SUSE Linux 42.1 vs. Fedora 23 vs. Ubuntu 15.10 Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. openSUSE 42.1: 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: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: SUSE LINUX 42.1, Kernel: 4.1.12-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Fedora Workstation 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: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Fedora 23, Kernel: 4.2.3-300.fc23.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.3 (git-b4bfea0) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.1.1 20150618, 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: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Antergos 2015.10-Rolling: 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: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Antergos Linux 2015.10-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.2.5-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better openSUSE 42.1 ............ 4033 |================================= Fedora Workstation 23 .... 5247 |=========================================== Ubuntu 15.10 ............. 5557 |============================================== Antergos 2015.10-Rolling . 5557 |============================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better openSUSE 42.1 ............ 58.43 |========================================== Fedora Workstation 23 .... 63.13 |============================================= Ubuntu 15.10 ............. 63.03 |============================================= Antergos 2015.10-Rolling . 63.17 |============================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better openSUSE 42.1 ............ MIN: 2.0 AVG: 17.0 MAX: 40.0 Fedora Workstation 23 .... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 15.5 MAX: 27.0 Ubuntu 15.10 ............. MIN: 6.0 AVG: 15.4 MAX: 30.0 Antergos 2015.10-Rolling . MIN: 6.0 AVG: 15.5 MAX: 44.0 Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better openSUSE 42.1 ............ 236.42 |======================================== Fedora Workstation 23 .... 263.26 |============================================ Ubuntu 15.10 ............. 259.21 |=========================================== Antergos 2015.10-Rolling . 253.41 |========================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better openSUSE 42.1 ............ 109.98 |====================================== Fedora Workstation 23 .... 128.72 |============================================ Ubuntu 15.10 ............. 122.95 |========================================== Antergos 2015.10-Rolling . 122.77 |========================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better openSUSE 42.1 ............ 91.55 |======================================= Fedora Workstation 23 .... 104.42 |============================================ Ubuntu 15.10 ............. 98.99 |========================================== Antergos 2015.10-Rolling . 100.44 |========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better openSUSE 42.1 ............ 19704 |===================================== Fedora Workstation 23 .... 24202 |============================================= Ubuntu 15.10 ............. 24214 |============================================= Antergos 2015.10-Rolling . 24216 |============================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better openSUSE 42.1 ............ 697 |============================================ Fedora Workstation 23 .... 736 |=============================================== Ubuntu 15.10 ............. 743 |=============================================== Antergos 2015.10-Rolling . 734 |============================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better openSUSE 42.1 ............ 49318 |=========================== Fedora Workstation 23 .... 81265 |============================================= Ubuntu 15.10 ............. 81274 |============================================= Antergos 2015.10-Rolling . 81278 |============================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better openSUSE 42.1 ............ 49276 |============================== Fedora Workstation 23 .... 73728 |============================================= Ubuntu 15.10 ............. 70815 |=========================================== Antergos 2015.10-Rolling . 73639 |============================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better openSUSE 42.1 ............ 49936 |=========================== Fedora Workstation 23 .... 62566 |================================== Ubuntu 15.10 ............. 82921 |============================================= Antergos 2015.10-Rolling . 83183 |============================================= TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better openSUSE 42.1 ............ 346.38 |======================================= Fedora Workstation 23 .... 89.85 |========== Ubuntu 15.10 ............. 388.65 |============================================ Antergos 2015.10-Rolling . 196.71 |====================== x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better openSUSE 42.1 ............ 333.58 |============================================ Fedora Workstation 23 .... 330.60 |============================================ Ubuntu 15.10 ............. 328.40 |=========================================== Antergos 2015.10-Rolling . 317.68 |========================================== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.9.0 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better openSUSE 42.1 ............ 30.02 |=========================================== Fedora Workstation 23 .... 29.49 |========================================== Ubuntu 15.10 ............. 31.64 |============================================= Antergos 2015.10-Rolling . 31.37 |============================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better openSUSE 42.1 ............ 3.26 |===================================== Fedora Workstation 23 .... 3.60 |========================================= Ubuntu 15.10 ............. 3.43 |======================================= Antergos 2015.10-Rolling . 4.08 |============================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better openSUSE 42.1 ............ 39 |========================================= Fedora Workstation 23 .... 37 |======================================= Ubuntu 15.10 ............. 36 |====================================== Antergos 2015.10-Rolling . 46 |================================================ FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better openSUSE 42.1 ............ 24.91 |============================================= Fedora Workstation 23 .... 24.18 |============================================ Ubuntu 15.10 ............. 24.69 |============================================= Antergos 2015.10-Rolling . 23.92 |=========================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better openSUSE 42.1 ............ 641.00 |======================= Fedora Workstation 23 .... 1216.69 |=========================================== Ubuntu 15.10 ............. 1198.48 |========================================== Antergos 2015.10-Rolling . 1198.17 |========================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better openSUSE 42.1 ............ 674.67 |======================= Fedora Workstation 23 .... 1272.16 |=========================================== Ubuntu 15.10 ............. 1258.29 |=========================================== Antergos 2015.10-Rolling . 1239.49 |========================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better openSUSE 42.1 ............ 621638.17 |======================================== Fedora Workstation 23 .... 606720.65 |======================================= Ubuntu 15.10 ............. 640988.59 |========================================= Antergos 2015.10-Rolling . 625401.81 |======================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better openSUSE 42.1 ............ 565562.81 |======================================== Fedora Workstation 23 .... 556606.73 |======================================== Ubuntu 15.10 ............. 577067.17 |========================================= Antergos 2015.10-Rolling . 569426.67 |========================================