2016 Enterprise/Linux Distros vs. TrueOS Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Clear Linux 12210: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.40GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 16128MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux 12210, Kernel: 4.8.12-286.native (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 13.1.0-devel, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 + Clang 3.9.0 + LLVM 3.9.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-53-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Ubuntu 16.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-30-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 CentOS 7 1611: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-514.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: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 openSUSE Leap 42.2: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: openSUSE 42.2, Kernel: 4.4.27-2-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Debian Linux 8.6: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell DMI2, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB 2400MHz, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Network: Intel Connection OS: Debian 8.6, 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 TrueOS 20161215: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.40GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7A54 1.0, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 102GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X, Audio: NVIDIA (0x0fb0) HDA, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.6.1-k OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 12.0-CURRENT (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.44, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.4 + Clang 3.8.1, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.40GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7A54 1.0, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: SATA Samsung SSD 850 EMT0 + Corsair Voyager 3.0 000A + SATA TOSHIBA-TR150 SAFZ + SATA TOSHIBA-TR150 SAFZ + SATA TOSHIBA-TR150 SAFZ + SATA TOSHIBA-TR150 SAFZ, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection PCH_I218_LM2 7.4.2 OS: DragonFly, Kernel: 4.6-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1, File-System: hammer FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 132.82 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 127.90 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 114.33 |================================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 166.63 |================================================== Debian Linux 8.6 ... 116.03 |=================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 118.10 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 75.53 |================================ Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 115.20 |================================================= CentOS 7 1611 ...... 108.83 |============================================== Debian Linux 8.6 ... 112.53 |================================================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 84.12 |=================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 21.25 |============= Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 72.00 |============================================ CentOS 7 1611 ...... 78.10 |=============================================== Debian Linux 8.6 ... 76.93 |=============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 1720.91 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 631.86 |================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 659.98 |=================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 548.00 |================ openSUSE Leap 42.2 . 742.22 |===================== Debian Linux 8.6 ... 688.35 |==================== TrueOS 20161215 .... 1727.85 |================================================= DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 . 97.81 |=== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 535.31 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 343.27 |================================ Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 426.04 |======================================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 149.41 |============== openSUSE Leap 42.2 . 269.16 |========================= Debian Linux 8.6 ... 427.43 |======================================== TrueOS 20161215 .... 180.50 |================= DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 . 110.79 |========== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 93.43 |================================ Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 130.69 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 118.11 |========================================= CentOS 7 1611 ...... 141.27 |================================================= openSUSE Leap 42.2 . 144.02 |================================================== Debian Linux 8.6 ... 136.13 |=============================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 6.78 |================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 9.65 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 9.16 |============================================= CentOS 7 1611 ...... 9.88 |================================================= openSUSE Leap 42.2 . 10.06 |================================================= Debian Linux 8.6 ... 10.37 |=================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI-Q Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 6.77 |========================= CentOS 7 1611 ...... 13.30 |================================================ openSUSE Leap 42.2 . 13.71 |================================================== Debian Linux 8.6 ... 14.03 |=================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 9.66 |============================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 14.93 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 15.34 |=============================================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 15.04 |============================================== openSUSE Leap 42.2 . 14.85 |============================================== Debian Linux 8.6 ... 16.50 |=================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 57.66 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 59.26 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 59.43 |=============================================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 62.95 |================================================== openSUSE Leap 42.2 . 62.20 |================================================= Debian Linux 8.6 ... 64.33 |=================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 126.16 |============== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 127.66 |=============== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 133.12 |=============== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 440.03 |================================================== openSUSE Leap 42.2 . 132.32 |=============== Debian Linux 8.6 ... 138.97 |================ DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 . 150.44 |================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 34.78 |================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 44.71 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 45.32 |=========================================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 47.52 |============================================= openSUSE Leap 42.2 . 48.06 |============================================= Debian Linux 8.6 ... 