Arch Linux vs. Slackware 14 Beta vs. Other Linux Distros

Looking at the Intel Core i7 3960X "Sandy Bridge" Extreme Edition performance on several popular Linux distributions compared to Slackware 14.0 Beta 64-bit (Slackware64) and Arch Linux using the new 2012 July media. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the Phoronix Test Suite by running the command: phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1207296-SU-ARCHLINUX98
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
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June 29 2012
 
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July 30 2012
 
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Arch Linux vs. Slackware 14 Beta vs. Other Linux Distros Suite 1.0.0 System Test suite extracted from Arch Linux vs. Slackware 14 Beta vs. Other Linux Distros. pts/graphics-magick-1.4.1 -sharpen 0x1.0 Operation: Sharpen pts/graphics-magick-1.4.1 -resize 50% Operation: Resizing pts/graphics-magick-1.4.1 -lat 10x10-5% Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding pts/byte-1.2.0 TEST_DHRY2 Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 pts/ffte-1.0.1 echo 64; exec tests/speed1d Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine pts/scimark2-1.1.1 TEST_COMPOSITE Computational Test: Composite pts/scimark2-1.1.1 TEST_MONTE Computational Test: Monte Carlo pts/scimark2-1.1.1 TEST_FFT Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform pts/scimark2-1.1.1 TEST_SPARSE Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply pts/scimark2-1.1.1 TEST_DENSE Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization pts/scimark2-1.1.1 TEST_SOR Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation pts/himeno-1.1.0 Poisson Pressure Solver pts/openssl-1.6.0 RSA 4096-bit Performance pts/npb-1.0.0 ep.B Test / Class: EP.B pts/npb-1.0.0 mg.B Test / Class: MG.B pts/npb-1.0.0 sp.A Test / Class: SP.A pts/npb-1.0.0 ua.A Test / Class: UA.A pts/gcrypt-1.0.0 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher pts/hmmer-1.1.0 Pfam Database Search pts/c-ray-1.1.0 Total Time pts/encode-flac-1.2.0 WAV To FLAC pts/sudokut-1.0.0 Total Time