Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 18.04 Linux - Dell XPS 13

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July 06 2018
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July 07 2018
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July 07 2018
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July 08 2018
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Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 18.04 Linux - Dell XPS 13 Intel Core i7-8550U testing of Windows vs. Ubuntu Linux for a future article. Windows 10: Processor: Intel Core i7-8550U @ 1.99GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0H0VG3, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB 1867MHz H9CCNNNBJTMLAR-NUD, Disk: 238GB PM961 NVMe SAMSUNG 256GB, Graphics: Intel UHD 620 1024MB, Network: Killer Wireless-n/a/ac 1435 Wireless + Bluetooth Device (Personal Area ) #2 + Bluetooth Device (RFCOMM Protocol TDI) OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Build 17134, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 22.20.16.4815, Vulkan: 1.0.54, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04: Processor: Intel Core i7-8550U @ 1.99GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 226GB OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-17134-Microsoft (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: wslfs Ubuntu 18.04: Processor: Intel Core i7-8550U @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0H0VG3 (1.0.2 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: PM961 NVMe SAMSUNG 256GB, Graphics: Intel UHD 620 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3271, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora Workstation 28: Processor: Intel Core i7-8550U @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0H0VG3 (1.0.2 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: PM961 NVMe SAMSUNG 256GB, Graphics: Intel UHD 620 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3271, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless OS: Fedora 28, Kernel: 4.17.3-200.fc28.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.2, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.5, Compiler: GCC 8.1.1 20180502, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Windows 10 .................. 593.89 |======================================== Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 604.09 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 592.62 |======================================== Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 605.63 |========================================= Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Windows 10 .................. 14033 |======================= Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 25409 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 12231 |==================== Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 14217 |======================== Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Windows 10 .................. 18063547 |================================== Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 16928841 |================================ Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 20929967 |======================================= Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 20830659 |======================================= Go Benchmarks Test: build Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Windows 10 .................. 30125744200 |==================================== Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 19394715500 |======================= Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 14445441603 |================= Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 14334102449 |================= Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Windows 10 .................. 3526728 |================================= Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 3462652 |================================ Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 4269970 |======================================== Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 4239918 |======================================== Crafty 25.2 Elapsed Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 .................. 7380701 |====================================== Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 7596675 |======================================= Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 7397176 |====================================== Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 7787879 |======================================== Minion 1.8 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 .................. 56.73 |========================================= Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 54.60 |======================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 57.69 |========================================== Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 54.20 |======================================= Minion 1.8 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 .................. 56.00 |=============================== Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 68.41 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 74.80 |========================================== Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 69.51 |======================================= Minion 1.8 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 .................. 134.45 |========================================= Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 122.30 |===================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 133.01 |========================================= Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 120.58 |===================================== libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.3 Test: Decompression Throughput Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better Windows 10 .................. 164.69 |======================================= Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 165.74 |======================================= Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 165.26 |======================================= Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 174.20 |========================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............ 247.51 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 .......... 154.54 |============================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 145.20 |============================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............ 59648 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04 .......... 37612 |============================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 35036 |============================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............ 700 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 .......... 613 |============================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 605 |=========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............ 7525 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.04 .......... 8172 |================================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 7799 |=============================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 .................. 9.34 |========================================== Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 9.54 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 9.43 |=========================================== Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 9.31 |========================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............ 186.29 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 .......... 97.08 |======================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 91.48 |======================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............ 149.97 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 .......... 81.41 |========================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 76.79 |======================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Kernel ms < Lower Is Better Fedora Workstation 28 . 1842 |================================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............ 108.85 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 .......... 62.40 |=========================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 59.26 |========================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............ 1167 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.04 .......... 1354 |================================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 1315 |================================================ Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............ 2317 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.04 .......... 2053 |================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 3017 |================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............ 1167 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.04 .......... 1356 |================================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 1315 |================================================ Y-Cruncher 0.7.5.9481 Calculating 500M Pi Digits Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 .................. 68.46 |=================================== Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 67.47 |================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 82.48 |========================================== Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 82.38 |========================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............ 1296 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.04 .......... 1160 |============================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 1160 |============================================ Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Loader ms < Lower Is Better Fedora Workstation 28 . 7822 |================================================= Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Vector Graphics Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 572060.14 |================================ Ubuntu 18.04 . 942393.03 |===================================================== OSBench Test: Create Files us Per Event < Lower Is Better Windows 10 .................. 386.12 |========================= Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 622.95 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 14.52 |= Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 23.69 |== OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better Windows 10 .................. 27.17 |=================== Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 59.46 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 12.60 |========= Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 13.96 |========== OSBench Test: Launch Programs us Per Event < Lower Is Better Windows 10 .................. 49688.22 |======================================= Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 939.47 |= Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 40.63 | Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 45.99 | OSBench Test: Memory Allocations Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better Windows 10 .................. 94.29 |============================== Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 127.91 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 101.65 |================================= Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 102.13 |================================= Primesieve 6.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 .................. 82.27 |================================= Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 90.26 |==================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 102.46 |========================================= Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 101.59 |========================================= Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Userspace ms < Lower Is Better Fedora Workstation 28 . 19717 |================================================ Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 .................. 7781767 |======================================= Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 8054317 |======================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 6671632 |================================= Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 7225855 |==================================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Total ms < Lower Is Better Fedora Workstation 28 . 40623 |================================================ 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Windows 10 .................. 20206 |========================================== Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 19610 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 17082 |==================================== Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 17108 |==================================== AOBench Size: 2048 x 2048 - