Ubuntu Linux 4.1 Kernel Tests On Intel Haswell-E
Some new Linux 4.1 kernel benchmarks on the Core i7 5960X Haswell-E desktop box. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Results still being investigated.


Linux 3.18: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-031800-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-78395db 2015-06-05 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Linux 3.19: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-031900-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-78395db 2015-06-05 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Linux 4.0: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.0.0-040000-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-78395db 2015-06-05 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Linux 4.1 20150604: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150604, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-78395db 2015-06-05 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.18 ......... 4777 |===============================================
Linux 3.19 ......... 4972 |=================================================
Linux 4.0 .......... 4810 |================================================
Linux 4.1 20150604 . 5245 |====================================================


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.18 ......... 141.62 |=================================================
Linux 3.19 ......... 144.25 |==================================================
Linux 4.0 .......... 144.24 |==================================================
Linux 4.1 20150604 . 138.73 |================================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.18 ......... 164.77 |==================================================
Linux 3.19 ......... 164.63 |==================================================
Linux 4.0 .......... 164.13 |==================================================
Linux 4.1 20150604 . 159.55 |================================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.18 ......... 128.23 |==================================================
Linux 3.19 ......... 127.34 |==================================================
Linux 4.0 .......... 127.16 |==================================================
Linux 4.1 20150604 . 124.19 |================================================


x264 2014-08-30
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.18 ......... 202.93 |=========================================
Linux 3.19 ......... 197.34 |========================================
Linux 4.0 .......... 205.71 |==========================================
Linux 4.1 20150604 . 247.24 |==================================================


ebizzy 0.3
Phoronix Test Suite v5.8.0
Records/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.18 ......... 64278 |=============================================
Linux 3.19 ......... 65522 |==============================================
Linux 4.0 .......... 67011 |===============================================
Linux 4.1 20150604 . 72159 |===================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.18 ......... 128.21 |=================================================
Linux 3.19 ......... 128.60 |=================================================
Linux 4.0 .......... 131.90 |==================================================
Linux 4.1 20150604 . 64.36  |========================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.18 ......... 16.47 |===================================================
Linux 3.19 ......... 14.91 |==============================================
Linux 4.0 .......... 14.48 |=============================================
Linux 4.1 20150604 . 13.06 |========================================


Stockfish 2014-11-26
Total Time
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.18 ......... 4195 |====================================================
Linux 3.19 ......... 4199 |====================================================
Linux 4.0 .......... 4196 |====================================================
Linux 4.1 20150604 . 3981 |=================================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.18 ......... 7.65 |====================================================
Linux 3.19 ......... 7.68 |====================================================
Linux 4.0 .......... 7.47 |===================================================
Linux 4.1 20150604 . 7.35 |==================================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.18 ......... 590586.87 |==============================================
Linux 3.19 ......... 592669.46 |==============================================
Linux 4.0 .......... 580250.77 |=============================================
Linux 4.1 20150604 . 600042.04 |===============================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.18 ......... 533954.44 |==============================================
Linux 3.19 ......... 537403.48 |===============================================
Linux 4.0 .......... 537738.08 |===============================================
Linux 4.1 20150604 . 541630.96 |===============================================


Stress-NG 0.04.05
Test: Crypto
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.18 ......... 1325.70 |=============================================
Linux 3.19 ......... 1354.75 |==============================================
Linux 4.0 .......... 1346.48 |==============================================
Linux 4.1 20150604 . 1439.00 |=================================================


Stress-NG 0.04.05
Test: Bsearch
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.18 ......... 3340.60 |======================================
Linux 3.19 ......... 3322.17 |======================================
Linux 4.0 .......... 3335.87 |======================================
Linux 4.1 20150604 . 4308.20 |=================================================


Stress-NG 0.04.05
Test: CPU Stress
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.18 ......... 2187.08 |======================================
Linux 3.19 ......... 2176.60 |======================================
Linux 4.0 .......... 2180.96 |======================================
Linux 4.1 20150604 . 2839.60 |=================================================