6-Way Enterprise Linux Comparison
Enterprise Linux benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Six distributions tested.


Debian Linux 7.2: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection

	OS: Debian 7.2, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4850 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.12.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.4, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.0.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Fedora 20: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 2.57GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4850 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection

	OS: Fedora 20, Kernel: 3.11.10-301.fc20.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.10.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.14.4, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20131017, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4850 512MB, Audio: Intel C600/X79, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection

	OS: RedHatEnterpriseServer 6.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 Beta 1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 4.09GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4850 512MB, Audio: Intel C600/X79, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection

	OS: RedHatEnterpriseEverything 7.0, Kernel: 3.10.0-54.0.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.99.901 (1.15.0 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20131106, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

openSUSE 13.1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 4.19GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4850 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection

	OS: openSUSE 13.1, Kernel: 3.11.6-4-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.11.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3.901 (1.14.4 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .......... 28.20 |===========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 . 25.50 |=======================================
Fedora 20 ................. 28.58 |============================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .................... 201.82 |============================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 ........... 60.08  |========
Fedora 20 ........................... 158.68 |======================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 ........ 227.87 |===============================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 153.25 |=====================
openSUSE 13.1 ....................... 240.20 |=================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .................... 117.61 |=======================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 ........... 80.90  |================
Fedora 20 ........................... 96.53  |===================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 ........ 106.62 |====================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 94.99  |==================
openSUSE 13.1 ....................... 171.86 |=================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Read Compiled Tree
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .................... 806.93 |=================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 ........... 694.37 |============================
Fedora 20 ........................... 620.97 |=========================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 ........ 100.00 |====
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 603.48 |=========================
openSUSE 13.1 ....................... 758.01 |===============================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .................... 5599 |===================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 ........... 4286 |===========================
Fedora 20 ........................... 4808 |==============================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 ........ 4901 |===============================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 5173 |================================
openSUSE 13.1 ....................... 4408 |============================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: G-HPL
GFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .......... 48.46 |========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 . 52.94 |============================================
Fedora 20 ................. 33.02 |===========================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: G-Ffte
GFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .......... 1.69137 |=========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 . 1.73637 |==========================================
Fedora 20 ................. 1.46378 |===================================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: EP-DGEMM
GFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .......... 4.97037 |===================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 . 6.04153 |==========================================
Fedora 20 ................. 2.99034 |=====================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: G-Ptrans
GB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .......... 0.80243 |==========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 . 0.80202 |==========================================
Fedora 20 ................. 0.79032 |=========================================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad
GB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .......... 1.17472 |==========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 . 1.16140 |=========================================
Fedora 20 ................. 1.18639 |==========================================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: G-Random Access
GUP/s > Higher Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .......... 0.04706 |=========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 . 0.04853 |==========================================
Fedora 20 ................. 0.02634 |=======================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: Random Ring Latency
usecs < Lower Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .......... 0.77652 |============================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 . 0.80169 |=============================
Fedora 20 ................. 1.15201 |==========================================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth
GB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .......... 0.25213 |=====================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 . 0.28527 |==========================================
Fedora 20 ................. 0.25198 |=====================================


HPC Challenge 1.4.3
Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .......... 12564.24 |=======================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 . 13277.04 |=========================================
Fedora 20 ................. 10455.32 |================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .................... 11.63 |==================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 ........... 9.77  |=============================
Fedora 20 ........................... 10.02 |=============================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 ........ 10.73 |===============================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 10.12 |==============================
openSUSE 13.1 ....................... 10.11 |==============================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP Stencil
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .................... 41.48 |==========================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 ........... 41.63 |==========================
Fedora 20 ........................... 51.17 |================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 ........ 54.25 |==================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 51.07 |================================
openSUSE 13.1 ....................... 51.03 |================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .................... 87.56  |=========
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 ........... 84.67  |========
Fedora 20 ........................... 84.10  |========
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 ........ 329.23 |=================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 84.07  |========
openSUSE 13.1 ....................... 84.26  |========


Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .................... 6.12 |================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 ........... 6.67 |===================================
Fedora 20 ........................... 6.16 |================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 ........ 5.99 |===============================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 6.05 |================================
openSUSE 13.1 ....................... 5.97 |===============================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .................... 1761.70 |===============================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 ........... 1764.30 |===============================
Fedora 20 ........................... 1722.23 |===============================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 ........ 1803.43 |================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 1725.11 |===============================
openSUSE 13.1 ....................... 1725.20 |===============================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .................... 21.62 |========================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 ........... 17.94 |====================
Fedora 20 ........................... 18.35 |=====================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 ........ 30.16 |==================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 18.34 |=====================
openSUSE 13.1 ....................... 18.38 |=====================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .................... 5.67 |==================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 ........... 5.14 |===============================
Fedora 20 ........................... 4.93 |==============================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 ........ 5.37 |================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 5.84 |===================================
openSUSE 13.1 ....................... 5.67 |==================================


Open Porous Media 2013-11-26
OPM Benchmark: Upscale-Relperm
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .......... 115.90 |===========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 . 115.39 |===========================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .................... 63 |=====================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 ........... 60 |===================================
Fedora 20 ........................... 61 |====================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 ........ 56 |=================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 61 |====================================
openSUSE 13.1 ....................... 61 |====================================


FFmpeg 2.0
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .................... 20.30 |=================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 ........... 20.21 |=================================
Fedora 20 ........................... 10.73 |==================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 ........ 20.65 |==================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 10.81 |==================
openSUSE 13.1 ....................... 10.71 |==================


N-Queens 1.0
Elapsed Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .......... 23.90 |===========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 . 24.03 |===========================================
Fedora 20 ................. 24.58 |============================================


Hierarchical INTegration 1.0
Test: FLOAT
QUIPs > Higher Is Better
Debian Linux 7.2 .................... 335685758.27 |===========================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 20131212 ........... 338545896.67 |===========================
Fedora 20 ........................... 338352796.48 |===========================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 ........ 310048402.04 |=========================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 338443860.01 |===========================
openSUSE 13.1 ....................... 338576316.36 |===========================