SUSE Linux 42.1 Leap Beta Kernel Tests
OpenSUSE Kernel flavor option benchmarking. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


4.1.6-10-desktop: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: SUSE LINUX 42.1beta1, Kernel: 4.1.6-10-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.6 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

4.1.6-10-default: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: SUSE LINUX 42.1beta1, Kernel: 4.1.6-10-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.6 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

4.1.6-10-debug: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: SUSE LINUX 42.1beta1, Kernel: 4.1.6-10-debug (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.6 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

4.1.6-10-vanilla: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: SUSE LINUX 42.1beta1, Kernel: 4.1.6-10-vanilla (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.6 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
4.1.6-10-desktop . 4098 |======================================================
4.1.6-10-default . 3788 |==================================================
4.1.6-10-debug ... 3425 |=============================================
4.1.6-10-vanilla . 3641 |================================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
4.1.6-10-desktop . 119.65 |====================================================
4.1.6-10-default . 109.65 |================================================
4.1.6-10-debug ... 109.58 |================================================
4.1.6-10-vanilla . 109.69 |================================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
4.1.6-10-desktop . 69.94 |=====================================================
4.1.6-10-default . 67.88 |===================================================
4.1.6-10-debug ... 68.76 |====================================================
4.1.6-10-vanilla . 67.57 |===================================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
4.1.6-10-desktop . 6917  |==========================
4.1.6-10-default . 14063 |=====================================================
4.1.6-10-debug ... 13968 |=====================================================
4.1.6-10-vanilla . 14047 |=====================================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
4.1.6-10-desktop . 9203500  |=====================
4.1.6-10-default . 21632000 |==================================================
4.1.6-10-debug ... 21761000 |==================================================
4.1.6-10-vanilla . 21712333 |==================================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
4.1.6-10-desktop . 72233  |=====================
4.1.6-10-default . 179505 |====================================================
4.1.6-10-debug ... 179065 |====================================================
4.1.6-10-vanilla . 179864 |====================================================


VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.3.0
vpxenc
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
4.1.6-10-desktop . 37.99 |=====================================================
4.1.6-10-default . 37.65 |=====================================================
4.1.6-10-debug ... 37.62 |====================================================
4.1.6-10-vanilla . 34.97 |=================================================


x264 2014-08-30
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
4.1.6-10-desktop . 332.66 |====================================================
4.1.6-10-default . 333.23 |====================================================
4.1.6-10-debug ... 323.72 |===================================================
4.1.6-10-vanilla . 323.15 |==================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
4.1.6-10-desktop . 50.23 |=====================================================
4.1.6-10-default . 48.95 |====================================================
4.1.6-10-debug ... 48.55 |===================================================
4.1.6-10-vanilla . 48.21 |===================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
4.1.6-10-desktop . 11.14 |====================================================
4.1.6-10-default . 10.82 |===================================================
4.1.6-10-debug ... 11.22 |=====================================================
4.1.6-10-vanilla . 11.29 |=====================================================