openSUSE v. Fedora v. Ubuntu v. Manjaro v. Debian Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216: Processor: Intel Core i3-5010U @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel NUC5i3RYB, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (900MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: openSUSE 20150216, Kernel: 3.18.3-2-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.14.5, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.10: Processor: Intel Core i3-5010U @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel NUC5i3RYB, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (900MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-30-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 Fedora 21 Updated: Processor: Intel Core i3-5010U @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel NUC5i3RYB, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (900MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Fedora 21, Kernel: 3.18.7-200.fc21.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.3, Display Server: X Server 1.16.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.916, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.3, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 20150212, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Manjaro Linux 0.8.12: Processor: Intel Core i3-5010U @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel NUC5i3RYB, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (900MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: ManjaroLinux 0.8.12, Kernel: 3.16.7.4-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 20141224, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Debian 8.0 Testing: Processor: Intel Core i3-5010U @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel NUC5i3RYB, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Debian 8.0, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Display Driver: intel 2.21.15, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HP Envy 15 i7 ubuntu kxstudio: Processor: Intel Core i7-4710HQ @ 2.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: HP 2290 v77.13, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB OCZ VECTOR + 63GB 00000, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 3160 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.18-7.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.13.3, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.911, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, 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 openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 .. 31.85 |======================================== Ubuntu 14.10 .................. 30.78 |======================================= Fedora 21 Updated ............. 30.63 |====================================== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 .......... 31.32 |======================================= Debian 8.0 Testing ............ 30.18 |====================================== HP Envy 15 i7 ubuntu kxstudio . 23.76 |============================== 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 openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 .. 140.60 |======================================= Ubuntu 14.10 .................. 132.45 |===================================== Fedora 21 Updated ............. 124.14 |================================== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 .......... 131.61 |===================================== Debian 8.0 Testing ............ 124.57 |=================================== HP Envy 15 i7 ubuntu kxstudio . 82.03 |======================= 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 openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 .. 155.89 |======================================= Ubuntu 14.10 .................. 142.16 |==================================== Fedora 21 Updated ............. 133.33 |================================= Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 .......... 141.35 |=================================== Debian 8.0 Testing ............ 135.24 |================================== HP Envy 15 i7 ubuntu kxstudio . 37.57 |========= 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 openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 .. 144.28 |======================================= Ubuntu 14.10 .................. 136.02 |===================================== Fedora 21 Updated ............. 126.86 |================================== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 .......... 133.36 |==================================== Debian 8.0 Testing ............ 128.86 |=================================== HP Envy 15 i7 ubuntu kxstudio . 111.08 |============================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 .. 3571 |============================ Ubuntu 14.10 .................. 3589 |============================ Fedora 21 Updated ............. 3488 |=========================== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 .......... 2798 |====================== Debian 8.0 Testing ............ 3807 |============================== HP Envy 15 i7 ubuntu kxstudio . 5212 |========================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 .. 31.83 |================================== Ubuntu 14.10 .................. 36.73 |======================================== Fedora 21 Updated ............. 36.93 |======================================== HP Envy 15 i7 ubuntu kxstudio . 21.43 |======================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 .. MIN: 6 AVG: 31 MAX: 65 Ubuntu 14.10 .................. MIN: 6 AVG: 27 MAX: 50 Fedora 21 Updated ............. MIN: 6 AVG: 27 MAX: 51 HP Envy 15 i7 ubuntu kxstudio . MIN: 4 AVG: 47 MAX: 99 Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 .. 124.49 |======================================= Ubuntu 14.10 .................. 59.95 |=================== Fedora 21 Updated ............. 97.14 |============================== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 .......... 114.18 |==================================== HP Envy 15 i7 ubuntu kxstudio . 86.05 |=========================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 .. 64.34 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.10 .................. 59.20 |================================ Fedora 21 Updated ............. 73.43 |======================================== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 .......... 63.36 |=================================== HP Envy 15 i7 ubuntu kxstudio . 45.17 |========================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 .. 51.50 |==================================== Ubuntu 14.10 .................. 54.13 |====================================== Fedora 21 Updated ............. 56.88 |======================================== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 .......... 50.50 |==================================== HP Envy 15 i7 ubuntu kxstudio . 38.78 |=========================== FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Stock - Size: 1D FFT Size 2048 Mflops > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 .. 3534.76 |============================ Ubuntu 14.10 .................. 3446.16 |=========================== Fedora 21 Updated ............. 3481.70 |============================ Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 .......... 3446.22 |=========================== Debian 8.0 Testing ............ 3457.40 |=========================== HP Envy 15 i7 ubuntu kxstudio . 4808.60 |====================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 .. 1895 |================== Ubuntu 14.10 .................. 1936 |=================== Fedora 21 Updated ............. 1935 |=================== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 .......... 1925 |=================== Debian 8.0 Testing ............ 1937 |=================== HP Envy 15 i7 ubuntu kxstudio . 4253 |========================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 .. 2801333 |============= Ubuntu 14.10 .................. 2927000 |============== Fedora 21 Updated ............. 2913000 |============== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 .......... 2929000 |============== Debian 8.0 Testing ............ 2862333 |============== HP Envy 15 i7 ubuntu kxstudio . 8043200 |====================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 .. 23881 |================== Ubuntu 14.10 .................. 24919 |================== Fedora 21 Updated ............. 24952 |================== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 .......... 24886 |================== Debian 8.0 Testing ............ 24968 |================== HP Envy 15 i7 ubuntu kxstudio . 54359 |======================================== x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 .. 58.44 |================ Ubuntu 14.10 .................. 58.53 |================ Fedora 21 Updated ............. 58.96 |================= Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 .......... 58.47 |================ Debian 8.0 Testing ............ 58.47 |================ HP Envy 15 i7 ubuntu kxstudio . 138.67 |======================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 .. 303.11 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.10 .................. 334.08 |======================================= Fedora 21 Updated ............. 317.08 |===================================== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 .......... 337.54 |======================================= Debian 8.0 Testing ............ 331.45 |====================================== HP Envy 15 i7 ubuntu kxstudio . 156.04 |================== Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 .. 5910 |========================================= Ubuntu 14.10 .................. 5812 |======================================== Fedora 21 Updated ............. 5949 |========================================= Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 .......... 5806 |======================================== Debian 8.0 Testing ............ 5939 |========================================= HP Envy 15 i7 ubuntu kxstudio . 4241 |============================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 .. 12.98 |======================================== Ubuntu 14.10 .................. 10.68 |================================= Fedora 21 Updated ............. 10.77 |================================= Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 .......... 10.66 |================================= Debian 8.0 Testing ............ 10.70 |================================= HP Envy 15 i7 ubuntu kxstudio . 7.38 |======================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 .. 22.17 |======================================== Ubuntu 14.10 .................. 19.92 |==================================== Fedora 21 Updated ............. 20.26 |===================================== Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 .......... 20.15 |==================================== Debian 8.0 Testing ............ 19.75 |==================================== HP Envy 15 i7 ubuntu kxstudio . 13.83 |========================= FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better openSUSE Tumbleweed 20150216 .. 23.74 |======================================== Ubuntu 14.10 .................. 23.58 |======================================== Fedora 21 Updated ............. 23.22 |======================================= Manjaro Linux 0.8.12 .......... 23.32 |======================================= Debian 8.0 Testing ............ 23.54 |======================================== HP Envy 15 i7 ubuntu kxstudio . 15.43 |==========================