Ubuntu 17.10 vs. s. Clear Linux - Core i9 Prep AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X tests versus Core i9 7900X with Antergos, Clear Linux, Ubuntu. Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290/390 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Device e0b1 + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.12.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.25.91, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-rc4 (LLVM 4.0.1), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Threadripper: Clear Linux: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 4 x 8192 MB DDR4-3200MT/s, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290/390, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Device e0b1 + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 OS: Clear Linux OS 17650, Kernel: 4.13.0-387.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: 1024x768 Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10: 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: NVE4 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.12.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.25.91, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.0-rc4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux: Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-2800MT/s, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 17650, Kernel: 4.13.0-387.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: 1024x768 Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 4.40GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-11-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.0, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.0, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 4.40GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3000MT/s, Disk: 16GB Voyager 3.0 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 17920, Kernel: 4.13.3-393.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20170910 + Clang 5.0.0 + LLVM 5.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 87.18 |========================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 84.93 |========================================= Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 73.17 |=================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 71.80 |=================================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 77.10 |===================================== Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .. 68.92 |================================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 3.31 |================================= Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 2.44 |======================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 4.33 |=========================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 3.28 |================================= Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 3.32 |================================= Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .. 2.59 |========================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 13.43 |========================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 12.15 |====================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 11.72 |===================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 10.67 |================================= Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 8.98 |============================ Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .. 8.68 |=========================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 158.24 |========================================= Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 156.45 |========================================= Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 79.94 |===================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 79.67 |===================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 124.85 |================================ Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .. 125.35 |================================ Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 43.87 |=============================== Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 23.62 |================= Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 60.08 |========================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 33.26 |======================= Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 49.09 |================================== Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .. 25.07 |================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 80.50 |========================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 12.99 |======= Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 17.90 |========= Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 17.58 |========= Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 13.40 |======= Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .. 12.97 |======= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 51.37 |========================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 17.34 |============== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 13.97 |=========== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 14.08 |============ Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 14.86 |============ Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .. 14.53 |============ FFTW 3.3.6 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 1024 Mflops > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 26347 |========================================= Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 23766 |===================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 25341 |======================================= Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 26982 |========================================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 26055 |========================================= FFTW 3.3.6 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 4096 Mflops > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 16200 |=================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 16573 |==================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 18592 |======================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 17486 |====================================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 19464 |========================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 7.91 |======================= Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 14.52 |========================================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 5.06 |=============== CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 29374.35 |===================== Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 53551.89 |======================================= Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 33776.13 |========================= Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 51790.65 |====================================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 31283.55 |======================= Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .. 52130.80 |====================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 228 |===================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 216 |=================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 250 |========================================= Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 271 |============================================ Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 245 |======================================== Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .. 259 |========================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 1303.67 |================= Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 1314.64 |================= Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 2942.40 |======================================= Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 3012.76 |======================================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 2869.46 |====================================== Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .. 3000.67 |======================================== Timed LLVM Compilation 4.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 253.39 |============================= Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 354.58 |========================================= Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 261.30 |============================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 5.17 |============================== Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 4.09 |======================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 7.38 |=========================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 6.29 |===================================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 5.76 |================================== Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .. 4.95 |============================= Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 3638 |=========================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 3450 |========================================= Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 2844 |================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 2613 |=============================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 3210 |====================================== Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .. 2783 |================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 5.47 |=========================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 5.22 |========================================= Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 4.92 |======================================= Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 4.36 |================================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 5.05 |======================================== Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .. 4.66 |===================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 8.93 |=========================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 8.85 |========================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 8.32 |======================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 8.11 |======================================= Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 8.98 |=========================================== Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .. 8.39 |======================================== FFmpeg 3.3.3 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 7.81 |======================== Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 6.19 |=================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 13.89 |========================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 5.10 |=============== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 7.23 |====================== Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .. 5.22 |================ OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 2182.80 |=============================== Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 2184.10 |=============================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 2111.97 |============================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 2113.37 |============================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 2826.43 |======================================== Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .. 2831.83 |======================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 9946.62 |================= Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 12565.60 |====================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 14117.72 |========================= Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 22233.08 |======================================= Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 6648.83 |============ Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .. 7044.64 |============ PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 1104.58 |============ Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 2545.53 |============================ Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 724.21 |======== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 3592.85 |======================================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 493.74 |===== Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .. 581.06 |====== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 2191834.17 |====================== Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 2767868.92 |============================ Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 2650329.42 |=========================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 3681125.25 |===================================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 3142794.00 |================================ Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .. 3581232.17 |==================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 1549735.71 |====================== Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 1932086.17 |=========================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 1955802.25 |=========================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 2654983.42 |===================================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 2295929.00 |================================ Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .. 2567035.33 |==================================== Blender 2.78c Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 527.43 |========================================= Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 522.30 |========================================= Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 412.97 |================================ Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 409.58 |================================ Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 436.51 |================================== Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .. 430.26 |================================= Xsbench 2017-07-06 Lookups/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 2728244 |===================== Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 2851137 |====================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 3394205 |=========================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 3694296 |============================= Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 4725943 |===================================== Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .. 5096887 |======================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .. 27532.88 |====================== Threadripper: Clear Linux ... 29661.85 |======================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 44341.65 |==================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .. 48033.66 |======================================= Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 . 47063.69 |====================================== Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .. 46228.35 |======================================