2014 Linux Distribution Performance Comparison

Running benchmarks by Michael Larabel with the Phoronix Test Suite for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
April 16 2014
 
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April 16 2014
 
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April 20 2014
 
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April 20 2014
 
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April 20 2014
 
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April 21 2014
 
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April 21 2014
 
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2014 Linux Distribution Performance Comparison Running benchmarks by Michael Larabel with the Phoronix Test Suite for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivytown DMI2, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.11.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Oracle Linux 6.5: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v2/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: OracleServer 6.5, Kernel: 3.8.13-16.2.1.el6uek.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivytown DMI2, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Intel C600/X79, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: OracleEverything 7.0, Kernel: 3.10.0-54.0.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.99.901 (1.15.0 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20131106, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 CentOS 6.5: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v2/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Intel C600/X79, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: CentOS 6.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Debian Linux 7.4: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivytown DMI2, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Debian 7.4, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.4.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: fbdev 0.4.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 openSUSE 13.1: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v2/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, 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: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora 20: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v2/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, 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: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20131212, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenMandriva 2014.0 RC1: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB (500/1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: OpenMandrivaLinux 2014.0, Kernel: 3.13.10-nrjQL-desktop-1omv (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.12.4, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3 20140106, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 RHEL 7.0 RC1: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 4.00GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0, Kernel: 3.10.0-121.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.5 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20140120, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS ...... 17938.30 |========================================= Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 15914.13 |===================================== Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 9932.61 |======================= Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 8515.98 |==================== CentOS 6.5 .............. 16375.17 |====================================== Debian Linux 7.4 ........ 16424.70 |====================================== openSUSE 13.1 ........... 18592.95 |=========================================== Fedora 20 ............... 10390.29 |======================== OpenMandriva 2014.0 RC1 . 13787.00 |================================ RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 9042.85 |===================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS ...... 33924333 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 16157667 |==================== Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 32688667 |========================================= Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 15783667 |==================== CentOS 6.5 .............. 33802667 |=========================================== Debian Linux 7.4 ........ 33921000 |=========================================== openSUSE 13.1 ........... 15767333 |==================== Fedora 20 ............... 15734000 |==================== RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 15744667 |==================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS ...... 27.80 |========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 17.29 |========================== Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 30.48 |============================================== Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 17.67 |=========================== CentOS 6.5 .............. 29.55 |============================================= Debian Linux 7.4 ........ 21.05 |================================ openSUSE 13.1 ........... 17.73 |=========================== Fedora 20 ............... 17.73 |=========================== OpenMandriva 2014.0 RC1 . 17.71 |=========================== RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 17.65 |=========================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI-Q Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS ...... 20.21 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 15.57 |================================= Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 20.66 |============================================ Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 15.47 |================================= CentOS 6.5 .............. 20.62 |============================================ Debian Linux 7.4 ........ 21.77 |============================================== openSUSE 13.1 ........... 15.58 |================================= Fedora 20 ............... 15.76 |================================= RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 15.50 |================================= Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS ...... 23.42 |===================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 26.78 |========================================== Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 24.37 |====================================== Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 23.74 |===================================== CentOS 6.5 .............. 24.36 |====================================== Debian Linux 7.4 ........ 29.19 |============================================== openSUSE 13.1 ........... 25.18 |======================================== Fedora 20 ............... 26.89 |========================================== OpenMandriva 2014.0 RC1 . 25.63 |======================================== RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 24.75 |======================================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS ...... 5245 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 4574 |====================================== Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 5001 |========================================== Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 5555 |============================================== CentOS 6.5 .............. 5208 |============================================ Debian Linux 7.4 ........ 5619 |=============================================== openSUSE 13.1 ........... 5245 |============================================ Fedora 20 ............... 5034 |========================================== OpenMandriva 2014.0 RC1 . 5245 |============================================ RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 5480 |============================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS ...... 52.78 |======================================= Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 58.51 |============================================ Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 53.77 |======================================== Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 53.45 |======================================== CentOS 6.5 .............. 53.12 |======================================== Debian Linux 7.4 ........ 57.04 |=========================================== Fedora 20 ............... 53.71 |======================================== OpenMandriva 2014.0 RC1 . 61.68 |============================================== RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 53.09 |======================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS ...... 10.05 |========================================= Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 9.77 |======================================== Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 10.35 |=========================================== Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 9.77 |======================================== CentOS 6.5 .............. 10.27 |========================================== Debian Linux 7.4 ........ 11.16 |============================================== openSUSE 13.1 ........... 9.90 |========================================= Fedora 20 ............... 9.88 |========================================= RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 9.70 |======================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS ...... 50 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 55 |=============================================== Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 53 |============================================== Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 56 |================================================ CentOS 6.5 .............. 52 |============================================= Debian Linux 7.4 ........ 56 |================================================ openSUSE 13.1 ........... 56 |================================================ Fedora 20 ............... 57 |================================================= RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 56 |================================================ VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS ...... 32.11 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 29.81 |========================================= Debian Linux 7.4 ........ 32.24 |============================================ openSUSE 13.1 ........... 30.65 |========================================== Fedora 20 ............... 31.10 |=========================================== OpenMandriva 2014.0 RC1 . 33.54 |============================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS ...... 62.14 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 62.86 |============================================ Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 62.40 |=========================================== Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 63.59 |============================================ CentOS 6.5 .............. 59.74 |========================================= Debian Linux 7.4 ........ 66.45 |============================================== openSUSE 13.1 ........... 64.50 |============================================= Fedora 20 ............... 64.22 |============================================ RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 63.10 |============================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS ...... 9691 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 9651 |============================================== Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 8815 |========================================== Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 9406 |============================================= CentOS 6.5 .............. 9115 |============================================ Debian Linux 7.4 ........ 9771 |=============================================== openSUSE 13.1 ........... 9387 |============================================= Fedora 20 ............... 9401 |============================================= RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 9436 |============================================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Leukocyte Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS . 23.25 |================================================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ... 23.32 |================================================ Oracle Linux 6.5 ... 24.67 |=================================================== CentOS 6.5 ......... 24.09 |================================================== Debian Linux 7.4 ... 22.46 |============================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS ...... 238.20 |========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 245.91 |============================================ Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 243.67 |=========================================== Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 249.15 |============================================ CentOS 6.5 .............. 240.77 |=========================================== Debian Linux 7.4 ........ 241.01 |=========================================== openSUSE 13.1 ........... 250.14 |============================================= Fedora 20 ............... 252.78 |============================================= RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 247.39 |============================================ Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS ...... 32.60 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 32.99 |============================================ Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 33.46 |============================================= Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 33.84 |============================================== CentOS 6.5 .............. 32.78 |============================================ Debian Linux 7.4 ........ 32.59 |============================================ openSUSE 13.1 ........... 34.16 |============================================== Fedora 20 ............... 34.04 |============================================== RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 33.51 |============================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS ...... 135168 |============================================= Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 134106 |============================================= Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 130345 |=========================================== Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 130518 |=========================================== CentOS 6.5 .............. 134629 |============================================= Debian Linux 7.4 ........ 134808 |============================================= openSUSE 13.1 ........... 130432 |=========================================== Fedora 20 ............... 130432 |=========================================== RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 131044 |============================================