Clear Linux 9710 vs. Ubuntu 16.04 vs. Ubuntu 16.10 Linux distribution benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. Ubuntu 16.10 20160805: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-33-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160724, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Clear Linux 9710: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux 9710, Kernel: 4.7.0-252.native (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 6.1.0 + Clang 3.8.1 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Ubuntu 16.04.1: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-31-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 35810.18 |============================================= Clear Linux 9710 ...... 28452.21 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 35057.44 |============================================ BLAKE2 20130131 Phoronix Test Suite v6.6.0m1 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 5.82 |================================================= Clear Linux 9710 ...... 5.68 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 4.26 |==================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 3000 Fall Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 5.25 |============================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 5.58 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 5.34 |=============================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 1000 Stack Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 6.31 |=============================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 6.55 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 6.30 |=============================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Prim Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 1.20 |=============================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 1.21 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 1.24 |================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 10.54 |================================================ Clear Linux 9710 ...... 10.61 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 10.60 |================================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 408.32 |======================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 479.83 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 393.13 |======================================= Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 23.38 |============================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 22.94 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 24.56 |================================================ FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 5315.11 |============================================= Clear Linux 9710 ...... 5433.90 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 5285.39 |============================================= FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 4096 Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 12316 |================================================ Clear Linux 9710 ...... 10898 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 12285 |================================================ Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 12491.90 |============================================ Clear Linux 9710 ...... 12262.10 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 12908.43 |============================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 6.39 |=============================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 6.33 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 6.73 |================================================= Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 4803 |================================================= Clear Linux 9710 ...... 4838 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 4818 |================================================= Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 8336014 |============================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 8296404 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 8356815 |============================================== Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 1620876 |============================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 1623790 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 1627118 |============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 198 |================================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 199 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 180 |============================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 209 |================================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 210 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 190 |============================================= Hierarchical INTegration 1.0 Test: FLOAT QUIPs > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 313139112.35 |======================================= Clear Linux 9710 ...... 319171256.56 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 327434403.43 |========================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 1846.71 |============================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 1771.71 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 1788.37 |============================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 11.20 |========================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 12.01 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 12.72 |================================================ LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 290.22 |============================================ Clear Linux 9710 ...... 307.98 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 277.72 |========================================== N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 17.63 |=============================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 17.67 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 17.84 |================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 385.31 |========================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 696.14 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 378.92 |========================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 1327.23 |============================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 1335.63 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 1338.97 |============================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 6303 |============================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 6756 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 6303 |============================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 92.43 |================================================ Clear Linux 9710 ...... 92.06 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 92.77 |================================================ Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 27.09 |====================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 28.49 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 34.34 |================================================ Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 38 |=================================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 11 |=============== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 38 |=================================================== SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 54.02 |================================================ Clear Linux 9710 ...... 51.11 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 54.41 |================================================ Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 3725 |================================================= Clear Linux 9710 ...... 3544 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 3661 |================================================ Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 3.07 |============================================ Clear Linux 9710 ...... 3.19 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 3.42 |================================================= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 20160805 . 17.61 |====================================== Clear Linux 9710 ...... 22.34 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04.1 ........ 15.00 |================================