Intel Ivy Bridge Ubuntu 2014 Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 12.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel Ivybridge Mobile (GT2), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.9, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.3, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 13.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz (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: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5: 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 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-031800-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.0-devel (git-0c7f895 2014-12-27 utopic-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... 66 |================================= Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 68 |================================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 69 |=================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... 19044 |=============== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 39153 |============================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 41658 |================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... 24.33 |======================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 31.07 |============================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 32.73 |================================ GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Circles Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... 29.34 |================================ Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 18.40 |==================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 21.43 |======================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkTextView - Scroll Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... 0.05 |======================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 0.07 |================================= Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 0.06 |============================ GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... 11.12 |================================ Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 7.24 |===================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 6.76 |=================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... 2.32 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 2.80 |================================= Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 2.39 |============================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... 86.04 |===================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 111.52 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 126.84 |=============================== Warsow 1.51 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... 21.70 |==================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 30.53 |============================= Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 34.13 |================================ Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... 49.80 |===================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 64.87 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 75.67 |================================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... 128 |===================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 202 |================================= Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 209 |================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... 42.11 |===================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 56.68 |============================ Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 64.28 |================================ Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... 14.98 |============== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 12.75 |============ Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 34.24 |================================ GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBox Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... 27.20 |================================ Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 21.85 |========================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 16.71 |==================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... 31.59 |======================= Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 33.65 |========================= Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 43.20 |================================ GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... 3.94 |============================ Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 4.68 |================================= Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 4.31 |============================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... 22.23 |========================= Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 20.75 |======================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 27.96 |================================ GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntry Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... 13.51 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 13.84 |================================ Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 10.42 |======================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... 3365 |============================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 3747 |================================= Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 3674 |================================ GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkTextView - Add Text Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... 1229.79 |============================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 695.00 |================= Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 465.94 |=========== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... 251 |======================= Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 289 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 368 |================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... 6.01 |================================= Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 0.55 |=== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 0.52 |=== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... 98.20 |==================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... 146.70 |============================== Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 149.47 |=============================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 41.1 MAX: 84.0 Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 32.2 MAX: 71.0 Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 30.4 MAX: 68.0 Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .......................... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 19.7 MAX: 42.0 Ubuntu 13.10 .......................... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 15.4 MAX: 34.0 Ubuntu 14.10 - Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 13.1 MAX: 51.0