Intel Haswell - Ubuntu Linux vs. Fedora 19 Intel Haswell Core i7 4770K benchmarking of Ubuntu 13.04 Linux versus Fedora 19 on Haswell for a future article on Phoronix. Ubuntu 13.04: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Haswell IGP, Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.6, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.1, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 13.10 20130619: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Haswell Desktop, Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.9.0-6-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.9, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora 19 KDE: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: Intel Haswell IGP, Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: intel 2.21.8, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 20.97 |================================== Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 20.87 |================================== Fedora 19 KDE ......... 29.75 |================================================ Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 50.57 |======================================= Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 50.77 |======================================= Fedora 19 KDE ......... 62.87 |================================================ Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 104.29 |============================================ Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 110.71 |=============================================== Fedora 19 KDE ......... 102.40 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 46.97 |========================================= Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 48.68 |=========================================== Fedora 19 KDE ......... 54.39 |================================================ Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 32.05 |========================================== Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 32.87 |=========================================== Fedora 19 KDE ......... 36.57 |================================================ Rodinia 2.2 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 93.30 |========================================= Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 93.57 |========================================= Fedora 19 KDE ......... 107.97 |=============================================== Rodinia 2.2 Test: OpenMP Leukocyte Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 33.88 |=============================================== Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 34.45 |================================================ Rodinia 2.2 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 95.69 |============================================== Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 96.99 |=============================================== Fedora 19 KDE ......... 99.15 |================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 13176.58 |============================================ Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 13126.88 |============================================ Fedora 19 KDE ......... 13536.94 |============================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 304.51 |=============================================== Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 270.69 |========================================== Fedora 19 KDE ......... 265.46 |========================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 11056.95 |============================================= Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 10727.74 |============================================ Fedora 19 KDE ......... 11072.80 |============================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 5597.15 |============================================= Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 5583.65 |============================================= Fedora 19 KDE ......... 5694.03 |============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 4882.56 |============================================= Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 5013.88 |============================================== Fedora 19 KDE ......... 4963.83 |============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 45.30 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 45.21 |================================================ Fedora 19 KDE ......... 42.53 |============================================= Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 29.03 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 27.94 |============================================== Fedora 19 KDE ......... 29.07 |================================================ FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 6059.53 |============================================== Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 5947.99 |============================================= Fedora 19 KDE ......... 6042.06 |============================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 10.23 |=============================================== Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 10.34 |================================================ Fedora 19 KDE ......... 10.38 |================================================ BLAKE2 20121223 Phoronix Test Suite v4.6.0 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 5.30 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 5.36 |================================================= Fedora 19 KDE ......... 5.35 |================================================= John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 6580 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 6650 |================================================= Fedora 19 KDE ......... 6602 |================================================= John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 20883333 |============================================= Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 10255000 |====================== Fedora 19 KDE ......... 10244000 |====================== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 43744 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 40540 |============================================ Fedora 19 KDE ......... 41932 |============================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2z Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 117.60 |============================================ Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 123.50 |============================================== Fedora 19 KDE ......... 125.50 |=============================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 26.68 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 26.47 |================================================ Fedora 19 KDE ......... 26.14 |=============================================== x264 2013-05-14 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 155.62 |============================================== Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 157.42 |=============================================== Fedora 19 KDE ......... 159.03 |=============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 162 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 159 |=============================================== Fedora 19 KDE ......... 168 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 205 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 201 |================================================ Fedora 19 KDE ......... 211 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 123 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 123 |================================================ Fedora 19 KDE ......... 127 |================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 1331.21 |========================================== Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 1308.21 |========================================== Fedora 19 KDE ......... 1448.18 |============================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 95.77 |=============================================== Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 97.92 |================================================ Fedora 19 KDE ......... 90.13 |============================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 26.86 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 22.96 |========================================= Fedora 19 KDE ......... 22.98 |========================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 9.25 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 8.72 |============================================== Fedora 19 KDE ......... 9.02 |================================================ Primesieve 4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 79.20 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 79.63 |================================================ Fedora 19 KDE ......... 79.46 |================================================ Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 83 |============================================= Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 83 |============================================= Fedora 19 KDE ......... 95 |=================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 4.99 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 5.09 |================================================= Fedora 19 KDE ......... 4.96 |================================================ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 12.25 |=============================================== Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 12.36 |=============================================== Fedora 19 KDE ......... 12.60 |================================================ FFmpeg 1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 12.90 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 12.91 |================================================ Fedora 19 KDE ......... 12.94 |================================================ Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 85.94 |=============================================== Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 87.11 |================================================ Fedora 19 KDE ......... 85.81 |=============================================== Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 136.40 |=============================================== Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 128.99 |============================================ Fedora 19 KDE ......... 132.04 |============================================= Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 170.63 |=============================================== Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 167.82 |============================================== Fedora 19 KDE ......... 167.63 |============================================== N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 38.18 |============================================== Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 38.33 |=============================================== Fedora 19 KDE ......... 39.42 |================================================ Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 808.12 |================================== Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 814.71 |================================== Fedora 19 KDE ......... 1092.85 |============================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 .......... 147.17 |=============================================== Ubuntu 13.10 20130619 . 143.80 |============================================== Fedora 19 KDE ......... 148.50 |===============================================