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 openSUSE 42.1: 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: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: SUSE LINUX 42.1, Kernel: 4.1.20-11-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.2, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 11.0.8 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 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 |================================================ 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 |============ openSUSE 42.1 ...... 929.39 |========================= 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 |========================================== openSUSE 42.1 ...... 308.96 |============================= 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 |============================================== openSUSE 42.1 ...... 2869.03 |========================================= 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 |============================================== openSUSE 42.1 ...... 6756 |=========================================== 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 |=============================== openSUSE 42.1 ...... 19.91 |================================ 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 |============================================== openSUSE 42.1 ...... 2439.29 |============================================== 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 |============================================ openSUSE 42.1 ...... 22.45 |======================================== 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 |======================================== openSUSE 42.1 ...... 20.04 |======================================== 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 |==================================================== openSUSE 42.1 ...... 6.21 |==================================================== 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 |=================================================== openSUSE 42.1 ...... 12.01 |================================================== 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 |=============================================== openSUSE 42.1 ...... 1778.90 |==================================== 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 |================================================= openSUSE 42.1 ...... 4585.44 |========================================== 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 | openSUSE 42.1 ...... 1287.31 |=========================== 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 |================================================ openSUSE 42.1 ...... 2792.53 |================================================= 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 |============================== openSUSE 42.1 ...... 6026.01 |================================================ 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 |================================== openSUSE 42.1 ...... 3015373.00 |========================================= 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 |===================================== openSUSE 42.1 ...... 2336760.67 |============================================= 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 |======================================== openSUSE 42.1 ...... 2262726.92 |============================================== 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 |================================== openSUSE 42.1 ...... 2914200.29 |========================================== 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 |======================================== openSUSE 42.1 ...... 2141584.00 |============================================== 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 |================================================