Linux 3.5 To Linux 4.5-rc1 Kernel Benchmarks 20 Linux kernels benchmarked. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Linux 3.5: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-030500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160114, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Linux 3.6: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 3.6.0-030600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160114, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Linux 3.7: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 3.7.0-030700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160114, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Linux 3.8: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-030800-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160114, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Linux 3.10: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 3.10.0-031000-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160114, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Linux 3.11: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 3.11.0-031100-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160114, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Linux 3.12: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160114, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Linux 3.13: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-031300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160114, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Linux 3.14: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160114, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Linux 3.15: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-031500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160114, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Linux 3.16: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-031600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160114, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Linux 3.17: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 3.17.0-031700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160114, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Linux 3.18: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-031800-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160114, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Linux 3.19: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-031900-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160114, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Linux 4.0: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.0.0-040000-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160114, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Linux 4.1: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.1.0-040100-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160114, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Linux 4.2: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-040200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160114, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Linux 4.3: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.3.0-040300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160114, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Linux 4.4: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-040400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160114, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Linux 4.5-rc1: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-040500rc1-generic (x86_64) 20160124, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160114, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 376.35 |===================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 378.86 |===================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 378.48 |===================================================== Linux 3.8 ..... 381.40 |====================================================== Linux 3.10 .... 382.54 |====================================================== Linux 3.11 .... 380.91 |====================================================== Linux 3.12 .... 368.04 |==================================================== Linux 3.13 .... 390.79 |======================================================= Linux 3.14 .... 380.43 |====================================================== Linux 3.15 .... 383.58 |====================================================== Linux 3.16 .... 388.52 |======================================================= Linux 3.17 .... 317.92 |============================================= Linux 3.18 .... 118.95 |================= Linux 3.19 .... 164.28 |======================= Linux 4.0 ..... 134.60 |=================== Linux 4.1 ..... 139.91 |==================== Linux 4.2 ..... 171.70 |======================== Linux 4.3 ..... 245.17 |=================================== Linux 4.4 ..... 340.12 |================================================ Linux 4.5-rc1 . 388.20 |======================================================= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.12 .... 295.80 |====================================================== Linux 3.13 .... 299.03 |======================================================= Linux 3.14 .... 196.03 |==================================== Linux 3.15 .... 269.57 |================================================== Linux 3.16 .... 260.07 |================================================ Linux 3.17 .... 273.53 |================================================== Linux 3.18 .... 271.00 |================================================== Linux 3.19 .... 271.30 |================================================== Linux 4.0 ..... 265.90 |================================================= Linux 4.1 ..... 271.84 |================================================== Linux 4.2 ..... 257.27 |=============================================== Linux 4.3 ..... 260.50 |================================================ Linux 4.4 ..... 260.33 |================================================ Linux 4.5-rc1 . 270.80 |================================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.12 .... 89.88 |======================================================== Linux 3.13 .... 89.50 |======================================================== Linux 3.14 .... 78.67 |================================================= Linux 3.15 .... 88.65 |======================================================= Linux 3.16 .... 85.91 |====================================================== Linux 3.17 .... 81.24 |=================================================== Linux 3.18 .... 81.03 |================================================== Linux 3.19 .... 81.85 |=================================================== Linux 4.0 ..... 