Intel Xeon Skylake E3 v5 - Clear Linux vs. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Intel Xeon Skylake E3 1280 v5 benchmarks by Michael Larabel. Comparing Intel Clear Linux to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS in its current development form.

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Ubuntu 16.04

Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ TRION150, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160220, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (git-ff360a5 2016-02-22 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 beignet 1.1.1, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160211, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Compiler Notes: --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,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --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-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR

Clear Linux 6470

Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Clear Linux 6470, Kernel: 4.4.2-171.native (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-generic-linux --disable-multiarch --disable-multilib --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,go --enable-ld=default --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-lto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --exec-prefix=/usr --includedir=/usr/include --target=x86_64-generic-linux --with-arch=westmere --with-glibc-version=2.19 --with-gnu-ld --with-ppl=no --with-system-libunwind --with-tune=haswell
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq performance

Intel Xeon Skylake E3 v5 - Clear Linux vs. Ubuntu 16.04 LTSProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLOpenCLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionUbuntu 16.04Clear Linux 6470Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0Intel Sky Lake16384MB120GB OCZ TRION150MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MBRealtek ALC1150DELL P2415QIntel ConnectionUbuntu 16.044.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160220Unity 7.4.0X Server 1.17.3radeon 7.6.14.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (git-ff360a5 2016-02-22 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4OpenCL 1.2 beignet 1.1.1GCC 5.3.1 20160211ext43840x2160Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores)120GB Samsung SSD 850MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEMClear Linux 64704.4.2-171.native (x86_64)GCC 5.3.01024x768OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- Ubuntu 16.04: --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,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --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-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - Clear Linux 6470: --build=x86_64-generic-linux --disable-multiarch --disable-multilib --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,go --enable-ld=default --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-lto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --exec-prefix=/usr --includedir=/usr/include --target=x86_64-generic-linux --with-arch=westmere --with-glibc-version=2.19 --with-gnu-ld --with-ppl=no --with-system-libunwind --with-tune=haswell Processor Details- Ubuntu 16.04: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Clear Linux 6470: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq performanceGraphics Details- Ubuntu 16.04: GLAMOR

Ubuntu 16.04 vs. Clear Linux 6470 ComparisonPhoronix Test SuiteBaseline+28.8%+28.8%+57.6%+57.6%+86.4%+86.4%+115.2%+115.2%115.3%58.6%7.5%5.7%2.5%2.4%2.3%P.T.S.v.2.0Buffer Test - Normal Load - Read WriteS.W.P.S31.6%GETSET7.1%P.P.S1.A.2.B.S.2.T3.1%C.F.DN.6.1.C.F.RH.2.V.ER BenchmarkPostgreSQL pgbenchApache BenchmarkRedisRedisHimeno BenchmarkMultichase Pointer ChaserDolfynFFTEx264Ubuntu 16.04Clear Linux 6470

Intel Xeon Skylake E3 v5 - Clear Linux vs. Ubuntu 16.04 LTSx264: H.264 Video Encodingffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routinehimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverredis: GETredis: SETapache: Static Web Page Servingopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancepgbench: Buffer Test - Normal Load - Read Writemultichase: 4MB Array, 64 Byte Stridemultichase: 256MB Array, 256 Byte Stridemultichase: 1GB Array, 256 Byte Stride, 2 Threadsdolfyn: Computational Fluid Dynamicsc-ray: Total Timerbenchmark: Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0Ubuntu 16.04Clear Linux 6470209.037726.982674.953027864.712199479.5849096.47697.774483.545.2957.6459.8019.9914.600.4387213.907914.192827.953254380.002052748.1537300.57696.277111.555.3858.7161.6519.5014.630.2038OpenBenchmarking.org

x264

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2015-11-02H.264 Video EncodingClear Linux 6470Ubuntu 16.0450100150200250SE +/- 0.26, N = 5SE +/- 1.29, N = 5213.90209.031. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -march=native -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize

FFTE

FFTE is a package by Daisuke Takahashi to compute Discrete Fourier Transforms of 1-, 2- and 3- dimensional sequences of length (2^p)*(3^q)*(5^r). Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterFFTE 5.0Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT RoutineClear Linux 6470Ubuntu 16.042K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 9.66, N = 3SE +/- 119.29, N = 57914.197726.98-lmpifort-pthread -lmpi_usempif08 -lmpi_mpifh1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp -lmpi

