Very Large Linux Distribution Performance Comparison

Very Big Linux distribution performance testing. Benchmarking many different BSD and Linux operating systems for a future article on Phoronix.com. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel.

Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the Phoronix Test Suite by running the command: phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1306245-SO-CALCULATE89
Jump To Table - Results

View

Do Not Show Noisy Results
Do Not Show Results With Incomplete Data
Do Not Show Results With Little Change/Spread
List Notable Results

Limit displaying results to tests within:

C/C++ Compiler Tests 10 Tests
CPU Massive 12 Tests
Creator Workloads 6 Tests
Desktop Graphics 2 Tests
Encoding 3 Tests
HPC - High Performance Computing 2 Tests
Common Kernel Benchmarks 4 Tests
Multi-Core 11 Tests
Raytracing 2 Tests
Renderers 3 Tests
Server 3 Tests
Server CPU Tests 7 Tests
Single-Threaded 2 Tests
Video Encoding 2 Tests
Common Workstation Benchmarks 2 Tests

Statistics

Show Overall Harmonic Mean(s)
Show Overall Geometric Mean
Show Geometric Means Per-Suite/Category
Show Wins / Losses Counts (Pie Chart)
Normalize Results
Remove Outliers Before Calculating Averages

Graph Settings

Force Line Graphs Where Applicable
Convert To Scalar Where Applicable
Disable Color Branding
Prefer Vertical Bar Graphs

Table

Show Detailed System Result Table

Run Management

Highlight
Result
Hide
Result
Result
Identifier
Performance Per
Dollar
Date
Run
  Test
  Duration
PC-BSD 9.1
May 16 2013
 
DragonFlyBSD 3.4.1
May 16 2013
 
CentOS 6.4
May 17 2013
 
Fedora 18
May 25 2013
 
Ubuntu 13.04
May 16 2013
 
Linux Mint 15 RC
May 17 2013
 
Mageia 3
May 26 2013
 
openSUSE 12.3
May 26 2013
 
Manjaro 0.8.5
May 29 2013
 
Debian Linux 7.0
May 29 2013
 
Debian kFreeBSD 7.0
June 09 2013
 
PCLinuxOS 2013
June 19 2013
 
Sabayon Linux 13.04
June 20 2013
 
ROSA 2012 R1 LXDE
June 22 2013
 
antiX 13.1
June 23 2013
 
Calculate Linux 13.6
June 24 2013
 
Invert Hiding All Results Option
 

Only show results where is faster than
Only show results matching title/arguments (delimit multiple options with a comma):
Do not show results matching title/arguments (delimit multiple options with a comma):

