MSI Cubi 2 Kaby Lake Ubuntu 16.10 vs. Fedora 25
Intel kaby Lake Linux benchmarking via a MSI Cubi 2 KBL box. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article.


Ubuntu 16.10: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-7200U @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-B1421 v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 5904, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB CORSAIR FORCE LX, Graphics: Intel Device 5916, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Device 24fb

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Fedora 25 20161110: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-7200U @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-B1421 v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 5904, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB CORSAIR FORCE LX, Graphics: Intel Device 5916 (1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Device 24fb

	OS: Fedora 25, Kernel: 4.8.6-300.fc25.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.2.1 20160916, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161108: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-7200U @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-B1421 v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 5904, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB CORSAIR FORCE LX, Graphics: Intel Device 5916 (1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Device 24fb

	OS: openSUSE 20161108, Kernel: 4.8.6-2-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.3, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 49.77 |=========================================
Fedora 25 20161110 ........... 44.40 |=====================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161108 . 41.50 |==================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 16.10 ................. MIN: 6.0  AVG: 20.0  MAX: 44.0 
Fedora 25 20161110 ........... MIN: 6.0  AVG: 22.4  MAX: 59.0 
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161108 . MIN: 6.0  AVG: 24.1  MAX: 52.0 


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 146.33 |========================================
Fedora 25 20161110 ........... 124.54 |==================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161108 . 135.40 |=====================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 93.19 |=========================================
Fedora 25 20161110 ........... 85.78 |======================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161108 . 84.51 |=====================================


FFTW 3.3.4
Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 2048
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 13269 |======================================
Fedora 25 20161110 ........... 14183 |=========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161108 . 12828 |=====================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 3171 |==========================================
Fedora 25 20161110 ........... 2668 |===================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161108 . 2414 |================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 38629 |=========================================
Fedora 25 20161110 ........... 33635 |====================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161108 . 30044 |================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 1978.32 |=======================================
Fedora 25 20161110 ........... 1973.02 |=======================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161108 . 1882.06 |=====================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 51.06 |=============================
Fedora 25 20161110 ........... 53.89 |===============================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161108 . 71.35 |=========================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 6.39 |========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161108 . 6.78 |==========================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 12.26 |=======================================
Fedora 25 20161110 ........... 12.49 |========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161108 . 12.88 |=========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 2395.83 |======================================
Fedora 25 20161110 ........... 2320.74 |=====================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161108 . 2479.41 |=======================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 2568678.25 |====================================
Fedora 25 20161110 ........... 1909177.27 |===========================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161108 . 1960385.21 |===========================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 1772150.34 |====================================
Fedora 25 20161110 ........... 1496123.96 |==============================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161108 . 1462672.35 |==============================