Ubuntu Linux Laptop Dell XPS 9380 Benchmarking Dell XPS 9380 Linux benchmarking by Michael Larabel against other Ubuntu 18.10 Linux laptops for a future article on Phoronix. Lenovo W510: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO (6NET61WW 1.24 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB FUJITSU MHZ2160B, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1GB, Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.18.0-10-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.2.2, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 HP 8460p: 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 + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.18.0-10-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 ASUS UX32VDA: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0 (UX32VDA.203 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core 1GB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.18.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 ASUS UX301LAA: Processor: Intel Core i7-4558U @ 3.30GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS UX301LAA v1.0 (UX301LAA.209 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD6SP1M1, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: LQ133T1JW14, Network: Intel 7260 OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.18.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.2, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW: Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW (N14ET25W 1.03 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG MZNTE128, Graphics: Intel HD 5500 (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel I218-LM + Intel 7265 OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.18.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.2, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Dell XPS 9370: Processor: Intel Core i7-8550U @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0H0VG3 (1.0.2 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: PM961 NVMe SAMSUNG 256GB, Graphics: Intel UHD 620 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3271, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.18.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Dell XPS 9380: Processor: Intel Core i7-8565U @ 4.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0KTW76 (1.0.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 9def, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PC401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB, Graphics: Intel HD 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3271, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.18.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.2, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Blender 2.79a Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo W510 ....... 1976 |===================================================== HP 8460p .......... 1574 |========================================== ASUS UX32VDA ...... 1600 |=========================================== ASUS UX301LAA ..... 1412 |====================================== LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW . 1622 |============================================ Dell XPS 9370 ..... 779 |===================== Dell XPS 9380 ..... 751 |==================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Jython msec < Lower Is Better Lenovo W510 ....... 11749 |==================================================== HP 8460p .......... 8572 |====================================== ASUS UX32VDA ...... 8823 |======================================= ASUS UX301LAA ..... 6499 |============================= LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW . 7676 |================================== Dell XPS 9370 ..... 7471 |================================= Dell XPS 9380 ..... 5751 |========================= Darktable 2.4.4 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo W510 ....... 59.79 |============================================ HP 8460p .......... 71.12 |==================================================== ASUS UX32VDA ...... 47.47 |=================================== ASUS UX301LAA ..... 44.32 |================================ LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW . 43.31 |================================ Dell XPS 9370 ..... 26.17 |=================== Dell XPS 9380 ..... 22.81 |================= Darktable 2.4.4 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo W510 ....... 32.83 |================================================== HP 8460p .......... 34.41 |==================================================== ASUS UX32VDA ...... 30.95 |=============================================== ASUS UX301LAA ..... 30.11 |============================================== LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW . 28.34 |=========================================== Dell XPS 9370 ..... 16.80 |========================= Dell XPS 9380 ..... 13.94 |===================== Darktable 2.4.4 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo W510 ....... 27.29 |============================================== HP 8460p .......... 30.63 |==================================================== ASUS UX32VDA ...... 26.14 |============================================ ASUS UX301LAA ..... 25.64 |============================================ LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW . 21.90 |===================================== Dell XPS 9370 ..... 12.36 |===================== Dell XPS 9380 ..... 9.86 |================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo W510 ....... 24.65 |==================================================== HP 8460p .......... 17.23 |==================================== ASUS UX32VDA ...... 15.35 |================================ ASUS UX301LAA ..... 15.23 |================================ LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW . 13.63 |============================= Dell XPS 9370 ..... 10.09 |===================== Dell XPS 9380 ..... 9.53 |==================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Lenovo W510 ....... 14.70 |====== HP 8460p .......... 78.50 |================================ ASUS UX32VDA ...... 50.97 |===================== ASUS UX301LAA ..... 47.70 |=================== LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW . 39.50 |================ Dell XPS 9370 ..... 105.09 |========================================== Dell XPS 9380 ..... 126.31 |=================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Lenovo W510 ....... 33.07 |======== HP 8460p .......... 97.37 |======================== ASUS UX32VDA ...... 124.73 |=============================== ASUS UX301LAA ..... 119.07 |============================== LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW . 69.07 |================= Dell XPS 9370 ..... 159.04 |======================================= Dell XPS 9380 ..... 205.53 |=================================================== GIMP 2.10.6 Test: rotate Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo W510 ....... 38.31 |==================================================== HP 8460p .......... 24.30 |================================= ASUS UX32VDA ...... 22.82 |=============================== ASUS UX301LAA ..... 21.48 |============================= LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW . 18.34 |========================= Dell XPS 9370 ..... 15.37 |===================== Dell XPS 9380 ..... 13.78 |=================== GIMP 2.10.6 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo W510 ....... 