Systemd Boot Times
Intel Core i7-5600U testing with a LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW and Intel HD 5500 (Broadwell GT2) 3072MB on Ubuntu 17.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS: 

	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: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-72-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Ubuntu 16.10: 

	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 (Broadwell GT2) 3072MB (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-46-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Ubuntu 16.10 + 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 (Broadwell GT2) 3072MB (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-46-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.6, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Ubuntu 17.04: 

	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 (Broadwell GT2) 3072MB (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Systemd Total Boot Time
Test: Total
ms < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ..... 13380 |===============================================
Ubuntu 16.10 ........... 10740 |======================================
Ubuntu 16.10 + Updates . 12220 |===========================================
Ubuntu 17.04 ........... 12440 |============================================


Systemd Total Boot Time
Test: Kernel
ms < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ..... 1440 |======================================
Ubuntu 16.10 ........... 1520 |========================================
Ubuntu 16.10 + Updates . 1790 |===============================================
Ubuntu 17.04 ........... 1830 |================================================


Systemd Total Boot Time
Test: Loader
ms < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ..... 3380 |==============================================
Ubuntu 16.10 ........... 3550 |================================================
Ubuntu 16.10 + Updates . 3410 |==============================================
Ubuntu 17.04 ........... 3410 |==============================================


Systemd Total Boot Time
Test: Firmware
ms < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ..... 4570 |===============================================
Ubuntu 16.10 ........... 3450 |====================================
Ubuntu 16.10 + Updates . 4640 |================================================
Ubuntu 17.04 ........... 4580 |===============================================


Systemd Total Boot Time
Test: Userspace
ms < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ..... 3970 |================================================
Ubuntu 16.10 ........... 2200 |===========================
Ubuntu 16.10 + Updates . 2370 |=============================
Ubuntu 17.04 ........... 2610 |================================