Ubuntu 17.04 Beta vs. 16.10 vs. Other Linux Distro Benchmarks Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. Ubuntu 17.04 20170224: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 470/480 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-8-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 13.0.4 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.9.1), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20161229, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 16.10: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 470/480 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-39-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 12.0.3 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.8.1), Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Clear Linux 13600: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Audio: Realtek ALC1150 OS: Clear Linux 13600, Kernel: 4.9.10-308.native (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.1, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 17.1.0-devel, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 beignet 1.4, Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 + Clang 3.9.1 + LLVM 3.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Antergos 17.2: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 470/480 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Antergos Linux 17.2-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.9.11-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.1, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170109, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 openSUSE Tumbleweed: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: openSUSE 20170224, Kernel: 4.9.11-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.19.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.0 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.9.1), Vulkan: 1.0.3, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 69.53 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 68.84 |============================================== Clear Linux 13600 ..... 60.55 |======================================== Antergos 17.2 ......... 67.25 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 72.27 |================================================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 95.63 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 97.14 |======================================= Clear Linux 13600 ..... 117.93 |=============================================== Antergos 17.2 ......... 99.12 |======================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 156.10 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 171.73 |========================================== Clear Linux 13600 ..... 192.93 |=============================================== Antergos 17.2 ......... 156.63 |====================================== ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 118.30 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 80.77 |===================== Antergos 17.2 ......... 181.47 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 180.93 |=============================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 292.60 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 290.57 |=========================================== Antergos 17.2 ......... 315.50 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 309.80 |============================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.4 MAX: 26.0 Ubuntu 16.10 .......... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.5 MAX: 26.0 Antergos 17.2 ......... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.1 MAX: 26.0 openSUSE Tumbleweed ... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.2 MAX: 25.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 157.82 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 110.75 |================================= Antergos 17.2 ......... 145.35 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 294.23 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 289.49 |============================================== Antergos 17.2 ......... 290.45 |============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 283.97 |============================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 231.77 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 161.09 |================================ Antergos 17.2 ......... 237.14 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 237.02 |=============================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 916.26 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 909.85 |=============================================== Antergos 17.2 ......... 903.97 |============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 916.68 |=============================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 539.98 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 538.13 |============================================== Antergos 17.2 ......... 534.32 |============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 545.37 |=============================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 246.06 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 244.88 |=============================================== Antergos 17.2 ......... 244.08 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 243.64 |=============================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 1485.05 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 1465.32 |============================================= Antergos 17.2 ......... 1466.69 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 1482.57 |============================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 1238.43 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 1237.80 |============================================== Antergos 17.2 ......... 1223.24 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 1238.57 |============================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 1071.78 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 1063.14 |============================================== Antergos 17.2 ......... 1051.51 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 1073.27 |============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 140 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 137 |====================================== Clear Linux 13600 ..... 178 |================================================== Antergos 17.2 ......... 138 |======================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 196 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 191 |============================================== Clear Linux 13600 ..... 207 |================================================== Antergos 17.2 ......... 193 |=============================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 2495.41 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 2459.64 |============================================ Clear Linux 13600 ..... 2568.45 |============================================== Antergos 17.2 ......... 2466.73 |============================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 2433.20 |============================================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 123.30 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 122.43 |=============================================== Clear Linux 13600 ..... 110.12 |========================================== Antergos 17.2 ......... 122.28 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 110.89 |========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 22.91 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 22.95 |======================================= Clear Linux 13600 ..... 24.95 |========================================== Antergos 17.2 ......... 28.40 |================================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 28.38 |================================================ Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 3341 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 3363 |================================================= Antergos 17.2 ......... 3266 |================================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 3216 |=============================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 9.65 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 9.76 |============================================== Clear Linux 13600 ..... 10.28 |================================================ Antergos 17.2 ......... 9.73 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 9.64 |============================================= FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 8.98 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 8.96 |================================================= Clear Linux 13600 ..... 8.95 |================================================= Antergos 17.2 ......... 8.79 |================================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 8.68 |=============================================== libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.1 Test: Decompression Throughput Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 170.84 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 168.83 |============================================== Antergos 17.2 ......... 168.08 |============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 171.05 |=============================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 2719.96 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 2817.61 |======================================== Clear Linux 13600 ..... 3223.85 |============================================== Antergos 17.2 ......... 2988.88 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 2950.38 |========================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 3892.91 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 3860.63 |========================================= Clear Linux 13600 ..... 4346.31 |============================================== Antergos 17.2 ......... 3983.82 |========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 4286.50 |============================================= Darktable 2.2.1 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 32.88 |================================================ Darktable 2.2.1 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 22.72 |================================================ Darktable 2.2.1 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 20.14 |================================================ GIMP 2.8.18 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 5.14 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 5.76 |================================================= Antergos 17.2 ......... 5.13 |============================================ GIMP 2.8.18 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 9.76 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 10.43 |================================================ Antergos 17.2 ......... 9.74 |============================================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 2935764.25 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 3093259.50 |========================================= Clear Linux 13600 ..... 3239748.42 |=========================================== Antergos 17.2 ......... 3122080.42 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 3093300.00 |========================================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 1976811.75 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 1991165.73 |===================================== Clear Linux 13600 ..... 2294401.50 |=========================================== Antergos 17.2 ......... 2112743.42 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 2126752.08 |======================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04 20170224 . 32248.10 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .......... 42001.63 |============================================= Clear Linux 13600 ..... 41095.21 |============================================ Darktable 2.0.5 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 . 33.17 |========================================================= Darktable 2.0.5 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 . 0.46 |========================================================== Darktable 2.0.5 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 . 0.45 |========================================================== Darktable 2.2.3 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 13600 . 21.11 |======================================== Antergos 17.2 ..... 27.73 |==================================================== Antergos 17.2 ..... 27.72 |==================================================== Darktable 2.2.3 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 13600 . 10.70 |================================= Clear Linux 13600 . 10.68 |================================= Antergos 17.2 ..... 17.04 |==================================================== Antergos 17.2 ..... 17.02 |==================================================== Darktable 2.2.3 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 13600 . 8.61 |============================== Clear Linux 13600 . 8.56 |============================== Antergos 17.2 ..... 15.01 |==================================================== Darktable 2.2.3-1.1 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed . 33.19 |================================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 33.21 |================================================== Darktable 2.2.3-1.1 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed . 22.84 |================================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 22.79 |================================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 22.78 |================================================== Darktable 2.2.3-1.1 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed . 20.36 |================================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 20.33 |================================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed . 20.37 |================================================== GIMP 2.8.20 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed . 5.10 |=================================================== GIMP 2.8.20 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed . 9.59 |===================================================