 35.06 |================================================== Linux 3.17 20140820 . 34.91 |================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.16.0 ........ 32.60 |================================================== Linux 3.17 20140820 . 32.41 |================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 3.16.0 ........ 146 |==================================================== Linux 3.17 20140820 . 141 |================================================== Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Microseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.16.0 ........ 3755 |=================================================== Linux 3.17 20140820 . 3417 |============================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Linux 3.16.0 ........ 1827 |================================================== Linux 3.17 20140820 . 1862 |=================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Linux 3.16.0 ........ 3100667 |================================================ Linux 3.17 20140820 . 3121333 |================================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Linux 3.16.0 ........ 25040 |================================================= Linux 3.17 20140820 . 25617 |================================================== x264 2014-01-09 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.16.0 ........ 54.49 |================================================ Linux 3.17 20140820 . 56.55 |================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.16.0 ........ 248.18 |================================================= Linux 3.17 20140820 . 242.49 |================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.16.0 ........ 82.99 |================================================== Linux 3.17 20140820 . 82.50 |================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.16.0 ........ 25.29 |================================================== Linux 3.17 20140820 . 20.92 |=========================================