Fedora 24 vs. Ubuntu 16.04 vs. Clear Linux vs. Others Benchmarking Intel Core i5-6600K testing with a MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Fedora 24: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel HD 530 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Fedora 24, Kernel: 4.5.5-300.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.20.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.1 (git-79b0e13), Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160510, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Clear Linux 8900: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel HD 530 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux 8900, Kernel: 4.6.2-233.native (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.0-rc4 (git-5e0b11c), Compiler: GCC 6.1.0 + Clang 3.8.0 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Debian Testing: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.6.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.20.2, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.2, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 24 ........ 65.92 |===================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 62.51 |================================================== Clear Linux 8900 . 58.54 |=============================================== Debian Testing ... 64.37 |==================================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 6 MB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 24 ........ 280.91 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 302.65 |================================================= Clear Linux 8900 . 321.31 |==================================================== Debian Testing ... 284.23 |============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 24 ........ 779.46 |===================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 826.39 |======================= Clear Linux 8900 . 1849.05 |=================================================== Debian Testing ... 881.51 |======================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 24 ........ 348.55 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 481.42 |===================================== Clear Linux 8900 . 674.87 |==================================================== Debian Testing ... 449.03 |=================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 24 ........ 48.69 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 51.49 |===================================================== Clear Linux 8900 . 48.06 |================================================= Debian Testing ... 48.69 |================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 24 ........ 84.46 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 65.26 |======================================= Clear Linux 8900 . 79.44 |=============================================== Debian Testing ... 88.94 |===================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 24 ........ 35.76 |==================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 31.98 |=============================================== Clear Linux 8900 . 35.60 |==================================================== Debian Testing ... 36.43 |===================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Fedora 24 ........ 219 |====================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 216 |====================================================== Clear Linux 8900 . 217 |====================================================== Debian Testing ... 222 |======================================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Fedora 24 ........ 12246 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 7402 |============================ Clear Linux 8900 . 12111 |============================================= Debian Testing ... 14228 |===================================================== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Fedora 24 ........ 4234.46 |========================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 4005.39 |========================= Clear Linux 8900 . 8247.73 |=================================================== Debian Testing ... 7694.58 |================================================ Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 24 ........ 10248 |=================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 10595 |===================================================== Clear Linux 8900 . 8543 |=========================================== Debian Testing ... 8679 |=========================================== Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 24 ........ 15497522 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 17319783 |================================================== Clear Linux 8900 . 15540253 |============================================= Debian Testing ... 15715265 |============================================= Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 24 ........ 3418683 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 3495351 |=================================================== Clear Linux 8900 . 3305860 |================================================ Debian Testing ... 3371603 |================================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Fedora 24 ........ 4307 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 4742 |=================================================== Clear Linux 8900 . 5008 |====================================================== Debian Testing ... 4609 |================================================== x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 24 ........ 169.96 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 172.92 |================================================= Clear Linux 8900 . 181.87 |==================================================== Debian Testing ... 173.65 |================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Fedora 24 ........ 2558.41 |=================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 2498.31 |================================================== Clear Linux 8900 . 2400.94 |================================================ Debian Testing ... 2523.68 |================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 24 ........ 127.26 |==================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 109.42 |============================================= Clear Linux 8900 . 126.18 |==================================================== Debian Testing ... 109.30 |============================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 24 ........ 37.67 |===================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 35.72 |================================================== Clear Linux 8900 . 27.90 |======================================= Debian Testing ... 19.94 |============================ PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Fedora 24 ........ 2559.78 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 2128.54 |====================================== Clear Linux 8900 . 2830.99 |=================================================== Debian Testing ... 1998.34 |==================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: LPUSH Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 24 ........ 2151796.83 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 2345845.42 |============================================== Clear Linux 8900 . 2445405.33 |================================================ Debian Testing ... 2299159.29 |============================================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 24 ........ 2725170.75 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 3243387.17 |================================================ Clear Linux 8900 . 3266798.17 |================================================ Debian Testing ... 3181906.92 |=============================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 24 ........ 2141763.58 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 2309477.00 |============================================== Clear Linux 8900 . 2407763.50 |================================================ Debian Testing ... 2362225.17 |===============================================