Ubuntu 14.10 vs. Fedora 21 - Intel Core i7 5960X
Intel Core i7-6700K testing with a ASUS Z170-DELUXE and Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB on Ubuntu 16.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Ubuntu 14.10 20141001: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (405/648MHz), Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Fedora 21 20141002: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (405/648MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Fedora 21, Kernel: 3.16.3-302.fc21.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.0, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1 20140912, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

6700K_at_4500_Linux_4.8.0_vs_Core_i7_5960: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z170-DELUXE, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 180GB INTEL SSDSC2CT18 + 250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 512GB INTEL SSDPEKKW512G7 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (135/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.57, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 5120x1440


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.11
Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: Read MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 ..................... 47.27  |=====
Fedora 21 20141002 ........................ 48.94  |======
6700K_at_4500_Linux_4.8.0_vs_Core_i7_5960 . 235.34 |===========================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.11
Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: Write MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 ..................... 11.38 |======
Fedora 21 20141002 ........................ 11.68 |======
6700K_at_4500_Linux_4.8.0_vs_Core_i7_5960 . 53.41 |============================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 ..................... 17.87  |==
Fedora 21 20141002 ........................ 17.21  |=
6700K_at_4500_Linux_4.8.0_vs_Core_i7_5960 . 310.01 |===========================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 6
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 ..................... 60.32  |==
Fedora 21 20141002 ........................ 62.10  |==
6700K_at_4500_Linux_4.8.0_vs_Core_i7_5960 . 823.76 |===========================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 ..................... 5319 |==================
Fedora 21 20141002 ........................ 5282 |==================
6700K_at_4500_Linux_4.8.0_vs_Core_i7_5960 . 8620 |=============================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 ..................... 76.32  |=======
Fedora 21 20141002 ........................ 75.81  |=======
6700K_at_4500_Linux_4.8.0_vs_Core_i7_5960 . 301.00 |===========================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 ..................... 11569 |============================
Fedora 21 20141002 ........................ 11127 |===========================
6700K_at_4500_Linux_4.8.0_vs_Core_i7_5960 . 8941  |======================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 ..................... 17860333 |===================
Fedora 21 20141002 ........................ 16119500 |==================
6700K_at_4500_Linux_4.8.0_vs_Core_i7_5960 . 22978667 |=========================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 ..................... 148402 |===========================
Fedora 21 20141002 ........................ 141995 |==========================
6700K_at_4500_Linux_4.8.0_vs_Core_i7_5960 . 109408 |====================


x264 2014-08-30
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 285.57 |===============================================
Fedora 21 20141002 .... 266.17 |============================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 47.18 |================================================
Fedora 21 20141002 .... 46.40 |===============================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 ..................... 12.80 |============================
Fedora 21 20141002 ........................ 12.59 |============================
6700K_at_4500_Linux_4.8.0_vs_Core_i7_5960 . 8.66  |===================