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

Loris Baseline: 

	Processor: Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 3 x 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER1 + 500GB Seagate ST500LT012-1DG14 + 1000GB My Passport 07B8, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 2048MB (1189/3304MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection + Qualcomm Atheros AR9287 Wireless

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.7.6-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 370.28, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 6.2.1 20160830 + Clang 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


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  |====
Loris Baseline . 441.91 |======================================================


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 |======================================================
Loris Baseline . 3.94   |=


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 |=======================================================
Loris Baseline . 3.12  |===


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  |=======================
Loris Baseline . 175.63 |======================================================


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 |=======================================================
Loris Baseline . 25.20 |===========================


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 |=======================================================
Loris Baseline . 17559 |=================================================


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 |=====================================================
Loris Baseline . 513.88  |===================


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 |==================================================
Loris Baseline . 2617611.17 |===========================================


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 |==================================================
Loris Baseline . 1992068.83 |==============================================


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