GNU/Linux Distribution Comparison On An Intel Core i7 8700K Intel Core i7-8700K Linux benchmarking/testing for a future article on Phoronix. Ubuntu 17.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: Intel HD 3072MB (1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Antergos 17.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 15GB Ultra USB 3.0 + 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: inteldrmfb (1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Antergos Linux 17.10-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.13.5-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 16GB Voyager 3.0 + 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: Intel HD 3072MB (1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009, Kernel: 4.13.5-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20170927 [gcc-7-branch revision 253227], File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Clear Linux 18320: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: Intel HD 3072MB (1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 18320, Kernel: 4.13.5-417.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.3.0-devel, Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20170910 + Clang 5.0.0 + LLVM 5.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Debian Testing: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek Generic, Network: Intel Connection OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.12.0-2-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.6 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.9 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Solus 3: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek Generic, Network: Intel Connection OS: Solus 3, Kernel: 4.12.7-11.current (x86_64), Desktop: Budgie, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.1.6 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 6.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Fedora 26: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: Intel HD 3072MB (1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Fedora 26, Kernel: 4.13.5-200.fc26.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.3, Display Server: Wayland, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20170915, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GLmark2 276 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 599 |======================================= Antergos 17.10 ............... 466 |============================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 611 |======================================== Clear Linux 18320 ............ 661 |=========================================== Fedora 26 .................... 593 |======================================= ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 6.45 |========================================= Antergos 17.10 ............... 6.59 |========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 6.26 |======================================== Clear Linux 18320 ............ 6.39 |========================================= Fedora 26 .................... 6.50 |========================================= ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 646.04 |======================================= Antergos 17.10 ............... 660.78 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 628.03 |====================================== Clear Linux 18320 ............ 640.48 |======================================= Fedora 26 .................... 651.95 |======================================= ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 25.33 |====================================== Antergos 17.10 ............... 24.49 |===================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 24.91 |===================================== Clear Linux 18320 ............ 27.26 |========================================= Fedora 26 .................... 24.94 |====================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiVoxels / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 405.19 |===================================== Antergos 17.10 ............... 391.90 |==================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 398.52 |===================================== Clear Linux 18320 ............ 436.13 |======================================== Fedora 26 .................... 399.05 |===================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 17.71 |========================================= Antergos 17.10 ............... 17.65 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 17.18 |======================================== Clear Linux 18320 ............ 17.39 |======================================== Fedora 26 .................... 17.73 |========================================= ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 184.58 |======================================== Antergos 17.10 ............... 183.95 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 179.06 |======================================= Clear Linux 18320 ............ 181.23 |======================================= Fedora 26 .................... 184.82 |======================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 8747 |====================================== Antergos 17.10 ............... 9620 |========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 8677 |====================================== Clear Linux 18320 ............ 8716 |====================================== Fedora 26 .................... 8735 |====================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 775 |=========================================== Antergos 17.10 ............... 776 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 747 |========================================= Clear Linux 18320 ............ 769 |=========================================== Fedora 26 .................... 773 |=========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 40950 |==================================== Antergos 17.10 ............... 29417 |========================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 45524 |======================================== Clear Linux 18320 ............ 47036 |========================================= Fedora 26 .................... 39375 |================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 151 |======================================== Antergos 17.10 ............... 164 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 151 |======================================== Clear Linux 18320 ............ 151 |======================================== Fedora 26 .................... 151 |======================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 387 |=========================================== Antergos 17.10 ............... 388 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 382 |========================================== Clear Linux 18320 ............ 387 |=========================================== Fedora 26 .................... 387 |=========================================== FFTW 3.3.6 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 1024 Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 34002 |======================================== Antergos 17.10 ............... 32525 |====================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 33782 |======================================== Clear Linux 18320 ............ 34722 |========================================= Debian Testing ............... 28920 |================================== Solus 3 ...................... 33929 |======================================== Fedora 26 .................... 33955 |======================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 5.70 |======================================== Antergos 17.10 ............... 5.55 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 5.67 |======================================== Debian Testing ............... 5.94 |========================================== Solus 3 ...................... 5.81 |========================================= Fedora 26 .................... 5.76 |========================================= Numpy Benchmark Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 4688119 |================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 5262812 |==================================== Clear Linux 18320 ............ 4321497 |============================== Debian Testing ............... 5166552 |=================================== Solus 3 ...................... 5698474 |======================================= Fedora 26 .................... 5228805 |==================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 12131 |======================================== Antergos 17.10 ............... 12140 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 12105 |======================================== Clear Linux 18320 ............ 11558 |======================================= Debian Testing ............... 12139 |======================================== Solus 3 ...................... 12290 |========================================= Fedora 26 .................... 