Core i9 7900X Linux Distros
Intel Core i7-7900X testing with a MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0 and AMD POLARIS10 8192MB on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: AMD POLARIS10 (DRM 3.15.0 / 4.12.0-999-generic LLVM 5.0.0) 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170618, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Ubuntu 17.04: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480/580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.3 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Manjaro Linux 17.0.2: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: ManjaroLinux 17.0.2, Kernel: 4.9.34-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.1.3 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170528, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Fedora 26: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8064MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Fedora 26, Kernel: 4.11.7-300.fc26.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.1.3 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170622, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

openSUSE Tumbleweed: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: openSUSE 20170626, Kernel: 4.11.6-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.1.3 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170530 [gcc-7-branch revision 248621], File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: AMD POLARIS10 8192MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-58-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.1.2, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 12.0.6 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.8.0), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 29.66 |============================================
Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 29.35 |============================================
Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 19.60 |=============================
Fedora 26 ................. 16.39 |========================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 27.44 |=========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 16.97 |=========================


Numpy Benchmark
Phoronix Test Suite v7.2.0
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 4859822 |==========================================
Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 4836076 |==========================================
Fedora 26 ................. 4798640 |=========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 4609673 |========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 4831335 |==========================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 21042 |============================================
Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 21100 |============================================
Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 1798  |====
Fedora 26 ................. 19939 |==========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 20736 |===========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 5701  |============


TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a
Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping
FPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 412.63 |================================
Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 420.40 |================================
Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 11.83  |=
Fedora 26 ................. 532.71 |=========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 558.97 |===========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 158.97 |============


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 2948.55 |========================================
Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 2965.33 |========================================
Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 2919.55 |========================================
Fedora 26 ................. 2962.44 |========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 3101.37 |==========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 2863.56 |=======================================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 21.63 |========================================
Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 20.43 |======================================
Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 11.26 |=====================
Fedora 26 ................. 8.67  |================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 19.21 |====================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 23.72 |============================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 50.43  |==============
Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 49.86  |==============
Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 152.69 |===========================================
Fedora 26 ................. 44.36  |============
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 40.99  |============
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 88.04  |=========================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 6.91  |==========
Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 6.64  |=========
Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 12.93 |==================
Fedora 26 ................. 7.92  |===========
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 7.62  |===========
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 30.88 |============================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 4.44 |=========================================
Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 4.69 |===========================================
Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 4.89 |=============================================
Fedora 26 ................. 4.87 |=============================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 4.69 |===========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 4.73 |============================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 8.54  |=====================================
Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 8.64  |======================================
Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 8.56  |=====================================
Fedora 26 ................. 8.54  |=====================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 8.15  |====================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 10.05 |============================================


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 2083.47 |==========================================
Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 2087.73 |==========================================
Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 1750.28 |===================================
Fedora 26 ................. 2009.33 |========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 2088.80 |==========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 1691.10 |==================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 7548.51  |==============
Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 7885.83  |===============
Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 11647.64 |=====================
Fedora 26 ................. 21742.16 |========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 22277.07 |=========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 21016.62 |=======================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 7577.37  |==============
Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 7846.23  |==============
Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 12087.80 |======================
Fedora 26 ................. 17236.85 |===============================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 22803.51 |=========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 21278.10 |======================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 2770814.67 |===================================
Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 2929693.17 |======================================
Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 107785.75  |=
Fedora 26 ................. 2653714.50 |==================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 3046262.08 |=======================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 107388.35  |=


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 2274452.92 |======================================
Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 2338340.42 |=======================================
Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 107255.07  |==
Fedora 26 ................. 2041887.46 |==================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 2329543.50 |=======================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 107338.37  |==


Blender 2.78c
Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 396.00 |========================
Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 400.18 |========================
Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 716.93 |===========================================
Fedora 26 ................. 412.73 |=========================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 382.46 |=======================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 398.30 |========================


PyBench 2008-08-14
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 1184 |==========================================
Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 1184 |==========================================
Fedora 26 ................. 1274 |=============================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 1217 |===========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 1223 |===========================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 45580.84 |======================================
Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 48620.32 |=========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 11687.26 |==========


Scikit-Learn 0.17.1
Phoronix Test Suite v7.2.0
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 63.33  |==================
Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 63.23  |==================
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 149.27 |===========================================