Manjaro, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Fedora Linux Intel Core i5-4670 testing of various early 2014 Linux distributions. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Manjaro Linux 0.8.8: Processor: Intel Core i5-4670 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI B85M-P33 (MS-7817) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 63GB SanDisk SDSSDP06, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: ManjaroLinux 0.8.8, Kernel: 3.10.20-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.4, Display Driver: intel 2.21.15, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 13.10: Processor: Intel Core i5-4670 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI B85M-P33 (MS-7817) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 63GB SanDisk SDSSDP06, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.04 20140128: Processor: Intel Core i5-4670 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI B85M-P33 (MS-7817) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 63GB SanDisk SDSSDP06, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.907, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 openSUSE 13.1: Processor: Intel Core i5-4670 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI B85M-P33 (MS-7817) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 63GB SanDisk SDSSDP06, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: openSUSE 13.1, Kernel: 3.11.6-4-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.11.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3.901 (1.14.4 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.99.905, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora 20: Processor: Intel Core i5-4670 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI B85M-P33 (MS-7817) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 63GB SanDisk SDSSDP06, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Monitor: VE228, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Fedora 20, Kernel: 3.11.10-301.fc20.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.10.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.14.4, Display Driver: intel 2.21.15, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20131212, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora 20 + Updates: Processor: Intel Core i5-4670 @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI B85M-P33 (MS-7817) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 63GB SanDisk SDSSDP06, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Monitor: VE228, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Fedora 20, Kernel: 3.12.8-300.fc20.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.10.3, Display Server: X Server 1.14.4, Display Driver: intel 2.21.15, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.5, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20131212, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Manjaro Linux 0.8.8 ... 112.57 |============================================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 103.10 |========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140128 . 115.66 |=============================================== openSUSE 13.1 ......... 104.80 |=========================================== Fedora 20 ............. 102.84 |========================================== Fedora 20 + Updates ... 107.25 |============================================ PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Manjaro Linux 0.8.8 ... 6410 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 6303 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20140128 . 5319 |========================================= openSUSE 13.1 ......... 5474 |========================================== Fedora 20 ............. 5813 |============================================ Fedora 20 + Updates ... 5906 |============================================= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Manjaro Linux 0.8.8 ... 179.80 |============================================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 184.57 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140128 . 182.77 |=============================================== openSUSE 13.1 ......... 178.07 |============================================= Fedora 20 ............. 180.97 |============================================== Fedora 20 + Updates ... 176.63 |============================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Manjaro Linux 0.8.8 ... 35.63 |=============================================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 36.30 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20140128 . 35.40 |=============================================== openSUSE 13.1 ......... 34.27 |============================================= Fedora 20 ............. 35.90 |=============================================== Fedora 20 + Updates ... 35.80 |=============================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Manjaro Linux 0.8.8 ... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 28.0 MAX: 67.0 Ubuntu 13.10 .......... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 27.5 MAX: 64.0 Ubuntu 14.04 20140128 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 28.1 MAX: 66.0 openSUSE 13.1 ......... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 29.1 MAX: 69.0 Fedora 20 ............. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 27.8 MAX: 62.0 Fedora 20 + Updates ... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 27.8 MAX: 65.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Manjaro Linux 0.8.8 ... 170.06 |============================================= Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 175.12 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140128 . 177.22 |=============================================== openSUSE 13.1 ......... 154.36 |========================================= Fedora 20 ............. 162.58 |=========================================== Fedora 20 + Updates ... 163.21 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Manjaro Linux 0.8.8 ... 73.84 |============================================= Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 74.60 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140128 . 78.03 |================================================ openSUSE 13.1 ......... 70.93 |============================================ Fedora 20 ............. 74.28 |============================================== Fedora 20 + Updates ... 74.99 |============================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Manjaro Linux 0.8.8 ... 49.28 |======================================= Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 43.39 |================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140128 . 