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.

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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: Fedora 27: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 16GB Voyager 3.0 + 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: AMD Radeon 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, 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 (LLVM 4.0.1), Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20170915, File-System: ext4, 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: Debian 9.2: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MHz Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: 16GB Voyager 3.0 + 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek Generic, 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 Server: X Server 1.19.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.2, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.6 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.9 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 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 asmFish 2017-09-19 1024 Hash Memory, 26 Depth Nodes/second > Higher Is Better i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 53682320 |=================================== i9-7980XE: Fedora 27 .......... 53750894 |=================================== i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 55871631 |===================================== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 53269673 |=================================== i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 56422424 |===================================== Caffe 2016-12-29 Build: CPU AlexNet Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 . 95543 |============ i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ........ 310078 |======================================== Caffe 2016-12-29 Build: CPU Googlenet Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 . 218330 |============ i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ........ 703141 |======================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 283.66 |============= i9-7980XE: Fedora 27 .......... 520.81 |======================== i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 830.57 |======================================= i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 672.85 |================================ 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: Fedora 27 .......... 1568.99 |======================== i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 2536.68 |====================================== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 1676.11 |========================= i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 1734.80 |========================== FFmpeg 3.3.3 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 11.02 |================================= i9-7980XE: Fedora 27 .......... 12.97 |====================================== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 10.73 |================================ i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 13.52 |======================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 6.02 |========================================= i9-7980XE: Fedora 27 .......... 5.69 |======================================= i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 5.41 |===================================== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 5.69 |======================================= i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 5.90 |======================================== 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: Debian 9.2 ......... 256.10 |============================= 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: Debian 9.2 ......... 764.58 |============================ 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: Debian 9.2 ......... 308.75 |===================== i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 285.68 |==================== Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 139027 |======================================= i9-7980XE: Fedora 27 .......... 8141 |== i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 7979 |== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 8684 |== i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 8068 |== Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 3822804 |====================================== i9-7980XE: Fedora 27 .......... 3319009 |================================= i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 3168639 |=============================== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 3428190 |================================== i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 3366223 |================================= Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 1253764 |====================================== i9-7980XE: Fedora 27 .......... 776592 |======================== i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 741258 |====================== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 964720 |============================= i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 733990 |====================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 10.08 |======================================== i9-7980XE: Fedora 27 .......... 9.08 |==================================== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 9.56 |====================================== i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 9.50 |====================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 29557 |====================================== i9-7980XE: Fedora 27 .......... 30127 |====================================== i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 29811 |====================================== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 28311 |==================================== 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: Fedora 27 .......... 9.81 |============================= i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 9.06 |=========================== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 10.94 |================================ i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 10.26 |============================== Numpy Benchmark Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 11443829 |===================================== i9-7980XE: Fedora 27 .......... 5060637 |================ i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 4567593 |=============== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 5035916 |================ i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 4567163 |=============== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 3.68 |========================================= i9-7980XE: Fedora 27 .......... 3.28 |===================================== i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 2.48 |============================ i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 3.32 |===================================== 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: Fedora 27 .......... 148.33 |==================================== i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 143.78 |=================================== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 142.87 |================================== 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: Fedora 27 .......... 7.76 |============================ i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 7.42 |=========================== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 8.75 |=============================== 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: Fedora 27 .......... 73.05 |===================================== i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 70.97 |==================================== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 74.53 |===================================== i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 73.12 |===================================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Pod2html seconds < Lower Is Better i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 0.12246423 |=================================== i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 0.10238272 |============================= i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 0.11166438 |================================ 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: Debian 9.2 ......... 0.00148945 |=========================== i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 0.00195614 |=================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 184168 |========== i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 721859 |======================================= i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 370800 |==================== i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 608245 |================================= 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: Fedora 27 .......... 9057.61 |==================== i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 16446.04 |===================================== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 9196.02 |===================== 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: Fedora 27 .......... 541950.09 |================================== i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 563093.75 |==================================== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 491682.22 |=============================== i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 565964.73 |==================================== PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 1511 |========================================= i9-7980XE: Fedora 27 .......... 1258 |================================== i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 981 |=========================== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 1262 |================================== i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 1058 |============================= R Benchmark Seconds < Lower Is Better i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 0.3167 |=============================== i9-7980XE: Fedora 27 .......... 0.2956 |============================= i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 0.1454 |============== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 0.3961 |======================================= i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 0.3936 |======================================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 91060.97 |= i9-7980XE: Fedora 27 .......... 2120479.71 |============================ i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 2681003.75 |=================================== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 108743.00 |= 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: Fedora 27 .......... 2633010.42 |========================== i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 3554512.42 |=================================== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 108766.63 |= 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: Fedora 27 .......... 2107641.42 |============================ i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 2609126.83 |=================================== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 108739.01 |= 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: Fedora 27 .......... 2261366.75 |========================== i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 3003021.08 |=================================== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 108715.56 |= 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: Fedora 27 .......... 2379103.25 |============================ i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 3006018.08 |=================================== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 108833.87 |= i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 2487581.08 |============================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 16.52 |======================================== i9-7980XE: Fedora 27 .......... 11.83 |============================= i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 12.38 |============================== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 12.42 |============================== 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: Fedora 27 .......... 47.09 |================================= i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 19.73 |============== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 44.34 |=============================== 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: Fedora 27 .......... 14.48 |==================================== i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 14.24 |=================================== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 16.15 |======================================== i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 14.37 |==================================== Scikit-Learn 0.17.1 Seconds < Lower Is Better i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 11.72 |============= i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 35.20 |======================================== i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 29.48 |================================== SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 41.32 |======================================== i9-7980XE: Fedora 27 .......... 15.71 |=============== i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 12.99 |============= i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 15.92 |=============== i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 15.00 |=============== Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 2983 |====================================== i9-7980XE: Fedora 27 .......... 2798 |=================================== i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 2610 |================================= i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 3259 |========================================= i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 2792 |=================================== Tensorflow 2017-02-03 Build: Cifar10 Seconds < Lower Is Better i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 . 25.49 |============================== i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ........ 34.73 |========================================= x264 2017-09-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better i9-7980XE: CentOS 7 ........... 359.83 |============================== i9-7980XE: Fedora 27 .......... 319.26 |========================== i9-7980XE: Clear Linux 19110 .. 474.84 |======================================= i9-7980XE: Debian 9.2 ......... 340.18 |============================ i9-7980XE: Ubuntu 18.04 11-17 . 308.69 |=========================