Ubuntu vs. Fedora vs. Clear Linux vs. Other Distros
Intel Xeon E3-1231 tests on various Linux distributions as of January 2016. All distributions were 
cleanly installed and 
updated. Stock compiler flags used as were the other OS defaults too Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com.


Ubuntu 15.10: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-S1, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.2, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 11.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Fedora 23: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-S1, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Fedora 23, Kernel: 4.2.8-300.fc23.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 11.1.0 (git-525f3c2) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20151207, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

CentOS 7 1511: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-S1, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.4.4.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.6.5 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x1200

Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-S1, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4550, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-43-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.6, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-S1, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: openSUSE 20160108, Kernel: 4.3.3-5-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.18.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.1.0 Gallium 0.4, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Clear Linux 5700: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-S1, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4550, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Clear Linux 5700, Kernel: 4.3.3-157 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Debian Linux 8.2: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-S1, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Debian 8.2, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Display Driver: modesetting 0.9.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Debian Testing: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-S1, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4550, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.3.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160101, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Antergos 2015.12: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-S1, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4550, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Antergos Linux 2015.12-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.3.3-2-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1440

OpenSUSE Linux 42.1: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-S1, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4550, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: SUSE LINUX 42.1, Kernel: 4.1.13-5-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.2, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-S1, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: SATA Samsung SSD 850 EMT0

	OS: DragonFly, Kernel: 4.4-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.2.1, File-System: hammer


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 15.10 ....... 24.41 |====================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ....... 24.63 |=====================================
Fedora 23 .......... 25.50 |======================================
CentOS 7 1511 ...... 32.46 |================================================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS . 24.51 |====================================
Debian Linux 8.2 ... 34.27 |===================================================
Debian Testing ..... 25.52 |======================================
Antergos 2015.12 ... 28.88 |===========================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 810.78  |=======================
Fedora 23 ........... 696.87  |====================
CentOS 7 1511 ....... 717.95  |=====================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 394.86  |===========
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 856.51  |========================
Clear Linux 5700 .... 1680.01 |================================================
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 708.12  |====================
Debian Testing ...... 872.23  |=========================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 873.62  |=========================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 408.83 |===========================================
Fedora 23 ........... 268.79 |============================
CentOS 7 1511 ....... 199.34 |=====================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 369.24 |=======================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 271.84 |=============================
Clear Linux 5700 .... 400.64 |==========================================
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 375.68 |=======================================
Debian Testing ...... 466.25 |=================================================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 281.99 |==============================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 6881 |===============================================
Fedora 23 ........... 6410 |============================================
CentOS 7 1511 ....... 6151 |==========================================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 6522 |=============================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 6199 |===========================================
Clear Linux 5700 .... 7356 |===================================================
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 6000 |=========================================
Debian Testing ...... 7426 |===================================================
Antergos 2015.12 .... 7142 |=================================================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 6000 |=========================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 .. 1059 |=======


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: EP.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 283.37 |==============================================
Fedora 23 ........... 296.05 |================================================
CentOS 7 1511 ....... 260.51 |==========================================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 259.01 |==========================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 292.99 |===============================================
Clear Linux 5700 .... 303.73 |=================================================
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 210.21 |==================================
Debian Testing ...... 285.65 |==============================================
Antergos 2015.12 .... 286.58 |==============================================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 256.95 |=========================================


Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 4.69 |=======================================
Fedora 23 ........... 4.68 |=======================================
CentOS 7 1511 ....... 4.92 |=========================================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 5.00 |==========================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 4.80 |========================================
Clear Linux 5700 .... 4.51 |======================================
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 6.08 |===================================================
Debian Testing ...... 4.78 |========================================
Antergos 2015.12 .... 4.82 |========================================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 4.66 |=======================================


