Linux 4.15 Kernel Testing Intel Core i9-7960X testing with a MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Linux 4.14.0: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 4.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.14.0-041400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.14, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.15 Git: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 4.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.14.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20171120, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.14, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.13.0: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 4.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-041300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.14, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.12: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 4.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-041200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.14, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.11.0: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 4.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.11.0-041100-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.14, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.10.0: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 4.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-041000-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.14, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4, 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 4.14.0 ... 67.43 |============================================= Linux 4.15 Git . 80.62 |===================================================== Linux 4.13.0 ... 79.45 |===================================================== Linux 4.12 ..... 70.92 |=============================================== Linux 4.11.0 ... 73.00 |================================================ Linux 4.10.0 ... 82.89 |======================================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 86.83 |======================================================= Linux 4.15 Git . 58.63 |===================================== Linux 4.13.0 ... 64.78 |========================================= Linux 4.12 ..... 67.13 |=========================================== Linux 4.11.0 ... 60.60 |====================================== Linux 4.10.0 ... 56.42 |==================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 108.87 |====================================================== Linux 4.15 Git . 68.60 |================================== Linux 4.13.0 ... 72.85 |==================================== Linux 4.12 ..... 73.98 |===================================== Linux 4.11.0 ... 73.95 |===================================== Linux 4.10.0 ... 72.47 |==================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 62.97 |====================================================== Linux 4.15 Git . 55.40 |================================================ Linux 4.13.0 ... 56.63 |================================================= Linux 4.12 ..... 58.27 |================================================== Linux 4.11.0 ... 59.45 |=================================================== Linux 4.10.0 ... 63.75 |======================================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 3119.98 |================================================= Linux 4.15 Git . 3387.73 |===================================================== Linux 4.13.0 ... 3230.50 |=================================================== Linux 4.12 ..... 3109.73 |================================================= Linux 4.11.0 ... 2972.13 |============================================== Linux 4.10.0 ... 3190.07 |================================================== BlogBench 1.0 Test: Read Final Score > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 814583 |=============================================== Linux 4.15 Git . 927355 |===================================================== Linux 4.13.0 ... 767259 |============================================ Linux 4.12 ..... 939631 |====================================================== Linux 4.11.0 ... 929219 |===================================================== Linux 4.10.0 ... 907169 |==================================================== BlogBench 1.0 Test: Write Final Score > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 9006 |======================================================= Linux 4.15 Git . 8107 |================================================== Linux 4.13.0 ... 9151 |======================================================== Linux 4.12 ..... 8372 |=================================================== Linux 4.11.0 ... 8159 |================================================== Linux 4.10.0 ... 7902 |================================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 1053.03 |===================================================== Linux 4.15 Git . 1001.40 |================================================== Linux 4.13.0 ... 1023.37 |==================================================== Linux 4.12 ..... 1025.00 |==================================================== Linux 4.10.0 ... 1015.97 |=================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 641.94 |====================================================== Linux 4.15 Git . 607.45 |=================================================== Linux 4.13.0 ... 609.63 |=================================================== Linux 4.12 ..... 584.91 |================================================= Linux 4.10.0 ... 575.85 |================================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 3426.11 |==================================================== Linux 4.15 Git . 3459.60 |===================================================== Linux 4.13.0 ... 3282.91 |================================================== Linux 4.12 ..... 3330.83 |=================================================== Linux 4.10.0 ... 3439.80 |===================================================== lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: XZ 0 - Process: Compression MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 38 |========================================================= Linux 4.15 Git . 38 |========================================================= Linux 4.13.0 ... 38 |========================================================= Linux 4.12 ..... 39 |========================================================== Linux 4.11.0 ... 39 |========================================================== Linux 4.10.0 ... 39 |========================================================== lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: XZ 0 - Process: Decompression MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 101 |======================================================== Linux 4.15 Git . 101 |======================================================== Linux 4.13.0 ... 101 |======================================================== Linux 4.12 ..... 101 |======================================================== Linux 4.11.0 ... 