Core i9 7900X Linux Windows 10 WSL + VirtualBox
Intel Core i9-7900X testing on various distributions for a future article on Phoronix.


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

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

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

Clear Linux 16160: 

	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, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Clear Linux OS 16160, Kernel: 4.11.7-364.native (x86_64), Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170509 + Clang 4.0.1 + LLVM 4.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 3.31GHz (20 Cores), Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 224GB

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-43-Microsoft (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: UNKNOWN (0x53464846)

Windows 10 - VBox Ubuntu 16.04: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 3.31GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: Oracle VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 43GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Monitor: VBOX monitor, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit

	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: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.6 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.8 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1960, System Layer: Oracle VirtualBox


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ............. 16.97  |===
Ubuntu 17.04 ................... 29.35  |======
openSUSE Tumbleweed ............ 27.44  |======
Clear Linux 16160 .............. 9.99   |==
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 .. 185.77 |======================================
Windows 10 - VBox Ubuntu 16.04 . 31.14  |======


Numpy Benchmark
Phoronix Test Suite v7.2.0
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ............. 4831335 |====================================
Ubuntu 17.04 ................... 4836076 |====================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ............ 4609673 |==================================
Clear Linux 16160 .............. 4453994 |=================================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 .. 4756968 |====================================
Windows 10 - VBox Ubuntu 16.04 . 4948424 |=====================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ............. 5701  |===========
Ubuntu 17.04 ................... 21100 |=======================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ............ 20736 |======================================
Clear Linux 16160 .............. 19704 |====================================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 .. 20227 |=====================================
Windows 10 - VBox Ubuntu 16.04 . 3481  |======


TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a
Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping
FPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ............. 158.97 |===========
Ubuntu 17.04 ................... 420.40 |=============================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ............ 558.97 |======================================
Clear Linux 16160 .............. 420.81 |=============================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 .. 425.62 |=============================
Windows 10 - VBox Ubuntu 16.04 . 75.66  |=====


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ............. 2863.56 |==================================
Ubuntu 17.04 ................... 2965.33 |===================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ............ 3101.37 |=====================================
Clear Linux 16160 .............. 2947.94 |===================================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 .. 1348.72 |================
Windows 10 - VBox Ubuntu 16.04 . 1280.94 |===============


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ............. 23.72 |===============
Ubuntu 17.04 ................... 20.43 |=============
openSUSE Tumbleweed ............ 19.21 |============
Clear Linux 16160 .............. 18.42 |============
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 .. 61.74 |=======================================
Windows 10 - VBox Ubuntu 16.04 . 39.14 |=========================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ............. 88.04  |============================
Ubuntu 17.04 ................... 49.86  |================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ............ 40.99  |=============
Clear Linux 16160 .............. 40.53  |=============
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 .. 121.45 |======================================
Windows 10 - VBox Ubuntu 16.04 . 89.32  |============================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ............. 30.88 |=======================================
Ubuntu 17.04 ................... 6.64  |========
openSUSE Tumbleweed ............ 7.62  |==========
Clear Linux 16160 .............. 8.05  |==========
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 .. 7.05  |=========
Windows 10 - VBox Ubuntu 16.04 . 26.34 |=================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ............. 4.73 |=========================
Ubuntu 17.04 ................... 4.69 |=========================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ............ 4.69 |=========================
Clear Linux 16160 .............. 4.31 |=======================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 .. 4.97 |==========================
Windows 10 - VBox Ubuntu 16.04 . 7.65 |========================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ............. 10.05 |================================
Ubuntu 17.04 ................... 8.64  |============================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ............ 8.15  |==========================
Clear Linux 16160 .............. 8.21  |==========================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 .. 10.03 |================================
Windows 10 - VBox Ubuntu 16.04 . 12.13 |=======================================


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ............. 1691.10 |==============================
Ubuntu 17.04 ................... 2087.73 |=====================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ............ 2088.80 |=====================================
Clear Linux 16160 .............. 2071.73 |=====================================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 .. 2010.87 |====================================
Windows 10 - VBox Ubuntu 16.04 . 1100.73 |===================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ............. 21016.62 |==========================
Ubuntu 17.04 ................... 7885.83  |==========
openSUSE Tumbleweed ............ 22277.07 |============================
Clear Linux 16160 .............. 28758.03 |====================================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 .. 1918.36  |==
Windows 10 - VBox Ubuntu 16.04 . 2593.70  |===


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ............. 21278.10 |==========================
Ubuntu 17.04 ................... 7846.23  |==========
openSUSE Tumbleweed ............ 22803.51 |============================
Clear Linux 16160 .............. 29110.51 |====================================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 .. 2334.58  |===
Windows 10 - VBox Ubuntu 16.04 . 2746.15  |===


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ............. 107388.35  |=
Ubuntu 17.04 ................... 2929693.17 |=============================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ............ 3046262.08 |==============================
Clear Linux 16160 .............. 3448995.50 |==================================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 .. 657178.09  |======
Windows 10 - VBox Ubuntu 16.04 . 2319359.04 |=======================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ............. 107338.37  |=
Ubuntu 17.04 ................... 2338340.42 |===============================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ............ 2329543.50 |===============================
Clear Linux 16160 .............. 2546846.33 |==================================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 .. 655605.57  |=========
Windows 10 - VBox Ubuntu 16.04 . 1658550.77 |======================


Blender 2.78c
Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ............. 398.30 |=============================
Ubuntu 17.04 ................... 400.18 |=============================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ............ 382.46 |============================
Clear Linux 16160 .............. 415.10 |==============================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 .. 412.87 |==============================
Windows 10 - VBox Ubuntu 16.04 . 522.39 |======================================


PyBench 2008-08-14
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ............. 1223 |=======================================
Ubuntu 17.04 ................... 1184 |=====================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ............ 1217 |======================================
Clear Linux 16160 .............. 1026 |================================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 .. 1195 |======================================
Windows 10 - VBox Ubuntu 16.04 . 1267 |========================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ............. 11687.26 |=========
Ubuntu 17.04 ................... 48620.32 |====================================
Clear Linux 16160 .............. 47093.16 |===================================
Windows 10 - VBox Ubuntu 16.04 . 5797.79  |====


Scikit-Learn 0.17.1
Phoronix Test Suite v7.2.0
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ............. 149.27 |==============================
Ubuntu 17.04 ................... 63.23  |=============
Clear Linux 16160 .............. 10.82  |==
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 .. 153.30 |===============================
Windows 10 - VBox Ubuntu 16.04 . 187.75 |======================================