61.08 |================================================ openSUSE 13.1 ......... 47.75 |====================================== Fedora 20 ............. 49.43 |======================================= Fedora 20 + Updates ... 49.96 |======================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Manjaro Linux 0.8.8 ... 6.16 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 6.19 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.04 20140128 . 6.10 |================================================ openSUSE 13.1 ......... 6.17 |================================================= Fedora 20 ............. 6.21 |================================================= Fedora 20 + Updates ... 6.06 |================================================ x264 2014-01-09 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Manjaro Linux 0.8.8 ... 142.07 |============================================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 145.78 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140128 . 144.67 |=============================================== openSUSE 13.1 ......... 145.31 |=============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Manjaro Linux 0.8.8 ... 108 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 104 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20140128 . 107 |================================================== openSUSE 13.1 ......... 107 |================================================== Fedora 20 ............. 108 |================================================== Fedora 20 + Updates ... 108 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Manjaro Linux 0.8.8 ... 52 |=================================================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 52 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140128 . 52 |=================================================== openSUSE 13.1 ......... 52 |=================================================== Fedora 20 ............. 52 |=================================================== Fedora 20 + Updates ... 52 |=================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Manjaro Linux 0.8.8 ... 143 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 138 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20140128 . 142 |================================================== openSUSE 13.1 ......... 142 |================================================== Fedora 20 ............. 143 |================================================== Fedora 20 + Updates ... 143 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Manjaro Linux 0.8.8 ... 196 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 190 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20140128 . 194 |================================================= openSUSE 13.1 ......... 194 |================================================= Fedora 20 ............. 195 |================================================== Fedora 20 + Updates ... 195 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Manjaro Linux 0.8.8 ... 99 |=================================================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 92 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140128 . 99 |=================================================== openSUSE 13.1 ......... 94 |================================================ Fedora 20 ............. 99 |=================================================== Fedora 20 + Updates ... 99 |=================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Manjaro Linux 0.8.8 ... 1687.80 |============================================ Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 1748.55 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140128 . 1678.51 |============================================ openSUSE 13.1 ......... 1745.46 |============================================== Fedora 20 ............. 1720.22 |============================================= Fedora 20 + Updates ... 1668.01 |============================================ Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Manjaro Linux 0.8.8 ... 29.02 |========================================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 29.79 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20140128 . 32.85 |================================================ Fedora 20 ............. 27.62 |======================================== Fedora 20 + Updates ... 27.36 |======================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Manjaro Linux 0.8.8 ... 90.30 |============================================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 90.33 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 20140128 . 92.49 |=============================================== openSUSE 13.1 ......... 93.95 |================================================ Fedora 20 ............. 84.60 |=========================================== Fedora 20 + Updates ... 84.51 |=========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Manjaro Linux 0.8.8 ... 24.55 |================================================ Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 24.60 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 20140128 . 24.64 |================================================ openSUSE 13.1 ......... 24.67 |================================================ Fedora 20 ............. 24.73 |================================================ Fedora 20 + Updates ... 24.59 |================================================ FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Manjaro Linux 0.8.8 ... 4.71 |================================================= Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 4.68 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.04 20140128 . 4.69 |================================================= openSUSE 13.1 ......... 4.69 |================================================= Fedora 20 ............. 4.63 |================================================ Fedora 20 + Updates ... 4.63 |================================================ Hierarchical INTegration 1.0 Test: FLOAT QUIPs > Higher Is Better Manjaro Linux 0.8.8 ... 359569563.51 |========================================= Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 358954525.14 |========================================= Ubuntu 14.04 20140128 . 356392266.37 |========================================= openSUSE 13.1 ......... 357733538.05 |========================================= Fedora 20 ............. 358031086.29 |========================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Manjaro Linux 0.8.8 ... 37199.42 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.10 .......... 53311.15 |============================================= Ubuntu 14.04 20140128 . 40734.39 |================================== Fedora 20 ............. 17257.19 |=============== Fedora 20 + Updates ... 16529.95 |==============