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. Ubuntu 14.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG MZNTE128, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 15.04 20150123: Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG MZNTE128, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora 21: Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG MZNTE128, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Fedora 21, Kernel: 3.17.8-300.fc21.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.3, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.99.916, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.1, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 20141101, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 openSUSE Tumbleweed: Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG MZNTE128, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: openSUSE 20150123, Kernel: 3.18.3-1-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.2, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 36.96 |============================================== Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 37.15 |============================================== Fedora 21 ............. 37.62 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 38.66 |================================================ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 111.19 |============================================== Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 103.31 |=========================================== Fedora 21 ............. 111.73 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 112.48 |=============================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 154.36 |======================================== Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 162.13 |========================================== Fedora 21 ............. 148.20 |====================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 181.08 |=============================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 119.50 |=============================================== Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 119.67 |=============================================== Fedora 21 ............. 120.10 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 120.66 |=============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 277.39 |=========================================== Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 273.36 |========================================== Fedora 21 ............. 269.22 |========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 302.76 |=============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 173.04 |======================================= Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 207.45 |=============================================== Fedora 21 ............. 164.78 |===================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 164.13 |===================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 923.42 |====================================== Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 1095.48 |============================================== Fedora 21 ............. 966.02 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 1107.16 |============================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 5068 |=============================================== Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 5282 |================================================= Fedora 21 ............. 5034 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 4967 |============================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 29.75 |============================ Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 47.72 |============================================== Fedora 21 ............. 50.18 |================================================ Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 24.10 |============================= Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 38.90 |============================================== Fedora 21 ............. 40.56 |================================================ Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 48.43 |=============================== Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 74.81 |================================================ Fedora 21 ............. 72.94 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 67.59 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 48.43 |=============================== Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 74.86 |================================================ Fedora 21 ............. 71.02 |============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 67.28 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 36.68 |=============================== Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 55.96 |================================================ Fedora 21 ............. 55.05 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 52.08 |============================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 36.68 |=============================== Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 55.90 |================================================ Fedora 21 ............. 55.22 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 52.05 |============================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 25.44 |============================== Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 39.06 |============================================== Fedora 21 ............. 40.80 |================================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 37.46 |============================================ Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 25.46 |============================== Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 39.05 |============================================== Fedora 21 ............. 40.79 |================================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 37.35 |============================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 2400 |=============================================== Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 2404 |=============================================== Fedora 21 ............. 2374 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 2488 |================================================= x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 73.87 |================================================ Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 73.65 |================================================ Fedora 21 ............. 73.60 |================================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 73.85 |================================================ Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 59.65 |================================================ Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 59.98 |================================================ Fedora 21 ............. 55.80 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 53.62 |=========================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 284.35 |=============================================== Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 284.57 |=============================================== Fedora 21 ............. 262.96 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 251.90 |========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 63.28 |================================================ Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 63.31 |================================================ Fedora 21 ............. 62.60 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 62.91 |================================================ Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 3872 |================================================ Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 3879 |================================================ Fedora 21 ............. 3937 |================================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 3899 |================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 13.06 |=========================================== Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 12.85 |=========================================== Fedora 21 ............. 12.74 |========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 14.51 |================================================ FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 18.06 |=============================================== Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 18.26 |================================================ Fedora 21 ............. 17.22 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 17.50 |============================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .......... 241.77 |============================================ Ubuntu 15.04 20150123 . 241.77 |============================================ Fedora 21 ............. 254.73 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 255.53 |===============================================