Windows 10 WSL Comparison - Ubuntu 16.04 openSUSE
Tests for a future article on Phoronix.


Windows 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: WSLFS

Windows WSL: openSUSE 42.2: 

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

	OS: openSUSE Leap 42.2, Kernel: 4.4.0-43-Microsoft (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: WSLFS

Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04: 

	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: MSI AMD POLARIS10 8192MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04 ... 18.48  |====
Windows WSL: Ubuntu 16.04 .. 199.20 |==========================================
Windows WSL: openSUSE 42.2 . 201.15 |==========================================


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Copy
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Windows WSL: openSUSE 42.2 . 38486.62 |========================================
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04 ... 33313.32 |===================================
Windows WSL: Ubuntu 16.04 .. 30830.34 |================================


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Scale
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04 ... 42549.44 |========================================
Windows WSL: Ubuntu 16.04 .. 40994.54 |=======================================
Windows WSL: openSUSE 42.2 . 39466.70 |=====================================


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Triad
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04 ... 46069.96 |========================================
Windows WSL: Ubuntu 16.04 .. 44342.26 |======================================
Windows WSL: openSUSE 42.2 . 42932.36 |=====================================


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Add
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04 ... 46128.18 |========================================
Windows WSL: Ubuntu 16.04 .. 44315.54 |======================================
Windows WSL: openSUSE 42.2 . 42879.40 |=====================================


LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0
Test: Rhodopsin Protein
Loop Time < Lower Is Better
Windows WSL: Ubuntu 16.04 . 44.73 |===========================================
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04 .. 45.41 |============================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04 ... 2650.58 |=========================================
Windows WSL: openSUSE 42.2 . 2228.73 |==================================
Windows WSL: Ubuntu 16.04 .. 1350.60 |=====================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04 ... 18.77 |==============
Windows WSL: openSUSE 42.2 . 49.16 |====================================
Windows WSL: Ubuntu 16.04 .. 58.60 |===========================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04 ... 42.83  |===============
Windows WSL: Ubuntu 16.04 .. 114.07 |=========================================
Windows WSL: openSUSE 42.2 . 116.34 |==========================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows WSL: openSUSE 42.2 . 6.94  |======================
Windows WSL: Ubuntu 16.04 .. 7.12  |======================
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04 ... 13.66 |===========================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04 ... 4.57 |=================================
Windows WSL: Ubuntu 16.04 .. 4.99 |====================================
Windows WSL: openSUSE 42.2 . 6.04 |============================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04 ... 10.01 |=======================================
Windows WSL: Ubuntu 16.04 .. 10.08 |=======================================
Windows WSL: openSUSE 42.2 . 11.03 |===========================================


R Benchmark

Seconds < Lower Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04 .. 0.8054 |==========================================
Windows WSL: Ubuntu 16.04 . 0.8163 |===========================================


glibc bench 1.0
Benchmark: ffs
nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Windows WSL: Ubuntu 16.04 .. 4.59 |===========================================
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04 ... 4.64 |===========================================
Windows WSL: openSUSE 42.2 . 4.71 |============================================


glibc bench 1.0
Benchmark: sqrt
nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Windows WSL: openSUSE 42.2 . 12.84 |=============================
Windows WSL: Ubuntu 16.04 .. 18.59 |==========================================
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04 ... 18.95 |===========================================


glibc bench 1.0
Benchmark: tanh
nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Windows WSL: openSUSE 42.2 . 43.60  |==============
Windows WSL: Ubuntu 16.04 .. 127.96 |=========================================
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04 ... 130.35 |==========================================


glibc bench 1.0
Benchmark: ffsll
nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Windows WSL: openSUSE 42.2 . 4.65 |======================================
Windows WSL: Ubuntu 16.04 .. 5.34 |===========================================
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04 ... 5.41 |============================================


glibc bench 1.0
Benchmark: pthread_once
nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Windows WSL: Ubuntu 16.04 .. 5.33 |===========================================
Windows WSL: openSUSE 42.2 . 5.34 |===========================================
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04 ... 5.46 |============================================


libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.1
Test: Decompression Throughput
Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04 ... 185.88 |==========================================
Windows WSL: openSUSE 42.2 . 182.44 |=========================================
Windows WSL: Ubuntu 16.04 .. 179.09 |========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04 ... 14487.12 |========================================
Windows WSL: Ubuntu 16.04 .. 2088.23  |======
Windows WSL: openSUSE 42.2 . 1862.42  |=====


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04 ... 14026.30 |========================================
Windows WSL: Ubuntu 16.04 .. 2299.97  |=======
Windows WSL: openSUSE 42.2 . 2131.94  |======


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
Windows WSL: openSUSE 42.2 . 548197 |==========================================
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04 ... 544713 |==========================================
Windows WSL: Ubuntu 16.04 .. 538899 |=========================================


Scikit-Learn 0.17.1

Seconds < Lower Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 16.04 .. 149.20 |===========================================
Windows WSL: Ubuntu 16.04 . 150.65 |===========================================