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


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: 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 |=======================================================


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 |========================================================


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 |========================================================


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 |=============================================


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 |========================================================


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 |===================================================


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 |===================================================


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 |=====================================================


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 |======================================================


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 |=================================================