Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 16.10 vs. Clear Linux Intel Kabylake Intel Core i5-7600K testing on Linux and Windows. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Windows 10 Pro x64: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 9 Intel (4 Cores), Disk: 238GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64) Ubuntu 16.10: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-P, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-P, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170108, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.0-devel- padoka PPA, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Clear Linux 12760: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-P, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Clear Linux 12760, Kernel: 4.9.4-294.native (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.0-devel, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 + Clang 3.9.1 + LLVM 3.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Antergos 17.1: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-P, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Antergos Linux 17.1-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.8.13-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170109, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora 25 Xfce: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-P, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Fedora 25, Kernel: 4.9.3-200.fc25.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.0.3, Vulkan: 1.0.30, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20161221, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170112: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-P, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: openSUSE 20170112, Kernel: 4.9.0-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.19.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.0.3, Vulkan: 1.0.32, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro x64 .................... 40.90 |================================ Ubuntu 16.10 .......................... 36.47 |============================= Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0 . 35.92 |============================ Clear Linux 12760 ..................... 37.27 |============================= Fedora 25 Xfce ........................ 35.41 |============================ openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170112 .......... 36.09 |============================ Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro x64 .................... 73.08 |================================ Ubuntu 16.10 .......................... 62.95 |============================ Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0 . 63.76 |============================ Clear Linux 12760 ..................... 67.04 |============================= Fedora 25 Xfce ........................ 59.73 |========================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170112 .......... 63.14 |============================ Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro x64 .................... 15.89 |================================ Ubuntu 16.10 .......................... 13.77 |============================ Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0 . 14.34 |============================= Clear Linux 12760 ..................... 14.89 |============================== Antergos 17.1 ......................... 14.19 |============================= Fedora 25 Xfce ........................ 13.67 |============================ openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170112 .......... 13.57 |=========================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro x64 .................... 17.97 |================================ Ubuntu 16.10 .......................... 12.57 |====================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0 . 15.30 |=========================== Clear Linux 12760 ..................... 16.41 |============================= Antergos 17.1 ......................... 13.81 |========================= Fedora 25 Xfce ........................ 12.70 |======================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170112 .......... 12.59 |====================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro x64 .................... 238.44 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.10 .......................... 171.38 |====================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0 . 161.77 |===================== Clear Linux 12760 ..................... 188.17 |======================== Antergos 17.1 ......................... 155.64 |==================== Fedora 25 Xfce ........................ 155.31 |==================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170112 .......... 164.62 |===================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro x64 .................... 131.18 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.10 .......................... 107.31 |========================= Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0 . 110.11 |========================== Clear Linux 12760 ..................... 123.47 |============================= Antergos 17.1 ......................... 101.18 |======================== Fedora 25 Xfce ........................ 100.09 |======================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170112 .......... 106.22 |========================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro x64 .................... 100.61 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.10 .......................... 90.66 |============================ Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0 . 93.50 |============================= Clear Linux 12760 ..................... 100.24 |=============================== Antergos 17.1 ......................... 85.66 |========================== Fedora 25 Xfce ........................ 85.38 |========================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170112 .......... 90.94 |============================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro x64 . 1326 |==================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro x64 .................... 829 |================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .......................... 664 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0 . 677 |============================ Clear Linux 12760 ..................... 665 |=========================== Antergos 17.1 ......................... 673 |============================ Fedora 25 Xfce ........................ 667 |=========================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170112 .......... 674 |============================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro x64 . 2999 |==================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro x64 .................... 26983 |==================== Ubuntu 16.10 .......................... 35583 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 17.0 . 37085 |============================ Clear Linux 12760 ..................... 38434 |============================= Antergos 17.1 ......................... 38680 |============================= Fedora 25 Xfce ........................ 42283 |================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170112 .......... 40010 |==============================