openSUSE vs. Fedora vs. Ubuntu Intel NUC Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216: Processor: Intel Core i3-5010U @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel NUC5i3RYB, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (900MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: openSUSE 20150216, Kernel: 3.18.3-2-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.14.5, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.10: Processor: Intel Core i3-5010U @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel NUC5i3RYB, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (900MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-30-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora 21 Updated: Processor: Intel Core i3-5010U @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel NUC5i3RYB, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (900MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Fedora 21, Kernel: 3.18.7-200.fc21.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.3, Display Server: X Server 1.16.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.916, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.3, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 20150212, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 . 31.83 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ................. 36.73 |========================================= Fedora 21 Updated ............ 36.93 |========================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 . 124.49 |======================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ................. 59.95 |=================== Fedora 21 Updated ............ 97.14 |=============================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 . 64.34 |==================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ................. 59.20 |================================= Fedora 21 Updated ............ 73.43 |========================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 . 51.50 |===================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ................. 54.13 |======================================= Fedora 21 Updated ............ 56.88 |========================================= x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 . 58.44 |========================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ................. 58.53 |========================================= Fedora 21 Updated ............ 58.96 |========================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 . 31.85 |========================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ................. 30.78 |======================================== Fedora 21 Updated ............ 30.63 |======================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 . 140.60 |======================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ................. 132.45 |====================================== Fedora 21 Updated ............ 124.14 |=================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 . 155.89 |======================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ................. 142.16 |==================================== Fedora 21 Updated ............ 133.33 |================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 . 144.28 |======================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ................. 136.02 |====================================== Fedora 21 Updated ............ 126.86 |=================================== FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Stock - Size: 1D FFT Size 2048 Mflops > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 . 3534.76 |======================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ................. 3446.16 |====================================== Fedora 21 Updated ............ 3481.70 |====================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 . 1895 |========================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ................. 1936 |========================================== Fedora 21 Updated ............ 1935 |========================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 . 2801333 |===================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ................. 2927000 |======================================= Fedora 21 Updated ............ 2913000 |======================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 . 23881 |======================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ................. 24919 |========================================= Fedora 21 Updated ............ 24952 |========================================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 . 3571 |========================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ................. 3589 |========================================== Fedora 21 Updated ............ 3488 |========================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 . MIN: 6.0 AVG: 31.2 MAX: 65.0 Ubuntu 14.10 ................. MIN: 6.0 AVG: 27.2 MAX: 50.0 Fedora 21 Updated ............ MIN: 6.0 AVG: 27.0 MAX: 51.0 Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 . 5910 |========================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ................. 5812 |========================================= Fedora 21 Updated ............ 5949 |========================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 . 303.11 |==================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ................. 334.08 |======================================== Fedora 21 Updated ............ 317.08 |====================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 . 12.98 |========================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ................. 10.68 |================================== Fedora 21 Updated ............ 10.77 |================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 . 22.17 |========================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ................. 19.92 |===================================== Fedora 21 Updated ............ 20.26 |===================================== FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 . 23.74 |========================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ................. 23.58 |========================================= Fedora 21 Updated ............ 23.22 |========================================