Fedora 24 vs. Ubuntu 16.04 vs. Clear Linux vs. Others - Benchmarks Intel Core i5-6600K testing with a MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0 on various 2016 summer Linux distributions. 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 Solus 1.2: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 191f, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel Device 1912 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Device 15b8 OS: Solus 1.2, Kernel: 4.4.13 (x86_64), Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.2, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0 + Clang 3.8.0 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Scientific Linux 7.2: 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: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Scientific 7.2, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.6.5 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Antergos 16.6-Rolling: 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 Skylake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Antergos Linux 16.6-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.6.2-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.20.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160602, 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 |================================ Solus 1.2 ............. 66.86 |================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 .. 95.93 |================================================ Antergos 16.6-Rolling . 83.51 |========================================== 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 |========================================== Solus 1.2 ............. 270.57 |======================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 .. 312.77 |============================================== Antergos 16.6-Rolling . 167.33 |======================== 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 |====================== Solus 1.2 ............ 888.02 |======================= Scientific Linux 7.2 . 848.17 |====================== 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 |================================ Solus 1.2 ............ 450.67 |================================ Scientific Linux 7.2 . 228.94 |================ 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 |============================================= Solus 1.2 ............. 39.35 |===================================== Antergos 16.6-Rolling . 48.67 |============================================= 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 |================================================ Solus 1.2 ............. 72.90 |======================================= Antergos 16.6-Rolling . 88.52 |================================================ 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 |================================================ Solus 1.2 ............. 32.18 |========================================== Antergos 16.6-Rolling . 36.60 |================================================ 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 |================================================== Solus 1.2 ............. 220 |================================================== Antergos 16.6-Rolling . 221 |================================================== 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 |================================================ Solus 1.2 ............. 8171 |============================ Antergos 16.6-Rolling . 14261 |================================================ 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 |=========================================== Solus 1.2 ............. 4042.77 |======================= Scientific Linux 7.2 .. 8107.17 |============================================= Antergos 16.6-Rolling . 4242.17 |======================== Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 24 ............ 10248 |============== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 10595 |=============== Clear Linux 8900 ..... 8543 |============ Debian Testing ....... 8679 |============ Scientific Linux 7.2 . 35284 |================================================= Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 24 ............ 15497522 |=========== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 17319783 |============ Clear Linux 8900 ..... 15540253 |=========== Debian Testing ....... 15715265 |=========== Scientific Linux 7.2 . 64618931 |============================================== Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 24 ............ 3418683 |============== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 3495351 |=============== Clear Linux 8900 ..... 3305860 |============== Debian Testing ....... 3371603 |============== Scientific Linux 7.2 . 10920808 |============================================== 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 |============================================ Solus 1.2 ............. 4427 |=========================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 .. 4804 |============================================== Antergos 16.6-Rolling . 5097 |================================================= 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 |============================================= Solus 1.2 ............. 173.44 |============================================= Antergos 16.6-Rolling . 175.02 |============================================= 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 |============================================= Solus 1.2 ............. 2479.47 |============================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 .. 2519.59 |============================================= Antergos 16.6-Rolling . 2539.73 |============================================== 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 |======================================== Solus 1.2 ............. 125.12 |============================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 .. 107.12 |======================================== Antergos 16.6-Rolling . 127.44 |=============================================== 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 |=================== Solus 1.2 ............. 36.50 |================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 .. 19.73 |=================== Antergos 16.6-Rolling . 51.03 |================================================ 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 |================================ Solus 1.2 ............. 1728.97 |============================ Scientific Linux 7.2 .. 1382.98 |====================== Antergos 16.6-Rolling . 2153.55 |=================================== 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 |======================================== Solus 1.2 ............. 2378765.63 |========================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 .. 2040935.67 |=================================== Antergos 16.6-Rolling . 2475409.33 |=========================================== 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 |========================================== Solus 1.2 ............. 3201574.13 |========================================== Scientific Linux 7.2 .. 2702742.17 |==================================== Antergos 16.6-Rolling . 3243477.00 |=========================================== 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 |========================================== Solus 1.2 ............. 2292436.70 |========================================= Scientific Linux 7.2 .. 2024363.21 |==================================== Antergos 16.6-Rolling . 2324193.83 |==========================================