Core i9 7900X Linux Ubuntu vs. Clear Linux vs. Fedora vs. openSUSE

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Core i9 7900X Linux Ubuntu vs. Clear Linux vs. Fedora vs. openSUSE Intel Core i9-7900X testing on various distributions for a future article on Phoronix. Fedora 26: Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8064MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Fedora 26, Kernel: 4.11.7-300.fc26.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.1.3 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170622, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Manjaro Linux 17.0.2: Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: ManjaroLinux 17.0.2, Kernel: 4.9.34-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.1.3 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170528, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: AMD POLARIS10 8192MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-58-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.1.2, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 12.0.6 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.8.0), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 17.04: Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480/580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.3 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12: Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: AMD POLARIS10 (DRM 3.15.0 / 4.12.0-999-generic LLVM 5.0.0) 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170618, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 openSUSE Tumbleweed: Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: openSUSE 20170626, Kernel: 4.11.6-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.1.3 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170530 [gcc-7-branch revision 248621], File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Clear Linux 16160: Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 16160, Kernel: 4.11.7-364.native (x86_64), Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170509 + Clang 4.0.1 + LLVM 4.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Scikit-Learn 0.17.1 Phoronix Test Suite v7.2.0 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 149.27 |=========================================== Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 63.23 |================== Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 63.33 |================== Clear Linux 16160 ......... 10.82 |=== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 11687.26 |========== Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 48620.32 |========================================= Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 45580.84 |====================================== Clear Linux 16160 ......... 47093.16 |======================================== PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 26 ................. 1274 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 1223 |=========================================== Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 1184 |========================================== Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 1184 |========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 1217 |=========================================== Clear Linux 16160 ......... 1026 |==================================== Blender 2.78c Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 26 ................. 412.73 |========================= Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 716.93 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 398.30 |======================== Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 400.18 |======================== Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 396.00 |======================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 382.46 |======================= Clear Linux 16160 ......... 415.10 |========================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 26 ................. 2041887.46 |=============================== Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 107255.07 |== Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 107338.37 |== Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 2338340.42 |==================================== Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 2274452.92 |=================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 2329543.50 |==================================== Clear Linux 16160 ......... 2546846.33 |======================================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 26 ................. 2653714.50 |============================== Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 107785.75 |= Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 107388.35 |= Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 2929693.17 |================================= Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 2770814.67 |=============================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 3046262.08 |================================== Clear Linux 16160 ......... 3448995.50 |======================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Fedora 26 ................. 17236.85 |======================== Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 12087.80 |================= Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 21278.10 |============================== Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 7846.23 |=========== Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 7577.37 |=========== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 22803.51 |================================ Clear Linux 16160 ......... 29110.51 |========================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Fedora 26 ................. 21742.16 |=============================== Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 11647.64 |================= Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 21016.62 |============================== Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 7885.83 |=========== Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 7548.51 |=========== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 22277.07 |================================ Clear Linux 16160 ......... 28758.03 |========================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 26 ................. 2009.33 |======================================== Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 1750.28 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 1691.10 |================================== Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 2087.73 |========================================== Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 2083.47 |========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 2088.80 |========================================== Clear Linux 16160 ......... 2071.73 |========================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 26 ................. 8.54 |===================================== Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 8.56 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 10.05 |============================================ Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 8.64 |====================================== Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 8.54 |===================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 8.15 |==================================== Clear Linux 16160 ......... 8.21 |==================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 26 ................. 4.87 |============================================= Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 4.89 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 4.73 |============================================ Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 4.69 |=========================================== Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 4.44 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 4.69 |=========================================== Clear Linux 16160 ......... 4.31 |======================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 26 ................. 7.92 |=========== Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 12.93 |================== Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 30.88 |============================================ Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 6.64 |========= Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 6.91 |========== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 7.62 |=========== Clear Linux 16160 ......... 8.05 |=========== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 26 ................. 44.36 |============ Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 152.69 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 88.04 |========================= Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 49.86 |============== Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 50.43 |============== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 40.99 |============ Clear Linux 16160 ......... 40.53 |=========== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 26 ................. 8.67 |================ Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 11.26 |===================== Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 23.72 |============================================ Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 20.43 |====================================== Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 21.63 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 19.21 |==================================== Clear Linux 16160 ......... 18.42 |================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Fedora 26 ................. 2962.44 |======================================== Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 2919.55 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 2863.56 |======================================= Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 2965.33 |======================================== Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 2948.55 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 3101.37 |========================================== Clear Linux 16160 ......... 2947.94 |======================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Fedora 26 ................. 532.71 |========================================= Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 11.83 |= Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 158.97 |============ Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 420.40 |================================ Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 412.63 |================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 558.97 |=========================================== Clear Linux 16160 ......... 420.81 |================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Fedora 26 ................. 19939 |========================================== Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 1798 |==== Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 5701 |============ Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 21100 |============================================ Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 21042 |============================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 20736 |=========================================== Clear Linux 16160 ......... 19704 |========================================= Numpy Benchmark Phoronix Test Suite v7.2.0 Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 26 ................. 4798640 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 4831335 |========================================== Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 4836076 |========================================== Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 4859822 |========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 4609673 |======================================== Clear Linux 16160 ......... 4453994 |====================================== SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 26 ................. 16.39 |======================== Manjaro Linux 17.0.2 ...... 19.60 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS ........ 16.97 |========================= Ubuntu 17.04 .............. 29.35 |============================================ Ubuntu 17.04 + Linux 4.12 . 29.66 |============================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 27.44 |========================================= Clear Linux 16160 ......... 9.99 |===============