Linux 3.x To 4.15 Kernel Benchmarks Tests for a future article on Phoronix. ,,"Linux 3.17","Linux 3.18","Linux 3.19","Linux 4.0.0","Linux 4.1.0","Linux 4.2.0","Linux 4.3.0","Linux 4.4.0","Linux 4.5.0","Linux 4.6.0","Linux 4.8.0","Linux 4.9.0","Linux 4.10.0","Linux 4.11.0","Linux 4.12.0","Linux 4.13.0","Linux 4.14.0","Linux 4.15 Git" Processor,,Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads) Motherboard,,ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS),ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.50 BIOS) Chipset,,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon Memory,,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB Disk,,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12,120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 Graphics,,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB,AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB Audio,,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150 Monitor,,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W Network,,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection OS,,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04,Ubuntu 18.04 Kernel,,3.17.0-031700-generic (x86_64),3.18.0-031800-generic (x86_64),3.19.0-031900-generic (x86_64),4.0.0-040000-generic (x86_64),4.1.0-040100-generic (x86_64),4.2.0-040200-generic (x86_64),4.3.0-040300-generic (x86_64),4.4.0-040400-generic (x86_64),4.5.0-040500-generic (x86_64),4.6.0-040600-generic (x86_64),4.8.0-040800-generic (x86_64),4.9.0-040900-generic (x86_64),4.10.0-041000-generic (x86_64),4.11.0-041100-generic (x86_64),4.12.0-041200-generic (x86_64),4.13.0-041300-generic (x86_64),4.14.0-041400-generic (x86_64),4.15.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180123 Desktop,,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,,,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2,GNOME Shell 3.26.2 Display Driver,,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5,modesetting 1.19.5 Compiler,,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0,GCC 7.2.0 File-System,,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4 Screen Resolution,,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080 ,,"Linux 3.17","Linux 3.18","Linux 3.19","Linux 4.0.0","Linux 4.1.0","Linux 4.2.0","Linux 4.3.0","Linux 4.4.0","Linux 4.5.0","Linux 4.6.0","Linux 4.8.0","Linux 4.9.0","Linux 4.10.0","Linux 4.11.0","Linux 4.12.0","Linux 4.13.0","Linux 4.14.0","Linux 4.15 Git" "FS-Mark - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size (Files/s)",HIB,39.37,38.43,38.40,39.40,39.60,40.13,38.80,40.13,39.70,39.67,39.47,39.30,39.33,40.40,39.57,40.53,39.63,39.40 "FS-Mark - Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size (Files/s)",HIB,38.30,37.93,38.60,39.43,39.73,39.60,40.37,39.77,40.20,39.37,39.47,39.13,40.43,40.07,40.23,40.03,38.90,39.30 "Compile Bench - Test: Compile (MB/s)",HIB,874.53,869.69,873.76,880.85,894.42,904.04,920.67,921.21,914.95,913.87,902.01,902.58,898.29,893.34,989.33,1004.13,981.20,983.61 "Compile Bench - Test: Initial Create (MB/s)",HIB,425.99,420.59,394.84,404.56,405.01,422.51,436.63,437.41,444.27,447.44,446.79,383.10,414.98,398.77,431.30,439.60,411.84,404.28 "PostMark - Disk Transaction Performance (TPS)",HIB,5639,5555,5769,5771,5900,6097,6357,6303,6357,6199,6097,5952,5862,5859,6151,6250,6303,5639 "ebizzy - (Records/s)",HIB,205903,211926,221187,215858,241060,219676,213239,209988,221442,224308,214070,210712,216556,208236,212001,235979,255817,238380 "Timed GCC Compilation - Time To Compile (sec)",LIB,1029.90,1047.30,1046.56,1047.23,1036.48,1049.90,885.47,881.85,869.90,999.34,1017.96,1031.11,1041.43,1041.12,993.45,992.21,987.31,1018.06 "Systemd Total Boot Time - Test: Total (ms)",LIB,8030,19180,137110,7490,12050,7580,59050,55060,51060,54200,25190,8960,338470,25190,322220,27060,350390,26060 "Systemd Total Boot Time - Test: Kernel (ms)",LIB,1740,1770,1730,1590,1600,1500,1690,1550,1520,3980,3370,3350,3450,3410,3440,3420,2310,2340 "Systemd Total Boot Time - Test: Loader (ms)",LIB,,,8920,,,,,,,,,,4900,,5060,,5140, "Systemd Total Boot Time - Test: Firmware (ms)",LIB,,,114000,,,,,,,,,,306520,,350100,,321200, "Systemd Total Boot Time - Test: Userspace (ms)",LIB,6290,17410,12450,5890,10450,6080,57350,53510,49540,50210,21810,5610,23590,21770,23620,23630,21720,23720 "PostgreSQL pgbench - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write (TPS)",HIB,1361.92,1403.85,1329.23,1344.35,1352.42,1309.38,1353.21,1359.27,1356.79,1358.06,1353.75,1350.66,1377.92,1389.51,1358.71,1368.40,1414.58,1331.78 "PostgreSQL pgbench - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write (TPS)",HIB,1517.46,1558.43,1512.31,1503.55,1556.28,1492.34,1525.92,1560.59,1512.39,1533.18,1489.11,1508.69,1479.70,1522.43,1511.00,1509.87,1600.59,1516.22 "GIMP - Test: resize (sec)",LIB,4.70,4.31,4.35,4.52,4.46,4.50,4.78,4.94,4.61,4.73,4.65,4.78,4.93,5.00,4.16,4.10,4.09,4.55 "GIMP - Test: auto-levels (sec)",LIB,8.04,8.05,7.79,8.26,8.26,8.17,8.56,8.32,8.23,7.65,7.84,8.11,8.29,8.30,7.24,7.26,7.33,7.84 "GIMP - Test: unsharp-mask (sec)",LIB,14.75,14.75,14.97,15.17,15.09,15.00,16.13,15.82,16.49,15.06,15.44,15.58,15.68,15.39,15.13,14.67,14.52,16.45 "Stress-NG - Test: Crypto (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,1454.99,1455.46,1453.10,1454.14,1455.23,1453.15,1456.15,1455.75,1455.74,1455.76,1453.64,1455.03,1455.33,1454.90,1459.52,1459.48,1458.20,1459.69 "Stress-NG - Test: CPU Stress (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,2865.97,2834.05,2857.16,2810.33,2847.75,2868.66,2861.01,2870.58,2865.83,2864.75,2877.17,2870.56,2889.58,2836.72,2854.19,2852.22,2852.15,2859.34 "Stress-NG - Test: Semaphores (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,1479376.57,1464963.32,1443511.62,1414532.53,1520958.49,1581117.22,1666289.04,1627193.34,1446797.85,3585573.04,3583683.43,3582489.82,3588522.82,3552592.70,3586579.53,3378455.31,3464922.46,3466626.86 "Stress-NG - Test: Socket Activity (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,6839.31,6881.00,6894.91,6836.22,6912.34,6971.09,7061.11,7024.16,7031.37,7013.91,7468.25,7533.33,7390.35,7146.76,6928.98,7049.65,7411.48,6560.10 "Stress-NG - Test: Context Switching (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,4675687.25,4586059.15,4582507.27,4494072.25,4344260.78,4415914.11,4700821.22,4558444.00,4730942.28,4520221.55,4580494.10,5377382.20,4816955.90,4977441.19,5148549.00,4462638.99,4594141.51,4311591.21 "Stress-NG - Test: System V Message Passing (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,10212568.79,10428664.93,10995489.50,8648948.44,8399389.76,7448197.12,8387700.68,9531812.78,9181313.25,10029026.72,11242645.66,9985870.32,10306538.18,9055288.96,7358171.92,8839102.55,10385311.03,8905393.06 "NGINX Benchmark - Static Web Page Serving (Reqs/sec)",HIB,40499.14,40101.64,40841.54,39206.19,40290.17,41676.60,41091.40,39753.90,41234.44,40693.80,35437.35,30390.29,29100.08,28547.25,37358.42,37228.10,35240.14,31155.12 "Apache Benchmark - Static Web Page Serving (Reqs/sec)",HIB,40717.74,40813.99,40107.88,39478.48,38106.08,39316.75,39697.77,34661.82,35072.84,36130.28,28332.10,33273.63,37450.00,30343.63,25560.66,27422.82,28701.68,24664.96 "Hackbench - Count: 16 - Type: Thread (sec)",LIB,30.88,30.63,34.84,31.92,38.75,38.93,33.28,32.93,33.40,33.03,34.75,34.34,33.92,36.88,35.96,36.03,35.70,43.44 "Hackbench - Count: 16 - Type: Process (sec)",LIB,28.81,28.20,29.31,34.37,31.09,31.30,32.12,32.60,32.13,31.80,33.74,35.31,34.95,33.98,34.86,35.10,34.77,41.91