Himeno Benchmark

The Himeno benchmark is a linear solver of pressure Poisson using a point-Jacobi method. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverClear Linux 6470Ubuntu 16.046001200180024003000SE +/- 3.56, N = 3SE +/- 10.97, N = 32827.952674.951. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -mavx2

Redis

Redis is an open-source data structure server. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterRedis 3.0.1Test: GETClear Linux 6470Ubuntu 16.04700K1400K2100K2800K3500KSE +/- 30873.58, N = 3SE +/- 142098.05, N = 63254380.003027864.71-std=gnu99 -pipe -g3 -O3 -funroll-loops -march=native1. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -pthread -ldl

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterRedis 3.0.1Test: SETClear Linux 6470Ubuntu 16.04500K1000K1500K2000K2500KSE +/- 87732.22, N = 6SE +/- 8515.03, N = 32052748.152199479.58-std=gnu99 -pipe -g3 -O3 -funroll-loops -march=native1. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -pthread -ldl

Apache Benchmark

This is a test of ab, which is the Apache benchmark program. This test profile measures how many requests per second a given system can sustain when carrying out 1,000,000 requests with 100 requests being carried out concurrently. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.4.7Static Web Page ServingClear Linux 6470Ubuntu 16.0411K22K33K44K55KSE +/- 509.75, N = 3SE +/- 318.58, N = 337300.5749096.471. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -pthread -O3 -march=native

OpenSSL

OpenSSL is an open-source toolkit that implements SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocols. This test measures the RSA 4096-bit performance of OpenSSL. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1gRSA 4096-bit PerformanceClear Linux 6470Ubuntu 16.04150300450600750SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3696.27697.771. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

PostgreSQL pgbench

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read WriteClear Linux 6470Ubuntu 16.0415003000450060007500SE +/- 18.72, N = 3SE +/- 81.44, N = 37111.554483.541. (CC) gcc options: -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -O3 -march=native -pthread -lpgcommon -lpgport -lpq -lpthread -lrt -lcrypt -ldl -lm

Multichase Pointer Chaser

OpenBenchmarking.orgns, Fewer Is BetterMultichase Pointer ChaserTest: 4MB Array, 64 Byte StrideClear Linux 6470Ubuntu 16.041.21052.4213.63154.8426.0525SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 35.385.291. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -static -pthread -lrt

OpenBenchmarking.orgns, Fewer Is BetterMultichase Pointer ChaserTest: 256MB Array, 256 Byte StrideClear Linux 6470Ubuntu 16.041326395265SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 358.7157.641. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -static -pthread -lrt

OpenBenchmarking.orgns, Fewer Is BetterMultichase Pointer ChaserTest: 1GB Array, 256 Byte Stride, 2 ThreadsClear Linux 6470Ubuntu 16.041428425670SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 361.6559.801. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -static -pthread -lrt

Dolfyn

Dolfyn is a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code of modern numerical simulation techniques. The Dolfyn test profile measures the execution time of the bundled computational fluid dynamics demos that are bundled with Dolfyn. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterDolfyn 0.527Computational Fluid DynamicsClear Linux 6470Ubuntu 16.04510152025SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 319.5019.99

C-Ray

This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeClear Linux 6470Ubuntu 16.0448121620SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 314.6314.601. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3 -march=native

R Benchmark

This test is a quick-running survey of general R performance Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterR BenchmarkPhoronix Test Suite v6.2.0Clear Linux 6470Ubuntu 16.040.09870.19740.29610.39480.4935SE +/- 0.0014, N = 3SE +/- 0.0041, N = 30.20380.43871. R scripting front-end version 3.2.3 (2015-12-10)

Ubuntu 16.04

Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ TRION150, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160220, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (git-ff360a5 2016-02-22 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 beignet 1.1.1, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160211, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Compiler Notes: --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,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --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-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR

Testing initiated at 22 February 2016 11:20 by user phoronix.

Clear Linux 6470

Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Clear Linux 6470, Kernel: 4.4.2-171.native (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-generic-linux --disable-multiarch --disable-multilib --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,go --enable-ld=default --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-lto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --exec-prefix=/usr --includedir=/usr/include --target=x86_64-generic-linux --with-arch=westmere --with-glibc-version=2.19 --with-gnu-ld --with-ppl=no --with-system-libunwind --with-tune=haswell
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq performance

Testing initiated at 1 March 2016 14:13 by user root.