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

compcpu1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4960HQ @ 2.59GHz (4 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, Screen Resolution: 1440x900, System Layer: VirtualBox


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 |======================================
compcpu1 ....................... 35.35 |=======================================