Clear Linux vs. Ubuntu 16.04 vs. openSUSE vs. Scientific Linux Benchmarks by Michael Larabel on the same system. 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 Scientific Linux 7.2: 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: Scientific Linux 7.2, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.13.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.5 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 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 |=============================== Scientific Linux 7.2 . 42.34 |================================================= 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 |======================== Scientific Linux 7.2 . 760.23 |=================== 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 |============================ Scientific Linux 7.2 . 215.58 |=================== 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 |======================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 . 2643.35 |==================================== 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 |========================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 . 6637 |========================================= 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 |============================== Scientific Linux 7.2 . 19.76 |============================== 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 |============================================ Scientific Linux 7.2 . 2438.70 |============================================ 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 |======================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 . 22.75 |======================================= 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 |====================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 . 19.98 |====================================== 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 |================================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 . 6.16 |================================================= 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 |================================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 . 11.87 |================================================ 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 |=================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 . 1589.36 |=============================== 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 |========================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 . 4013.07 |=================================== 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 |========================= Scientific Linux 7.2 . 1265.44 |========================= 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 |=============================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 . 2564.01 |=========================================== 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 |============================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 . 5671.53 |============================================ 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 |======================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 . 2307744.17 |============================== 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 |=========================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 . 1824206.08 |================================== 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 |============================================ Scientific Linux 7.2 . 1736208.29 |================================== 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 |========================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 . 2262589.33 |=============================== 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 |============================================ Scientific Linux 7.2 . 1724940.50 |=================================== 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 |============================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 . 20590.56 |===================