Ubuntu 26.10 Set To Deliver Better Performance For Intel Core 3 Wildcat Lake

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 15 September 2026 at 11:34 AM EDT. Page 2 of 6. Add A Comment.
Flexible IO Tester benchmark with settings of Type: Random Read, Engine: IO_uring, Direct: No, Block Size: 4KB, Job Count: 5, Disk Target: Default Test Directory. Ubuntu 26.10 13 Sep was the fastest.
Flexible IO Tester benchmark with settings of Type: Random Read, Engine: IO_uring, Direct: Yes, Block Size: 4KB, Job Count: 1, Disk Target: Default Test Directory. Ubuntu 26.10 13 Sep was the fastest.
Flexible IO Tester benchmark with settings of Type: Random Write, Engine: IO_uring, Direct: No, Block Size: 4KB, Job Count: 1, Disk Target: Default Test Directory. Ubuntu 26.10 13 Sep was the fastest.
Flexible IO Tester benchmark with settings of Type: Sequential Read, Engine: IO_uring, Direct: No, Block Size: 2MB, Job Count: 5, Disk Target: Default Test Directory. Ubuntu 26.10 13 Sep was the fastest.
Flexible IO Tester benchmark with settings of Type: Sequential Read, Engine: IO_uring, Direct: Yes, Block Size: 2MB, Job Count: 1, Disk Target: Default Test Directory. Ubuntu 26.10 13 Sep was the fastest.
Flexible IO Tester benchmark with settings of Type: Sequential Write, Engine: IO_uring, Direct: No, Block Size: 2MB, Job Count: 1, Disk Target: Default Test Directory. Ubuntu 26.10 13 Sep was the fastest.
Flexible IO Tester benchmark with settings of Type: Sequential Write, Engine: IO_uring, Direct: Yes, Block Size: 2MB, Job Count: 1, Disk Target: Default Test Directory. Ubuntu 26.10 13 Sep was the fastest.

With recent versions of the Linux kernel at large we have been seeing some nice I/O improvements. This was the case here even with the budget Wildcat Lake laptop from CHUWI seeing improved I/O performance on Ubuntu 26.10 thanks to its Linux 7.2 kernel. Linux 7.3 also has more in store for I/O performance albiet out of scope for Ubuntu 26.10.

DDraceNetwork benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1200, Mode: Fullscreen, Renderer: Vulkan, Zoom: Default, Demo: Multeasymap. Ubuntu 26.10 13 Sep was the fastest.
DDraceNetwork benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1200, Mode: Fullscreen, Renderer: Vulkan, Zoom: Default, Demo: Multeasymap, Total Frame Time. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was the fastest.

Not only was the storage performance better with Ubuntu 26.10, but the Wildcat Lake integrated graphics have a nice boost on Ubuntu 26.10 thanks to Linux 7.2 and Mesa 26.2 graphics drivers.

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