Intel Haswell Linux 4.9 Kernel Benchmark Tests Tests by Michael Larabel. Linux 4.7: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3P, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ TRION100, Graphics: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core IGP, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.7.0-040700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.8: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3P, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ TRION100, Graphics: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core IGP, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-040800-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.9 Git: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3P, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ TRION100, Graphics: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core IGP, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161019, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.7 ..... 188.51 |======================================= Linux 4.8 ..... 227.18 |=============================================== Linux 4.9 Git . 267.66 |======================================================= FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 1024 Mflops > Higher Is Better Linux 4.7 ..... 17804 |=================================================== Linux 4.8 ..... 17697 |================================================== Linux 4.9 Git . 19696 |======================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.7 ..... 46293.68 |===================================================== Linux 4.8 ..... 44924.22 |=================================================== Linux 4.9 Git . 46458.63 |===================================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.7 ..... 2052431.79 |================================================ Linux 4.8 ..... 2060704.40 |================================================ Linux 4.9 Git . 2187038.33 |=================================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.7 ..... 2736333.92 |============================================== Linux 4.8 ..... 2783120.71 |=============================================== Linux 4.9 Git . 3017368.92 |=================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.7 ..... 1324.28 |================================================= Linux 4.8 ..... 1325.88 |================================================= Linux 4.9 Git . 1464.58 |====================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.7 ..... 763.57 |==================================================== Linux 4.8 ..... 805.54 |======================================================= Linux 4.9 Git . 661.83 |============================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.7 ..... 42.72 |=============================================== Linux 4.8 ..... 44.70 |================================================= Linux 4.9 Git . 51.13 |======================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.7 ..... 67.46 |================================================== Linux 4.8 ..... 71.28 |===================================================== Linux 4.9 Git . 74.84 |======================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.7 ..... 53.21 |============================================== Linux 4.8 ..... 54.29 |=============================================== Linux 4.9 Git . 64.77 |======================================================== SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.7 ..... 35.44 |======================================================== Linux 4.8 ..... 35.11 |======================================================= Linux 4.9 Git . 31.22 |=================================================