52.64 |================================================= TrueOS 20161215 .... 54.28 |=================================================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 . 45.45 |=========================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 17.78 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 18.45 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 23.62 |=================================================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 18.03 |======================================= openSUSE Leap 42.2 . 18.25 |======================================= Debian Linux 8.6 ... 20.45 |============================================ FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 2048 Mflops > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 13346 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 13152 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 13300 |=============================================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 13371 |=============================================== openSUSE Leap 42.2 . 13571 |================================================ Debian Linux 8.6 ... 14496 |=================================================== TrueOS 20161215 .... 12708 |============================================= DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 . 14430 |=================================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 3.48 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 3.68 |==================================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 3.67 |==================================================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 3.66 |==================================================== openSUSE Leap 42.2 . 3.46 |================================================= Debian Linux 8.6 ... 3.56 |================================================== GMPbench 0.2 Total Time GMPbench Score > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 4497.20 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 4475.20 |================================================= CentOS 7 1611 ...... 4428.50 |================================================ Debian Linux 8.6 ... 4424.50 |================================================ TrueOS 20161215 .... 3857.30 |========================================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 . 4365.00 |================================================ Numpy Benchmark Phoronix Test Suite v6.8.0 Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 5434333 |==================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 6963868 |========================= Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 6397193 |======================= CentOS 7 1611 ...... 13363208 |================================================ openSUSE Leap 42.2 . 11577390 |========================================== Debian Linux 8.6 ... 10636752 |====================================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 . 8704761 |=============================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 9451 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 10169 |=================================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 8666 |=========================================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 10226 |=================================================== openSUSE Leap 42.2 . 10127 |=================================================== Debian Linux 8.6 ... 8839 |============================================ DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 . 10169 |=================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 2034.50 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 2004.34 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 1982.54 |=============================================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 1988.03 |=============================================== openSUSE Leap 42.2 . 2072.03 |================================================= Debian Linux 8.6 ... 2004.19 |=============================================== TrueOS 20161215 .... 1212.87 |============================= DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 . 2068.83 |================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 15.55 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 15.58 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 15.72 |======================================= CentOS 7 1611 ...... 15.60 |======================================= openSUSE Leap 42.2 . 15.63 |======================================= Debian Linux 8.6 ... 15.66 |======================================= TrueOS 20161215 .... 20.62 |=================================================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 . 15.52 |====================================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Pod2html seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 0.13477856 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 0.14015334 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 0.14489661 |========================================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 0.15297103 |============================================ openSUSE Leap 42.2 . 0.14348739 |========================================== Debian Linux 8.6 ... 0.15889131 |============================================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Interpreter seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 0.00073570 |======================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 0.00083944 |========================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 0.00148720 |============================================== CentOS 7 1611 ...... 0.00122182 |====================================== openSUSE Leap 42.2 . 0.00093790 |============================= Debian Linux 8.6 ... 0.00121265 |====================================== Caffe AlexNet 2016-06-11 Build: CPU AlexNet Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 74293 |========= Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 397994 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 373449 |=============================================== Debian Linux 8.6 ... 400967 |================================================== Caffe AlexNet 2016-06-11 Build: CPU Googlenet Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 319160 |==================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 768081 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 801217 |================================================== Debian Linux 8.6 ... 767676 |================================================ PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 1411 |====================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 1594 |========================= Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 1602 |========================= CentOS 7 1611 ...... 1832 |============================ openSUSE Leap 42.2 . 1547 |======================== Debian Linux 8.6 ... 1460 |======================= TrueOS 20161215 .... 3359 |==================================================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 . 2115 |================================= Scikit-Learn 0.17.1 Phoronix Test Suite v6.8.0 Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 12210 .. 20.27 |======================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS . 36.44 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ....... 35.76 |========================================= Debian Linux 8.6 ... 32.28 |===================================== DragonFlyBSD 4.6.1 . 44.28 |===================================================