Ubuntu vs. EL 7 vs, Clear Linux On Broadwell-EP Tests for a future article. Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 @ 1.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160823, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Clear Linux 10040: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 @ 1.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux 10040, Kernel: 4.7.1-257.native (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 12.0.0, Compiler: GCC 6.1.0 + Clang 3.8.1 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Scientific Linux 7.2: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 @ 1.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Scientific 7.2, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.28.3.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.6.5 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 @ 1.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: openSUSE 20160826, Kernel: 4.7.2-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 34.69 |========================================= Clear Linux 10040 ............ 33.53 |======================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 32.57 |====================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 34.71 |========================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 113.50 |=================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 107.47 |================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 115.81 |==================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 128.06 |======================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 60.88 |================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 62.43 |=================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 51.73 |================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 52.40 |=================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 404.21 |=================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 850.50 |======================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 329.36 |=============== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 439.29 |===================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 216.79 |=============================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 282.81 |======================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 103.43 |=============== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 196.96 |============================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 2103.52 |================================================= Clear Linux 10040 .. 2112.53 |================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 98.32 |======================= Clear Linux 10040 .. 212.78 |================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 4695.21 |================================================= Clear Linux 10040 .. 4706.96 |================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 11991.45 |============================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 12541.37 |================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 1708.62 |================================================= Clear Linux 10040 .. 1697.29 |================================================= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ... 47.99180 |============================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 . 9.76354 |========= HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ... 6.54740 |=============================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 . 6.10703 |============================================ HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ... 6.57820 |=============================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 . 1.32970 |========== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 17.70 |====================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 15.85 |================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 18.86 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 16.15 |=================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 19.70 |========================================= Clear Linux 10040 ............ 18.97 |======================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 19.02 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 18.21 |====================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 96.18 |================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 88.05 |=============================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 114.45 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 96.14 |================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 312.46 |============== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 320.09 |============== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 886.79 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 691.41 |=============================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 70.64 |================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 53.98 |========================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 85.85 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 53.25 |========================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 32.90 |======================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 33.18 |========================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 33.32 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 31.92 |======================================= CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 5.84 |========================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 1.06 |======== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 5.05 |==================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 5.81 |========================================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 48.19 |========================================= Clear Linux 10040 ............ 43.45 |===================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 46.21 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 45.68 |======================================= FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 2659.00 |====================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 2711.83 |======================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 2715.08 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 2663.66 |====================================== FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 1D FFT Size 4096 Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 10179.28 |====================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 10184.00 |====================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 10202.00 |====================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 10185.00 |====================================== FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 4096 Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 7104.06 |===================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 7309.88 |====================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 7376.38 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 7448.20 |======================================= Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 18.53 |========================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 12.52 |============================ openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 18.42 |========================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 6.06 |===================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 5.97 |==================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 6.89 |========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 6.26 |====================================== Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 25.27 |======================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 15.75 |========================= Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 16.79 |========================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 26.02 |========================================= Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 6821.30 |===================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 6944.93 |====================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 7161.57 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 7160.83 |======================================= Botan 1.11.6 Test: Tiger Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 206.87 |======================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 203.87 |======================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 207.65 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 207.66 |======================================== Botan 1.11.6 Test: KASUMI Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 37.43 |======================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 37.94 |========================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 34.48 |===================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 37.70 |========================================= Botan 1.11.6 Test: AES-256 Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 2558.93 |======================================= Clear Linux 10040 ............ 2556.09 |======================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 2488.26 |====================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 2560.08 |======================================= Botan 1.11.6 Test: Twofish Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 97.72 |======================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 99.62 |========================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 96.77 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 97.19 |======================================== Botan 1.11.6 Test: CAST-256 Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 50.23 |==================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 56.99 |========================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 39.81 |============================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 56.80 |========================================= Botan 1.11.6 Test: X9.19-MAC Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 38.70 |======================================= Clear Linux 10040 ............ 40.90 |========================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 39.77 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 40.61 |========================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 677.81 |==================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 762.99 |======================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 654.17 |================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 758.98 |======================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 228.96 |======================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 229.15 |======================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 198.99 |=================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 199.29 |=================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 1044.23 |============================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 1373.00 |======================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 1044.24 |============================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 1378.92 |======================================= TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 581234 |====================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 594279 |======================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 608594 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 597504 |======================================= TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 164.90 |======================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 149.24 |==================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 144.38 |=================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 166.17 |======================================== x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 145.10 |======================================= Clear Linux 10040 ............ 144.83 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 148.51 |======================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ... 74 |=================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .... 76 |==================================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 . 46 |=============================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ... 94 |================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .... 97 |==================================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 . 86 |============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ... 102 |================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .... 105 |=================================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 . 99 |================================================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 997.67 |==================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 1082.88 |======================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 993.91 |==================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 1041.79 |====================================== ebizzy 0.3 Phoronix Test Suite v6.6.0m2 Records/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 155575 |======================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 152047 |======================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 138006 |=================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 152090 |======================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 126.33 |=================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 143.03 |======================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 127.98 |==================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 136.76 |====================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 33.79 |============================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 46.31 |========================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 36.31 |================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 36.10 |================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 25.32 |========================================= Clear Linux 10040 ............ 25.41 |========================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 25.55 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 25.51 |========================================= Primesieve 5.4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 93.01 |========================================= Clear Linux 10040 ............ 92.09 |========================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 93.06 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 93.07 |========================================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 113 |======================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 31 |=========== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 113 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 120 |=========================================== Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 7242 |========================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 7055 |========================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 6998 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 7126 |========================================= LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 553.57 |====================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 577.86 |======================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 513.62 |==================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 529.87 |===================================== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 147.91 |======================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 146.42 |======================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 148.08 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 146.09 |======================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 13.12 |================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 12.87 |================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 16.00 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 12.86 |================================= N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 56.89 |=================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 55.60 |================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 572.17 |======================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 573.10 |======================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 565.13 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 567.13 |======================================== Caffe AlexNet 2016-06-11 Build: CPU AlexNet Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 826190 |================================================== Clear Linux 10040 .. 123215 |======= Caffe AlexNet 2016-06-11 Build: CPU Googlenet Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 1601480 |================================================= Clear Linux 10040 .. 614057 |=================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 1981.97 |====================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 1616.27 |=============================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 1902.32 |===================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 2008.26 |======================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 421.05 |================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 489.77 |======================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 373.48 |=============================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 422.50 |=================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 1233116.75 |================================= Clear Linux 10040 ............ 1345363.09 |==================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 1100206.21 |============================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 1325711.58 |=================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 903203.65 |==================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 935278.14 |===================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 788643.92 |=============================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 914758.42 |==================================== Hierarchical INTegration 1.0 Test: FLOAT QUIPs > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 177722134.80 |================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 165809250.09 |================================ Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 178519436.63 |================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 165417408.30 |================================ Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ........... 30252.27 |====================================== Clear Linux 10040 ............ 24330.69 |=============================== Scientific Linux 7.2 ......... 12347.85 |================ openSUSE Tumbleweed 20160826 . 22586.00 |============================