Arch Linux vs. Antergos vs. Clear Linux vs. Ubuntu
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Ubuntu Server 17.10: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-25-generic (x86_64), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Antergos Minimal 18.1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Antergos Linux 18.1-Minimal-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.14.13-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.3.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20171224, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Arch Linux 20180117: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.14.13-1-ARCH (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20171224, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Clear Linux 20350: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Clear Linux OS 20350, Kernel: 4.14.13-509.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20171126 + Clang 5.0.1 + LLVM 5.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu Server 17.10 ... 10.88 |================================================
Antergos Minimal 18.1 . 10.00 |============================================
Arch Linux 20180117 ... 4.81  |=====================
Clear Linux 20350 ..... 3.78  |=================


GNU GMP GMPbench 6.1.2
Total Time
GMPbench Score > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu Server 17.10 ... 5793.30 |===========================================
Antergos Minimal 18.1 . 5405.40 |=========================================
Arch Linux 20180117 ... 5598.00 |==========================================
Clear Linux 20350 ..... 6129.30 |==============================================


TSCP 1.81
AI Chess Performance
Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu Server 17.10 ... 1389653 |=========================================
Antergos Minimal 18.1 . 1467384 |===========================================
Arch Linux 20180117 ... 1505606 |============================================
Clear Linux 20350 ..... 1569168 |==============================================


x264 2017-09-08
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu Server 17.10 ... 333.49 |==============================
Antergos Minimal 18.1 . 338.76 |===============================
Arch Linux 20180117 ... 494.84 |=============================================
Clear Linux 20350 ..... 516.80 |===============================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu Server 17.10 ... 3080.75 |=============================================
Antergos Minimal 18.1 . 2891.52 |==========================================
Arch Linux 20180117 ... 2940.30 |===========================================
Clear Linux 20350 ..... 3179.81 |==============================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu Server 17.10 ... 38.98 |================================================
Antergos Minimal 18.1 . 37.73 |==============================================
Arch Linux 20180117 ... 34.59 |===========================================
Clear Linux 20350 ..... 33.19 |=========================================


Stockfish 2014-11-26
Total Time
ms < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu Server 17.10 ... 2996 |=================================================
Antergos Minimal 18.1 . 2875 |===============================================
Arch Linux 20180117 ... 2876 |===============================================
Clear Linux 20350 ..... 2757 |=============================================


Systemd Total Boot Time
Test: Kernel
ms < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu Server 17.10 ... 4394.00 |==============================================
Antergos Minimal 18.1 . 2162.00 |=======================
Arch Linux 20180117 ... 2233.00 |=======================
Clear Linux 20350 ..... 1092.30 |===========


glibc bench 1.0
Benchmark: sqrt
nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu Server 17.10 ... 10.17 |================================================
Antergos Minimal 18.1 . 10.09 |================================================
Arch Linux 20180117 ... 10.02 |===============================================
Clear Linux 20350 ..... 9.80  |==============================================


glibc bench 1.0
Benchmark: tanh
nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu Server 17.10 ... 32.54 |===============================================
Antergos Minimal 18.1 . 33.35 |================================================
Arch Linux 20180117 ... 32.12 |==============================================
Clear Linux 20350 ..... 23.69 |==================================


glibc bench 1.0
Benchmark: pthread_once
nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu Server 17.10 ... 4.24 |===============================================
Antergos Minimal 18.1 . 4.38 |=================================================
Arch Linux 20180117 ... 4.21 |===============================================
Clear Linux 20350 ..... 4.14 |==============================================


Tensorflow 2017-02-03
Build: Cifar10
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu Server 17.10 ... 31.69 |================================================
Antergos Minimal 18.1 . 31.72 |================================================
Arch Linux 20180117 ... 29.93 |=============================================
Clear Linux 20350 ..... 25.28 |======================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu Server 17.10 ... 11849.53 |==================================
Antergos Minimal 18.1 . 11521.00 |=================================
Arch Linux 20180117 ... 12080.99 |==================================
Clear Linux 20350 ..... 15795.54 |=============================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu Server 17.10 ... 11658.68 |==================================
Antergos Minimal 18.1 . 11634.73 |==================================
Arch Linux 20180117 ... 11535.55 |=================================
Clear Linux 20350 ..... 15496.80 |=============================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: LPUSH
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu Server 17.10 ... 2086380.11 |========================================
Antergos Minimal 18.1 . 1992541.86 |======================================
Arch Linux 20180117 ... 2012844.41 |=======================================
Clear Linux 20350 ..... 2230633.50 |===========================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu Server 17.10 ... 2945762.63 |========================================
Antergos Minimal 18.1 . 2691218.04 |====================================
Arch Linux 20180117 ... 3043302.00 |=========================================
Clear Linux 20350 ..... 3182598.50 |===========================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu Server 17.10 ... 2240548.17 |===========================================
Antergos Minimal 18.1 . 2167279.79 |==========================================
Arch Linux 20180117 ... 2175271.33 |==========================================
Clear Linux 20350 ..... 2056993.36 |=======================================


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu Server 17.10 ... 624863 |=======================================
Antergos Minimal 18.1 . 665710 |=========================================
Arch Linux 20180117 ... 741323 |==============================================
Clear Linux 20350 ..... 760991 |===============================================