Ubuntu 14.10 vs. Fedora 21 - Intel Core i7 5960X Running pts/fio-1.5.1, pts/dbench-1.0.0, pts/postmark-1.1.0, pts/xonotic-1.3.1, pts/john-the-ripper-1.5.1, pts/x264-1.9.0, pts/build-linux-kernel-1.3.0, pts/encode-mp3-1.4.0 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Ubuntu 14.10 20141001: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (405/648MHz), Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora 21 20141002: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (405/648MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection OS: Fedora 21, Kernel: 3.16.3-302.fc21.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.0, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1 20140912, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 285.57 |=============================================== Fedora 21 20141002 .... 266.17 |============================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 148402 |=============================================== Fedora 21 20141002 .... 141995 |============================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 11569 |================================================ Fedora 21 20141002 .... 11127 |============================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 17.87 |================================================ Fedora 21 20141002 .... 17.21 |============================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 6 MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 60.32 |=============================================== Fedora 21 20141002 .... 62.10 |================================================ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.11 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: Write MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 11.38 |=============================================== Fedora 21 20141002 .... 11.68 |================================================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 47.18 |================================================ Fedora 21 20141002 .... 46.40 |=============================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 12.80 |================================================ Fedora 21 20141002 .... 12.59 |=============================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 5319 |================================================= Fedora 21 20141002 .... 5282 |================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 76.32 |================================================ Fedora 21 20141002 .... 75.81 |================================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 17860333 |============================================= Fedora 21 20141002 .... 16119500 |========================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.11 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: Read MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 20141001 . 47.27 |============================================== Fedora 21 20141002 .... 48.94 |================================================