x264 2015-11-02
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 185.39 |================================================
Fedora 23 ........... 187.27 |=================================================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 185.47 |================================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 188.25 |=================================================
Clear Linux 5700 .... 185.98 |================================================
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 128.97 |=================================
Debian Testing ...... 188.45 |=================================================
Antergos 2015.12 .... 181.92 |===============================================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 188.98 |=================================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 1957.41 |===============================================
Fedora 23 ........... 1807.15 |============================================
CentOS 7 1511 ....... 1755.58 |===========================================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 1726.65 |==========================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 1971.30 |================================================
Clear Linux 5700 .... 1862.60 |=============================================
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 1777.69 |===========================================
Debian Testing ...... 1981.26 |================================================
Antergos 2015.12 .... 1956.74 |===============================================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 1699.79 |=========================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 .. 1894.99 |==============================================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 28.17 |=============================================
Fedora 23 ........... 26.09 |==========================================
CentOS 7 1511 ....... 25.14 |========================================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 26.90 |===========================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 27.11 |===========================================
Clear Linux 5700 .... 31.36 |==================================================
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 30.42 |=================================================
Debian Testing ...... 25.22 |========================================
Antergos 2015.12 .... 26.98 |===========================================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 24.33 |=======================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 15.10 ....... 113.64 |=============================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ....... 113.80 |=============================================
Fedora 23 .......... 106.34 |==========================================
CentOS 7 1511 ...... 103.02 |========================================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS . 108.88 |===========================================
Debian Linux 8.2 ... 127.66 |==================================================
Debian Testing ..... 101.44 |========================================
Antergos 2015.12 ... 114.52 |=============================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 77 |===========================================
Fedora 23 ........... 76 |==========================================
CentOS 7 1511 ....... 84 |===============================================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 84 |===============================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 76 |==========================================
Clear Linux 5700 .... 27 |===============
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 95 |=====================================================
Debian Testing ...... 77 |===========================================
Antergos 2015.12 .... 77 |===========================================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 85 |===============================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 6.06 |==========================================
Fedora 23 ........... 6.14 |==========================================
CentOS 7 1511 ....... 7.32 |==================================================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 7.26 |==================================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 5.96 |=========================================
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 6.66 |==============================================
Debian Testing ...... 5.91 |=========================================
Antergos 2015.12 .... 6.02 |=========================================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 7.42 |===================================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 .. 6.26 |===========================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 11.73 |=============================================
Fedora 23 ........... 11.80 |=============================================
CentOS 7 1511 ....... 12.98 |==================================================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 12.79 |=================================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 11.81 |=============================================
Clear Linux 5700 .... 12.69 |=================================================
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 12.53 |================================================
Debian Testing ...... 11.90 |==============================================
Antergos 2015.12 .... 11.58 |=============================================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 12.63 |=================================================


LZMA Compression
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 73.28 |=======================================
Fedora 23 ........... 86.11 |==============================================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 73.57 |=======================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 73.94 |========================================
Clear Linux 5700 .... 77.32 |=========================================
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 93.42 |==================================================
Debian Testing ...... 83.18 |=============================================
Antergos 2015.12 .... 74.70 |========================================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 71.73 |======================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 .. 86.73 |==============================================


GnuPG
Linux 4.3 Package File Encryption
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 15.10 ....... 14.28 |===============================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ....... 14.25 |===============================================
Fedora 23 .......... 15.26 |==================================================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS . 14.03 |==============================================
Debian Linux 8.2 ... 15.54 |===================================================
Debian Testing ..... 13.18 |===========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 2992.59 |================================================
Fedora 23 ........... 2564.02 |=========================================
CentOS 7 1511 ....... 1806.26 |=============================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 2540.62 |=========================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 1846.75 |==============================
Clear Linux 5700 .... 2495.63 |========================================
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 2483.80 |========================================
Debian Testing ...... 2488.02 |========================================
Antergos 2015.12 .... 2953.14 |===============================================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 1926.19 |===============================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 6830.45 |===============================================
Fedora 23 ........... 6946.76 |===============================================
CentOS 7 1511 ....... 4781.27 |=================================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 5369.55 |=====================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 4582.49 |===============================
Clear Linux 5700 .... 6837.80 |===============================================
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 6499.76 |============================================
Debian Testing ...... 6723.91 |==============================================
Antergos 2015.12 .... 7033.28 |================================================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 4612.52 |===============================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 7515.36 |============================================
Fedora 23 ........... 7813.28 |==============================================
CentOS 7 1511 ....... 6262.57 |=====================================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 5825.41 |==================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 6121.99 |====================================
Clear Linux 5700 .... 7474.23 |============================================
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 7700.13 |=============================================
Debian Testing ...... 8136.57 |================================================
Antergos 2015.12 .... 7725.50 |==============================================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 6084.55 |====================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 2282625.67 |==================================
Fedora 23 ........... 2077648.42 |===============================
CentOS 7 1511 ....... 2332405.83 |===================================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 2349485.63 |===================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 2643030.04 |=======================================
Clear Linux 5700 .... 3012212.17 |=============================================
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 2508756.00 |=====================================
Debian Testing ...... 2238617.35 |=================================
Antergos 2015.12 .... 2673521.90 |========================================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 2189674.44 |=================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 1668520.91 |========================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 1706687.96 |=========================================
Fedora 23 ........... 1596901.71 |======================================
CentOS 7 1511 ....... 1633045.81 |=======================================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 1825584.37 |===========================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 1710857.08 |=========================================
Clear Linux 5700 .... 1891009.96 |=============================================
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 1619245.48 |=======================================
Debian Testing ...... 1761436.90 |==========================================
Antergos 2015.12 .... 1870744.85 |=============================================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 1652511.54 |=======================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 15.10 ....... 37189.48 |========================================
Fedora 23 .......... 22865.71 |=========================
CentOS 7 1511 ...... 20153.06 |======================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS . 44428.37 |================================================
Clear Linux 5700 ... 31959.66 |===================================
Debian Linux 8.2 ... 42125.74 |==============================================
Debian Testing ..... 43016.96 |==============================================
Antergos 2015.12 ... 37481.31 |========================================