Clear Linux vs. Ubuntu 16.04 Linux
Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.


Clear Linux 7530: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Clear Linux 7530, Kernel: 4.5.0-197.native (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.3.0 + Clang 3.8.0 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: 

	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 Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS: 

	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 Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-35-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.6, 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 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 7530 ... 1855.35 |=================================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ... 915.92  |========================
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS . 437.29  |============


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 7530 ... 509.47 |================================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ... 532.58 |==================================================
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS . 443.17 |==========================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Read Compiled Tree
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 7530 ... 1398.22 |====================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ... 3440.56 |=================================================
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS . 3246.04 |==============================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 7530 ... 2608.97 |=================================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ... 2477.32 |===============================================
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS . 2437.27 |==============================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: LPOP
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 7530 ... 3359725.17 |==============================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ... 3161355.42 |===========================================
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS . 2500898.50 |==================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SADD
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 7530 ... 2379793.71 |==============================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ... 2361597.17 |==============================================
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS . 1905060.41 |=====================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: LPUSH
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 7530 ... 2212622.96 |==============================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ... 2100997.08 |============================================
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS . 1967219.83 |=========================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 7530 ... 3162145.42 |==============================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ... 3102899.83 |=============================================
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS . 2306538.25 |==================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 7530 ... 2116443.42 |==============================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ... 1955494.59 |===========================================
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS . 1857501.46 |========================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 7530 ... 39936.79 |=======================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ... 48230.00 |===============================================
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS . 49502.54 |================================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 7530 ... 8154 |====================================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ... 7812 |==================================================
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS . 7212 |==============================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 7530 ... 2311.62 |===============================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ... 2408.89 |=================================================
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS . 2294.60 |===============================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 7530 ... 4890.98 |=============================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ... 5177.26 |================================================
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS . 5319.38 |=================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 7530 ... 2342.95 |================================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ... 2379.92 |=================================================
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS . 0.04    |


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 7530 ... 2521.48 |=============================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ... 2515.66 |=============================================
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS . 2739.33 |=================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 7530 ... 3822.00 |===============================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ... 6113.56 |=================================================
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS . 3693.92 |==============================


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 7530 ... 23.78 |==========================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ... 28.75 |===================================================
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS . 27.09 |================================================


Dolfyn 0.527
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 7530 ... 18.95 |==============================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ... 32.03 |===================================================
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS . 19.75 |===============================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 7530 ... 28.31 |===================================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ... 23.82 |===========================================
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS . 24.55 |============================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 7530 ... 22.70 |=============================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ... 25.55 |===================================================
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS . 19.96 |========================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 7530 ... 5.00 |==========================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ... 5.08 |==========================================
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS . 6.25 |====================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 7530 ... 12.07 |===================================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ... 11.08 |===============================================
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS . 12.13 |===================================================