10+ Way Linux Benchmark Comparison
Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com comparing Linux distributions on the same Intel Xeon Skylake system.


Fedora 23: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Fedora 23, Kernel: 4.4.3-300.fc23.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.0 (git-525f3c2) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20151207, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Ubuntu 16.04 20160303: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160225, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-30-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.6, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Debian Testing: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-2133MHz, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB (350/1400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.3.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.18.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160205, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Debian 8.3: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 1918, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB 2133MHz, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Intel Device a170, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Debian 8.3, 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

CentOS 7: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.6.5 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

openSUSE Tumbleweed: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: openSUSE 20160303, Kernel: 4.4.3-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.18.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.2 Gallium 0.4, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Antergos 16.2-Rolling: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Antergos Linux 16.2-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.4.3-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.3, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Sabayon 16.03: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Gallium 0.4 on AMD PITCAIRN (DRM 2.43.0 LLVM 3.7.1) 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q

	OS: Sabayon, Kernel: 4.4.0-sabayon (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.17.4, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.3 + Clang 3.7.1 + LLVM 3.7.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Void Linux: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: VoidLinux rolling, Kernel: 4.2.6_1 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Zenwalk 8.0 Beta 2: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-2133MHz, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Slackware 14.2, Kernel: 4.4.1 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.18.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0 + Clang 3.7.1 + LLVM 3.7.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

KaOS Rolling: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: KaOS rolling, Kernel: 4.3.3-1 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.3 + LLVM 3.7.1, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Clear Linux 6640: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Clear Linux 6640, Kernel: 4.4.4-178.native (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Ubuntu 15.10: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-30-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Alpine Linux 3.3.1: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: 4096MB (875/1400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q

	OS: Alpine Linux v3.3 3.3.1, Kernel: 4.1.18-0-grsec (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell, Display Server: Wayland Weston + SurfaceFlinger + GNOME Shell Wayland, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Debian Testing - Ryzen5-1600: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B350-PLUS, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG SSD 830 + 2 x 320GB SAMSUNG HD322HJ + 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103UJ, Graphics: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2048MB (1032/3004MHz), Audio: C-Media CMI8788, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.11.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.66, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3600x1096


R Benchmark
Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.1
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Fedora 23 .................... 0.7758 |================================
Ubuntu 16.04 20160303 ........ 0.7459 |===============================
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS ........... 0.9592 |========================================
Debian Testing ............... 0.7824 |=================================
Debian 8.3 ................... 0.8586 |====================================
Clear Linux 6640 ............. 0.2023 |========
Debian Testing - Ryzen5-1600 . 0.8822 |=====================================