Very Large Linux Distribution Performance Comparison Very Big Linux distribution performance testing. Benchmarking many different BSD and Linux operating systems for a future article on Phoronix.com. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel. ,,"PC-BSD 9.1","DragonFlyBSD 3.4.1","CentOS 6.4","Fedora 18","Ubuntu 13.04","Linux Mint 15 RC","Mageia 3","openSUSE 12.3","Manjaro 0.8.5","Debian Linux 7.0","Debian kFreeBSD 7.0","PCLinuxOS 2013","Sabayon Linux 13.04","ROSA 2012 R1 LXDE","antiX 13.1","Calculate Linux 13.6" Processor,,Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores),Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores),Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores),Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores),Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores),Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores),Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores),Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores),Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores),Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores),Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores),Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores),Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores),Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores),Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores),Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores) Memory,,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz,2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz,8192MB,8192MB Disk,,OCZ VERTEX 1.30,SATA OCZ VERTEX 1.30,64GB OCZ VERTEX,64GB OCZ VERTEX,64GB OCZ VERTEX,64GB OCZ VERTEX,64GB OCZ VERTEX,64GB OCZ VERTEX + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed,64GB OCZ VERTEX,64GB OCZ VERTEX,OCZ VERTEX 1.30,64GB OCZ VERTEX,64GB OCZ VERTEX,64GB OCZ VERTEX + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed,64GB OCZ VERTEX + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed,64GB OCZ VERTEX Graphics,,ATI Radeon HD 4650,,AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB,AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB,AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB,AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB,AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB (650/900MHz),AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB,AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB,LLVMpipe,LLVMpipe,ATI Radeon HD 4600 512MB (650/900MHz),AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB (650/900MHz),AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB (650/900MHz),AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB,Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV730 512MB Audio,,ATI RV730 HDA,,Intel C600/X79,Realtek ALC892,Realtek ALC892,Realtek ALC892,Realtek ALC892,Realtek ALC892,Realtek ALC892,Realtek ALC892,Intel Patsburg HD Audio,Realtek ALC892,Realtek ALC892,Realtek ALC892,Realtek ALC892,Realtek ALC892 Monitor,,DELL S2409W,,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W,DELL S2409W Network,,Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.3.2,,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection,Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.2.3,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection,Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection, Motherboard,,,,Intel DX79SI,Intel DX79SI,Intel DX79SI,Intel DX79SI,Intel DX79SI,Intel DX79SI,Intel DX79SI,Intel DX79SI,INTEL DX79SI,Intel DX79SI,Intel DX79SI,Intel DX79SI,Intel DX79SI,Intel DX79SI Chipset,,,,Intel Xeon E5/Core,Intel Xeon E5/Core,Intel Xeon E5/Core,Intel Xeon E5/Core,Intel Xeon E5/Core,Intel Xeon E5/Core,Intel Xeon E5/Core,Intel Xeon E5/Core,,Intel Xeon E5/Core,Intel Xeon E5/Core,Intel Xeon E5/Core,Intel Xeon E5/Core, OS,,FreeBSD,DragonFly,CentOS 6.4,Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow),Ubuntu 13.04,LinuxMint 15,Mageia 3,openSUSE 12.3,ManjaroLinux 0.8.5,Debian 7.0,Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7.0,PCLinuxOS 2013,Sabayon n/a,RosaDesktop.Fresh 2012.1,antiX-13.1_x64-full Luddite 19 June 2013,Calculate Linux Desktop 13.6 KDE Kernel,,9.1-RELEASE (x86_64),3.4-RELEASE (x86_64),2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64 (x86_64),3.9.3-201.