Fedora 24 Beta Fedora tests on two laptops. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article. Fedora 23: Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG MZNTE128, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Fedora 23, Kernel: 4.2.3-300.fc23.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.3 (git-b4bfea0), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora 23 + Updates: Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG MZNTE128, Graphics: Intel HD 5500 (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Fedora 23, Kernel: 4.4.9-300.fc23.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.1.0 (git-525f3c2), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora 24 Beta: Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG MZNTE128, Graphics: Intel HD 5500 (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Fedora 24, Kernel: 4.5.2-302.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.20.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 (git-e7fb889), Compiler: GCC 6.0.0 20160406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6: Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG MZNTE128, Graphics: Intel HD 5500 (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Fedora 24, Kernel: 4.6.0-0.rc7.git0.1.fc25.x86_64 (x86_64) 20160509, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.20.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.1 (git-79b0e13), Compiler: GCC 6.0.0 20160406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 .................. 150.83 |========================================== Fedora 23 + Updates ........ 149.23 |========================================== Fedora 24 Beta ............. 146.63 |========================================= Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . 146.38 |========================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 .................. 7.46 |============================================ Fedora 23 + Updates ........ 7.34 |=========================================== Fedora 24 Beta ............. 7.25 |=========================================== Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . 7.23 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.8 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Fedora 23 .................. MIN: 7486 AVG: 20231 MAX: 24377 Fedora 23 + Updates ........ MIN: 7438 AVG: 20345 MAX: 24929 Fedora 24 Beta ............. MIN: 9099 AVG: 20225 MAX: 24212 Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . MIN: 8151 AVG: 20241 MAX: 24343 Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 .................. 69.35 |=========================================== Fedora 23 + Updates ........ 69.47 |=========================================== Fedora 24 Beta ............. 66.70 |========================================= Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . 66.51 |========================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 .................. 3.38 |============================================ Fedora 23 + Updates ........ 3.38 |============================================ Fedora 24 Beta ............. 3.28 |=========================================== Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . 3.27 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.8 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Fedora 23 .................. MIN: 11331 AVG: 20523 MAX: 22950 Fedora 23 + Updates ........ MIN: 11202 AVG: 20536 MAX: 22990 Fedora 24 Beta ............. MIN: 11043 AVG: 20306 MAX: 22909 Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . MIN: 11143 AVG: 20353 MAX: 22904 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 .................. 39.54 |========================================== Fedora 23 + Updates ........ 40.16 |=========================================== Fedora 24 Beta ............. 38.90 |========================================== Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . 39.41 |========================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 .................. 1.97 |============================================ Fedora 23 + Updates ........ 1.99 |============================================ Fedora 24 Beta ............. 1.95 |=========================================== Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . 1.96 |=========================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Fedora 23 .................. MIN: 11372 AVG: 20110 MAX: 22906 Fedora 23 + Updates ........ MIN: 11143 AVG: 20174 MAX: 23200 Fedora 24 Beta ............. MIN: 11187 AVG: 19928 MAX: 22980 Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . MIN: 11011 AVG: 20084 MAX: 22927 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 23 .................. 296.23 |====================================== Fedora 23 + Updates ........ 296.57 |====================================== Fedora 24 Beta ............. 322.16 |========================================== Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . 324.08 |========================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 .................. 0.00 | Fedora 23 + Updates ........ 0.00 | Fedora 24 Beta ............. 0.00 | Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . 0.00 | Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Fedora 23 .................. MIN: 11214 AVG: 17747 MAX: 22881 Fedora 23 + Updates ........ MIN: 11489 AVG: 17782 MAX: 23071 Fedora 24 Beta ............. MIN: 11115 AVG: 17712 MAX: 22793 Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . MIN: 11049 AVG: 17669 MAX: 22726 x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 .................. 75.29 |=========================================== Fedora 23 + Updates ........ 75.34 |=========================================== Fedora 24 Beta ............. 74.10 |========================================== Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . 74.90 |=========================================== x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 .................. 4.48 |============================================ Fedora 23 + Updates ........ 4.31 |========================================== Fedora 24 Beta ............. 4.01 |======================================= Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . 4.41 |=========================================== x264 2015-11-02 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Fedora 23 .................. MIN: 8573 AVG: 16788 MAX: 20063 Fedora 23 + Updates ........ MIN: 9527 AVG: 17467 MAX: 20256 Fedora 24 Beta ............. MIN: 10276 AVG: 18496 MAX: 21515 Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . MIN: 8875 AVG: 16990 MAX: 19753 Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 .................. 1490489.54 |====================================== Fedora 23 + Updates ........ 1400632.83 |==================================== Fedora 24 Beta ............. 1340668.46 |================================== Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . 1215988.34 |=============================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 .................. 197352.79 |======================================= Fedora 23 + Updates ........ 190308.22 |====================================== Fedora 24 Beta ............. 172849.10 |================================== Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . 164108.81 |================================ Redis 3.0.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Fedora 23 .................. MIN: 6558 AVG: 7552 MAX: 9392 Fedora 23 + Updates ........ MIN: 6484 AVG: 7360 MAX: 8947 Fedora 24 Beta ............. MIN: 6598 AVG: 7756 MAX: 9834 Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . MIN: 6644 AVG: 7410 MAX: 8899 John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 .................. 2591 |============================================ Fedora 23 + Updates ........ 2598 |============================================ Fedora 24 Beta ............. 2452 |========================================== Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . 2454 |========================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S Per Watt > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 .................. 153.47 |========================================== Fedora 23 + Updates ........ 154.40 |========================================== Fedora 24 Beta ............. 146.99 |======================================== Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . 146.82 |======================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Fedora 23 .................. MIN: 6170 AVG: 16883 MAX: 20476 Fedora 23 + Updates ........ MIN: 5828 AVG: 16827 MAX: 20588 Fedora 24 Beta ............. MIN: 6055 AVG: 16681 MAX: 20384 Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . MIN: 6124 AVG: 16715 MAX: 20364 Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 .................. 1771.73 |======================================== Fedora 23 + Updates ........ 1675.95 |====================================== Fedora 24 Beta ............. 1817.92 |========================================= Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . 1830.23 |========================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 .................. 106.60 |======================================== Fedora 23 + Updates ........ 101.74 |======================================= Fedora 24 Beta ............. 108.23 |========================================= Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . 110.60 |========================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Fedora 23 .................. MIN: 8808 AVG: 16620 MAX: 17649 Fedora 23 + Updates ........ MIN: 8630 AVG: 16473 MAX: 17342 Fedora 24 Beta ............. MIN: 8663 AVG: 16797 MAX: 17864 Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . MIN: 8621 AVG: 16548 MAX: 17798 LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 23 .................. 13.05 |=========================================== Fedora 23 + Updates ........ 13.11 |=========================================== Fedora 24 Beta ............. 11.69 |====================================== Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . 11.66 |====================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 .................. 0.01 |============================================ Fedora 23 + Updates ........ 0.01 |============================================ Fedora 24 Beta ............. 0.01 |============================================ Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . 0.01 |============================================ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Fedora 23 .................. MIN: 8599 AVG: 14800 MAX: 16235 Fedora 23 + Updates ........ MIN: 8631 AVG: 14718 MAX: 16429 Fedora 24 Beta ............. MIN: 8779 AVG: 14827 MAX: 16478 Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . MIN: 8787 AVG: 14467 MAX: 16232 Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 .................. 169.21 |====================================== Fedora 23 + Updates ........ 171.85 |======================================= Fedora 24 Beta ............. 185.33 |========================================== Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . 185.51 |========================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 .................. 16.22 |======================================= Fedora 23 + Updates ........ 15.69 |===================================== Fedora 24 Beta ............. 17.62 |========================================== Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . 18.06 |=========================================== Compile Bench 0.6 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Fedora 23 .................. MIN: 8604 AVG: 10431 MAX: 13611 Fedora 23 + Updates ........ MIN: 8531 AVG: 11113 MAX: 18717 Fedora 24 Beta ............. MIN: 8517 AVG: 10515 MAX: 13524 Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . MIN: 8593 AVG: 10274 MAX: 13351 Meta Performance Per Watt Performance Per Watt Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better Fedora 23 .................. 149566.58 |======================================= Fedora 23 + Updates ........ 140572.25 |===================================== Fedora 24 Beta ............. 134578.39 |=================================== Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . 122112.10 |================================ System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Milliwatts Fedora 23 .................. MIN: 6170 AVG: 17076 MAX: 24377 Fedora 23 + Updates ........ MIN: 5828 AVG: 17173 MAX: 13455 Fedora 24 Beta ............. MIN: 6055 AVG: 17117 MAX: 24212 Fedora 24 Beta + Linux 4.6 . MIN: 6036 AVG: 17042 MAX: 24343