Linux Distribution Boot Time Comparison

Antergos 17.11

Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake + Z270, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD 630 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Antergos Linux 17.11-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.13.12-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Environment Notes: GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT=stderr GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS=JS ERROR;JS LOG
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave

Testing initiated at 24 November 2017 14:10 by user phoronix.

CentOS Linux 7

Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.1, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Environment Notes: GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT=stderr GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS=JS ERROR;JS LOG
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Testing initiated at 23 November 2017 17:04 by user phoronix.

Clear Linux 19260

Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake + Z270, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD 630 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Clear Linux OS 19260, Kernel: 4.13.15-460.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.4.0-devel, Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20170910 + Clang 5.0.0 + LLVM 5.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Environment Notes: GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT=stderr GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS=JS ERROR;JS LOG
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance

Testing initiated at 24 November 2017 23:40 by user phoronix.

Debian 9.2.1

Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: inteldrmfb (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Debian 9.2, Kernel: 4.9.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Environment Notes: GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS=JS ERROR;JS LOG GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT=stderr
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave

Testing initiated at 24 November 2017 07:37 by user phoronix.

Fedora Workstation 27

Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake + Z270, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD 630 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Fedora 27, Kernel: 4.13.9-300.fc27.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Environment Notes: GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT=stderr GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS=JS ERROR;JS LOG
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Testing initiated at 23 November 2017 13:36 by user phoronix.

Manjaro 17.0.6

Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake + Z270, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD 630 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

OS: ManjaroLinux 17.0.6, Kernel: 4.9.58-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave

Testing initiated at 24 November 2017 10:21 by user phoronix.

Solus 3

Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake + Z270, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD 630 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Solus 3, Kernel: 4.13.15-34.current (x86_64), Desktop: Budgie, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave

Testing initiated at 24 November 2017 08:58 by user phoronix.

Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS

Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: inteldrmfb (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-40-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave

Testing initiated at 23 November 2017 11:27 by user phoronix.

Ubuntu 17.10

Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD 630 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Environment Notes: GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS=JS ERROR;JS LOG GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT=stderr
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave

Testing initiated at 23 November 2017 07:52 by user phoronix.

openSUSE Leap 42.3

Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: inteldrmfb (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel 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, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave

Testing initiated at 23 November 2017 14:36 by user .

openSUSE Tumbleweed

Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake + Z270, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD 630 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20171122, Kernel: 4.14.0-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.19.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave

Testing initiated at 24 November 2017 02:06 by user .