Linux 4.6-rc1 Kernel Tests Xeon E5 Linux 4.6 kernel tests on Xeon E5 Haswell hardware. Tests by Michael Larabel Linux 4.4.0: 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: 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 1.18.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-rc3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160323, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Linux 4.5.0: 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: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-040500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-rc3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160323, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Linux 4.6-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: 4.6.0-040600rc1-generic (x86_64) 20160326, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-rc3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160323, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... 56.66 |======================================================== Linux 4.5.0 ... 55.79 |======================================================= Linux 4.6-rc1 . 51.87 |=================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... 99.03 |================================================== Linux 4.5.0 ... 100.30 |=================================================== Linux 4.6-rc1 . 108.03 |======================================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... 190.87 |===================================================== Linux 4.5.0 ... 192.40 |===================================================== Linux 4.6-rc1 . 198.93 |======================================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... 691.73 |===================================================== Linux 4.5.0 ... 716.40 |======================================================= Linux 4.6-rc1 . 706.03 |====================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... 352.49 |======================================================= Linux 4.5.0 ... 341.08 |===================================================== Linux 4.6-rc1 . 353.54 |======================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... 65.20 |======================================================== Linux 4.5.0 ... 65.03 |======================================================== Linux 4.6-rc1 . 65.17 |======================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 15.3 MAX: 37.0 Linux 4.5.0 ... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 15.3 MAX: 37.0 Linux 4.6-rc1 . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 15.3 MAX: 37.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... 87.50 |======================================================= Linux 4.5.0 ... 88.54 |======================================================== Linux 4.6-rc1 . 88.93 |======================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... 283.14 |====================================================== Linux 4.5.0 ... 288.74 |======================================================= Linux 4.6-rc1 . 281.16 |====================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... 147.21 |====================================================== Linux 4.5.0 ... 151.12 |======================================================= Linux 4.6-rc1 . 151.03 |======================================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... 110.57 |======================================================= Linux 4.5.0 ... 111.16 |======================================================= Linux 4.6-rc1 . 111.34 |======================================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... 741 |========================================================== Linux 4.5.0 ... 738 |========================================================== Linux 4.6-rc1 . 741 |========================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... 81333 |======================================================== Linux 4.5.0 ... 81319 |======================================================== Linux 4.6-rc1 . 81287 |======================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... 11579 |================================================ Linux 4.5.0 ... 11421 |=============================================== Linux 4.6-rc1 . 13478 |======================================================== x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... 352.57 |====================================================== Linux 4.5.0 ... 351.54 |====================================================== Linux 4.6-rc1 . 357.30 |======================================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... 53.86 |======================================================= Linux 4.5.0 ... 53.98 |======================================================= Linux 4.6-rc1 . 54.66 |======================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... 8.26 |========================================================= Linux 4.5.0 ... 8.20 |========================================================= Linux 4.6-rc1 . 8.14 |======================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... 7.29 |======================================================== Linux 4.5.0 ... 7.22 |======================================================== Linux 4.6-rc1 . 7.38 |========================================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... 1317.87 |====================================================== Linux 4.5.0 ... 1320.40 |====================================================== Linux 4.6-rc1 . 1321.73 |====================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... 361.80 |================================================ Linux 4.5.0 ... 374.16 |================================================== Linux 4.6-rc1 . 414.78 |======================================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... 3457.26 |============================================ Linux 4.5.0 ... 3936.53 |================================================== Linux 4.6-rc1 . 4258.34 |====================================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... 591335.55 |================================================= Linux 4.5.0 ... 616115.66 |=================================================== Linux 4.6-rc1 . 626210.42 |==================================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... 551511.73 |=================================================== Linux 4.5.0 ... 567017.81 |==================================================== Linux 4.6-rc1 . 556246.34 |=================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.4.0 ... 19107.85 |===================================================== Linux 4.5.0 ... 19116.76 |===================================================== Linux 4.6-rc1 . 18996.20 |=====================================================