psythink A Kernel comparison via the Phoronix Test Suite. psythink-4: Processor: Intel Core i5-4300M @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BF002EGE, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz Kingston, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA THNSFJ25, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: T24D391, Network: Intel Connection I217-LM + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Debian 8.2, Kernel: 4.2.0-pf1 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Display Driver: intel 2.21.15, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 psythink-5: Processor: Intel Core i5-4300M @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BF002EGE, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz Kingston, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA THNSFJ25, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: T24D391, Network: Intel Connection I217-LM + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Debian 8.2, Kernel: 4.2.0-pf3 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Display Driver: intel 2.21.15, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 4.3-pf1: Processor: Intel Core i5-4300M @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BF002EGE, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz Kingston, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA THNSFJ25, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection I217-LM + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Debian 8.2, Kernel: 4.3.0-pf1 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Display Driver: intel 2.21.15, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better psythink-4 . 275.72 |========================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better psythink-4 . 254.97 |========================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better psythink-5 . 260.53 |========================================================== 4.3-pf1 .... 256.42 |=========================================================