47.06 |==================================================== HP 8460p .......... 33.31 |===================================== ASUS UX32VDA ...... 29.89 |================================= ASUS UX301LAA ..... 27.89 |=============================== LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW . 23.77 |========================== Dell XPS 9370 ..... 18.20 |==================== Dell XPS 9380 ..... 17.74 |==================== GIMP 2.10.6 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo W510 ....... 54.66 |==================================================== HP 8460p .......... 38.20 |==================================== ASUS UX32VDA ...... 32.92 |=============================== ASUS UX301LAA ..... 30.92 |============================= LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW . 27.72 |========================== Dell XPS 9370 ..... 21.65 |===================== Dell XPS 9380 ..... 21.26 |==================== Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Lenovo W510 ....... 31945 |==================================================== HP 8460p .......... 29580 |================================================ ASUS UX32VDA ...... 30269 |================================================= ASUS UX301LAA ..... 20666 |================================== LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW . 22650 |===================================== Dell XPS 9370 ..... 11995 |==================== Dell XPS 9380 ..... 12176 |==================== Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Lenovo W510 ....... 42881097 |================================================= HP 8460p .......... 39454371 |============================================= ASUS UX32VDA ...... 40427557 |============================================== ASUS UX301LAA ..... 32139672 |===================================== LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW . 38393753 |============================================ Dell XPS 9370 ..... 22586647 |========================== Dell XPS 9380 ..... 21320790 |======================== Go Benchmarks Test: build Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Lenovo W510 ....... 33074207737 |============================================== HP 8460p .......... 24019970606 |================================= ASUS UX32VDA ...... 23461452345 |================================= ASUS UX301LAA ..... 18318227224 |========================= LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW . 17682743975 |========================= Dell XPS 9370 ..... 14918997278 |===================== Dell XPS 9380 ..... 13560481172 |=================== IndigoBench 4.0.64 Scene: Bedroom M samples/s > Higher Is Better Lenovo W510 ....... 0.19 |=========================== HP 8460p .......... 0.18 |========================== ASUS UX32VDA ...... 0.18 |========================== ASUS UX301LAA ..... 0.20 |============================= LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW . 0.20 |============================= Dell XPS 9370 ..... 0.37 |===================================================== Dell XPS 9380 ..... 0.37 |===================================================== IndigoBench 4.0.64 Scene: Supercar M samples/s > Higher Is Better Lenovo W510 ....... 0.44 |=========================== HP 8460p .......... 0.38 |======================= ASUS UX32VDA ...... 0.40 |========================= ASUS UX301LAA ..... 0.45 |============================ LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW . 0.46 |============================ Dell XPS 9370 ..... 0.86 |===================================================== Dell XPS 9380 ..... 0.86 |===================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo W510 ....... 73.10 |==================================================== HP 8460p .......... 44.50 |================================ ASUS UX32VDA ...... 44.86 |================================ ASUS UX301LAA ..... 47.07 |================================= LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW . 38.21 |=========================== Dell XPS 9370 ..... 31.02 |====================== Dell XPS 9380 ..... 30.09 |===================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Lenovo W510 ....... 264200 |===================== HP 8460p .......... 364027 |============================= ASUS UX32VDA ...... 356409 |============================ ASUS UX301LAA ..... 404811 |================================ LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW . 475455 |===================================== Dell XPS 9370 ..... 448331 |=================================== Dell XPS 9380 ..... 650001 |=================================================== PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo W510 ....... 2867 |===================================================== HP 8460p .......... 1827 |================================== ASUS UX32VDA ...... 1817 |================================== ASUS UX301LAA ..... 1741 |================================ LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW . 1476 |=========================== Dell XPS 9370 ..... 1443 |=========================== Dell XPS 9380 ..... 1008 |=================== Rust Mandelbrot Time To Complete Serial/Parallel Mandelbrot Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo W510 ....... 139.00 |================================================ HP 8460p .......... 140.00 |================================================ ASUS UX32VDA ...... 149.00 |=================================================== ASUS UX301LAA ..... 141.00 |================================================ LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW . 125.00 |=========================================== Dell XPS 9370 ..... 80.65 |============================ Dell XPS 9380 ..... 77.36 |========================== Scikit-Learn 0.17.1 Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo W510 ....... 195.00 |=================================================== HP 8460p .......... 169.00 |============================================ ASUS UX32VDA ...... 157.00 |========================================= ASUS UX301LAA ..... 170.00 |============================================ LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW . 143.00 |===================================== Dell XPS 9370 ..... 16.62 |==== Dell XPS 9380 ..... 16.36 |==== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo W510 ....... 527 |================================================= HP 8460p .......... 574 |====================================================== ASUS UX32VDA ...... 575 |====================================================== ASUS UX301LAA ..... 471 |============================================ LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW . 508 |================================================ Dell XPS 9370 ..... 266 |========================= Dell XPS 9380 ..... 260 |======================== Zstd Compression 1.3.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19 Seconds < Lower Is Better Lenovo W510 ....... 62.56 |=================================== HP 8460p .......... 93.74 |==================================================== ASUS UX32VDA ...... 75.83 |========================================== ASUS UX301LAA ..... 74.44 |========================================= LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW . 68.18 |====================================== Dell XPS 9370 ..... 60.05 |================================= Dell XPS 9380 ..... 56.11 |===============================