X1 Carbon Ubuntu vs. Fedora vs. openSUSE Broadwell

Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com of a three-way Linux distribution comparison with Intel Broadwell laptop. Ubuntu, Fedora, and openSUSE benchmarked.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1501240-DE-X1CARBON644.

X1 Carbon Ubuntu vs. Fedora vs. openSUSE BroadwellProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE TumbleweedIntel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores)LENOVO 20BSCTO1WWIntel Broadwell-U-OPI8192MB128GB SAMSUNG MZNTE128Intel Broadwell-U (950MHz)Intel Broadwell-U AudioIntel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265Ubuntu 14.103.16.0-29-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.3.1X Server 1.16.0intel 2.99.9143.3 Mesa 10.3.2GCC 4.9.1ext41920x1080Ubuntu 15.043.18.0-9-generic (x86_64)X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1)intel 2.99.917GCC 4.9.2Fedora 213.17.8-300.fc21.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.14.3intel 2.99.9163.3 Mesa 10.4.1GCC 4.9.2 20141101openSUSE 201501233.18.3-1-desktop (x86_64)KDE 4.14.4X Server 1.16.2intel 2.99.9173.3 Mesa 10.4.2GCC 4.8.3xfsOpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- Ubuntu 14.10: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - Ubuntu 15.04 20150123: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - Fedora 21: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-multilib --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-tune=generic - openSUSE Tumbleweed: --build=x86_64-suse-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-plugin --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,obj-c++,java,ada --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=new --enable-linux-futex --enable-ssp --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --host=x86_64-suse-linux --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch-32=i586 --with-slibdir=/lib64 --with-tune=generic --without-system-libunwind Disk Details- Ubuntu 14.10: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw- Ubuntu 15.04 20150123: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw- Fedora 21: CFQ / data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabelProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveGraphics Details- SNASystem Details- Ubuntu 14.10: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.8.- Ubuntu 15.04 20150123: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.9.- Fedora 21: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.8. SELinux: Enabled.- openSUSE Tumbleweed: Python 2.7.9.Disk Mount Options Details- openSUSE Tumbleweed: attr2,inode64,noquota,relatime,rw

X1 Carbon Ubuntu vs. Fedora vs. openSUSE Broadwellfio: Rand Read - POSIX AIO - No - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Rand Write - POSIX AIO - No - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Seq Read - POSIX AIO - No - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/sfio: Seq Write - POSIX AIO - No - 4KB - Default Test Directory - MB/scompilebench: Compilecompilebench: Initial Createcompilebench: Read Compiled Treepostmark: Disk Transaction Performancetesseract: 1400 x 1050tesseract: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1400 x 1050 - Highxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Highxonotic: 1400 x 1050 - Ultraxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultraxonotic: 1400 x 1050 - Ultimatexonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimatejohn-the-ripper: Blowfishx264: H.264 Video Encodingbuild-apache: Time To Compilebuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timestockfish: Total Timeencode-mp3: WAV To MP3ffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVopenssl: RSA 4096-bit PerformanceUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed36.96111.19154.36119.50277.39173.04923.42506829.7524.1048.4348.4336.6836.6825.4425.46240073.8759.65284.3563.28387213.0618.06241.7737.15103.31162.13119.67273.36207.451095.48528247.7238.9074.8174.8655.9655.9039.0639.05240473.6559.98284.5763.31387912.8518.26241.7737.62111.73148.20120.10269.22164.78966.02503450.1840.5672.9471.0255.0555.2240.8040.79237473.6055.80262.9662.60393712.7417.22254.7338.66112.48181.08120.66302.76164.131107.16496767.5967.2852.0852.0537.4637.35248873.8553.62251.9062.91389914.5117.50255.53OpenBenchmarking.org

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.13Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed918273645SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 336.9637.1537.6238.661. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.13Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed306090120150SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 4.42, N = 6SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3111.19103.31111.73112.481. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.13Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed4080120160200SE +/- 1.21, N = 3SE +/- 1.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3154.36162.13148.20181.081. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 2.1.13Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/sUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed306090120150SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3119.50119.67120.10120.661. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -include -lrt -laio -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl

