2 x Intel Xeon E5540 - Ubuntu 12.10 vs. Ubuntu 18.10, "R Benchmark - ", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",1.6604044202812,1.6591100970173,1.6616582839645 "Ubuntu 18.10",0.48645989864188,0.48669187188293,0.49077066992442 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",0.48693920136542,0.4821681980331,0.47899229939372 "PHPBench 0.8.1 - PHP Benchmark Suite", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",104778,104525,103154 "Ubuntu 18.10",306503,304630,304185 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",303277,304179,304135 "Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: Semaphores", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",1258942.68,1238920.88,1256768.78 "Ubuntu 18.10",2295380.39,2215776.88,2292109.72 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",2354598.1,2121236.66,2442701.3,2448108.76,2459241.95,2290563.72,2390944.64,2371792.02,2321384.44,2179876.97,2356649.93,2410167.98 "Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: Forking", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",45627.94,44978.08,45866.21 "Ubuntu 18.10",31943.74,32219.84,31794.57 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",32646.61,32363.76,32246.66 "Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Read Compiled Tree", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",1338.44,1349.73,1344.01 "Ubuntu 18.10",968.42,971.65,971.65 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",1267.47,1273.36,1290.71 "Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 - Time To Compile", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",143.72752213478,136.45531392097,137.34313988686 "Ubuntu 18.10",181.75757217407,176.42541909218,176.83375096321 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",182.71330904961,171.95773005486,171.57049703598,171.83381199837 "C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",206.515,206.62,206.442 "Ubuntu 18.10",164.506,164.747,164.579 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",164.548,164.613,164.454 "Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Compile", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",859.46,925.81,930.43,932.72,926.32 "Ubuntu 18.10",752.12,751.46,755.72 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",795.58,805.5,813.4 "PyBench 2018-02-16 - Total For Average Test Times", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",2748,2749,2739 "Ubuntu 18.10",2303,2293,2305 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",2298,2334,2301 "PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",97843.707691,97930.83582,98021.347421 "Ubuntu 18.10",83516.750276,83813.08196,83544.240748 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",88491.081935,88633.748714,88221.000108 "Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Initial Create", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",182.52,185.94,187.03 "Ubuntu 18.10",175.6,177.01,180.35 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",198.3,206.11,205.97 "Redis 4.0.8 - Test: SET", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",1019368,972762.62,1014198.81 "Ubuntu 18.10",965250.94,979431.88,917431.19 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",1128668.25,1021450.5,1069518.75,1114827.12,1060445.38,1108647.5,1108647.5,1053740.75 "Redis 4.0.8 - Test: GET", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",1515151.5,1536098.25,1550387.62 "Ubuntu 18.10",1377410.5,1364256.5,1416430.62 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",1338688.12,1381215.5,1369863 "Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 - Static Web Page Serving", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 18.10",11401.3,11360.39,11369.74 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",12725.35,12799.1,12857.16 "Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 - Time To Compile", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",41.08533000946,41.213843107224,40.958061933517 "Ubuntu 18.10",45.491813898087,45.506467103958,45.307309865952 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",44.395911931992,44.192942142487,43.795537948608 "7-Zip Compression 16.02 - Compress Speed Test", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",24001,24293,24769 "Ubuntu 18.10",26119,25906,26023 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",26418,25646,26008 "Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: Crypto", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",750.44,749.91,749.93 "Ubuntu 18.10",796.05,794.63,796.19 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",795.87,795.62,796.36 "TSCP 1.81 - AI Chess Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",629460,631626,628742,629460,628025 "Ubuntu 18.10",601943,611296,588438,589067,589698 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",609267,601286,611296,589698,588438 "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",33.7,35.7,34.5 "Ubuntu 18.10",34.1,34.1,34.2 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",31.9,33.5,33.4 "Flexible IO Tester 3.1 - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10", "Ubuntu 