Debian, Ubuntu, openSUSE. CentOS, Fedora AMD EPYC Linux Benchmarks
Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article.


Debian 9.1: 

	Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 8 x 16384 MB DDR4-2666MHz Samsung, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe

	OS: Debian 9.1, Kernel: 4.9.0-3-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS: 

	Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-35-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

CentOS 7 1708: 

	Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe

	OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

Clear Linux 18060: 

	Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 8 x 16384 MB DDR4-2666MT/s Samsung, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe

	OS: Clear Linux OS 18060, Kernel: 4.13.4-396.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20170910 + Clang 5.0.0 + LLVM 5.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600

TrueOS Stable: 

	Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: AMD, Memory: 131072MB, Disk: Generic NVMe Device

	OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 12.0-CURRENT (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 4.0.0 (SVN 297347), File-System: zfs

TrueOS Stable - GCC 6.3: 

	Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: AMD, Memory: 131072MB, Disk: Generic NVMe Device

	OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 12.0-CURRENT (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 + Clang 4.0.0 (SVN 297347), File-System: zfs

FreeBSD 11.1: 

	Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: AMD, Memory: 131072MB, Disk: Generic NVMe Device

	OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 11.1-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 4.0.0 (SVN 297347), File-System: zfs

FreeBSD 11.1 - GCC 7.2: 

	Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: AMD, Memory: 131072MB, Disk: Generic NVMe Device

	OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 11.1-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 4.0.0 (SVN 297347), File-System: zfs


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 .............. 21.27 |===============================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ...... 30.15 |============================================
CentOS 7 1708 ........... 26.57 |=======================================
Clear Linux 18060 ....... 20.38 |==============================
TrueOS Stable ........... 27.92 |=========================================
TrueOS Stable - GCC 6.3 . 27.44 |========================================
FreeBSD 11.1 ............ 31.19 |==============================================
FreeBSD 11.1 - GCC 7.2 .. 25.04 |=====================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 .............. 10.71 |=======
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ...... 16.08 |===========
CentOS 7 1708 ........... 13.99 |=========
Clear Linux 18060 ....... 9.80  |======
TrueOS Stable - GCC 6.3 . 69.38 |==============================================
FreeBSD 11.1 - GCC 7.2 .. 60.86 |========================================


TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a
Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping
FPS > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 .............. 427.71 |=======================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ...... 413.89 |=====================================
CentOS 7 1708 ........... 497.17 |=============================================
Clear Linux 18060 ....... 468.69 |==========================================
TrueOS Stable - GCC 6.3 . 217.35 |====================
FreeBSD 11.1 - GCC 7.2 .. 256.88 |=======================


Timed LLVM Compilation 4.0.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 .............. 169.02 |============================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ...... 149.05 |=========================
Clear Linux 18060 ....... 241.46 |=========================================
TrueOS Stable ........... 230.70 |=======================================
TrueOS Stable - GCC 6.3 . 267.28 |=============================================
FreeBSD 11.1 ............ 174.02 |=============================
FreeBSD 11.1 - GCC 7.2 .. 250.48 |==========================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 .............. 2.83 |===========================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ...... 3.05 |=============================
CentOS 7 1708 ........... 2.95 |============================
Clear Linux 18060 ....... 2.74 |==========================
TrueOS Stable ........... 4.87 |===============================================
TrueOS Stable - GCC 6.3 . 3.18 |==============================
FreeBSD 11.1 ............ 4.91 |===============================================
FreeBSD 11.1 - GCC 7.2 .. 3.86 |=====================================


Stockfish 2014-11-26
Total Time
ms < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 ......... 4484 |====================================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 4467 |====================================================
CentOS 7 1708 ...... 4237 |=================================================
Clear Linux 18060 .. 4223 |=================================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 .............. 6.61 |======================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ...... 6.85 |========================================
CentOS 7 1708 ........... 7.39 |===========================================
Clear Linux 18060 ....... 6.49 |======================================
TrueOS Stable ........... 8.08 |===============================================
TrueOS Stable - GCC 6.3 . 6.67 |=======================================
FreeBSD 11.1 ............ 8.00 |===============================================
FreeBSD 11.1 - GCC 7.2 .. 6.89 |========================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.5
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 .............. 11.43 |====================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ...... 13.88 |===========================================
CentOS 7 1708 ........... 14.72 |==============================================
Clear Linux 18060 ....... 10.97 |==================================
TrueOS Stable ........... 11.51 |====================================
TrueOS Stable - GCC 6.3 . 11.59 |====================================
FreeBSD 11.1 ............ 11.44 |====================================
FreeBSD 11.1 - GCC 7.2 .. 11.45 |====================================


FFmpeg 3.3.3
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 ......... 10.97 |===================================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 10.82 |==================================================
Clear Linux 18060 .. 8.17  |======================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: LPOP
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ......... 1806480.84 |====================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 1818892.35 |=====================================
CentOS 7 1708 ...... 1170560.21 |========================
Clear Linux 18060 .. 2289359.75 |==============================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SADD
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ......... 1373455.36 |====================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 1336527.96 |===================================
CentOS 7 1708 ...... 967490.56  |==========================
Clear Linux 18060 .. 1737148.96 |==============================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: LPUSH
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ......... 1248668.88 |====================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 1237752.71 |====================================
CentOS 7 1708 ...... 901067.46  |==========================
Clear Linux 18060 .. 1587195.75 |==============================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ......... 1754268.75 |====================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 1771235.02 |=====================================
CentOS 7 1708 ...... 1125138.84 |=======================
Clear Linux 18060 .. 2223623.75 |==============================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ......... 1223360.59 |===================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 1222787.96 |===================================
CentOS 7 1708 ...... 894933.31  |=========================
Clear Linux 18060 .. 1627170.42 |==============================================


Blender 2.79
Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 ......... 616.58 |==================================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 586.04 |===============================================
CentOS 7 1708 ...... 614.52 |==================================================
Clear Linux 18060 .. 618.02 |==================================================