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Antergos 16.11: 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 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 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 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 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 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 Clear Linux 12450: 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 12450, Kernel: 4.8.15-288.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 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 16.11 ............... 67.29 |========================================= Fedora 25 .................... 67.54 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 67.61 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 66.24 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 66.17 |======================================== Debian 9 Testing ............. 67.22 |========================================= Clear Linux 12450 ............ 59.51 |==================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Antergos 16.11 ............ 111.83 |================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .............. 115.70 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 . 112.17 |=================================== Debian 9 Testing .......... 109.87 |================================== Clear Linux 12450 ......... 139.50 |=========================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Antergos 16.11 ............ 286.93 |============================ Ubuntu 16.10 .............. 299.73 |============================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 . 328.30 |================================= Debian 9 Testing .......... 282.40 |============================ Clear Linux 12450 ......... 433.80 |=========================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Antergos 16.11 ............ 110.37 |================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .............. 110.33 |================================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 . 115.50 |=================================== Debian 9 Testing .......... 110.07 |================================== Clear Linux 12450 ......... 140.00 |=========================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 25 .................... 1792.13 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 2079.76 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 2146.50 |===================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 2290.61 |======================================= Debian 9 Testing ............. 2075.10 |=================================== Clear Linux 12450 ............ 2177.24 |===================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 25 .................... 311.21 |===================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 531.81 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 528.23 |==================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 369.44 |========================= Debian 9 Testing ............. 528.76 |==================================== Clear Linux 12450 ............ 593.35 |======================================== Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 25 .................... 8857 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 8116 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 8082 |====================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 7781 |===================================== Debian 9 Testing ............. 7573 |==================================== Clear Linux 12450 ............ 7080 |================================== Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 25 .................... 15246975 |================================ Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 18071790 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 18065472 |====================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 15012304 |================================ Debian 9 Testing ............. 15339902 |================================ Clear Linux 12450 ............ 15521740 |================================= Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 25 .................... 3075930 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 3450411 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 3437712 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 3045864 |================================== Debian 9 Testing ............. 3073548 |=================================== Clear Linux 12450 ............ 3050264 |================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Antergos 16.11 ............... 168.68 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 162.63 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 164.49 |===================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 171.07 |======================================= Debian 9 Testing ............. 167.31 |====================================== Clear Linux 12450 ............ 176.21 |======================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Antergos 16.11 ............ 170 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.10 .............. 169 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 . 169 |============================================ Debian 9 Testing .......... 165 |=========================================== Clear Linux 12450 ......... 177 |============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Antergos 16.11 ............ 196 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .............. 195 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 . 196 |============================================== Debian 9 Testing .......... 193 |============================================= Clear Linux 12450 ......... 198 |============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Antergos 16.11 ............ 91 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 .............. 91 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 . 91 |=============================================== Debian 9 Testing .......... 89 |============================================== Clear Linux 12450 ......... 91 |=============================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 16.11 ............... 28.55 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 28.17 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 28.22 |===================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 27.26 |==================================== Debian 9 Testing ............. 27.12 |=================================== Clear Linux 12450 ............ 31.39 |========================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 16.11 ............... 32.78 |========================================= Fedora 25 .................... 22.83 |============================= Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 27.10 |================================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 27.03 |================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 32.79 |========================================= Debian 9 Testing ............. 32.81 |========================================= Clear Linux 12450 ............ 29.34 |===================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 16.11 ............ 10.09 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.10 .............. 10.10 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 . 10.00 |============================================ Debian 9 Testing .......... 10.09 |============================================ Clear Linux 12450 ......... 10.08 |============================================ Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Antergos 16.11 ............... 3629 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 3790 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 3804 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 3640 |======================================= Debian 9 Testing ............. 3877 |========================================== Clear Linux 12450 ............ 3531 |====================================== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 16.11 ............... 70.80 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 73.85 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 73.92 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 70.52 |======================================= Debian 9 Testing ............. 74.92 |========================================= Clear Linux 12450 ............ 69.80 |====================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 16.11 ............... 10.86 |======================================== Fedora 25 .................... 11.23 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 10.92 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 10.92 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 10.89 |======================================== Debian 9 Testing ............. 10.96 |======================================== Clear Linux 12450 ............ 10.62 |======================================= FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 16.11 ............... 9.94 |======================================== Fedora 25 .................... 9.98 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 10.23 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 10.13 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 9.80 |======================================= Debian 9 Testing ............. 10.05 |======================================== Clear Linux 12450 ............ 10.00 |======================================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Pod2html seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 16.11 ............... 0.14357664 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 0.14216482 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 0.14065606 |=================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 0.13600223 |================================== Debian 9 Testing ............. 0.13805917 |=================================== Clear Linux 12450 ............ 0.13051561 |================================= Perl Benchmarks Test: Interpreter seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 16.11 ............... 0.00131816 |==================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 0.00121668 |================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 0.00238750 |==================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 0.00163117 |========================= Debian 9 Testing ............. 0.00175919 |=========================== Clear Linux 12450 ............ 0.00074074 |=========== Caffe 2016-12-29 Build: CPU AlexNet Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .............. 663509 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 . 675720 |========================================= Debian 9 Testing .......... 707199 |=========================================== Caffe 2016-12-29 Build: CPU Googlenet Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 .............. 2549657 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 . 2592287 |========================================== Debian 9 Testing .......... 2595990 |========================================== Blender 2.78a Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 16.11 ............... 746.12 |======================================= Fedora 25 .................... 756.33 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 764.00 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 756.14 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 727.16 |====================================== Debian 9 Testing ............. 755.81 |======================================== Clear Linux 12450 ............ 749.18 |======================================= Blender 2.78a Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 16.11 ............... 1618.56 |====================================== Fedora 25 .................... 1674.51 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 1623.93 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 1618.69 |====================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 1586.26 |===================================== Debian 9 Testing ............. 1653.05 |======================================= Clear Linux 12450 ............ 1612.68 |====================================== PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 25 .................... 1786 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.10 ................. 1508 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 .... 1510 |==================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20161226 . 1566 |===================================== Debian 9 Testing ............. 1510 |==================================== Clear Linux 12450 ............ 1324 |===============================