Linux 4.12 Kernel Benchmarking Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 testing with a MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0 and Sapphire AMD POLARIS10 4096MB on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Linux 4.12 Git: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD POLARIS10 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170517, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.11: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD POLARIS10 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.11.0-041100-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.10: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD POLARIS10 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-041000-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 79.82 |======================================================= Linux 4.11 ..... 75.77 |==================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 72.20 |================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 864.11 |====================================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 856.16 |===================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 864.53 |====================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 216025 |====================================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 214038 |===================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 216129 |====================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 464.90 |================================================= Linux 4.11 ..... 508.94 |====================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 502.87 |===================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 116222 |================================================= Linux 4.11 ..... 127233 |====================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 125714 |===================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 828.62 |====================================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 829.29 |====================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 817.78 |===================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 207152 |====================================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 207320 |====================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 204441 |===================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 700.01 |====================================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 675.73 |==================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 692.83 |===================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 174999 |====================================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 168928 |==================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 173205 |===================================================== BlogBench 1.0 Test: Write Final Score > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 6595 |======================================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 6579 |======================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 6571 |======================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 868.85 |====================================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 822.49 |=================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 859.02 |===================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 489.83 |==================================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 511.91 |====================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 485.42 |=================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 52.08 |======================================================= Linux 4.11 ..... 52.07 |======================================================= Linux 4.10 ..... 52.10 |======================================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 4.68487 |===================================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 4.68401 |===================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 4.68654 |===================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 2.57257 |===================================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 2.57512 |===================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 2.57775 |===================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad GB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 2.34071 |===================================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 2.34298 |===================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 2.35017 |===================================================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 32.01 |======================================================= Linux 4.11 ..... 32.16 |======================================================= Linux 4.10 ..... 32.04 |======================================================= FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 1024 Mflops > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 21770 |======================================================= Linux 4.11 ..... 21696 |======================================================= Linux 4.10 ..... 21256 |====================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 7425 |======================================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 7430 |======================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 7430 |======================================================== x264 2017-05-19 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 184.12 |====================================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 184.95 |====================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 185.66 |====================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 2477.66 |===================================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 2430.39 |==================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 2469.50 |===================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 102.62 |====================================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 102.67 |====================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 102.48 |====================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 25.53 |======================================================= Linux 4.11 ..... 25.55 |======================================================= Linux 4.10 ..... 25.59 |======================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 11.04 |====================================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 11.18 |======================================================= Linux 4.10 ..... 11.11 |======================================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 2008.70 |================================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 2124.07 |===================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 2036.08 |=================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 2684.39 |================================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 2825.15 |===================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 2636.04 |================================================= Darktable 2.0.3 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 31.59 |======================================================= Linux 4.11 ..... 31.76 |======================================================= Linux 4.10 ..... 31.31 |====================================================== Darktable 2.0.3 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 0.46 |======================================================= Linux 4.11 ..... 0.47 |======================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 0.46 |======================================================= Darktable 2.0.3 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 0.45 |======================================================= Linux 4.11 ..... 0.45 |======================================================= Linux 4.10 ..... 0.46 |======================================================== GIMP 2.8.16 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 5.73 |======================================================= Linux 4.11 ..... 5.79 |======================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 5.84 |======================================================== GIMP 2.8.16 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 10.60 |====================================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 10.69 |======================================================= Linux 4.10 ..... 10.70 |======================================================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 3112239.83 |================================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 2898599.67 |=============================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 2846521.42 |============================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 2081197.56 |================================================= Linux 4.11 ..... 2081974.17 |================================================= Linux 4.10 ..... 2136182.41 |================================================== Blender 2.78c Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 582.20 |====================================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 570.52 |===================================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 566.20 |===================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 43373.96 |=============================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 43333.69 |=============================================== Linux 4.10 ..... 47914.72 |==================================================== Scikit-Learn 0.17.1 Phoronix Test Suite v7.2.0m2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.12 Git . 33.53 |====================================================== Linux 4.11 ..... 33.95 |======================================================= Linux 4.10 ..... 34.25 |=======================================================