Core i9 7980XE + Dual Xeon Gold - 8-Way Linux Distribution Comparison
Q4-2017 Linux distribution comparison on two systems. Eight Linux distros each, tested out-of-the-box performance. Linux OS benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix, by Michael Larabel.


i9-7980XE: CentOS 7: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 16GB Voyager 3.0 + 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480/580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.7.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.1 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.9.1), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: 16GB Voyager 3.0 + 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480/570/580, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Clear Linux OS 19110, Kernel: 4.13.12-430.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

i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2 (LLVM 5.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 184168 |==========
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 721859 |=======================================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 608245 |=================================


Perl Benchmarks
Test: Pod2html
seconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 0.12246423 |===================================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 0.10238272 |=============================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 0.10887619 |===============================


Perl Benchmarks
Test: Interpreter
seconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 0.00131081 |=======================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 0.00062195 |===========
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 0.00195614 |===================================


PyBench 2008-08-14
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 1511 |=========================================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 981  |===========================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 1058 |=============================


Numpy Benchmark

Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 11443829 |=====================================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 4567593  |===============
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 4567163  |===============


R Benchmark

Seconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 0.3167 |===============================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 0.1454 |==============
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 0.3936 |=======================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: http
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 139027 |=======================================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 7979   |==
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 8068   |==


Go Benchmarks
Test: json
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 3822804 |======================================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 3168639 |===============================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 3366223 |=================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: garbage
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 1253764 |======================================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 741258  |======================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 733990  |======================


Tensorflow 2017-02-03
Build: Cifar10
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 . 25.49 |=========================================


Caffe 2016-12-29
Build: CPU AlexNet
Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 . 95543 |=========================================


Caffe 2016-12-29
Build: CPU Googlenet
Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 . 218330 |========================================


Scikit-Learn 0.17.1

Seconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 11.72 |================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 29.48 |========================================


x264 2017-09-08
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 359.83 |==============================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 474.84 |=======================================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 308.69 |=========================


FFmpeg 3.3.3
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 11.02 |=================================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 13.52 |========================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 91060.97   |=
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 2681003.75 |===================================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 2214604.85 |=============================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 90678.79   |=
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 3554512.42 |===================================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 2720580.21 |===========================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: LPUSH
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 91076.38   |=
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 2609126.83 |===================================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 2156957.77 |=============================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: LPOP
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 90513.03   |=
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 3003021.08 |===================================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 2451389.25 |=============================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SADD
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 90879.35   |=
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 3006018.08 |===================================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 2487581.08 |=============================


Gzip Compression
2GB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 10.08 |========================================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 9.50  |======================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 283.66 |=============
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 830.57 |=======================================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 740.03 |===================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 1413.14 |=====================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 2536.68 |======================================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 1734.80 |==========================


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 7424.87  |=================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 16446.04 |=====================================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 9063.68  |====================


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 48286.11  |===
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 563093.75 |====================================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 565964.73 |====================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 16.52 |========================================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 12.38 |==============================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 12.09 |=============================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP LavaMD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 57.37 |========================================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 19.73 |==============
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 46.17 |================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP Streamcluster
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 14.20 |========================================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 14.24 |========================================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 14.37 |========================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 3.68 |=========================================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 2.48 |============================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 3.16 |===================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 161.77 |=======================================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 143.78 |===================================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 141.54 |==================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP Stencil
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 11.15 |========================================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 7.42  |===========================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 7.30  |==========================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP LBM
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 79.61 |========================================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 70.97 |====================================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 73.12 |=====================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 29557 |======================================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 29811 |======================================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 31335 |========================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.5
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 13.49 |========================================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 9.06  |===========================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 10.26 |==============================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 6.02 |=========================================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 5.41 |=====================================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 5.90 |========================================


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 41.32 |========================================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 12.99 |=============
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 15.00 |===============


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 207.05 |=======================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 284.32 |================================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 344.17 |=======================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 457.33  |=================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 1048.80 |======================================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 670.22  |========================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 223.52 |================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 562.18 |=======================================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 285.68 |====================


Stockfish 2014-11-26
Total Time
ms < Lower Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 2983 |=========================================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 2610 |====================================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 2792 |======================================


asmFish 2017-09-19
1024 Hash Memory, 26 Depth
Nodes/second > Higher Is Better
i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 53682320 |===================================
i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 55871631 |=====================================
i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 56422424 |=====================================