Tyan 1U Server Xeon Gold Linux OS Comparison Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com comparing different Linux distributions on a Tyan server. Antergos 17.8: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Antergos Linux 17.8-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.12.8-2-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170630, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 CentOS Linux 7: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 95232MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-514.26.2.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 11.2.2 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.8 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Clear Linux 17210: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 12 x 8192 MB DDR4-2666MT/s Micron, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 17210, Kernel: 4.12.8-379.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 4.0.1 + LLVM 4.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600 Debian 9.1: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Debian 9.1, Kernel: 4.9.0-3-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.2, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.6 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.9 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Fedora 26: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Fedora 26, Kernel: 4.12.8-300.fc26.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 17.1.7 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170622, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 openSUSE Leap 42.3: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: openSUSE 42.3, Kernel: 4.4.76-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.0.5 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.8 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: openSUSE 20170823, Kernel: 4.12.8-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.1.6 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170629 [gcc-7-branch revision 249772], File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ............... 39.20 |============================== Clear Linux 17210 ............ 29.57 |======================= Debian 9.1 ................... 28.94 |====================== Fedora 26 .................... 33.70 |========================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 52.96 |========================================= openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 46.85 |==================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 34.54 |=========================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ............... 2.48 |======================== Clear Linux 17210 ............ 1.83 |================== Debian 9.1 ................... 2.36 |======================= Fedora 26 .................... 2.41 |======================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 4.26 |========================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 2.57 |========================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 2.33 |======================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ............... 6.70 |================================= Clear Linux 17210 ............ 3.82 |=================== Debian 9.1 ................... 6.82 |================================= Fedora 26 .................... 7.03 |================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 7.82 |====================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 8.15 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 8.64 |========================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ............... 477.35 |======================================= Clear Linux 17210 ............ 454.40 |===================================== Debian 9.1 ................... 388.89 |================================ Fedora 26 .................... 485.14 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 472.67 |======================================= openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 481.04 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 395.27 |================================= lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: XZ 0 - Process: Compression MB/s > Higher Is Better Antergos 17.8 ...... 30 |============================================== Clear Linux 17210 .. 35 |====================================================== Debian 9.1 ......... 33 |=================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 33 |=================================================== lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: XZ 0 - Process: Decompression MB/s > Higher Is Better Antergos 17.8 ...... 89 |==================================================== Clear Linux 17210 .. 91 |===================================================== Debian 9.1 ......... 92 |====================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 86 |================================================== lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Brotli 0 - Process: Compression MB/s > Higher Is Better Antergos 17.8 ...... 389 |===================================================== Clear Linux 17210 .. 392 |===================================================== Debian 9.1 ......... 380 |=================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 303 |========================================= lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Brotli 0 - Process: Decompression MB/s > Higher Is Better Antergos 17.8 ...... 498 |==================================================== Clear Linux 17210 .. 507 |===================================================== Debian 9.1 ......... 491 |=================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 396 |========================================= FFTW 3.3.6 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 4096 Mflops > Higher Is Better Antergos 17.8 ................ 14093 |================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 17181 |========================================= Clear Linux 17210 ............ 14801 |=================================== Debian 9.1 ................... 15887 |====================================== Fedora 26 .................... 16236 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 14134 |================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 14927 |==================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 17.8 ................ 5.64 |======================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 9.98 |========================================== Clear Linux 17210 ............ 3.32 |============== Debian 9.1 ................... 5.76 |======================== Fedora 26 .................... 5.41 |======================= Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 6.56 |============================ openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 3.55 |=============== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 5.19 |====================== Numpy Benchmark Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better CentOS Linux 7 ............... 11185193 |====================================== Clear Linux 17210 ............ 4807164 |================ Debian 9.1 ................... 5768029 |=================== Fedora 26 .................... 5677558 |=================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 6436119 |====================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 11255537 |====================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 5975656 |==================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Antergos 17.8 ................ 51371 |======================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 50333 |======================================= Clear Linux 17210 ............ 48000 |====================================== Debian 9.1 ................... 52360 |========================================= Fedora 26 .................... 49640 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 32962 |========================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 35070 |=========================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 19376 |=============== x264 2017-05-19 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 17210 ............ 439.42 |======================================== Fedora 26 .................... 277.40 |========================= Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 359.07 |================================= openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 363.49 |================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 271.28 |========================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Antergos 17.8 ................ 2412.54 |==================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 2520.09 |====================================== Clear Linux 17210 ............ 2608.56 |======================================= Debian 9.1 ................... 2590.81 |======================================= Fedora 26 .................... 2531.72 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 2370.11 |=================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 2453.30 |===================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 2571.64 |====================================== Timed GCC Compilation 7.2 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 17.8 ................ 773.93 |======================================= CentOS Linux 7 ............... 670.48 |================================== Clear Linux 17210 ............ 416.71 |===================== Debian 9.1 ................... 669.31 |================================== Fedora 26 .................... 781.96 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 719.27 |==================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 685.27 |=================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 791.48 |======================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 17.8 ................ 