Phoronix Turns 13 In Two Weeks - What Shall We Benchmark To Celebrate?

Written by Michael Larabel in Phoronix on 21 May 2017 at 08:33 AM EDT. 30 Comments
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Two weeks from tomorrow will mark the 13th birthday since starting Phoronix.com and also nine years since the release of Phoronix Test Suite 1.0. What better way to celebrate than by running more of our big, annual benchmarks from Windows vs. Linux comparisons to other interesting hardware tests.

Phoronix birthdays don't mean a magical holiday/vacation or anything, but rather, my usual time of the year for running more benchmarks and interesting Linux performance comparisons... Like in past years of comparing modern CPUs to old Socket 478 / NetBurst hardware, the perf-per-Watt of a Raspberry Pi to old Intel CPUs, larger GPU comparisons, and much more over the years.

With just two weeks to go, I'm still contemplating this year's tests. There will most certainly be some large Linux GPU gaming comparison tests on the bleeding-edge drivers and almost surely some new Windows vs. Linux OpenGL/Vulkan benchmarks. Probably some fresh BSD/Linux OS benchmark comparisons too. And some new macOS vs. Linux numbers? But what else would you like to see? Please voice your ideas this weekend in our forums by commenting on this thread.

It will be a busy next few weeks. I'm also working on getting Phoronix Test Suite 7.2 for release around this Phoronix/PTS anniversary on 5 June.

If you're new around here, it's a good time to remind you all that Phoronix and the Phoronix Test Suite are primarily funded by (pay-per-impression) advertisements on this web-site. If you enjoy all the content you get to see 365 days per year, please do not view this site with an ad-blocker. The secondary source of revenue for allowing Phoronix to continue functioning is via Phoronix Premium. In exchange for as little as $3 per month, you get ad-free access to the site, multi-page articles appear on a single page, and other benefits. Hopefully with the number of interesting articles coming up, you'll consider subscribing or renewing your membership, as another motive for all the work I put into these "special" articles around the Phoronix birthday. PayPal tips are also accepted.

Thanks for your support over the past 13 years. As some additional food for thought, there have been 21,649 news articles and 3,525 featured articles/reviews on Phoronix since 5 June 2004, 99% of the content written by your's truly. Of those, there have been 1,367 news items on Phoronix so far in 2017 and 147 featured articles/reviews. The last time there was a single day (24 hours) without new content on Phoronix was 4 January 2013 while in 2017 was just a partial day off when frustrated by ad issues.

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Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael has written more than 20,000 articles covering the state of Linux hardware support, Linux performance, graphics drivers, and other topics. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software. He can be followed via Twitter, LinkedIn, or contacted via MichaelLarabel.com.

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