openSUSE v. Fedora v. Ubuntu v. Manjaro v. Debian

Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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openSUSE v. Fedora v. Ubuntu v. Manjaro v. DebianProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionopenSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216Ubuntu 14.10Fedora 21 UpdatedManjaro Linux 0.8.12Debian 8.0 TestingIntel Core i3-5010U @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores)Intel NUC5i3RYBIntel Broadwell-U-OPI8192MB256GB TS256GSSD370Intel Broadwell-U (900MHz)Intel Broadwell-U AudioDELL S2409WIntel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265openSUSE 201502163.18.3-2-desktop (x86_64)KDE 4.14.5X Server 1.17.1intel 2.99.9173.3 Mesa 10.4.4GCC 4.8.3xfs1920x1080Ubuntu 14.103.16.0-30-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.3.1X Server 1.16.0intel 2.99.9143.3 Mesa 10.3.2GCC 4.9.1ext4Fedora 213.18.7-200.fc21.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.14.3X Server 1.16.3intel 2.99.9163.3 Mesa 10.4.3GCC 4.9.2 20150212ManjaroLinux 0.8.123.16.7.4-1-MANJARO (x86_64)Xfce 4.10intel 2.99.9173.3 Mesa 10.4.2GCC 4.9.2 20141224LLVMpipeDebian 8.03.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.14.2X Server 1.16.4intel 2.21.153.0 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.9.1OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216: --build=x86_64-suse-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-plugin --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,obj-c++,java,ada --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=new --enable-linux-futex --enable-ssp --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --host=x86_64-suse-linux --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch-32=i586 --with-slibdir=/lib64 --with-tune=generic --without-system-libunwind - Ubuntu 14.10: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - Fedora 21 Updated: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-multilib --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-tune=generic - Manjaro Linux 0.8.12: --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-libunwind-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=isl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-install-libiberty --enable-languages=c,c++,ada,fortran,go,lto,objc,obj-c++ --enable-lto --enable-multilib --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-linker-hash-style=gnu - Debian 8.0 Testing: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i586 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveGraphics Details- openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216: SNA- Ubuntu 14.10: SNA- Fedora 21 Updated: SNA- Manjaro Linux 0.8.12: SNA- Debian 8.0 Testing: UXADisk Mount Options Details- openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216: attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rwDisk Details- Ubuntu 14.10: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw- Fedora 21 Updated: CFQ / data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabel- Manjaro Linux 0.8.12: BFQ / data=ordered,relatime,rw- Debian 8.0 Testing: CFQ / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rwSystem Details- Ubuntu 14.10: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE.- Fedora 21 Updated: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.- Manjaro Linux 0.8.12: Disk Scheduler: BFQ.- Debian 8.0 Testing: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.

openSUSE v. Fedora v. Ubuntu v. Manjaro v. Debianfio: Rand Read - POSIX AIO - No - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Rand Write - POSIX AIO - No - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Seq Read - POSIX AIO - No - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Seq Write - POSIX AIO - No - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/spostmark: Disk Transaction Performanceopenarena: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lowxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Highxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultrafftw: Stock - 1D FFT Size 2048john-the-ripper: Blowfishjohn-the-ripper: Traditional DESjohn-the-ripper: MD5x264: H.264 Video Encodingbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilestockfish: Total Timeencode-flac: WAV To FLACencode-mp3: WAV To MP3ffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVopenSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216Ubuntu 14.10Fedora 21 UpdatedManjaro Linux 0.8.12Debian 8.0 Testing31.85140.60155.89144.28357131.83124.4964.3451.503534.76189528013332388158.44303.11591012.9822.1723.7430.78132.45142.16136.02358936.7359.9559.2054.133446.16193629270002491958.53334.08581210.6819.9223.5830.63124.14133.33126.86348836.9397.1473.4356.883481.70193529130002495258.96317.08594910.7720.2623.2231.32131.61141.35133.362798114.1863.3650.503446.22192529290002488658.47337.54580610.6620.1523.3230.18124.57135.24128.8638073457.40193728623332496858.47331.45593910.7019.7523.54OpenBenchmarking.org

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.13Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sopenSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216Ubuntu 14.10Fedora 21 UpdatedManjaro Linux 0.8.12Debian 8.0 Testing714212835SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 331.8530.7830.6331.3230.181. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.13Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sopenSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216Ubuntu 14.10Fedora 21 UpdatedManjaro Linux 0.8.12Debian 8.0 Testing306090120150SE +/- 1.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 1.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3140.60132.45124.14131.61124.571. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.13Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sopenSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216Ubuntu 14.10Fedora 21 UpdatedManjaro Linux 0.8.12Debian 8.0 Testing306090120150SE +/- 1.87, N = 3SE +/- 0.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 1.07, N = 3SE +/- 1.14, N = 3155.89142.16133.33141.35135.241. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.13Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sopenSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216Ubuntu 14.10Fedora 21 UpdatedManjaro Linux 0.8.12Debian 8.0 Testing306090120150SE +/- 0.79, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.89, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3144.28136.02126.86133.36128.861. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl

PostMark

Disk Transaction Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceopenSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216Ubuntu 14.10Fedora 21 UpdatedManjaro Linux 0.8.12Debian 8.0 Testing8001600240032004000SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 34.00, N = 3SE +/- 16.33, N = 3SE +/- 10.33, N = 3SE +/- 19.67, N = 3357135893488279838071. (CC) gcc options: -O3

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216Ubuntu 14.10Fedora 21 Updated816243240SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 331.8336.7336.93MIN: 6 / MAX: 67MIN: 6 / MAX: 55MIN: 5 / MAX: 54

