Debian Linux Benchmarks vs. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Intel Haswell
Debian Linux vs. Ubuntu 14.04 benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


Debian 7.4: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Intel ID 2807, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Debian 7.4, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.4.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: intel 2.19.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Debian Jessie Testing: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 3.12-1-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.21.15, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.2, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Debian Sid Unstable: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Debian unstable, Kernel: 3.13-1-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.21.15, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.2, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Ubuntu 14.04 20140306: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0-rc3, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian 7.4 ............ 81.35 |==============================================
Debian Jessie Testing . 84.72 |================================================
Debian Sid Unstable ... 84.39 |================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140306 . 80.49 |==============================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian 7.4 ............ 2.42 |=============================================
Debian Jessie Testing . 2.39 |=============================================
Debian Sid Unstable ... 2.63 |=================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140306 . 2.43 |=============================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian 7.4 ............ 2.47 |=================================================
Debian Jessie Testing . 1.95 |=======================================
Debian Sid Unstable ... 1.74 |===================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140306 . 2.07 |=========================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian 7.4 ............ 2.26 |=================================================
Debian Jessie Testing . 2.27 |=================================================
Debian Sid Unstable ... 2.11 |==============================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140306 . 1.94 |==========================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian 7.4 ............ 1.87 |=================================================
Debian Jessie Testing . 1.79 |===============================================
Debian Sid Unstable ... 1.78 |===============================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140306 . 1.71 |=============================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Debian 7.4 ............ 6881 |=================================================
Debian Jessie Testing . 6578 |===============================================
Debian Sid Unstable ... 6578 |===============================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140306 . 5173 |=====================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 7.4 ............ 16.76 |================================================
Debian Jessie Testing . 14.43 |=========================================
Debian Sid Unstable ... 14.87 |===========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140306 . 14.78 |==========================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 7.4 ............ 48.52 |================================================
Debian Jessie Testing . 48.79 |================================================
Debian Sid Unstable ... 48.68 |================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140306 . 41.36 |=========================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 7.4 ............ 105.91 |===============================================
Debian Jessie Testing . 97.09  |===========================================
Debian Sid Unstable ... 101.99 |=============================================


FFTE 5.0
Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Debian 7.4 ............ 6070.17 |==============================================
Debian Jessie Testing . 6083.07 |==============================================
Debian Sid Unstable ... 6072.72 |==============================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140306 . 6066.50 |==============================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Debian 7.4 ............ 1732.55 |==============================================
Debian Jessie Testing . 1728.84 |==============================================
Debian Sid Unstable ... 1729.28 |==============================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140306 . 1722.58 |==============================================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 7.4 ............ 25.76 |============================================
Debian Jessie Testing . 25.59 |============================================
Debian Sid Unstable ... 26.10 |=============================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140306 . 27.90 |================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 7.4 ............ 71.88 |==============================================
Debian Jessie Testing . 72.42 |==============================================
Debian Sid Unstable ... 72.83 |==============================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140306 . 75.59 |================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 7.4 ............ 26.81 |================================================
Debian Jessie Testing . 22.87 |=========================================
Debian Sid Unstable ... 22.87 |=========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140306 . 22.88 |=========================================


Primesieve 5.0
1e12 Prime Number Generation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 7.4 ............ 82.69 |================================================
Debian Jessie Testing . 82.17 |================================================
Debian Sid Unstable ... 82.45 |================================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140306 . 82.43 |================================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 7.4 ............ 4.71 |=================================================
Debian Jessie Testing . 4.58 |================================================
Debian Sid Unstable ... 4.49 |===============================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140306 . 4.53 |===============================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 7.4 ............ 12.42 |================================================
Debian Jessie Testing . 12.16 |===============================================
Debian Sid Unstable ... 12.12 |===============================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140306 . 12.18 |===============================================


FFmpeg 2.1.1
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 7.4 ............ 12.04 |=========================================
Debian Jessie Testing . 11.80 |========================================
Debian Sid Unstable ... 11.87 |=========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140306 . 14.06 |================================================


Hierarchical INTegration 1.0
Test: FLOAT
QUIPs > Higher Is Better
Debian 7.4 ............ 357575074.90 |========================================
Debian Jessie Testing . 369915278.34 |=========================================
Debian Sid Unstable ... 370734265.60 |=========================================
Ubuntu 14.04 20140306 . 366957186.62 |=========================================