26.81 |======================================= CentOS Linux 7 ............... 23.95 |=================================== Clear Linux 17210 ............ 20.46 |============================= Debian 9.1 ................... 28.46 |========================================= Fedora 26 .................... 25.08 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 24.35 |=================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 24.41 |=================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 24.76 |==================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 17.8 ................ 6.81 |========================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 6.72 |========================================= Clear Linux 17210 ............ 6.13 |====================================== Debian 9.1 ................... 5.52 |================================== Fedora 26 .................... 6.16 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 6.51 |======================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 6.86 |========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 5.99 |===================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 17.8 ................ 12.15 |=============================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 12.65 |================================= Clear Linux 17210 ............ 11.09 |============================= Debian 9.1 ................... 10.52 |=========================== Fedora 26 .................... 10.65 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 15.88 |========================================= openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 13.51 |=================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 10.59 |=========================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Antergos 17.8 ................ 4843.07 |====================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 4955.97 |======================================= Clear Linux 17210 ............ 4990.37 |======================================= Debian 9.1 ................... 4957.50 |======================================= Fedora 26 .................... 4946.43 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 5016.13 |======================================= openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 4967.47 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 4836.93 |====================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: ffs nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 17.8 ................ 3.41 |==================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 3.27 |=================================== Clear Linux 17210 ............ 3.27 |=================================== Debian 9.1 ................... 3.26 |=================================== Fedora 26 .................... 3.33 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 3.94 |========================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 3.27 |=================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 3.45 |===================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: sqrt nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 17.8 ................ 11.46 |======================= CentOS Linux 7 ............... 9.00 |================== Clear Linux 17210 ............ 8.99 |================== Debian 9.1 ................... 8.97 |================== Fedora 26 .................... 10.21 |===================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 20.31 |========================================= openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 8.99 |================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 8.98 |================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: tanh nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 17.8 ................ 31.10 |============ CentOS Linux 7 ............... 30.41 |============ Clear Linux 17210 ............ 21.78 |========= Debian 9.1 ................... 28.50 |=========== Fedora 26 .................... 28.57 |=========== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 100.83 |======================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 30.46 |============ openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 28.12 |=========== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: ffsll nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 17.8 ................ 3.63 |===================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 3.27 |================================= Clear Linux 17210 ............ 3.27 |================================= Debian 9.1 ................... 3.26 |================================= Fedora 26 .................... 3.53 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 4.15 |========================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 3.27 |================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 3.45 |=================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: pthread_once nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 17.8 ................ 4.60 |========================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 3.80 |=================================== Clear Linux 17210 ............ 3.80 |=================================== Debian 9.1 ................... 3.80 |=================================== Fedora 26 .................... 3.94 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 4.02 |===================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 3.80 |=================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 3.86 |=================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Antergos 17.8 ................ 5922.44 |================================ CentOS Linux 7 ............... 7166.89 |====================================== Clear Linux 17210 ............ 3901.46 |===================== Debian 9.1 ................... 7177.16 |====================================== Fedora 26 .................... 6555.39 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 5487.57 |============================= openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 7311.47 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 7211.61 |====================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Antergos 17.8 ................ 1430.05 |================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 1536.48 |==================================== Clear Linux 17210 ............ 1595.38 |====================================== Debian 9.1 ................... 1658.55 |======================================= Fedora 26 .................... 1578.16 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 1459.92 |================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 1581.47 |===================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 1587.40 |===================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Antergos 17.8 ................ 1780965.13 |===================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 1693978.75 |==================== Clear Linux 17210 ............ 3055034.08 |==================================== Debian 9.1 ................... 2358286.90 |============================ Fedora 26 .................... 1794091.98 |===================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 1934176.54 |======================= openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 2314872.92 |=========================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 2078944.33 |======================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Antergos 17.8 ................ 1367027.09 |======================= CentOS Linux 7 ............... 1410857.29 |======================= Clear Linux 17210 ............ 2178656.08 |==================================== Debian 9.1 ................... 1740809.25 |============================= Fedora 26 .................... 1393858.75 |======================= Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 1375060.86 |======================= openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 1566504.46 |========================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 1546869.92 |========================== Blender 2.78c Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Antergos 17.8 ................ 481.92 |================================== CentOS Linux 7 ............... 467.22 |================================= Clear Linux 17210 ............ 505.89 |==================================== Debian 9.1 ................... 488.02 |=================================== Fedora 26 .................... 489.87 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 563.83 |======================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 472.46 |================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 484.67 |================================== Xsbench 2017-07-06 Lookups/s > Higher Is Better Antergos 17.8 ................ 6516926 |============================ CentOS Linux 7 ............... 9237994 |======================================= Clear Linux 17210 ............ 6619373 |============================ Debian 9.1 ................... 6829404 |============================= Fedora 26 .................... 6317577 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ........... 6888202 |============================= openSUSE Leap 42.3 ........... 7321301 |=============================== openSUSE Tumbleweed 20170823 . 7168214 |============================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Antergos 17.8 ...... 501544 |=============================================== CentOS Linux 7 ..... 208536 |==================== Clear Linux 17210 .. 485629 |============================================== Debian 9.1 ......... 484253 |============================================== Fedora 26 .......... 528307 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 418801 |======================================== openSUSE Leap 42.3 . 159536 |===============