80.46 |================================================== Linux 4.1 ..... 81.10 |=================================================== Linux 4.2 ..... 79.78 |================================================== Linux 4.3 ..... 80.56 |================================================== Linux 4.4 ..... 80.46 |================================================== Linux 4.5-rc1 . 80.62 |================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.12 .... 314.56 |====================================================== Linux 3.13 .... 318.39 |======================================================= Linux 3.14 .... 190.95 |================================= Linux 3.15 .... 297.44 |=================================================== Linux 3.16 .... 292.05 |================================================== Linux 3.17 .... 274.02 |=============================================== Linux 3.18 .... 283.52 |================================================= Linux 3.19 .... 278.64 |================================================ Linux 4.0 ..... 276.32 |================================================ Linux 4.1 ..... 282.90 |================================================= Linux 4.2 ..... 278.27 |================================================ Linux 4.3 ..... 277.73 |================================================ Linux 4.4 ..... 277.68 |================================================ Linux 4.5-rc1 . 280.60 |================================================ Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.12 .... 129.33 |======================================================= Linux 3.13 .... 129.59 |======================================================= Linux 3.14 .... 87.54 |===================================== Linux 3.15 .... 123.87 |===================================================== Linux 3.16 .... 120.86 |=================================================== Linux 3.17 .... 110.01 |=============================================== Linux 3.18 .... 109.58 |=============================================== Linux 3.19 .... 110.08 |=============================================== Linux 4.0 ..... 110.01 |=============================================== Linux 4.1 ..... 110.49 |=============================================== Linux 4.2 ..... 108.32 |============================================== Linux 4.3 ..... 108.24 |============================================== Linux 4.4 ..... 108.71 |============================================== Linux 4.5-rc1 . 108.70 |============================================== x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 278.51 |========================================= Linux 3.6 ..... 275.47 |========================================= Linux 3.7 ..... 275.47 |========================================= Linux 3.8 ..... 276.62 |========================================= Linux 3.10 .... 271.82 |======================================== Linux 3.11 .... 278.02 |========================================= Linux 3.12 .... 369.64 |======================================================= Linux 3.13 .... 364.01 |====================================================== Linux 3.14 .... 155.93 |======================= Linux 3.15 .... 352.59 |==================================================== Linux 3.16 .... 354.11 |===================================================== Linux 3.17 .... 325.70 |================================================ Linux 3.18 .... 321.09 |================================================ Linux 3.19 .... 322.81 |================================================ Linux 4.0 ..... 316.32 |=============================================== Linux 4.1 ..... 323.04 |================================================ Linux 4.2 ..... 327.70 |================================================= Linux 4.3 ..... 353.27 |===================================================== Linux 4.4 ..... 353.03 |===================================================== Linux 4.5-rc1 . 353.32 |===================================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 12 MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 523.34 |================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 531.15 |=================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 530.62 |=================================================== Linux 3.8 ..... 529.39 |=================================================== Linux 3.10 .... 516.52 |================================================== Linux 3.11 .... 527.43 |=================================================== Linux 3.12 .... 542.81 |==================================================== Linux 3.13 .... 550.21 |===================================================== Linux 3.14 .... 518.65 |================================================== Linux 3.15 .... 527.85 |=================================================== Linux 3.16 .... 542.06 |==================================================== Linux 3.17 .... 546.39 |==================================================== Linux 3.18 .... 540.84 |==================================================== Linux 3.19 .... 544.57 |==================================================== Linux 4.0 ..... 544.19 |==================================================== Linux 4.1 ..... 545.46 |==================================================== Linux 4.2 ..... 549.38 |===================================================== Linux 4.3 ..... 563.63 |====================================================== Linux 4.4 ..... 572.54 |======================================================= Linux 4.5-rc1 . 562.90 |====================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 705.95 |================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 774.08 |======================================================= Linux 3.7 ..... 722.40 |=================================================== Linux 3.8 ..... 733.95 |==================================================== Linux 3.10 .... 682.13 |================================================ Linux 3.11 .... 649.45 |============================================== Linux 3.12 .... 616.32 |============================================ Linux 3.13 .... 633.03 |============================================= Linux 3.14 .... 621.22 |============================================ Linux 3.15 .... 635.42 |============================================= Linux 3.16 .... 655.71 |=============================================== Linux 3.17 .... 672.12 |================================================ Linux 3.18 .... 669.46 |================================================ Linux 3.19 .... 682.99 |================================================= Linux 4.0 ..... 632.43 |============================================= Linux 4.1 ..... 672.07 |================================================ Linux 4.2 ..... 696.22 |================================================= Linux 4.3 ..... 712.43 |=================================================== Linux 4.4 ..... 