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

Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 3.31GHz (20 Cores), Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 224GB

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-43-Microsoft (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: UNKNOWN (0x53464846)


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   |==
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 . 185.77 |=======================================


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 |===================================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 . 4756968 |=====================================


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 |=====================================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 . 20227 |======================================


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 |=============================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 . 425.62 |==============================


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 |====================================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 . 1348.72 |=================


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 |============
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 . 61.74 |========================================


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  |==========
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 . 121.45 |===============================


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  |==========
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 . 7.05  |=========


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 |====================================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 . 4.97 |=========================================


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  |=================================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 . 10.03 |========================================


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 |======================================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 . 2010.87 |=====================================


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 |=====================================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 . 1918.36  |==


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 |=====================================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 . 2334.58  |===


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 |===================================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 . 657178.09  |=======


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 |===================================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 . 655605.57  |=========


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 |=======================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 . 412.87 |======================


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 |=================================
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 . 1195 |======================================


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 |========================================


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  |===
Windows 10 - WSL Ubuntu 16.04 . 153.30 |=======================================