Ubuntu 14.10 vs. Fedora 21 - Intel Core i7 5960X
Running pts/fio-1.5.1, pts/dbench-1.0.0, pts/postmark-1.1.0, pts/xonotic-1.3.1, pts/john-the-ripper-1.5.1, pts/x264-1.9.0, pts/build-linux-kernel-1.3.0, pts/encode-mp3-1.4.0 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Ubuntu 14.10 20141001: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (405/648MHz), Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Fedora 21 20141002: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (405/648MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Fedora 21, Kernel: 3.16.3-302.fc21.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.0, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1 20140912, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.11
Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: Read MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 47.27 |==============================================
Fedora 21 20141002 .... 48.94 |================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.11
Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: Write MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 11.38 |===============================================
Fedora 21 20141002 .... 11.68 |================================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 17.87 |================================================
Fedora 21 20141002 .... 17.21 |==============================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 6
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 60.32 |===============================================
Fedora 21 20141002 .... 62.10 |================================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 5319 |=================================================
Fedora 21 20141002 .... 5282 |=================================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 76.32 |================================================
Fedora 21 20141002 .... 75.81 |================================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 11569 |================================================
Fedora 21 20141002 .... 11127 |==============================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 17860333 |=============================================
Fedora 21 20141002 .... 16119500 |=========================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 148402 |===============================================
Fedora 21 20141002 .... 141995 |=============================================


x264 2014-08-30
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 285.57 |===============================================
Fedora 21 20141002 .... 266.17 |============================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 47.18 |================================================
Fedora 21 20141002 .... 46.40 |===============================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 12.80 |================================================
Fedora 21 20141002 .... 12.59 |===============================================