X1 Carbon Ubuntu 14.10 vs 17.10 Intel Linux Broadwell Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 14.10: 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 Broadwell-U (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 17.10: 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 3072MB (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.0, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.1, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 36.96 |======================================================= Ubuntu 17.10 . 38.33 |========================================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 111.19 |================================================= Ubuntu 17.10 . 128.09 |======================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 154.36 |====================================================== Ubuntu 17.10 . 160.40 |======================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 119.50 |================================================= Ubuntu 17.10 . 137.02 |======================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 277.39 |================================================ Ubuntu 17.10 . 320.71 |======================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 173.04 |======================================== Ubuntu 17.10 . 240.26 |======================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 923.42 |======================================================== Ubuntu 17.10 . 646.97 |======================================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 5068 |================================================== Ubuntu 17.10 . 5859 |========================================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 29.75 |===================================== Ubuntu 17.10 . 46.25 |========================================================= Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 24.10 |==================================== Ubuntu 17.10 . 37.98 |========================================================= Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 28.99 |======================================= Ubuntu 17.10 . 42.21 |========================================================= Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 29.02 |======================================= Ubuntu 17.10 . 42.10 |========================================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 48.43 |======================================= Ubuntu 17.10 . 70.71 |========================================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 48.43 |======================================= Ubuntu 17.10 . 70.65 |========================================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 36.68 |===================================== Ubuntu 17.10 . 56.95 |========================================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 36.68 |===================================== Ubuntu 17.10 . 57.19 |========================================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 25.44 |================================== Ubuntu 17.10 . 42.55 |========================================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 25.46 |================================== Ubuntu 17.10 . 42.58 |========================================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 2400 |========================================================== Ubuntu 17.10 . 2409 |========================================================== x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 73.87 |========================================================= Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 59.65 |===================================================== Ubuntu 17.10 . 64.28 |========================================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 284.35 |======================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 63.28 |==================================================== Ubuntu 17.10 . 69.77 |========================================================= Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 3872 |===================================================== Ubuntu 17.10 . 4202 |========================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 13.06 |========================================================= Ubuntu 17.10 . 11.76 |=================================================== FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 18.06 |========================================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 . 241.77 |======================================================== Ubuntu 17.10 . 240.27 |======================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 . 21087.70 |======================================================