Ubuntu Bash For Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu Linux Ubuntu Bash for Windows 10 testing with 14.04 and 16.04 user-spaces. Compared to native Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and 14.04 LTS installs on the same hardware. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Ubuntu 14.04 On Windows 10: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 238GB OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.4.0+ (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: UNKNOWN (0x53464846) Ubuntu 14.04.5 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 14.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.6, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 16.04 On Windows 10: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 238GB OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 3.4.0+ (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell, Display Server: Wayland Weston + SurfaceFlinger + GNOME Shell Wayland, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: UNKNOWN (0x53464846) Ubuntu 16.04.1 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: 4.4.0-34-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 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 On Windows 10 . 280.36 |========================================== Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS ......... 63.62 |========== Ubuntu 16.04 On Windows 10 . 103.75 |================ Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ......... 63.58 |========== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 On Windows 10 . 142.51 |======= Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS ......... 524.17 |========================= Ubuntu 16.04 On Windows 10 . 135.45 |====== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ......... 881.58 |========================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 On Windows 10 . 6.96 |= Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS ......... 344.41 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04 On Windows 10 . 6.85 |= Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ......... 501.43 |========================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 On Windows 10 . 25597.90 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS ......... 21923.42 |========================== Ubuntu 16.04 On Windows 10 . 34133.88 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ......... 31963.04 |===================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 On Windows 10 . 25598.80 |======================================== Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS ......... 21957.88 |================================== Ubuntu 16.04 On Windows 10 . 25598.60 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ......... 21970.88 |================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 On Windows 10 . 25599.00 |======================================== Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS ......... 24367.94 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.04 On Windows 10 . 25598.54 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ......... 24377.98 |====================================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 On Windows 10 . 20.36 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS ......... 19.96 |========================= Ubuntu 16.04 On Windows 10 . 34.07 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ......... 32.56 |========================================= Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 On Windows 10 . 13050.30 |======================================= Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS ......... 13405.17 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04 On Windows 10 . 13061.27 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ......... 13297.00 |======================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 On Windows 10 . 4812 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS ......... 4824 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 On Windows 10 . 4816 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ......... 4769 |=========================================== x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 On Windows 10 . 187.81 |========================================== Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS ......... 172.86 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04 On Windows 10 . 188.07 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ......... 172.88 |======================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 On Windows 10 . 104 |======================================== Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS ......... 117 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 On Windows 10 . 105 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ......... 107 |========================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 On Windows 10 . 141 |================================ Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS ......... 152 |================================== Ubuntu 16.04 On Windows 10 . 142 |================================ Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ......... 201 |============================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 On Windows 10 . 2211.25 |==================================== Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS ......... 2479.22 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.04 On Windows 10 . 1183.27 |=================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ......... 2492.48 |========================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 On Windows 10 . 180.58 |========================================== Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS ......... 112.57 |========================== Ubuntu 16.04 On Windows 10 . 174.99 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ......... 108.63 |========================= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 On Windows 10 . 54.74 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS ......... 25.04 |==================== Ubuntu 16.04 On Windows 10 . 54.52 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ......... 24.98 |==================== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 On Windows 10 . 64.20 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS ......... 63.82 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 On Windows 10 . 64.08 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ......... 63.89 |=========================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 On Windows 10 . 6.41 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS ......... 6.21 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 On Windows 10 . 6.35 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ......... 5.12 |=================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 On Windows 10 . 667.00 |========================================== Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS ......... 668.23 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 On Windows 10 . 669.63 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS ......... 668.57 |==========================================