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64),3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64),3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64),3.8.13-desktop-1.mga3 (x86_64),3.7.10-1.1-desktop (x86_64),3.8.11-1-MANJARO (x86_64),3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64),9.0-2-amd64 (x86_64),3.2.18-pclos2.bfs (x86_64),3.8.0-sabayon (x86_64),3.8.12-nrj-laptop-2rosa (x86_64),3.7.10-antix.4-amd64-smp (x86_64),3.9.6-calculate (x86_64) Desktop,,KDE 4.9.3,,GNOME 2.28.2,GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1,Unity 7.0.0,Cinnamon 1.8.2,LXDE 0.5.10,KDE 4.10.00,Xfce 4.10,GNOME 3.4.2.1,Xfce 4.8,KDE 4.10.1,KDE 4.10.3,LXDE 0.5.12,,KDE 4.10.4 Display Server,,X Server 1.10.6,,X Server 1.13.0,X Server 1.13.3,X Server 1.13.3,X Server 1.13.3,X Server 1.13.4,X Server 1.13.2,X Server 1.14.1,X Server 1.12.4,X Server 1.12.4,X Server 1.10.4,X Server 1.13.3,X Server 1.13.3,X Server 1.12.4,X Server 1.13.4 Display Driver,,vesa 2.3.0,,radeon 6.99.99,radeon 6.99.99,radeon 7.1.0,radeon 7.1.0,radeon 7.1.0,radeon 7.0.0,radeon 7.1.0,radeon 6.14.99,radeon 6.14.99,fglrx 8.96.4,radeon 7.1.0,radeon 7.1.0,radeon 6.14.99,radeon 7.0.0 OpenGL,,2.1 Mesa 7.11.2,,2.1 Mesa 9.0-devel Gallium 0.4,2.1 Mesa 9.1 Gallium 0.4,3.0 Mesa 9.1.1 Gallium 0.4,3.0 Mesa 9.1.1 Gallium 0.4,2.1 Mesa 9.1.2 Gallium 0.4,,3.1 Mesa 9.1.1 Gallium 0.4,2.1 Mesa 8.0.5 Gallium 0.4,2.1 Mesa 8.0.5 Gallium 0.4,3.3.11631,3.1 Mesa 9.1 Gallium 0.4,3.0 Mesa 9.0.1 Gallium 0.4,2.1 Mesa 8.0.5 Gallium 0.4,3.0 Mesa 9.1.2 Gallium 0.4 Compiler,,Clang 3.1 (SVN 156863) + GCC 4.2.1 20070831,GCC 4.7.2,GCC 4.4.7 20120313,GCC 4.7.2 20121109,GCC 4.7,GCC 4.7,GCC 4.7.2,GCC 4.7,GCC 4.8.0 20130502,GCC 4.7,GCC 4.7,GCC 4.5.2,GCC 4.7.2,GCC 4.7.3 20121001,GCC 4.7,GCC 4.6.3 + LLVM 3.1 File-System,,zfs,hammer,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ufs,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4 Screen Resolution,,1280x1024,,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080 ,,"PC-BSD 9.1","DragonFlyBSD 3.4.1","CentOS 6.4","Fedora 18","Ubuntu 13.04","Linux Mint 15 RC","Mageia 3","openSUSE 12.3","Manjaro 0.8.5","Debian Linux 7.0","Debian kFreeBSD 7.0","PCLinuxOS 2013","Sabayon Linux 13.04","ROSA 2012 R1 LXDE","antiX 13.1","Calculate Linux 13.6" "7-Zip Compression - Compress Speed Test (MIPS)",HIB,22180,4326,25051,24403,25150,25234,23393,24731,24648,24820,23482,,24304,25118,24678,25074 "Apache Benchmark - Static Web Page Serving (Reqs/sec)",HIB,21984.80,,,8833.79,14365.59,14471.02,12107.53,,11566.47,15987.95,19560.12,,15125.96,10731.94,14997.76,23600.06 "C-Ray - Total Time (sec)",LIB,30.75,23.34,32.59,23.49,22.85,23.05,27.58,23.59,19.40,23.13,23.90,30.22,23.23,22.98,22.92,30.61 "FFmpeg - H.264 HD To NTSC DV (sec)",LIB,,,,17.32,18.42,18.29,12.92,12.57,17.67,18.75,,11.94,,17.47,18.47,17.09 "Fhourstones - Complex Connect-4 Solving (Kpos / sec)",HIB,12816.87,12813.90,13593.03,13292.90,12923.80,12954.40,10683.47,13355.73,12559.23,12773.97,13319.23,13603.03,13270.77,12695.83,13296.57,12755.73 "Himeno Benchmark - Poisson Pressure Solver (MFLOPS)",HIB,827.76,1666.91,1668.55,1582.07,1644.11,1635.92,1397.44,1601.79,1616.50,1614.37,1613.60,1676.33,1602.09,1597.05,1608.15,1512.16 "LAME MP3 Encoding - WAV To MP3 (sec)",LIB,14.14,,13.62,13.80,13.48,13.50,16.36,14.00,14.02,14.10,,13.57,14.20,13.52,14.12,13.88 "N-Queens - Elapsed Time (sec)",LIB,25.29,24.82,24.63,26.98,25.83,25.90,,,26.08,25.68,27.38,,26.63,,25.69,28.41 "Nexuiz - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off (FPS)",HIB,,,30.61,21.39,24.93,22.53,24.02,28.23,25.03,1,,67.83,23.95,30.46,25.73,27.91 "OpenArena - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,,,14.17,14.67,14.60,,15.47,14.60,14.67,,,50.57,14.37,14.47,21.30,13.90 "OpenSSL - RSA 4096-bit Performance (Signs/sec)",HIB,120.77,,121.33,121.00,121.43,121.40,102.20,121.40,121.47,121.80,,121.23,121.17,121.43,121.80,120.53 "PostgreSQL pgbench - TPC-B Transactions Per Second (TPS)",HIB,,,232.28,357.82,368.91,367.89,356.19,375.73,,344.67,,274.38,,,325.53,335.09 "PostMark - Disk Transaction Performance (TPS)",HIB,102,308,4658,4491,5210,5208,4512,4786,4934,5065,,5034,5319,5396,5245,5396 "Primesieve - 1e12 Prime Number Generation (sec)",LIB,61.13,56.58,55.61,55.84,54.37,54.54,66.10,56.11,54.73,55.02,59.32,,56.14,,55.31,55.38 "Rodinia - Test: OpenMP CFD Solver (sec)",LIB,88.90,,83.80,87.67,85.56,85.92,96.59,86.94,86.93,90.33,,,86.95,,89.98,88.26 "Smallpt - Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples (sec)",LIB,,,66,75,64,64,88,72,72,67,,,67,,67,62 "Tachyon - Total Time (sec)",LIB,8.75,,,,9.13,9.03,11.13,,,9.14,,8.89,9.66,9.24,,10.19 "Timed PHP Compilation - Time To Compile (sec)",LIB,21.03,,21.45,23.10,22.65,22.73,25.99,23.35,24.49,21.83,25.80,,26.22,24.49,21.89,22.52 "x264 - H.264 Video Encoding (FPS)",HIB,,,,215.60,213.81,212.89,186.19,217.92,217.11,,,224.99,,214.00,,219.11 "Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High (FPS)",HIB,,,34.22,48.37,39.52,34.44,40.11,34.57,39.97,,,105.46,38.21,39.94,29.77,38.59