Linux 4.0 To Linux 4.15 Kernel Benchmarks Tests for a future article on Phoronix. ,,"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) 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) 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 Memory,,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 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 Audio,,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 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 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 Kernel,,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 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 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 File-System,,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 ,,"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" "SQLite - Test Target: Default Test Directory (sec)",LIB,319.04,331.56,326.36,326.99,327.82,316.05,326.36,324.67,330.41,322.67,326.49,322.66,324.34,326.27,324.07 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,133.08,126.16,121.91,119.73,123.75,128.11,139.68,105.79,112.96,132.61,150.66,140.25,128.96,114.30,116.90 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (IOPS)",HIB,33265,31536,30474,29928,30935,32024,34917,26445,28237,33149,37661,35060,32236,28570,29220 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,84.46,86.56,87.88,85.93,95.90,82.25,82.95,86.24,83.18,88.65,80.18,95.71,83.91,86.27,93.33 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (IOPS)",HIB,21113,21636,21965,21479,23970,20560,20734,21557,20790,22158,20042,23924,20975,21565,23329 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,196.21,196.38,197.51,196.32,195.53,195.82,196.27,198.99,196.37,196.43,195.54,197.17,196.85,196.95,195.36 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (IOPS)",HIB,49048,49092,49375,49075,48878,48951,49063,49743,49087,49105,48882,49290,49209,49234,48836 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,121.82,116.93,121.26,117.86,134.37,120.71,119.76,126.56,118.27,117.58,125.37,118.78,121.32,121.93,119.36 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (IOPS)",HIB,30451,29229,30311,29461,33589,30173,29937,31636,29563,29390,31339,29691,30325,30478,29836 "FS-Mark - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size (Files/s)",HIB,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,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,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,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,5771,5900,6097,6357,6303,6357,6199,6097,5952,5862,5859,6151,6250,6303,5639 "GNU MPC - Multi-Precision Benchmark (Global Score)",HIB,6930,6967,7027,7043,7033,7003,7023,7007,7040,7017,7003,7097,7123,7130,7117 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks - Test / Class: EP.C (Mop/s)",HIB,561.40,561.24,559.10,560.85,562.80,561.57,561.28,560.34,565.23,558.00,560.96,562.57,563.13,564.36,566.17 "Parboil - Test: OpenMP CUTCP (sec)",LIB,8.34,8.23,8.31,8.24,8.29,8.31,8.28,8.27,8.09,8.11,8.03,7.88,7.89,7.81,7.89 "Rodinia - Test: OpenMP LavaMD (sec)",LIB,113.85,113.82,114.33,114.16,114.06,113.96,113.96,114.87,113.87,113.75,113.64,113.92,115.06,114.12,114.56 "Himeno Benchmark - Poisson Pressure Solver (MFLOPS)",HIB,1900.55,1875.04,1906.14,1905.56,1911.96,1908.41,1881.40,1913.22,1908.09,1902.78,1908.85,1885.26,1925.33,1926.10,1928.60 "ebizzy - (Records/s)",HIB,215858,241060,219676,213239,209988,221442,224308,214070,210712,216556,208236,212001,235979,255817,238380 "Timed GCC Compilation - Time To Compile (sec)",LIB,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,7490,12050,7580,59050,55060,51060,54200,25190,8960,338470,25190,322220,27060,350390,26060 "Systemd Total Boot Time - Test: Kernel (ms)",LIB,1590,1600,1500,1690,1550,1520,3980,3370,3350,3450,3410,3440,3420,2310,2340 "Systemd Total Boot Time - Test: Loader (ms)",LIB,,,,,,,,,,4900,,5060,,5140, "Systemd Total Boot Time - Test: Firmware (ms)",LIB,,,,,,,,,,306520,,350100,,321200, "Systemd Total Boot Time - Test: Userspace (ms)",LIB,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,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,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 "Darktable - Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only (sec)",LIB,11.79,11.86,11.79,11.91,11.80,11.77,11.80,12.49,11.83,11.78,11.82,11.44,11.95,11.93,11.98 "Darktable - Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only (sec)",LIB,6.51,6.58,6.59,6.56,6.64,6.56,6.51,7.61,6.67,6.57,6.53,6.19,6.92,6.96,6.99 "Darktable - Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only (sec)",LIB,4.51,4.48,4.55,4.48,4.52,4.49,4.54,5.53,4.56,4.51,4.57,4.33,5.39,5.36,5.37 "GIMP - Test: resize (sec)",LIB,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,8.26,8.26,8.17,8.56,8.32,8.23,7.65,7.84,8.11,8.29,8.30,7.24,7.26,7.33,7.84 "GIMP - Test: unsharp-mask (sec)",LIB,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,1454.14,1455.23,1453.15,1456.15,1455.75,1455.74,1455.76,1453.64,1455.03,1455.33,1454.90,1459.52,1459.48,1458.20,1459.69 "Stress-NG - Test: CPU Stress (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,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,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,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,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,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 "PyBench - Total For Average Test Times (Milliseconds)",LIB,1518,1520,1513,1514,1512,1514,1516,1515,1520,1516,1518,1520,1514,1521,1515 "NGINX Benchmark - Static Web Page Serving (Reqs/sec)",HIB,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,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 "PHPBench - PHP Benchmark Suite (Score)",HIB,457773,462501,466915,461978,448050,464944,462629,465288,466091,464313,462372,469465,471091,469374,470529 "Hackbench - Count: 16 - Type: Thread (sec)",LIB,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,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