18.10",38500,38700,38700 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",38300,38300,38400 "LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 - WAV To MP3", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",65.517199993134,65.458441972733,65.494559049606 "Ubuntu 18.10",62.450335025787,62.495389938354,62.474371910095 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",62.507786035538,62.461410999298,62.442206859589 "Flexible IO Tester 3.1 - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10", "Ubuntu 18.10", "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt", "Flexible IO Tester 3.1 - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",40400,40700,40700 "Ubuntu 18.10",38000,39300,39300 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",39200,39300,39300 "Unpacking The Linux Kernel - linux-4.15.tar.xz", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",9.2773749828339,9.6009180545807,9.2801048755646,9.2174019813538 "Ubuntu 18.10",8.995609998703,8.9961581230164,9.2673079967499,8.8300261497498 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",8.8915801048279,8.9795269966125,9.0983688831329,8.8308959007263 "Flexible IO Tester 3.1 - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",158,159,159 "Ubuntu 18.10",152,153,153 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt", "FFmpeg 4.0.2 - H.264 HD To NTSC DV", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",13.53723192215,13.48206615448,13.424167871475 "Ubuntu 18.10",13.980901956558,13.988612890244,13.610148906708 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",14.641340017319,13.995544910431,13.450306177139,13.547515869141,14.066953897476 "Git - Time To Complete Common Git Commands", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",10.265990018845,10.267723083496,10.333750009537 "Ubuntu 18.10",10.721647024155,10.272818088531,10.557833194733 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",10.733283996582,10.445391178131,10.563001871109 "Gzip Compression - Linux Source Tree Archiving To .tar.gz", Lower Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",58.187555074692,54.698012828827,54.73245882988,55.357990026474 "Ubuntu 18.10",56.946332931519,55.410330057144,56.051957845688 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",56.823786973953,55.752624988556,56.881728172302 "Sysbench 2018-07-28 - Test: Memory", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 18.10",10315711.5771,10248192.5174,10347640.7861 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",10278414.3763,10133850.2266,10198077.4024 "Flexible IO Tester 3.1 - Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",3.201,3.214,3.218 "Ubuntu 18.10",3.212,3.26,3.25 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",3.217,3.239,3.199 "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",82,82,82.8 "Ubuntu 18.10",82.8,82.8,82.8 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",81.6,82.4,82.8 "Flexible IO Tester 3.1 - Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",4.195,4.19,4.178 "Ubuntu 18.10",4.136,4.16,4.229 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",4.19,4.167,4.19 "OpenSSL 1.1.1 - RSA 4096-bit Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",535,535.2,535.2 "Ubuntu 18.10",535.7,535.8,536.1 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",535.1,535.6,535.4 "Sysbench 2018-07-28 - Test: CPU", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 18.10",9576.9,9589.6698,9577.5311 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",9575.0535,9590.858,9585.9327 "Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: System V Message Passing", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",5284621.79,4658953.84,4732360.04,4424033.35,4918989.96,4670214.06,4638448.09,4721323.08,4516086.36,4553892.08,4450520.21,4716303.54 "Ubuntu 18.10",4763746.73,3344193.06,3523896.82,4219317.3,4642946.38,4002951.19,4742240.28,4478155.68,4564816.17,4700574.96,3404136.69,4813789.95 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",6527979.45,6456741.01,6787319.19 "Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: Context Switching", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",3034195.94,3100565.19,3117607.34 "Ubuntu 18.10",1923341.23,2216130.51,2235414.53,1924970.15,3353797.67,4177743.27,4046458.22,3449361.8,1935801.43 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",2398661.77,2405176.3,2285413.78 "Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: Socket Activity", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",5921.49,5854.24,5867.83 "Ubuntu 18.10",4252.06,3101.91,3072.76,3143.05,3099.46,3068.49,3050.44,3093.74,3093.79,3330.64,3035.37,3093.76 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",4311.37,4076.4,4142.74 "PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write", Higher Results Are Better "Ubuntu 12.10",585.776119,601.703447,501.192782,600.261397,605.258364,599.856642,601.615858,473.572759,598.630067 "Ubuntu 18.10",1386.775307,1423.061018,1322.759907,1830.253539,1819.091116,1438.279692 "Ubuntu 18.10 - No Spec/Melt",1339.115265,1317.605204,1322.73617