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 17650: 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 17650: 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 Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 27532.88 |=================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 29661.85 |===================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 44341.65 |=============================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 48033.66 |================================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 47063.69 |================================= Blender 2.78c Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 527.43 |==================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 522.30 |==================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 412.97 |============================ Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 409.58 |============================ Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 436.51 |============================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 5.17 |=========================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 4.09 |===================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 7.38 |====================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 6.29 |================================ Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 5.76 |============================== CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 29374.35 |=================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 53551.89 |================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 33776.13 |===================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 51790.65 |================================= Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 31283.55 |==================== FFmpeg 3.3.3 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 7.81 |===================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 6.19 |================ Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 13.89 |===================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 5.10 |============== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 7.23 |=================== FFTW 3.3.6 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 1024 Mflops > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 26347 |==================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 23766 |================================= Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 25341 |=================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 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 17650 .. 16573 |================================ Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 18592 |=================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 17486 |================================= Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 19464 |===================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 5.47 |====================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 5.22 |==================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 4.92 |================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 4.36 |============================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 5.05 |=================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 228 |================================= Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 216 |=============================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 250 |==================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 271 |======================================= Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 245 |=================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 1303.67 |=============== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 1314.64 |=============== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 2942.40 |================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 3012.76 |=================================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 2869.46 |================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 8.93 |====================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 8.85 |===================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 8.32 |=================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 8.11 |================================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 8.98 |====================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 2182.80 |=========================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 2184.10 |=========================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 2111.97 |========================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 2113.37 |========================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 2826.43 |=================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 87.18 |===================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 84.93 |==================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 73.17 |=============================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 71.80 |============================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 77.10 |================================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 3.31 |============================= Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 2.44 |===================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 4.33 |====================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 3.28 |============================= Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 3.32 |============================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 13.43 |===================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 12.15 |================================= Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 11.72 |================================ Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 10.67 |============================= Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 8.98 |========================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 158.24 |==================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 156.45 |==================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 79.94 |================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 79.67 |================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 124.85 |============================ 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 17650 .. 12565.60 |=================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 14117.72 |====================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 22233.08 |================================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 6648.83 |========== 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 17650 .. 2545.53 |========================= Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 724.21 |======= Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 3592.85 |=================================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 493.74 |===== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 2191834.17 |=================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 2767868.92 |======================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 2650329.42 |======================= Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 3681125.25 |================================ Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 3142794.00 |=========================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 1549735.71 |=================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 1932086.17 |======================= Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 1955802.25 |======================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 2654983.42 |================================ Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 2295929.00 |============================ Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 43.87 |=========================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 23.62 |=============== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 60.08 |===================================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 33.26 |==================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 49.09 |============================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 80.50 |===================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 12.99 |====== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 17.90 |======== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 17.58 |======== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 13.40 |====== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 51.37 |===================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 17.34 |============ Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 13.97 |========== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 14.08 |========== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 14.86 |=========== Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 3638 |====================================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 3450 |==================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 2844 |============================== Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 2613 |=========================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 3210 |================================== 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 |=============== Timed LLVM Compilation 4.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 253.39 |========================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 . 354.58 |===================================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ..... 261.30 |=========================== Xsbench 2017-07-06 Lookups/s > Higher Is Better Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 ....... 2728244 |==================== Threadripper: Clear Linux 17650 .. 2851137 |===================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 3394205 |========================= Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux 17650 . 3694296 |=========================== Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ...... 4725943 |===================================