Skylake Linux 4.3 Kernel Tests
Intel Core i5-6600K testing. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.


Linux 4.2.0: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-040200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.1, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151003, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x800

Linux 4.3 Git: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151007, Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.1, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151003, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x800


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... 60.51 |=====================================================
Linux 4.3 Git . 64.23 |========================================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... 7659 |========================================================
Linux 4.3 Git . 7733 |=========================================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1280 x 800
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... 93.60 |========================================================
Linux 4.3 Git . 83.40 |==================================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1280 x 800 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... MIN: 8.0  AVG: 10.6  MAX: 23.0 
Linux 4.3 Git . MIN: 8.0  AVG: 11.8  MAX: 25.0 


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 1280 x 800
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... 91.82 |========================================================
Linux 4.3 Git . 88.86 |======================================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1280 x 800 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... 252.20 |===================================================
Linux 4.3 Git . 270.86 |=======================================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1280 x 800 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... 90.11 |========================================================
Linux 4.3 Git . 90.03 |========================================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... 4779 |=========================================================
Linux 4.3 Git . 4775 |=========================================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... 25178667 |=====================================================
Linux 4.3 Git . 25171000 |=====================================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... 77208 |========================================================
Linux 4.3 Git . 77259 |========================================================


x264 2014-08-30
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... 172.84 |=======================================================
Linux 4.3 Git . 170.95 |======================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... 107.33 |=======================================================
Linux 4.3 Git . 108.12 |=======================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... 19.78 |========================================================
Linux 4.3 Git . 19.78 |========================================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... 5.14 |=========================================================
Linux 4.3 Git . 5.14 |=========================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... 1904.98 |======================================================
Linux 4.3 Git . 1408.95 |========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... 2450.61 |======================================================
Linux 4.3 Git . 2077.58 |==============================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... 3282425.25 |===================================================
Linux 4.3 Git . 2959417.00 |==============================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... 2262544.17 |===================================================
Linux 4.3 Git . 2267581.42 |===================================================


Stress-NG 0.04.05
Test: CPU Stress
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... 1438.97 |======================================================
Linux 4.3 Git . 1440.70 |======================================================


Stress-NG 0.04.05
Test: Memory Copying
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... 2972.10 |======================================================
Linux 4.3 Git . 2970.00 |======================================================


Stress-NG 0.04.05
Test: Socket Activity
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... 6677.17 |======================================================
Linux 4.3 Git . 6544.43 |=====================================================


Stress-NG 0.04.05
Test: Context Switching
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... 5152448.71 |=================================
Linux 4.3 Git . 7930246.92 |===================================================


Stress-NG 0.04.05
Test: System V Message Passing
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... 6519966.35 |===================================================
Linux 4.3 Git . 6508230.39 |===================================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.2.0 ... 43422.67 |=====================================================
Linux 4.3 Git . 43538.34 |=====================================================