751.45 |===================================================== Linux 4.5-rc1 . 709.64 |================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 351.95 |==================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 369.22 |======================================================= Linux 3.7 ..... 327.48 |================================================= Linux 3.8 ..... 337.46 |================================================== Linux 3.10 .... 273.81 |========================================= Linux 3.11 .... 276.55 |========================================= Linux 3.12 .... 269.84 |======================================== Linux 3.13 .... 275.30 |========================================= Linux 3.14 .... 271.88 |======================================== Linux 3.15 .... 270.12 |======================================== Linux 3.16 .... 284.04 |========================================== Linux 3.17 .... 293.61 |============================================ Linux 3.18 .... 289.64 |=========================================== Linux 3.19 .... 277.60 |========================================= Linux 4.0 ..... 280.72 |========================================== Linux 4.1 ..... 271.33 |======================================== Linux 4.2 ..... 267.57 |======================================== Linux 4.3 ..... 276.54 |========================================= Linux 4.4 ..... 303.28 |============================================= Linux 4.5-rc1 . 307.78 |============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 2562.99 |====================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 2505.08 |===================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 2434.44 |=================================================== Linux 3.8 ..... 2456.90 |==================================================== Linux 3.10 .... 1893.85 |======================================== Linux 3.11 .... 1957.07 |========================================= Linux 3.12 .... 1881.71 |======================================== Linux 3.13 .... 1821.50 |====================================== Linux 3.14 .... 1788.04 |====================================== Linux 3.15 .... 1873.27 |======================================= Linux 3.16 .... 2116.42 |============================================= Linux 3.17 .... 2212.70 |=============================================== Linux 3.18 .... 2218.60 |=============================================== Linux 3.19 .... 2185.92 |============================================== Linux 4.0 ..... 2254.90 |================================================ Linux 4.1 ..... 2212.00 |=============================================== Linux 4.2 ..... 2237.39 |=============================================== Linux 4.3 ..... 2217.03 |=============================================== Linux 4.4 ..... 2306.95 |================================================= Linux 4.5-rc1 . 2185.81 |============================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 1867.82 |===================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 1890.99 |====================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 1891.35 |====================================================== Linux 3.8 ..... 1880.13 |===================================================== Linux 3.10 .... 1896.58 |====================================================== Linux 3.11 .... 1787.21 |=================================================== Linux 3.12 .... 1889.61 |====================================================== Linux 3.13 .... 1900.68 |====================================================== Linux 3.14 .... 1892.63 |====================================================== Linux 3.15 .... 1891.80 |====================================================== Linux 3.16 .... 1892.14 |====================================================== Linux 3.17 .... 1888.37 |====================================================== Linux 3.18 .... 1889.49 |====================================================== Linux 3.19 .... 1879.66 |===================================================== Linux 4.0 ..... 1894.07 |====================================================== Linux 4.1 ..... 1884.07 |====================================================== Linux 4.2 ..... 1879.79 |===================================================== Linux 4.3 ..... 1874.06 |===================================================== Linux 4.4 ..... 1890.73 |====================================================== Linux 4.5-rc1 . 1891.58 |====================================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 646452.38 |=================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 654179.77 |==================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 649239.29 |==================================================== Linux 3.8 ..... 632559.32 |================================================== Linux 3.10 .... 633987.73 |================================================== Linux 3.11 .... 626150.31 |================================================== Linux 3.12 .... 623448.48 |================================================== Linux 3.13 .... 613465.29 |================================================= Linux 3.14 .... 601359.63 |================================================ Linux 3.15 .... 618385.25 |================================================= Linux 3.16 .... 631652.17 |================================================== Linux 3.17 .... 639424.21 |=================================================== Linux 3.18 .... 625422.50 |================================================== Linux 3.19 .... 636100.81 |=================================================== Linux 4.0 ..... 620775.08 |================================================= Linux 4.1 ..... 636565.63 |=================================================== Linux 4.2 ..... 624330.00 |================================================== Linux 4.3 ..... 605541.52 |================================================ Linux 4.4 ..... 639168.75 |=================================================== Linux 4.5-rc1 . 637524.38 |=================================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 602779.02 |==================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 602083.45 |==================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 596004.06 |=================================================== Linux 3.8 ..... 586556.21 |=================================================== Linux 3.10 .... 587906.23 |=================================================== Linux 3.11 .... 569595.25 |================================================= Linux 3.12 .... 575822.63 |================================================== Linux 3.13 .... 570364.75 |================================================= Linux 3.14 .... 557107.35 |================================================ Linux 3.15 .... 