Linux 3.2 Kernel Benchmarks
The Apache web-server performance has gone up slightly with each succeeding release.
The PostgreSQL performance is also getting better.
Likewise, the PostMark results are at a highpoint with the Linux 3.2 kernel.
The SQLite performance though regressed with the Linux 3.1 kernel, likely due to EXT4 file-system changes, and it moved back slightly again with the Linux 3.2 release for this fast SSD-based system.