103 |========================================================= Linux 4.10.0 ... 103 |========================================================= lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Zstd 1 - Process: Compression MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 418 |======================================================== Linux 4.15 Git . 425 |========================================================= Linux 4.13.0 ... 418 |======================================================== Linux 4.12 ..... 418 |======================================================== Linux 4.11.0 ... 412 |======================================================= Linux 4.10.0 ... 412 |======================================================= lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Zstd 1 - Process: Decompression MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 1190 |======================================================= Linux 4.15 Git . 1208 |======================================================== Linux 4.13.0 ... 1190 |======================================================= Linux 4.12 ..... 1190 |======================================================= Linux 4.11.0 ... 1172 |====================================================== Linux 4.10.0 ... 1172 |====================================================== lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Brotli 0 - Process: Compression MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 452 |======================================================== Linux 4.15 Git . 452 |======================================================== Linux 4.13.0 ... 460 |========================================================= Linux 4.12 ..... 456 |========================================================= Linux 4.11.0 ... 452 |======================================================== Linux 4.10.0 ... 452 |======================================================== lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Brotli 0 - Process: Decompression MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 585 |======================================================== Linux 4.15 Git . 586 |======================================================== Linux 4.13.0 ... 596 |========================================================= Linux 4.12 ..... 596 |========================================================= Linux 4.11.0 ... 586 |======================================================== Linux 4.10.0 ... 586 |======================================================== lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Libdeflate 1 - Process: Compression MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 245 |========================================================= Linux 4.15 Git . 241 |======================================================== Linux 4.13.0 ... 245 |========================================================= Linux 4.12 ..... 246 |========================================================= Linux 4.11.0 ... 238 |======================================================= Linux 4.10.0 ... 241 |======================================================== lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Libdeflate 1 - Process: Decompression MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 1182 |======================================================== Linux 4.15 Git . 1163 |======================================================= Linux 4.13.0 ... 1182 |======================================================== Linux 4.12 ..... 1182 |======================================================== Linux 4.11.0 ... 1163 |======================================================= Linux 4.10.0 ... 1164 |======================================================= x264 2017-09-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 563.00 |====================================================== Linux 4.15 Git . 558.03 |===================================================== Linux 4.13.0 ... 561.01 |====================================================== Linux 4.12 ..... 564.85 |====================================================== Linux 4.11.0 ... 558.39 |===================================================== Linux 4.10.0 ... 560.69 |====================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 2814.70 |===================================================== Linux 4.15 Git . 2836.24 |===================================================== Linux 4.13.0 ... 2813.96 |===================================================== Linux 4.12 ..... 2823.44 |===================================================== Linux 4.11.0 ... 2804.11 |==================================================== Linux 4.10.0 ... 2838.63 |===================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 86149 |====================================================== Linux 4.15 Git . 88447 |======================================================= Linux 4.13.0 ... 86847 |====================================================== Linux 4.12 ..... 84556 |===================================================== Linux 4.11.0 ... 87368 |====================================================== Linux 4.10.0 ... 86462 |====================================================== ebizzy 0.3 Records/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 515469 |=================================================== Linux 4.15 Git . 542433 |====================================================== Linux 4.13.0 ... 508436 |=================================================== Linux 4.12 ..... 461252 |============================================== Linux 4.11.0 ... 477665 |================================================ Linux 4.10.0 ... 468260 |=============================================== FFmpeg 3.3.3 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 7.10 |======================================================== Linux 4.15 Git . 6.82 |====================================================== Linux 4.13.0 ... 7.11 |======================================================== Linux 4.12 ..... 5.56 |============================================ Linux 4.11.0 ... 7.04 |======================================================= Linux 4.10.0 ... 6.50 |=================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 2834.87 |===================================================== Linux 4.15 Git . 2834.13 |===================================================== Linux 4.13.0 ... 2835.07 |===================================================== Linux 4.12 ..... 2830.77 |===================================================== Linux 4.11.0 ... 2835.17 |===================================================== Linux 4.10.0 ... 2834.63 |===================================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 ... 528838 |===================================================== Linux 4.15 Git . 526707 |===================================================== Linux 4.13.0 ... 516552 |==================================================== Linux 4.12 ..... 527257 |===================================================== Linux 4.11.0 ... 535601 |====================================================== Linux 4.10.0 ... 523784 |=====================================================