openSUSE v. Fedora v. Ubuntu v. Manjaro v. Debian 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 Manjaro Linux 0.8.12: 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: ManjaroLinux 0.8.12, Kernel: 3.16.7.4-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 20141224, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Debian 8.0 Testing: Processor: Intel Core i3-5010U @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel NUC5i3RYB, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Debian 8.0, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Display Driver: intel 2.21.15, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 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 |======================================= Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 ......... 31.32 |======================================== Debian 8.0 Testing ........... 30.18 |======================================= 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 |=================================== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 ......... 131.61 |===================================== Debian 8.0 Testing ........... 124.57 |=================================== 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 |================================== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 ......... 141.35 |==================================== Debian 8.0 Testing ........... 135.24 |=================================== 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 |=================================== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 ......... 133.36 |===================================== Debian 8.0 Testing ........... 128.86 |==================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 . 3571 |======================================= Ubuntu 14.10 ................. 3589 |======================================== Fedora 21 Updated ............ 3488 |====================================== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 ......... 2798 |=============================== Debian 8.0 Testing ........... 3807 |========================================== 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 |========================================= 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 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 |=============================== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 ......... 114.18 |===================================== 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 |========================================= Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 ......... 63.36 |=================================== 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 |========================================= Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 ......... 50.50 |==================================== 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 |====================================== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 ......... 3446.22 |====================================== Debian 8.0 Testing ........... 3457.40 |====================================== 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 |========================================== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 ......... 1925 |========================================== Debian 8.0 Testing ........... 1937 |========================================== 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 |======================================= Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 ......... 2929000 |======================================= Debian 8.0 Testing ........... 2862333 |====================================== 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 |========================================= Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 ......... 24886 |========================================= Debian 8.0 Testing ........... 24968 |========================================= 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 |========================================= Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 ......... 58.47 |========================================= Debian 8.0 Testing ........... 58.47 |========================================= 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 |====================================== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 ......... 337.54 |======================================== Debian 8.0 Testing ........... 331.45 |======================================= Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 . 5910 |========================================== Ubuntu 14.10 ................. 5812 |========================================= Fedora 21 Updated ............ 5949 |========================================== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 ......... 5806 |========================================= Debian 8.0 Testing ........... 5939 |========================================== 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 |================================== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 ......... 10.66 |================================== Debian 8.0 Testing ........... 10.70 |================================== 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 |===================================== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 ......... 20.15 |===================================== Debian 8.0 Testing ........... 19.75 |===================================== 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 |======================================== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 ......... 23.32 |======================================== Debian 8.0 Testing ........... 23.54 |=========================================