Ubuntu 18.04 LTS To 12.04 Intel Linux Laptop Tests Benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix. Ubuntu 12.04: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: HP 161C (68SCF Ver. F.01 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Ubuntu 14.04: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: HP 161C (68SCF Ver. F.01 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Ubuntu 16.04: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: HP 161C (68SCF Ver. F.01 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.2.8, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: HP 161C (68SCF Ver. F.01 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile 1536MB (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-121-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.5, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.2.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Ubuntu 18.04: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: HP 161C (68SCF Ver. F.01 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 359.86 |==================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 417.77 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 376.39 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 383.05 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 465.89 |============================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 43.94 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 48.54 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 44.95 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 44.89 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 47.44 |============================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 97.20 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 98.13 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 96.67 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 94.77 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 98.40 |=============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 108.78 |========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 106.38 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 118.74 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 118.32 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 119.62 |============================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 84.09 |========================================= Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 91.83 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 92.91 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 91.89 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 95.70 |=============================================== NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 25681.43 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 20921.99 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 22061.74 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 18207.23 |=============================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 17909.90 |=============================== Gzip Compression Linux Source Tree Archiving To .tar.gz Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 48.45 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 48.84 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 49.10 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 49.72 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 49.23 |=============================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 27.9 MAX: 52.0 Ubuntu 14.04 ........... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 20.6 MAX: 41.0 Ubuntu 16.04 ........... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 20.8 MAX: 47.0 Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 20.8 MAX: 48.0 Ubuntu 18.04 ........... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 21.3 MAX: 49.0 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 35.50 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 48.10 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 47.80 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 47.83 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 46.33 |============================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 115.71 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 74.60 |============================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 70.89 |============================ Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 71.08 |============================ Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 77.98 |=============================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 65.64 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 66.87 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 69.62 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 68.30 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 71.24 |=============================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 . 14240.54 |====================================================== AOBench Size: 2048 x 2048 - Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 61.53 |======================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 72.78 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 69.10 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 68.48 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 58.54 |====================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 20083 |============================================= Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 19733 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 19750 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 20767 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 20183 |============================================== 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 12.04 ........... 78.50 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 76.98 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 77.18 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 81.07 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 80.72 |=============================================== Hackbench Count: 4 - Type: Thread Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 36.35 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 58.63 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 42.54 |================================= Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 59.36 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 60.99 |=============================================== Schbench Message Threads: 2 - Workers Per Message Thread: 2 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 1028 |============= Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 3699 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 1929 |========================= Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 186 |== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 2543 |================================= Hackbench Count: 4 - Type: Process Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 35.88 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 57.66 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 39.50 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 56.45 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 59.25 |=============================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 94541 |============ Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 133565 |================= Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 303533 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 303354 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 371670 |============================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: System V Message Passing Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 3394910.94 |========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 1512556.56 |=================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 3253811.00 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 1717876.24 |===================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 1179958.06 |=============== PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 2356 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 2317 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 2302 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 2204 |============================================= x264 2018-02-05 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 12.13 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 11.52 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 11.40 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 11.48 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 11.78 |============================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 77.93 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 78.47 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 85.10 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 81.63 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 79.17 |============================================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 1245.97 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 1293.25 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 1277.14 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 1296.14 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 1297.49 |============================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 45.35 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 44.19 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 43.43 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 43.49 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 44.53 |============================================== 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 8023 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 8194 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 8129 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 7768 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 8125 |================================================ Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Semaphores Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 2909646.29 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 2673299.91 |====================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 3531729.48 |============================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 3836253.24 |================================ Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 5025535.53 |========================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 47567 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 48300 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 48433 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 48233 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 48667 |=============================================== 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 12.04 ........... 186 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 191 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 189 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 188 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 190 |================================================= Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 27.04 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 27.23 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 27.16 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 27.26 |=============================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Context Switching Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 691195.62 |============================ Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 1054479.12 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 626398.49 |========================= Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 672010.33 |=========================== Go Benchmarks Test: build Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 28183089848 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 27974301517 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 23662021119 |================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 19.01 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 18.80 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 18.71 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 18.71 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 17.33 |=========================================== 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 12.04 ........... 23967 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 22733 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 23400 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 23900 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 24167 |=============================================== 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 12.04 ........... 93.63 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 90.10 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 91.53 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 94.37 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 94.53 |=============================================== 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 12.04 ........... 33733 |============================================= Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 33200 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 34133 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 35367 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 35467 |=============================================== 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 12.04 ........... 132 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 130 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 133 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 138 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 140 |================================================= Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Socket Activity Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 1902.00 |============================================= Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 1305.63 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 1321.15 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 1288.64 |============================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 1025.26 |======================== ebizzy 0.3 Records/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 15749 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 13073 |======================= Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 27242 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 24252 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 27308 |=============================================== Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.55 - Test: TCP Stream - Server To Client - Duration: 10 Seconds Megabits/sec Throughput > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 58.81 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 14.78 |============ Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 10.80 |========= Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 8.07 |====== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 15.52 |============ Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.55 - Test: UDP Stream - Server To Client - 10G - Duration: 10 Seconds Megabits/sec Throughput > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 65.04 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 16.68 |============ Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 17.07 |============ Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 20.31 |=============== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 19.58 |============== OpenSSL 1.1.0f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 227.23 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 226.90 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 227.10 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 226.50 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 227.03 |============================================== Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.55 - Test: TCP Stream - Client To Server - Duration: 10 Seconds Megabits/sec Throughput > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 70.07 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 24.46 |================ Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 32.40 |====================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 22.80 |=============== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 26.51 |================== Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.55 - Test: TCP Send File - Duration: 10 Seconds Megabits/sec Throughput > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 54.42 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 14.97 |============= Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 10.13 |========= Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 7.85 |======= Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 12.52 |=========== Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.55 - Test: UDP Request Response - Duration: 10 Seconds Transaction Rate Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 86.47 |========= Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 449.23 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 443.51 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 361.39 |===================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 384.03 |======================================= Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.55 - Test: TCP Request Response - Duration: 10 Seconds Transaction Rate Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 89.62 |======== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 492.13 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 409.68 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 382.42 |==================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 402.86 |====================================== FFmpeg 3.4.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 15.70 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 15.92 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 15.64 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 15.60 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 15.11 |============================================= Redis 4.0.8 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 1043216.81 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 1113209.83 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 892110.39 |============================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 888795.98 |============================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 1252700.87 |========================================== Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 27438 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 28810 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 29334 |=============================================== Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 47829065 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 47861967 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 39416279 |==================================== Redis 4.0.8 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 1540429.58 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 1561996.37 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 1343536.58 |============================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 1226061.96 |============================ Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 1868039.83 |========================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 76.47 |========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 77.13 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 84.90 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 82.47 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 78.93 |============================================ Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 9130757 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 9121026 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 8232909 |========================================= SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 12.15 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 9.24 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 9.45 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 9.91 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 8.90 |================================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Total ms < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 6400 |=========== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 15940 |============================ Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 27050 |=============================================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Userspace ms < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 2720 |====== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 12060 |========================= Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 22910 |=============================================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Kernel ms < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 3670 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 3880 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 4140 |================================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04 ........... 97.96 |======================================= Ubuntu 14.04 ........... 95.82 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ........... 116.14 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates . 115.20 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ........... 111.93 |============================================