Windows 10 vs. Linux Performance
Various benchmarks for a future article.


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

Clear Linux 21460: 

	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: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Clear Linux OS 21460, Kernel: 4.15.9-538.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + Clang 5.0.1 + LLVM 5.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Fedora Workstation 27: 

	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: 15GB Ultra USB 3.0 + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: NV136 6144MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Fedora 27, Kernel: 4.15.10-300.fc27.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.3.6, Compiler: GCC 7.3.1 20180303, 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 |==========================================
Clear Linux 21460 ..... 4.06 |===============================================
Fedora Workstation 27 . 4.23 |=================================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: http
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro 16299 .. 6549 |=========================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ...... 4432 |============================
Clear Linux 21460 ..... 4304 |===========================
Fedora Workstation 27 . 7760 |=================================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: json
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro 16299 .. 3295601 |========================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ...... 6439290 |==============================================
Clear Linux 21460 ..... 3168115 |=======================
Fedora Workstation 27 . 3606772 |==========================


Go Benchmarks
Test: build
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro 16299 .. 35386673533 |==========================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ...... 16128741762 |===================
Clear Linux 21460 ..... 13554022664 |================
Fedora Workstation 27 . 15388936032 |==================


Go Benchmarks
Test: garbage
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro 16299 .. 698046 |====================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ...... 922807 |===============================================
Clear Linux 21460 ..... 706145 |====================================
Fedora Workstation 27 . 838229 |===========================================


Java SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro 16299 .. 2448.79 |==============================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ...... 2337.60 |============================================
Clear Linux 21460 ..... 2443.61 |==============================================
Fedora Workstation 27 . 2218.79 |==========================================


Java SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Monte Carlo
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro 16299 .. 1066.50 |=============================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ...... 826.04  |===================================
Clear Linux 21460 ..... 1080.57 |==============================================
Fedora Workstation 27 . 949.95  |========================================


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 |=============================================
Clear Linux 21460 ..... 1410.44 |============================================
Fedora Workstation 27 . 1279.49 |========================================


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 |==========================================
Clear Linux 21460 ..... 2525.48 |==============================================
Fedora Workstation 27 . 2259.68 |=========================================


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 |==============================================
Clear Linux 21460 ..... 5608.23 |===========================================
Fedora Workstation 27 . 5205.82 |========================================


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 |=====================================
Clear Linux 21460 ..... 1593.36 |===========================================
Fedora Workstation 27 . 1399.00 |======================================


7-Zip Compression 16.02
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro 16299 .. 89538  |==========================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ...... 90804  |===========================================
Clear Linux 21460 ..... 100260 |===============================================
Fedora Workstation 27 . 90553  |==========================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro 16299 .. 4.86  |=====================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ...... 11.34 |================================================
Clear Linux 21460 ..... 4.81  |====================
Fedora Workstation 27 . 5.78  |========================


AOBench
Size: 2048 x 2048 - Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro 16299 .. 57.45 |================================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ...... 49.52 |=========================================
Clear Linux 21460 ..... 54.22 |=============================================
Fedora Workstation 27 . 41.69 |===================================


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 |===============================================
Clear Linux 21460 ..... 5.72  |=====================
Fedora Workstation 27 . 13.22 |================================================


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 |=========================================
Clear Linux 21460 ..... 191.00 |===============================================
Fedora Workstation 27 . 164.74 |=========================================


PyBench 2018-02-16
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro 16299 .. 1260 |================================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ...... 1224 |==============================================
Clear Linux 21460 ..... 954  |====================================
Fedora Workstation 27 . 1294 |=================================================