576053.00 |================================================== Linux 3.16 .... 580278.10 |================================================== Linux 3.17 .... 582978.41 |================================================== Linux 3.18 .... 574568.46 |================================================== Linux 3.19 .... 575575.71 |================================================== Linux 4.0 ..... 577502.89 |================================================== Linux 4.1 ..... 579724.25 |================================================== Linux 4.2 ..... 577547.06 |================================================== Linux 4.3 ..... 556677.94 |================================================ Linux 4.4 ..... 569911.44 |================================================= Linux 4.5-rc1 . 573650.41 |================================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 1308.17 |===================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 1307.60 |===================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 1308.17 |===================================================== Linux 3.8 ..... 1300.83 |===================================================== Linux 3.10 .... 1302.17 |===================================================== Linux 3.11 .... 1309.30 |===================================================== Linux 3.12 .... 1312.20 |===================================================== Linux 3.13 .... 1312.37 |===================================================== Linux 3.14 .... 553.85 |====================== Linux 3.15 .... 758.02 |=============================== Linux 3.16 .... 1308.93 |===================================================== Linux 3.17 .... 1332.10 |====================================================== Linux 3.18 .... 1080.15 |============================================ Linux 3.19 .... 1062.53 |=========================================== Linux 4.0 ..... 1064.83 |=========================================== Linux 4.1 ..... 1070.83 |=========================================== Linux 4.2 ..... 1077.53 |============================================ Linux 4.3 ..... 1153.17 |=============================================== Linux 4.4 ..... 1302.87 |===================================================== Linux 4.5-rc1 . 1310.07 |===================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 3571.22 |==================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 3568.11 |==================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 3518.03 |==================================== Linux 3.8 ..... 3619.93 |===================================== Linux 3.10 .... 3766.76 |====================================== Linux 3.11 .... 3727.63 |====================================== Linux 3.12 .... 4251.36 |=========================================== Linux 3.13 .... 4018.71 |========================================= Linux 3.14 .... 3699.30 |===================================== Linux 3.15 .... 4451.46 |============================================= Linux 3.16 .... 4289.90 |=========================================== Linux 3.17 .... 4384.24 |============================================ Linux 3.18 .... 4563.28 |============================================== Linux 3.19 .... 4528.90 |============================================== Linux 4.0 ..... 4431.03 |============================================= Linux 4.1 ..... 4318.26 |============================================ Linux 4.2 ..... 4555.14 |============================================== Linux 4.3 ..... 4502.22 |============================================= Linux 4.4 ..... 5246.08 |===================================================== Linux 4.5-rc1 . 5344.62 |====================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 306.75 |======================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 311.69 |======================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 308.25 |======================================== Linux 3.8 ..... 318.27 |========================================= Linux 3.10 .... 314.94 |========================================= Linux 3.11 .... 408.58 |===================================================== Linux 3.12 .... 423.63 |======================================================= Linux 3.13 .... 409.91 |===================================================== Linux 3.14 .... 311.97 |========================================= Linux 3.15 .... 350.26 |============================================= Linux 3.16 .... 336.28 |============================================ Linux 3.17 .... 333.39 |=========================================== Linux 3.18 .... 332.62 |=========================================== Linux 3.19 .... 337.99 |============================================ Linux 4.0 ..... 337.82 |============================================ Linux 4.1 ..... 340.52 |============================================ Linux 4.2 ..... 339.78 |============================================ Linux 4.3 ..... 344.74 |============================================= Linux 4.4 ..... 354.76 |============================================== Linux 4.5-rc1 . 362.15 |=============================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 3738.32 |====================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 3840.73 |======================================= Linux 3.7 ..... 3696.19 |====================================== Linux 3.8 ..... 3755.44 |======================================= Linux 3.10 .... 3749.75 |======================================= Linux 3.11 .... 3434.29 |=================================== Linux 3.12 .... 4529.14 |=============================================== Linux 3.13 .... 4256.22 |============================================ Linux 3.14 .... 3921.68 |======================================== Linux 3.15 .... 4400.39 |============================================= Linux 3.16 .... 4085.97 |========================================== Linux 3.17 .... 4418.88 |============================================= Linux 3.18 .... 4624.48 |=============================================== Linux 3.19 .... 4729.54 |================================================= Linux 4.0 ..... 4521.16 |============================================== Linux 4.1 ..... 4465.47 |============================================== Linux 4.2 ..... 4432.14 |============================================== Linux 4.3 ..... 4695.81 |================================================ Linux 4.4 ..... 5258.61 |====================================================== Linux 4.5-rc1 . 5225.70 |====================================================== SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 70.16 |====================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 69.02 |===================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 69.22 |===================================================== Linux 3.8 ..... 