DigitalOcean Linux Benchmarks DigitalOcean Linux operating system comparison benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 13.10 x64: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB RAM, Disk: 79GB, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU 1.0 CentOS 6.5: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 79GB OS: CentOS 6.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.1.2.0.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU 1.0 Fedora 19 x64: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 79GB OS: Fedora 19, Kernel: 3.9.8-300.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20131212, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM QEMU 1.0 Debian 7.0: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB RAM, Disk: 79GB, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Debian 7.0, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU 1.0 Arch Linux 2013.05: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 79GB, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Linux, Kernel: 3.8.4-1-ARCH (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.0 20130502, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM QEMU 1.0 AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 . 165.74 |======= CentOS 6.5 ....... 1200.00 |=================================================== Fedora 19 x64 .... 186.03 |======== Debian 7.0 ....... 270.84 |============ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 . 105.68 |===================== CentOS 6.5 ....... 258.01 |=================================================== Fedora 19 x64 .... 137.25 |=========================== Debian 7.0 ....... 265.57 |==================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 . 71.14 |================================= CentOS 6.5 ....... 113.29 |==================================================== Fedora 19 x64 .... 75.47 |=================================== Debian 7.0 ....... 111.71 |=================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 . 442.34 |==================================================== CentOS 6.5 ....... 416.05 |================================================= Fedora 19 x64 .... 249.46 |============================= Debian 7.0 ....... 357.24 |========================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 ... 2073 |===================================== CentOS 6.5 ......... 2389 |=========================================== Fedora 19 x64 ...... 1623 |============================= Debian 7.0 ......... 2919 |==================================================== Arch Linux 2013.05 . 1979 |=================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 ... 207.04 |================================= CentOS 6.5 ......... 218.82 |================================== Fedora 19 x64 ...... 317.39 |================================================== Debian 7.0 ......... 186.83 |============================= Arch Linux 2013.05 . 290.67 |============================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 ... 25.00 |==================================== CentOS 6.5 ......... 23.92 |=================================== Fedora 19 x64 ...... 35.32 |=================================================== Debian 7.0 ......... 21.43 |=============================== Arch Linux 2013.05 . 29.78 |=========================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 ... 2072 |=========================================== CentOS 6.5 ......... 1965 |========================================= Fedora 19 x64 ...... 1397 |============================= Debian 7.0 ......... 2494 |==================================================== Arch Linux 2013.05 . 1541 |================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 ... 4960667 |====================== CentOS 6.5 ......... 7601833 |================================== Fedora 19 x64 ...... 3823833 |================= Debian 7.0 ......... 10603667 |================================================ Arch Linux 2013.05 . 4293833 |=================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 ... 33237 |============================================= CentOS 6.5 ......... 30335 |========================================= Fedora 19 x64 ...... 20234 |=========================== Debian 7.0 ......... 37923 |=================================================== Arch Linux 2013.05 . 22174 |============================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 ... 14.92 |============================================== CentOS 6.5 ......... 14.20 |============================================ Fedora 19 x64 ...... 9.41 |============================= Debian 7.0 ......... 16.63 |=================================================== Arch Linux 2013.05 . 11.08 |================================== x264 2014-01-09 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 ... 53.12 |=================================================== CentOS 6.5 ......... 53.25 |=================================================== Fedora 19 x64 ...... 33.05 |================================ Arch Linux 2013.05 . 40.91 |======================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 ... 968.04 |========================================= CentOS 6.5 ......... 1122.44 |================================================ Fedora 19 x64 ...... 852.42 |==================================== Debian 7.0 ......... 1152.96 |================================================= Arch Linux 2013.05 . 913.69 |======================================= Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 ... 71.21 |======================================= CentOS 6.5 ......... 54.74 |============================== Fedora 19 x64 ...... 92.56 |=================================================== Debian 7.0 ......... 65.64 |==================================== Arch Linux 2013.05 . 74.97 |========================================= Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 ... 111.83 |======================================== CentOS 6.5 ......... 80.71 |============================= Fedora 19 x64 ...... 141.04 |================================================== Debian 7.0 ......... 89.96 |================================ Arch Linux 2013.05 . 130.11 |============================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 ... 210.76 |====================================== CentOS 6.5 ......... 181.21 |================================ Fedora 19 x64 ...... 279.96 |================================================== Debian 7.0 ......... 170.42 |============================== Arch Linux 2013.05 . 258.96 |============================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 ... 49.55 |=========================== CentOS 6.5 ......... 94.79 |=================================================== Fedora 19 x64 ...... 80.30 |=========================================== Debian 7.0 ......... 52.09 |============================ Arch Linux 2013.05 . 74.41 |======================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 ... 234 |===================================== CentOS 6.5 ......... 189 |============================== Fedora 19 x64 ...... 316 |================================================== Debian 7.0 ......... 206 |================================= Arch Linux 2013.05 . 332 |===================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 ... 24.08 |========================================== CentOS 6.5 ......... 21.35 |===================================== Fedora 19 x64 ...... 29.19 |=================================================== Debian 7.0 ......... 21.11 |===================================== Arch Linux 2013.05 . 26.96 |=============================================== FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 ... 28.48 |=============================== CentOS 6.5 ......... 29.45 |================================ Fedora 19 x64 ...... 43.95 |=============================================== Debian 7.0 ......... 47.53 |=================================================== Arch Linux 2013.05 . 38.68 |========================================== Tachyon 0.98.9 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 . 29.03 |===================================================== Debian 7.0 ....... 26.75 |================================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 ... 276.70 |============================================ CentOS 6.5 ......... 278.93 |============================================= Fedora 19 x64 ...... 165.38 |=========================== Debian 7.0 ......... 311.10 |================================================== Arch Linux 2013.05 . 190.35 |=============================== NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 . 13387.07 |================================================== Debian 7.0 ....... 11911.75 |============================================ Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 x64 ... 11542.24 |================================================ CentOS 6.5 ......... 4898.58 |==================== Fedora 19 x64 ...... 5730.06 |======================== Debian 7.0 ......... 5606.00 |======================= Arch Linux 2013.05 . 5370.69 |======================