Fedora OpenSUSE Debian Manjaro Linux Mint Ubuntu Benchmarks
Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article of six Linux distributions in late 2015.


Fedora 23: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Fedora 23, Kernel: 4.2.0-300.fc23.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.0 (git-c4bae57) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.1.1 20150618, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

openSUSE 42.1 Leap Beta: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: SUSE LINUX 42.1beta1, Kernel: 4.1.6-10-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.6 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

Linux Mint 17.2: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: LinuxMint 17.2, Kernel: 3.16.0-38-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.6.11, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

Manjaro 15.09: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: ManjaroLinux 15.09, Kernel: 4.1.8-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.7 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

Debian Stretch Testing: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.1.0-2-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20150911, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

Ubuntu 15.10: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20150922, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

Calculate Linux 15: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: Gallium 0.4 on AMD CAYMAN 2048MB, Monitor: ASUS PB278

	OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 3.18.20-calculate (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.14.12, Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.7 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 + LLVM 3.5.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Fedora 23 ............... 81484 |==============================================
openSUSE 42.1 Leap Beta . 44061 |=========================
Linux Mint 17.2 ......... 29905 |=================
Manjaro 15.09 ........... 42053 |========================
Debian Stretch Testing .. 69073 |=======================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ............ 81555 |==============================================
Calculate Linux 15 ...... 35677 |====================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Fedora 23 ............... 127.22 |=============================================
openSUSE 42.1 Leap Beta . 118.13 |==========================================
Linux Mint 17.2 ......... 71.86  |=========================
Manjaro 15.09 ........... 103.60 |=====================================
Debian Stretch Testing .. 115.04 |=========================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ............ 119.87 |==========================================
Calculate Linux 15 ...... 58.71  |=====================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Fedora 23 ............... 13597 |============================================
openSUSE 42.1 Leap Beta . 6822  |======================
Linux Mint 17.2 ......... 14015 |==============================================
Manjaro 15.09 ........... 14093 |==============================================
Debian Stretch Testing .. 14102 |==============================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ............ 14069 |==============================================
Calculate Linux 15 ...... 8847  |=============================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Fedora 23 ............... 60.09 |============================================
openSUSE 42.1 Leap Beta . 30.52 |======================
Linux Mint 17.2 ......... 61.70 |=============================================
Manjaro 15.09 ........... 63.02 |==============================================
Debian Stretch Testing .. 60.52 |============================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ............ 59.94 |============================================
Calculate Linux 15 ...... 45.07 |=================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Fedora 23 ............... 75.58 |==============================================
openSUSE 42.1 Leap Beta . 39.05 |========================
Linux Mint 17.2 ......... 74.02 |=============================================
Manjaro 15.09 ........... 71.19 |===========================================
Debian Stretch Testing .. 71.83 |============================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ............ 71.72 |============================================
Calculate Linux 15 ...... 73.56 |=============================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed
Points > Higher Is Better
Fedora 23 ............... 84953 |=============================================
openSUSE 42.1 Leap Beta . 77379 |=========================================
Linux Mint 17.2 ......... 57337 |==============================
Manjaro 15.09 ........... 76190 |========================================
Debian Stretch Testing .. 76420 |=========================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ............ 86541 |==============================================
Calculate Linux 15 ...... 45209 |========================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Fedora 23 ............... 20997667 |=========================================
openSUSE 42.1 Leap Beta . 11684833 |=======================
Linux Mint 17.2 ......... 21608333 |==========================================
Manjaro 15.09 ........... 21923000 |===========================================
Debian Stretch Testing .. 21872000 |===========================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ............ 21934000 |===========================================
Calculate Linux 15 ...... 16036167 |===============================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Fedora 23 ............... 1237.21 |============================================
openSUSE 42.1 Leap Beta . 667.17  |========================
Linux Mint 17.2 ......... 1213.61 |===========================================
Manjaro 15.09 ........... 1140.81 |=========================================
Debian Stretch Testing .. 1207.76 |===========================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ............ 1218.94 |===========================================
Calculate Linux 15 ...... 1238.62 |============================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Fedora 23 ............... 53.71 |=============================
openSUSE 42.1 Leap Beta . 85.20 |==============================================
Linux Mint 17.2 ......... 52.88 |=============================
Manjaro 15.09 ........... 55.75 |==============================
Debian Stretch Testing .. 55.45 |==============================
Ubuntu 15.10 ............ 56.14 |==============================
Calculate Linux 15 ...... 54.48 |=============================


