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Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-6770HQ @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel NUC6i7KYB, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB, Graphics: Intel Iris Pro 580 (Skylake GT4e) 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC233, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 8260 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161227, 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: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 16.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-6770HQ @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel NUC6i7KYB, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB, Graphics: Intel Iris Pro 580 (Skylake GT4e) 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC233, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 8260 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-32-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: 3840x2160 Clear Linux 12360: Processor: Intel Core i7-6770HQ @ 2.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel NUC6i7KYB, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB, Graphics: Intel Iris Pro 580 (Skylake GT4e) 3072MB (950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC233, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 8260 OS: Clear Linux 12360, Kernel: 4.8.12-287.native (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 + Clang 3.9.1 + LLVM 3.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226: Processor: Intel Core i7-6770HQ @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel NUC6i7KYB, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB, Graphics: Intel Iris Pro 580 (950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC233, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 8260 OS: openSUSE 20161226, Kernel: 4.9.0-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.0.2, Vulkan: 1.0.3, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Fedora 25: Processor: Intel Core i7-6770HQ @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel NUC6i7KYB, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB, Graphics: Intel Iris Pro 580 (Skylake GT4e) 3072MB (950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC233, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 8260 OS: Fedora 25, Kernel: 4.8.15-300.fc25.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.2, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.0.2, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20161221, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Antergos 156.11: Processor: Intel Core i7-6770HQ @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel NUC6i7KYB, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB, Graphics: Intel Iris Pro 580 (950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC233, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 8260 OS: Antergos Linux 16.11-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.8.13-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, Compiler: GCC 6.2.1 20160830, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Debian 9 Testing: Processor: Intel Core i7-6770HQ @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel NUC6i7KYB, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB, Graphics: Intel Iris Pro 580 (Skylake GT4e) 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC233, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 8260 OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.8.0-2-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.0.2, Compiler: GCC 6.2.1 20161124, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 1510 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 1508 |=================================== Clear Linux 12360 ............ 1359 |================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 1566 |===================================== Fedora 25 .................... 1786 |========================================== Debian 9 Testing ............. 1510 |==================================== Blender 2.78a Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 1618.69 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 1623.93 |====================================== Clear Linux 12360 ............ 1645.22 |====================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 1586.26 |===================================== Fedora 25 .................... 1674.51 |======================================= Antergos 156.11 .............. 1618.56 |====================================== Debian 9 Testing ............. 1653.05 |======================================= Blender 2.78a Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 756.14 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 764.00 |======================================= Clear Linux 12360 ............ 778.39 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 727.16 |===================================== Fedora 25 .................... 756.33 |======================================= Antergos 156.11 .............. 746.12 |====================================== Debian 9 Testing ............. 755.81 |======================================= Caffe 2016-12-29 Build: CPU Googlenet Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 . 2592287 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .............. 2549657 |========================================= Clear Linux 12360 ......... 496519 |======== Debian 9 Testing .......... 2595990 |========================================== Caffe 2016-12-29 Build: CPU AlexNet Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 . 675720 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.10 .............. 663509 |======================================== Clear Linux 12360 ......... 78889 |===== Debian 9 Testing .......... 707199 |=========================================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Interpreter seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 0.00238750 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 0.00121668 |================== Clear Linux 12360 ............ 0.00076864 |============ openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 0.00163117 |========================= Antergos 156.11 .............. 0.00131816 |==================== Debian 9 Testing ............. 0.00175919 |=========================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Pod2html seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 0.14065606 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 0.14216482 |==================================== Clear Linux 12360 ............ 0.13800078 |=================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 0.13600223 |================================== Antergos 156.11 .............. 0.14357664 |==================================== Debian 9 Testing ............. 0.13805917 |=================================== FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 10.13 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 10.23 |========================================= Clear Linux 12360 ............ 10.09 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 9.80 |======================================= Fedora 25 .................... 9.98 |======================================== Antergos 156.11 .............. 9.94 |======================================== Debian 9 Testing ............. 10.05 |======================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 10.92 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 10.92 |======================================== Clear Linux 12360 ............ 11.05 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 10.89 |======================================== Fedora 25 .................... 11.23 |========================================= Antergos 156.11 .............. 10.86 |======================================== Debian 9 Testing ............. 