Lenovo y500 benchmark Intel Core i5-3210M testing with a LENOVO (6BCN44WWV2.04 BIOS) and NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 2GB on Arch rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite. Arch Linux 5.0.7: Processor: Intel Core i5-3210M @ 3.10GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: LENOVO (6BCN44WWV2.04 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB CT1000MX500SSD1, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 2GB (789/2000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VC, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 + Intel Centrino-N 2230 OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 5.0.7-arch1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 418.56, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20181127, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Mint 19.1: Processor: Intel Core i5-3210M @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB CT1000MX500SSD1, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 2048MB (135/405MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VC, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: LinuxMint 19.1, Kernel: 4.15.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: NVIDIA 390.116, OpenGL: 4.6.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Arch Linux 5.1.11: Processor: Intel Core i5-3210M @ 3.10GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: LENOVO (6BCN44WWV2.04 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB CT1000MX500SSD1, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 2GB (789/2000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VC, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 + Intel Centrino-N 2230 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 5.1.11-arch1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 430.26, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 9.1.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 QGears2 Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Arch Linux 5.0.7 .. 685 |====================================================== Mint 19.1 ......... 607 |================================================ Arch Linux 5.1.11 . 677 |===================================================== Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Arch Linux 5.0.7 .. 12.03 |================================================== Mint 19.1 ......... 12.48 |==================================================== Arch Linux 5.1.11 . 10.81 |============================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Arch Linux 5.0.7 .. 331 |============================ Mint 19.1 ......... 634 |====================================================== Arch Linux 5.1.11 . 401 |================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Arch Linux 5.0.7 .. 457 |====================================================== Mint 19.1 ......... 452 |===================================================== Arch Linux 5.1.11 . 453 |====================================================== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.9.0 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Arch Linux 5.0.7 .. 192 |===================================================== Mint 19.1 ......... 166 |============================================== Arch Linux 5.1.11 . 197 |======================================================