69.85 |===================================================== Linux 3.10 .... 73.32 |======================================================== Linux 3.11 .... 56.76 |=========================================== Linux 3.12 .... 57.85 |============================================ Linux 3.13 .... 57.35 |============================================ Linux 3.14 .... 58.76 |============================================= Linux 3.15 .... 58.11 |============================================ Linux 3.16 .... 56.60 |=========================================== Linux 3.17 .... 56.79 |=========================================== Linux 3.18 .... 56.58 |=========================================== Linux 3.19 .... 56.91 |=========================================== Linux 4.0 ..... 56.71 |=========================================== Linux 4.1 ..... 57.02 |============================================ Linux 4.2 ..... 55.78 |=========================================== Linux 4.3 ..... 55.47 |========================================== Linux 4.4 ..... 54.77 |========================================== Linux 4.5-rc1 . 57.17 |============================================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 55.34 |======================== Linux 3.6 ..... 54.72 |======================== Linux 3.7 ..... 55.28 |======================== Linux 3.8 ..... 55.43 |======================== Linux 3.10 .... 56.67 |========================= Linux 3.11 .... 56.23 |========================= Linux 3.12 .... 54.53 |======================== Linux 3.13 .... 54.94 |======================== Linux 3.14 .... 126.12 |======================================================= Linux 3.15 .... 118.69 |==================================================== Linux 3.16 .... 55.39 |======================== Linux 3.17 .... 63.89 |============================ Linux 3.18 .... 99.23 |=========================================== Linux 3.19 .... 95.77 |========================================== Linux 4.0 ..... 102.87 |============================================= Linux 4.1 ..... 103.18 |============================================= Linux 4.2 ..... 97.75 |=========================================== Linux 4.3 ..... 56.03 |======================== Linux 4.4 ..... 53.93 |======================== Linux 4.5-rc1 . 53.64 |======================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 4.60 |====================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 4.56 |====================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 4.58 |====================================== Linux 3.8 ..... 5.08 |========================================== Linux 3.10 .... 4.80 |======================================== Linux 3.11 .... 4.57 |====================================== Linux 3.12 .... 4.53 |====================================== Linux 3.13 .... 4.55 |====================================== Linux 3.14 .... 6.85 |========================================================= Linux 3.15 .... 6.31 |===================================================== Linux 3.16 .... 4.61 |====================================== Linux 3.17 .... 5.96 |================================================== Linux 3.18 .... 6.41 |===================================================== Linux 3.19 .... 6.75 |======================================================== Linux 4.0 ..... 5.81 |================================================ Linux 4.1 ..... 5.88 |================================================= Linux 4.2 ..... 5.95 |================================================== Linux 4.3 ..... 6.46 |====================================================== Linux 4.4 ..... 4.60 |====================================== Linux 4.5-rc1 . 4.65 |======================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 6.95 |======================================================= Linux 3.6 ..... 6.94 |======================================================= Linux 3.7 ..... 6.86 |======================================================= Linux 3.8 ..... 6.91 |======================================================= Linux 3.10 .... 6.90 |======================================================= Linux 3.11 .... 7.07 |======================================================== Linux 3.12 .... 6.91 |======================================================= Linux 3.13 .... 6.89 |======================================================= Linux 3.14 .... 6.93 |======================================================= Linux 3.15 .... 6.91 |======================================================= Linux 3.16 .... 6.92 |======================================================= Linux 3.17 .... 6.87 |======================================================= Linux 3.18 .... 7.01 |======================================================== Linux 3.19 .... 6.99 |======================================================== Linux 4.0 ..... 7.13 |========================================================= Linux 4.1 ..... 7.10 |========================================================= Linux 4.2 ..... 7.15 |========================================================= Linux 4.3 ..... 7.02 |======================================================== Linux 4.4 ..... 7.09 |========================================================= Linux 4.5-rc1 . 7.12 |========================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.5 ..... 12.66 |================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 12.67 |================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 12.79 |================================================== Linux 3.8 ..... 12.97 |=================================================== Linux 3.10 .... 13.01 |=================================================== Linux 3.11 .... 14.24 |======================================================== Linux 3.12 .... 12.89 |=================================================== Linux 3.13 .... 13.01 |=================================================== Linux 3.14 .... 13.08 |=================================================== Linux 3.15 .... 12.78 |================================================== Linux 3.16 .... 12.96 |=================================================== Linux 3.17 .... 12.71 |================================================== Linux 3.18 .... 13.14 |==================================================== Linux 3.19 .... 13.15 |==================================================== Linux 4.0 ..... 13.08 |=================================================== Linux 4.1 ..... 13.09 |=================================================== Linux 4.2 ..... 13.10 |==================================================== Linux 4.3 ..... 13.09 |=================================================== Linux 4.4 ..... 13.09 |=================================================== Linux 4.5-rc1 . 13.17 |====================================================