Linux Distros EC2 c4.4xlarge
Xen HVM testing for a future article with the Phoronix Test Suite.


Clear Linux 19270: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.89GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

	OS: Clear Linux OS 19270, Kernel: 4.13.12-56.aws (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20170910 + Clang 5.0.0 + LLVM 5.0.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function

	OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09, Kernel: 4.9.62-21.56.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 6.4.1 20170727, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: cirrusdrmfb

	OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.4, Kernel: 3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function

	OS: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 12.3, Kernel: 4.4.92-6.18-default (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-1038-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Gentoo Pygoscelis Papua: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 10GB

	OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 4.12.12-gentoo (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Debian 9.2: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function

	OS: Debian 9.2, Kernel: 4.9.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon


Go Benchmarks
Test: http
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ........ 8127  |========================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 7076  |=====================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 6188  |==================
Gentoo Pygoscelis Papua .. 15224 |=============================================
Debian 9.2 ............... 7337  |======================


Go Benchmarks
Test: json
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ........ 8913220  |=====================================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 9184795  |======================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 10132425 |==========================================
Gentoo Pygoscelis Papua .. 8864800  |=====================================
Debian 9.2 ............... 8765205  |====================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: garbage
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ........ 1999330 |==========================================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 1943618 |=========================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 2043399 |===========================================
Gentoo Pygoscelis Papua .. 2043800 |===========================================
Debian 9.2 ............... 2006740 |==========================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ............ 7.08 |===================================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 7.14 |===================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 . 8.51 |==========================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 7.28 |====================================
Gentoo Pygoscelis Papua ...... 7.30 |====================================
Debian 9.2 ................... 7.11 |===================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.5
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 11.94 |============================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 12.24 |=============================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 ...... 14.97 |===================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 15.26 |====================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 13.91 |=================================
Gentoo Pygoscelis Papua ........... 13.60 |================================
Debian 9.2 ........................ 12.46 |=============================


Tensorflow 2017-02-03
Build: Cifar10
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 . 40.86 |================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .. 67.05 |====================================================


Scikit-Learn 0.17.1

Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ....... 14.92  |====
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ........ 43.05  |============
Gentoo Pygoscelis Papua . 167.83 |=============================================
Debian 9.2 .............. 46.33  |============


R Benchmark

Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ........ 0.2597 |===================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 0.4189 |==============================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 0.6070 |============================================


Caffe 2016-12-29
Build: CPU AlexNet
Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 . 120821 |=============
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .. 462109 |===================================================
Debian 9.2 ........ 418634 |==============================================


Caffe 2016-12-29
Build: CPU Googlenet
Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 . 373114 |=====================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .. 893565 |=================================================
Debian 9.2 ........ 920883 |===================================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP LavaMD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 56.97  |=============
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 154.82 |===================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 119.08 |===========================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 115.86 |==========================
Gentoo Pygoscelis Papua ........... 122.11 |============================
Debian 9.2 ........................ 118.11 |===========================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 37.16 |=============================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 46.75 |====================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 46.31 |====================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 44.15 |==================================
Gentoo Pygoscelis Papua ........... 45.10 |===================================
Debian 9.2 ........................ 35.14 |===========================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP Streamcluster
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 25.03 |=================================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 26.98 |====================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 26.19 |===================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 26.51 |===================================
Gentoo Pygoscelis Papua ........... 25.10 |=================================
Debian 9.2 ........................ 26.95 |====================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 10826 |=================================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 11588 |====================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 ...... 11217 |===================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 11347 |===================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 11411 |===================================
Gentoo Pygoscelis Papua ........... 11420 |===================================
Debian 9.2 ........................ 11689 |====================================


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ............ 499978 |========================================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 144181 |============
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 . 164356 |=============
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 378382 |==============================
Gentoo Pygoscelis Papua ...... 381645 |===============================
Debian 9.2 ................... 385587 |===============================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: LPOP
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 1831629.12 |===============================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 1473380.38 |=========================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 ...... 1285123.96 |======================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 1617365.16 |===========================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 1536120.04 |==========================
Gentoo Pygoscelis Papua ........... 1582470.91 |===========================
Debian 9.2 ........................ 1565347.46 |==========================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SADD
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 1483210.37 |===============================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 1223547.42 |==========================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 ...... 1095465.12 |=======================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 1291159.08 |===========================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 1196773.83 |=========================
Gentoo Pygoscelis Papua ........... 1276053.25 |===========================
Debian 9.2 ........................ 1272810.33 |===========================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: LPUSH
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 1334772.75 |===============================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 1153455.54 |===========================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 ...... 974781.36  |=======================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 1224151.75 |============================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 1146359.79 |===========================
Gentoo Pygoscelis Papua ........... 1196714.08 |============================
Debian 9.2 ........................ 1154748.56 |===========================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 1725427.54 |===============================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 1482233.67 |===========================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 ...... 1257223.84 |=======================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 1541968.96 |============================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 1504728.83 |===========================
Gentoo Pygoscelis Papua ........... 1548107.12 |============================
Debian 9.2 ........................ 1531194.08 |============================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 1341875.16 |===============================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 1142250.37 |==========================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 ...... 1014808.17 |=======================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 1198209.67 |============================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 1088457.79 |=========================
Gentoo Pygoscelis Papua ........... 1183961.67 |===========================
Debian 9.2 ........................ 1171998.50 |===========================


Perl Benchmarks
Test: Pod2html
seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 0.15587958 |===========================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 0.17539679 |===============================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 0.16102161 |============================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 0.16521262 |=============================
Gentoo Pygoscelis Papua ........... 0.17581372 |===============================
Debian 9.2 ........................ 0.16096062 |============================


Perl Benchmarks
Test: Interpreter
seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 0.00082668 |========================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 0.00107643 |===============================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 0.00077850 |======================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 0.00081373 |=======================
Gentoo Pygoscelis Papua ........... 0.00093803 |===========================
Debian 9.2 ........................ 0.00098827 |============================


PyBench 2008-08-14
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 1575 |============================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 2038 |====================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 ...... 2084 |=====================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 1862 |=================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 1817 |================================
Debian 9.2 ........................ 1827 |================================