2 x Intel Xeon E5540 - Ubuntu 12.10 vs. Ubuntu 18.10 2 x Intel Xeon E5540 testing of Ubuntu Linux past and present for future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 12.10: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: SUN ASSY X4170 (07060310 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 36864MB, Disk: 8 x 300GB H106030SDSUN300G, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Ubuntu 18.10: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: SUN ASSY X4170 (07060310 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 36864MB, Disk: 8 x 300GB H106030SDSUN300G, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.18.0-7-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x1200 Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: SUN ASSY X4170 (07060310 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 36864MB, Disk: 8 x 300GB H106030SDSUN300G, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.18.0-7-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x1200 PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 574 |================ Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 1537 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 1326 |===================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 82.27 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 82.80 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 82.27 |========================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 139 |================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 178 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 175 |=========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 207 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 165 |=================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 165 |=================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 915 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 753 |==================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 805 |======================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 97932 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 83625 |==================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 88449 |====================================== R Benchmark Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 1.6604 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 0.4880 |============ Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 0.4827 |============ Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: System V Message Passing Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 4690479 |============================ Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 4266730 |========================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 6590680 |======================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 11377 |===================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 12794 |========================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 65.49 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 62.47 |======================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 62.47 |======================================== Gzip Compression Linux Source Tree Archiving To .tar.gz Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 55.74 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 56.14 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 56.49 |========================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Socket Activity Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 5881 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 3203 |======================= Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 4177 |=============================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Semaphores Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 1251544 |===================== Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 2267756 |======================================= Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 2345606 |======================================== 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 24354 |======================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 26016 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 26024 |========================================== PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 2745 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 2300 |==================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 2311 |==================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 104152 |============== Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 305106 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 303864 |========================================= Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Context Switching Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 3084123 |======================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 2807002 |==================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 2363084 |=============================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 41.09 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 45.44 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 44.13 |========================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 4.19 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 4.18 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 4.18 |=========================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 3.21 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 3.24 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 3.22 |=========================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 40200 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 38633 |======================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 38333 |======================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 157 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 151 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 150 |========================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 40600 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 38867 |======================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 39267 |========================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 159 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 153 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 153 |========================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Crypto Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 750 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 796 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 796 |============================================ Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Forking Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 45491 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 31986 |============================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 32419 |============================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 34.63 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 34.13 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 32.93 |======================================== OpenSSL 1.1.1 RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 535 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 536 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 535 |============================================ Redis 4.0.8 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 1002110 |===================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 954038 |=================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 1083243 |======================================== FFmpeg 4.0.2 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 13.48 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 13.86 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 13.94 |========================================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-4.15.tar.xz Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 9.34 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 9.02 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 8.95 |========================================= Redis 4.0.8 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 1533879 |======================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 1386033 |==================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 1363256 |==================================== Git Time To Complete Common Git Commands Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 10.29 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 10.52 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 10.58 |========================================== Sysbench 2018-07-28 Test: Memory Events Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 10303848 |======================================= Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 10203447 |======================================= Sysbench 2018-07-28 Test: CPU Events Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 9581 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 9584 |=========================================== TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 629463 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 596088 |======================================= Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 599997 |======================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 1344 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 971 |=============================== Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 1277 |========================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 ................ 185 |======================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ................ 178 |======================================= Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt . 203 |============================================