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Timed SQLite Insertions
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Fedora 23 ............... 368.22 |=============================
openSUSE 42.1 Leap Beta . 548.46 |===========================================
Linux Mint 17.2 ......... 368.35 |=============================
Manjaro 15.09 ........... 571.11 |=============================================
Debian Stretch Testing .. 377.84 |==============================
Ubuntu 15.10 ............ 371.93 |=============================
Calculate Linux 15 ...... 445.44 |===================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Fedora 23 ............... 79.77 |==============================================
openSUSE 42.1 Leap Beta . 71.40 |=========================================
Linux Mint 17.2 ......... 63.13 |====================================
Manjaro 15.09 ........... 65.53 |======================================
Debian Stretch Testing .. 70.25 |=========================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ............ 74.72 |===========================================
Calculate Linux 15 ...... 51.82 |==============================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Fedora 23 ............... 2221.19 |===========================================
openSUSE 42.1 Leap Beta . 1577.40 |===============================
Linux Mint 17.2 ......... 2146.90 |==========================================
Manjaro 15.09 ........... 2264.04 |============================================
Debian Stretch Testing .. 2265.60 |============================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ............ 2037.22 |========================================
Calculate Linux 15 ...... 1486.45 |=============================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Fedora 23 ............... 737 |===============================================
openSUSE 42.1 Leap Beta . 689 |============================================
Linux Mint 17.2 ......... 554 |====================================
Manjaro 15.09 ........... 587 |======================================
Debian Stretch Testing .. 725 |===============================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ............ 748 |================================================
Calculate Linux 15 ...... 515 |=================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Fedora 23 ............... 5357 |=============================================
openSUSE 42.1 Leap Beta . 4088 |==================================
Linux Mint 17.2 ......... 5319 |============================================
Manjaro 15.09 ........... 5555 |==============================================
Debian Stretch Testing .. 5515 |==============================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ............ 5641 |===============================================
Calculate Linux 15 ...... 5597 |===============================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed
Points > Higher Is Better
Fedora 23 ............... 1107 |===============================================
openSUSE 42.1 Leap Beta . 1077 |=============================================
Linux Mint 17.2 ......... 909  |======================================
Manjaro 15.09 ........... 1069 |=============================================
Debian Stretch Testing .. 1071 |=============================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ............ 1118 |===============================================
Calculate Linux 15 ...... 882  |=====================================


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 2560 x 1440
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Fedora 23 .............. 80.22 |===============================================
Linux Mint 17.2 ........ 64.83 |======================================
Manjaro 15.09 .......... 71.46 |==========================================
Debian Stretch Testing . 77.16 |=============================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ........... 79.94 |===============================================


x264 2014-08-30
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Fedora 23 ............... 329.73 |===========================================
openSUSE 42.1 Leap Beta . 308.20 |========================================
Linux Mint 17.2 ......... 343.60 |=============================================
Manjaro 15.09 ........... 331.62 |===========================================
Debian Stretch Testing .. 329.60 |===========================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ............ 331.76 |===========================================
Calculate Linux 15 ...... 317.78 |==========================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Fedora 23 ............... 609542.33 |========================================
openSUSE 42.1 Leap Beta . 633521.02 |=========================================
Linux Mint 17.2 ......... 620091.96 |========================================
Manjaro 15.09 ........... 638932.04 |==========================================
Debian Stretch Testing .. 626407.81 |=========================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ............ 645582.79 |==========================================
Calculate Linux 15 ...... 632648.67 |=========================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Fedora 23 ............... 556794.23 |========================================
openSUSE 42.1 Leap Beta . 580846.21 |==========================================
Linux Mint 17.2 ......... 572411.32 |=========================================
Manjaro 15.09 ........... 576116.06 |==========================================
Debian Stretch Testing .. 579390.38 |==========================================
Ubuntu 15.10 ............ 575748.73 |==========================================
Calculate Linux 15 ...... 579158.02 |==========================================