10.96 |======================================== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 73.92 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 73.85 |======================================== Clear Linux 12360 ............ 74.50 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 70.52 |======================================= Antergos 156.11 .............. 70.80 |======================================= Debian 9 Testing ............. 74.92 |========================================= Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 3804 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 3790 |========================================= Clear Linux 12360 ............ 3750 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 3640 |======================================= Antergos 156.11 .............. 3629 |======================================= Debian 9 Testing ............. 3877 |========================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 . 10.00 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .............. 10.10 |=========================================== Clear Linux 12360 ......... 10.32 |============================================ Antergos 156.11 ........... 10.09 |=========================================== Debian 9 Testing .......... 10.09 |=========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 27.03 |================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 27.10 |================================== Clear Linux 12360 ............ 29.61 |===================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 32.79 |========================================= Fedora 25 .................... 22.83 |============================= Antergos 156.11 .............. 32.78 |========================================= Debian 9 Testing ............. 32.81 |========================================= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 28.22 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 28.17 |==================================== Clear Linux 12360 ............ 32.08 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 27.26 |=================================== Antergos 156.11 .............. 28.55 |==================================== Debian 9 Testing ............. 27.12 |=================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 . 91 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .............. 91 |=============================================== Clear Linux 12360 ......... 88 |============================================= Antergos 156.11 ........... 91 |=============================================== Debian 9 Testing .......... 89 |============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 . 196 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .............. 195 |============================================== Clear Linux 12360 ......... 189 |============================================ Antergos 156.11 ........... 196 |============================================== Debian 9 Testing .......... 193 |============================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 . 169 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .............. 169 |============================================== Clear Linux 12360 ......... 170 |============================================== Antergos 156.11 ........... 170 |============================================== Debian 9 Testing .......... 165 |============================================= TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 164.49 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 162.63 |====================================== Clear Linux 12360 ............ 167.11 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 171.07 |======================================== Antergos 156.11 .............. 168.68 |======================================= Debian 9 Testing ............. 167.31 |======================================= Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 3437712 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 3450411 |======================================= Clear Linux 12360 ............ 3354245 |====================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 3045864 |================================== Fedora 25 .................... 3075930 |=================================== Debian 9 Testing ............. 3073548 |=================================== Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 18065472 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 18071790 |====================================== Clear Linux 12360 ............ 16450655 |=================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 15012304 |================================ Fedora 25 .................... 15246975 |================================ Debian 9 Testing ............. 15339902 |================================ Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 8082 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 8116 |====================================== Clear Linux 12360 ............ 7474 |=================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 7781 |===================================== Fedora 25 .................... 8857 |========================================== Debian 9 Testing ............. 7573 |==================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 528.23 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 531.81 |======================================== Clear Linux 12360 ............ 524.26 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 369.44 |============================ Fedora 25 .................... 311.21 |======================= Debian 9 Testing ............. 528.76 |======================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 2146.50 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 2079.76 |=================================== Clear Linux 12360 ............ 1936.83 |================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 2290.61 |======================================= Fedora 25 .................... 1792.13 |=============================== Debian 9 Testing ............. 2075.10 |=================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 . 115.50 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .............. 110.33 |=================================== Clear Linux 12360 ......... 134.87 |=========================================== Antergos 156.11 ........... 110.37 |=================================== Debian 9 Testing .......... 110.07 |=================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 . 328.30 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .............. 299.73 |=================================== Clear Linux 12360 ......... 369.87 |=========================================== Antergos 156.11 ........... 286.93 |================================= Debian 9 Testing .......... 282.40 |================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 . 112.17 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .............. 115.70 |====================================== Clear Linux 12360 ......... 132.40 |=========================================== Antergos 156.11 ........... 111.83 |==================================== Debian 9 Testing .......... 109.87 |==================================== SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 66.24 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 67.61 |========================================= Clear Linux 12360 ............ 60.01 |==================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 66.17 |======================================== Fedora 25 .................... 67.54 |========================================= Antergos 156.11 .............. 67.29 |========================================= Debian 9 Testing ............. 67.22 |=========================================