Clear Linux Begin To End 2016, November 2017
Clear Linux start of year to end of year 2016 benchmarks with the Phoronix Test Suite on same system. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article. UPDATE NOVEMBER 2017: add in latest Clear results on this same box.


Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3P, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ TRION100, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Clear Linux 6030, Kernel: 4.4.0-166.native (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.18.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3P, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ TRION100, Graphics: Intel Haswell Desktop 1536MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Clear Linux 12140, Kernel: 4.8.12-286.native (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 13.1.0-devel, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 + Clang 3.9.0 + LLVM 3.9.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3P, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ TRION100, Graphics: Intel Haswell Desktop 1536MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Clear Linux OS 18820, Kernel: 4.13.11-428.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, 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: 1920x1080


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 46103 |====================================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 46624 |====================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 22231 |=================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 11.57 |====================================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 8.52  |===========================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 8.05  |=========================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 1739737.83 |======================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 2481461.08 |===============================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 2411634.83 |==============================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 183.95 |===============================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 207.07 |===================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 163.19 |============================


Go Benchmarks
Test: json
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 14894348 |=================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 12520073 |============================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 10.25 |====================================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 8.89  |===============================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 8.68  |==============================


Go Benchmarks
Test: garbage
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 3081281 |==================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 2615736 |=============================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 85.92 |================================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 95.79 |====================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 82.92 |===============================


Unigine Valley 1.0
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Mode: Fullscreen
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 13.04 |================================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 13.74 |==================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 14.73 |====================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 69.94 |================================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 78.05 |====================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 70.26 |================================


R Benchmark
Phoronix Test Suite v6.8.0
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 0.2057 |===================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 0.1851 |===============================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 5152 |==================================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 5615 |=====================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 5090 |==================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 375 |===================================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 403 |=====================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 411 |======================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 2373.76 |==================================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 2180.47 |===============================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 2270.62 |=================================


Perl Benchmarks
Test: Interpreter
seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 0.00052953 |=============================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 0.00057127 |===============================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 0.00054877 |==============================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 409 |======================================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 398 |=====================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 380 |===================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 7811 |=====================================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 7311 |===================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 7492 |===================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 127 |====================================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 126 |====================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 133 |======================================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 26.86 |====================================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 25.58 |==================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 25.60 |==================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: http
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 7729 |=====================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 7395 |===================================


Perl Benchmarks
Test: Pod2html
seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 0.11381730 |===============================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 0.10903567 |==============================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 0.11052804 |==============================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 61.60 |====================================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 59.73 |===================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 62.13 |====================================


Crafty 23.4
Elapsed Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 58.62 |====================================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 57.45 |===================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 56.51 |===================================


7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 25475 |===================================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 26341 |====================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 25883 |===================================


Hierarchical INTegration 1.0
Test: FLOAT
QUIPs > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 413788045.89 |============================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 415295270.17 |============================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 426360237.75 |=============================


Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 27.12 |===================================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 27.45 |====================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 27.63 |====================================


Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 3.87 |=====================================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 3.84 |=====================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 3.84 |=====================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 3012657.92 |==========================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 3505364.75 |===============================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 3558928.17 |===============================


ebizzy 0.3
Phoronix Test Suite v6.8.0
Records/s > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 192840 |===================================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 183311 |=================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 195111 |===================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 403.17 |===================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 697.50 |=================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 728.87 |===================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 52.00 |====================================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 48.87 |==================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 51.27 |===================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 53.75 |====================================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 52.62 |===================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 53.52 |====================================


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 6030 - Start of 2016 .. 31.63 |====================================
Clear Linux 12140 - EOY 2016 ...... 31.46 |====================================
Clear Linux 18820 - November 2017 . 31.16 |===================================