Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu Linux Performance Intel Core i9-7980XE testing with a ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS) and NV136 6144MB on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Windows 10 Pro 16299: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 2.59GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB 3200MHz Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: 238GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6144MB (1911/4004MHz), Network: Intel Connection I219-V OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 16299, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 391.24 (23.21.13.9124), OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 9.1.84, Compiler: GCC 7.1.0 + Clang 6.0.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: NV136 6144MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.1.0-devel- padoka PPA, Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 BLAKE2 20170307 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 4.04 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 3.60 |============================================= Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 6549 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 4432 |================================== Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 3295601 |======================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 6439290 |=============================================== Go Benchmarks Test: build Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 35386673533 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 16128741762 |==================== Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 698046 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 922807 |================================================ Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 2448.79 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 2337.60 |============================================= Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 1066.50 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 826.04 |==================================== Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 1463.38 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 1430.68 |============================================== Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 2506.48 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 2327.04 |============================================ Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 5518.58 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 5991.77 |=============================================== Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 1689.02 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 1367.48 |====================================== 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 89538 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 90804 |================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 4.86 |===================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 11.34 |================================================= AOBench Size: 2048 x 2048 - Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 57.45 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 49.52 |========================================== FFmpeg 3.4.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 13.31 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 12.96 |================================================ Perl Benchmarks Test: Pod2html Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 0.17084109 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 0.12876591 |================================= Perl Benchmarks Test: Interpreter Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 0.04534238 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 0.00226971 |== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 183.93 |================================================ libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.3 Test: Decompression Throughput Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 181.02 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 166.12 |============================================ GIMP 2.9.8 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 19.88 |================================================= GIMP 2.9.8 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 18.00 |================================================= GIMP 2.9.8 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 26.58 |================================================= Redis 3.2.1 Test: LPOP Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 1512232.54 |============================================ Redis 3.2.1 Test: SADD Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 1224979.67 |============================================ Redis 3.2.1 Test: LPUSH Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 977423.21 |============================================= Redis 3.2.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 1534004.00 |============================================ Redis 3.2.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 1164107.59 |============================================ PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 1260 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 1224 |================================================= GIMP 2.8.16 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 5.23 |====================================================== GIMP 2.8.16 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 8.91 |====================================================== GIMP 2.8.16 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 17.18 |=====================================================