Compile Bench

Test: Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed70140210280350SE +/- 6.50, N = 6SE +/- 5.97, N = 6SE +/- 2.69, N = 3SE +/- 2.05, N = 3277.39273.36269.22302.76

Compile Bench

Test: Initial Create

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed50100150200250SE +/- 13.37, N = 3SE +/- 1.06, N = 3SE +/- 3.78, N = 3SE +/- 1.47, N = 3173.04207.45164.78164.13

Compile Bench

Test: Read Compiled Tree

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Read Compiled TreeUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed2004006008001000SE +/- 109.32, N = 3SE +/- 6.46, N = 3SE +/- 21.94, N = 3SE +/- 7.97, N = 3923.421095.48966.021107.16

PostMark

Disk Transaction Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed11002200330044005500SE +/- 34.00, N = 3SE +/- 37.00, N = 3SE +/- 34.00, N = 3SE +/- 33.00, N = 350685282503449671. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Tesseract

Resolution: 1400 x 1050

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1400 x 1050Ubuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 211122334455SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.60, N = 329.7547.7250.18

Tesseract

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080Ubuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21918273645SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 324.1038.9040.56

Xonotic

Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Effects Quality: HighUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed20406080100SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 348.4374.8172.9467.59MIN: 27 / MAX: 62MIN: 41 / MAX: 103MIN: 39 / MAX: 113MIN: 38 / MAX: 101

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed20406080100SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 348.4374.8671.0267.28MIN: 27 / MAX: 62MIN: 42 / MAX: 102MIN: 38 / MAX: 113MIN: 39 / MAX: 101

Xonotic

Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Effects Quality: UltraUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed1326395265SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 336.6855.9655.0552.08MIN: 17 / MAX: 55MIN: 25 / MAX: 84MIN: 26 / MAX: 94MIN: 24 / MAX: 83

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed1326395265SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 336.6855.9055.2252.05MIN: 17 / MAX: 57MIN: 25 / MAX: 84MIN: 27 / MAX: 94MIN: 24 / MAX: 83

Xonotic

Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Effects Quality: UltimateUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed918273645SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 325.4439.0640.8037.46MIN: 12 / MAX: 44MIN: 18 / MAX: 65MIN: 19 / MAX: 71MIN: 18 / MAX: 63

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed918273645SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 325.4639.0540.7937.35MIN: 12 / MAX: 43MIN: 18 / MAX: 65MIN: 19 / MAX: 72MIN: 18 / MAX: 63

John The Ripper

Test: Blowfish

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: BlowfishUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed5001000150020002500SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 4.16, N = 3SE +/- 1.67, N = 324002404237424881. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2014-08-30H.264 Video EncodingUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed1632486480SE +/- 0.18, N = 5SE +/- 0.08, N = 5SE +/- 0.84, N = 10SE +/- 0.86, N = 1073.8773.6573.6073.851. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize

Timed Apache Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.4.7Time To CompileUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed1326395265SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.36, N = 359.6559.9855.8053.62

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6Time To CompileUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed60120180240300SE +/- 0.65, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.81, N = 3284.35284.57262.96251.90

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed1428425670SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 363.2863.3162.6062.911. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Stockfish

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgms, Fewer Is BetterStockfish 2014-11-26Total TimeUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed8001600240032004000SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 5.90, N = 3SE +/- 1.45, N = 3SE +/- 3.48, N = 338723879393738991. (CXX) g++ options: -lpthread -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -ansi -pedantic -O3 -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt -flto

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3Ubuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed48121620SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.04, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 513.0612.8512.7414.511. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -pipe -lm

FFmpeg

H.264 HD To NTSC DV

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 2.1.1H.264 HD To NTSC DVUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed48121620SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 5SE +/- 0.25, N = 618.0618.2617.2217.50-lXv -lX11 -lXext -lasound-lXv -lX11 -lXext -lasound-lasound1. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lm -pthread -std=c99 -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -fno-tree-vectorize -MMD -MF -MT

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1gRSA 4096-bit PerformanceUbuntu 14.10Ubuntu 15.04 20150123Fedora 21openSUSE Tumbleweed60120180240300SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 3.51, N = 6SE +/- 3.63, N = 6241.77241.77254.73255.531. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

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