Ubuntu vs. Fedora vs.  Linux vs. BSD
Intel Xeon E3-1231 tests on various Linux distributions and BSDs 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.


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

OpenBSD 5.8: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-S1, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 65GB

	OS: OpenBSD, Kernel: 5.8 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.2.1 20070719, File-System: ffs

PC-BSD 10.2: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ALASKA A M I, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB EMT01B6Q + AHCI SGPIO Enclosure 1.00 0001, Graphics: 512MB, Audio: ATI RV730 HDA, Monitor: DELL P2415Q

	OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 10.2-RELEASE-p10 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.14.3, Display Server: X Server 1.14.7, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.3, Compiler: Clang 3.4.1 (SVN 208032), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 15.10 ....... 24.63 |=====================================
Antergos 2015.12 ... 28.88 |===========================================
CentOS 7 1511 ...... 32.46 |================================================
Debian Linux 8.2 ... 34.27 |===================================================
Debian Testing ..... 25.52 |======================================
Fedora 23 .......... 25.50 |======================================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS . 24.51 |====================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ....... 24.41 |====================================
OpenBSD 5.8 ........ 4.25  |======
PC-BSD 10.2 ........ 17.31 |==========================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
CentOS 7 1511 ....... 717.95  |=====================
Clear Linux 5700 .... 1680.01 |================================================
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 708.12  |====================
Debian Testing ...... 872.23  |=========================
Fedora 23 ........... 696.87  |====================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 873.62  |=========================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 856.51  |========================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 394.86  |===========
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 810.78  |=======================
OpenBSD 5.8 ......... 108.99  |===
PC-BSD 10.2 ......... 1297.70 |=====================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
CentOS 7 1511 ....... 199.34 |=====================
Clear Linux 5700 .... 400.64 |==========================================
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 375.68 |=======================================
Debian Testing ...... 466.25 |=================================================
Fedora 23 ........... 268.79 |============================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 281.99 |==============================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 271.84 |=============================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 369.24 |=======================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 408.83 |===========================================
OpenBSD 5.8 ......... 51.32  |=====
PC-BSD 10.2 ......... 208.07 |======================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Antergos 2015.12 .... 7142 |================================================
CentOS 7 1511 ....... 6151 |=========================================
Clear Linux 5700 .... 7356 |=================================================
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 6000 |========================================
Debian Testing ...... 7426 |=================================================
Fedora 23 ........... 6410 |===========================================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 6000 |========================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 6199 |=========================================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 6522 |===========================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 6881 |==============================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 .. 1059 |=======
OpenBSD 5.8 ......... 1280 |=========
PC-BSD 10.2 ......... 7659 |===================================================


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


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


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


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Antergos 2015.12 .... 1956.74 |===============================================
CentOS 7 1511 ....... 1755.58 |===========================================
Clear Linux 5700 .... 1862.60 |=============================================
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 1777.69 |===========================================
Debian Testing ...... 1981.26 |================================================
Fedora 23 ........... 1807.15 |============================================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 1699.79 |=========================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 1971.30 |================================================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 1726.65 |==========================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 1957.41 |===============================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 .. 1894.99 |==============================================
PC-BSD 10.2 ......... 1804.15 |============================================


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


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


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


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Antergos 2015.12 .... 6.02 |======================================
CentOS 7 1511 ....... 7.32 |===============================================
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 6.66 |==========================================
Debian Testing ...... 5.91 |======================================
Fedora 23 ........... 6.14 |=======================================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 7.42 |===============================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 5.96 |======================================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 7.26 |==============================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 6.06 |=======================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 .. 6.26 |========================================
PC-BSD 10.2 ......... 8.00 |===================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Antergos 2015.12 .... 11.58 |=========================================
CentOS 7 1511 ....... 12.98 |==============================================
Clear Linux 5700 .... 12.69 |=============================================
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 12.53 |=============================================
Debian Testing ...... 11.90 |==========================================
Fedora 23 ........... 11.80 |==========================================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 12.63 |=============================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 11.81 |==========================================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 12.79 |==============================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 11.73 |==========================================
OpenBSD 5.8 ......... 14.02 |==================================================
PC-BSD 10.2 ......... 11.91 |==========================================


LZMA Compression
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Antergos 2015.12 .... 74.70 |========================================
Clear Linux 5700 .... 77.32 |=========================================
Debian Linux 8.2 .... 93.42 |==================================================
Debian Testing ...... 83.18 |=============================================
Fedora 23 ........... 86.11 |==============================================
OpenSUSE Linux 42.1 . 71.73 |======================================
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . 73.94 |========================================
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS .. 73.57 |=======================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ........ 73.28 |=======================================
DragonFlyBSD 4.4.1 .. 86.73 |==============================================
OpenBSD 5.8 ......... 86.21 |==============================================
PC-BSD 10.2 ......... 75.70 |=========================================


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


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


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


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


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


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


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