12086 |======================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 372.45 |======================================= Antergos 17.10 ............... 382.51 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 382.25 |======================================== Clear Linux 18320 ............ 377.02 |======================================= Debian Testing ............... 377.57 |======================================= Solus 3 ...................... 358.83 |====================================== Fedora 26 .................... 378.08 |======================================== x264 2017-09-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 303.30 |======================================= Antergos 17.10 ............... 298.95 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 303.67 |======================================== Clear Linux 18320 ............ 307.30 |======================================== Debian Testing ............... 305.31 |======================================== Solus 3 ...................... 299.21 |======================================= Fedora 26 .................... 303.96 |======================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 2699.00 |===================================== Antergos 17.10 ............... 2775.49 |====================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 2737.72 |====================================== Clear Linux 18320 ............ 2831.49 |======================================= Debian Testing ............... 2834.01 |======================================= Solus 3 ...................... 2779.62 |====================================== Fedora 26 .................... 2764.87 |====================================== asmFish 2017-09-19 1024 Hash Memory, 26 Depth Nodes/second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 22001629 |===================================== Antergos 17.10 ............... 22474225 |====================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 22212829 |====================================== Clear Linux 18320 ............ 21893792 |===================================== Debian Testing ............... 22019705 |===================================== Solus 3 ...................... 21773783 |===================================== Fedora 26 .................... 21627748 |===================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 80.34 |=================================================== Antergos 17.10 .... 82.16 |==================================================== Clear Linux 18320 . 70.14 |============================================ Debian Testing .... 82.07 |==================================================== Solus 3 ........... 73.87 |=============================================== Fedora 26 ......... 76.36 |================================================ Timed PHP Compilation 7.1.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 56.21 |============================== Antergos 17.10 ............... 56.68 |============================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 52.17 |=========================== Clear Linux 18320 ............ 74.88 |======================================= Debian Testing ............... 55.60 |============================= Solus 3 ...................... 77.86 |========================================= Fedora 26 .................... 53.08 |============================ Primesieve 5.4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 43.34 |======================================== Antergos 17.10 ............... 43.51 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 44.00 |========================================= Clear Linux 18320 ............ 43.38 |======================================== Debian Testing ............... 43.60 |========================================= Solus 3 ...................... 43.61 |========================================= Fedora 26 .................... 43.71 |========================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 5.07 |========================================== Antergos 17.10 ............... 5.09 |========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 5.12 |========================================== Clear Linux 18320 ............ 4.83 |======================================== Debian Testing ............... 5.09 |========================================== Fedora 26 .................... 5.12 |========================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.5 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 9.01 |======================================== Antergos 17.10 ............... 8.89 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 8.97 |======================================== Clear Linux 18320 ............ 8.60 |======================================= Debian Testing ............... 8.92 |======================================== Solus 3 ...................... 9.37 |========================================== Fedora 26 .................... 9.03 |======================================== FFmpeg 3.3.3 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 4.43 |========================================= Antergos 17.10 ............... 4.45 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 4.42 |========================================= Clear Linux 18320 ............ 4.52 |========================================== Debian Testing ............... 4.37 |======================================== Solus 3 ...................... 4.56 |========================================== Fedora 26 .................... 4.36 |======================================== N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 21.59 |================================================ Clear Linux 18320 . 22.76 |=================================================== Debian Testing .... 21.63 |================================================ Solus 3 ........... 21.88 |================================================= Fedora 26 ......... 23.43 |==================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 1157.80 |======================================= Antergos 17.10 ............... 1155.37 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 1158.23 |======================================= Clear Linux 18320 ............ 1159.10 |======================================= Debian Testing ............... 1157.50 |======================================= Solus 3 ...................... 1155.20 |======================================= Fedora 26 .................... 1157.67 |======================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 9089.73 |================================================== Antergos 17.10 .... 8921.31 |================================================= Clear Linux 18320 . 9061.88 |================================================== Debian Testing .... 7561.75 |========================================== Solus 3 ........... 5082.76 |============================ Fedora 26 ......... 7303.00 |======================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: LPUSH Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 2375792.13 |================================= Antergos 17.10 ............... 2338645.50 |================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 2385153.67 |================================= Clear Linux 18320 ............ 2590859.08 |==================================== Debian Testing ............... 2088532.15 |============================= Solus 3 ...................... 1960917.52 |=========================== Fedora 26 .................... 1896833.42 |========================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 3392720.19 |================================ Antergos 17.10 ............... 3362004.88 |================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 3283818.08 |=============================== Clear Linux 18320 ............ 3787543.96 |==================================== Debian Testing ............... 2841525.21 |=========================== Solus 3 ...................... 2645126.54 |========================= Fedora 26 .................... 2504923.17 |======================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 2397177.50 |================================ Antergos 17.10 ............... 2457249.75 |================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 2429267.83 |================================ Clear Linux 18320 ............ 2707664.92 |==================================== Debian Testing ............... 2100895.96 |============================ Solus 3 ...................... 1948063.42 |========================== Fedora 26 .................... 1854999.33 |========================= Xsbench 2017-07-06 Lookups/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 1961882 |=================================== Antergos 17.10 ............... 2181761 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171009 . 2154120 |======================================= Clear Linux 18320 ............ 2150687 |====================================== Debian Testing ............... 1960278 |=================================== Solus 3 ...................... 1925959 |================================== Fedora 26 .................... 1942864 |===================================