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeopenSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216Ubuntu 14.10Fedora 21 Updated1326395265Min: 6 / Avg: 31.23 / Max: 65Min: 6 / Avg: 27.18 / Max: 50Min: 6 / Avg: 27.02 / Max: 51

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowopenSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216Ubuntu 14.10Fedora 21 UpdatedManjaro Linux 0.8.12306090120150SE +/- 0.85, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 2.34, N = 6SE +/- 1.03, N = 3124.4959.9597.14114.18MIN: 83 / MAX: 188MIN: 48 / MAX: 62MIN: 56 / MAX: 246MIN: 71 / MAX: 176

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighopenSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216Ubuntu 14.10Fedora 21 UpdatedManjaro Linux 0.8.121632486480SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 1.09, N = 4SE +/- 0.14, N = 364.3459.2073.4363.36MIN: 36 / MAX: 92MIN: 41 / MAX: 63MIN: 40 / MAX: 110MIN: 37 / MAX: 82

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraopenSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216Ubuntu 14.10Fedora 21 UpdatedManjaro Linux 0.8.121326395265SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 351.5054.1356.8850.50MIN: 24 / MAX: 79MIN: 26 / MAX: 62MIN: 26 / MAX: 96MIN: 24 / MAX: 72

FFTW

Build: Stock - Size: 1D FFT Size 2048

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterFFTW 3.3.4Build: Stock - Size: 1D FFT Size 2048openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216Ubuntu 14.10Fedora 21 UpdatedManjaro Linux 0.8.12Debian 8.0 Testing8001600240032004000SE +/- 9.02, N = 5SE +/- 5.27, N = 5SE +/- 3.79, N = 5SE +/- 7.47, N = 5SE +/- 8.04, N = 53534.763446.163481.703446.223457.401. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -mtune=native -malign-double -fstrict-aliasing -fno-schedule-insns -ffast-math -lm

John The Ripper

Test: Blowfish

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: BlowfishopenSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216Ubuntu 14.10Fedora 21 UpdatedManjaro Linux 0.8.12Debian 8.0 Testing400800120016002000SE +/- 1.53, N = 3SE +/- 1.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 2.31, N = 3SE +/- 1.67, N = 3189519361935192519371. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt

John The Ripper

Test: Traditional DES

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: Traditional DESopenSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216Ubuntu 14.10Fedora 21 UpdatedManjaro Linux 0.8.12Debian 8.0 Testing600K1200K1800K2400K3000KSE +/- 3756.48, N = 3SE +/- 1000.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1732.05, N = 3SE +/- 2905.93, N = 3280133329270002913000292900028623331. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt

John The Ripper

Test: MD5

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: MD5openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216Ubuntu 14.10Fedora 21 UpdatedManjaro Linux 0.8.12Debian 8.0 Testing5K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 31.67, N = 3SE +/- 16.33, N = 3SE +/- 16.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 16.67, N = 323881249192495224886249681. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2014-08-30H.264 Video EncodingopenSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216Ubuntu 14.10Fedora 21 UpdatedManjaro Linux 0.8.12Debian 8.0 Testing1326395265SE +/- 0.16, N = 5SE +/- 0.19, N = 5SE +/- 0.06, N = 5SE +/- 0.16, N = 5SE +/- 0.17, N = 558.4458.5358.9658.4758.47-lavformat -lavcodec -lavutil -lswscale1. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6Time To CompileopenSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216Ubuntu 14.10Fedora 21 UpdatedManjaro Linux 0.8.12Debian 8.0 Testing70140210280350SE +/- 1.50, N = 3SE +/- 1.41, N = 3SE +/- 1.14, N = 3SE +/- 1.22, N = 3SE +/- 1.51, N = 3303.11334.08317.08337.54331.45

Stockfish

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgms, Fewer Is BetterStockfish 2014-11-26Total TimeopenSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216Ubuntu 14.10Fedora 21 UpdatedManjaro Linux 0.8.12Debian 8.0 Testing13002600390052006500SE +/- 15.30, N = 3SE +/- 1.73, N = 3SE +/- 15.71, N = 3SE +/- 7.02, N = 3SE +/- 13.58, N = 3591058125949580659391. (CXX) g++ options: -lpthread -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -ansi -pedantic -O3 -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -flto

FLAC Audio Encoding

WAV To FLAC

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1WAV To FLACopenSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216Ubuntu 14.10Fedora 21 UpdatedManjaro Linux 0.8.12Debian 8.0 Testing3691215SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 512.9810.6810.7710.6610.70-logg-logg-logg1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fvisibility=hidden -lm

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216Ubuntu 14.10Fedora 21 UpdatedManjaro Linux 0.8.12Debian 8.0 Testing510152025SE +/- 0.04, N = 5SE +/- 0.04, N = 5SE +/- 0.09, N = 5SE +/- 0.10, N = 5SE +/- 0.11, N = 522.1719.9220.2620.1519.75-lncurses1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -pipe -lm

FFmpeg

H.264 HD To NTSC DV

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 2.1.1H.264 HD To NTSC DVopenSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216Ubuntu 14.10Fedora 21 UpdatedManjaro Linux 0.8.12Debian 8.0 Testing612182430SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 323.7423.5823.2223.3223.54-lpthread-lXv -lX11 -lXext -lasound-lasound -lpthread-lXv -lX11 -lXext -lva -ljack -lasound -lpthread -lbz2-lXv -lX11 -lXext -lasound1. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lSDL -lm -pthread -std=c99 -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -fno-tree-vectorize -MMD -MF -MT

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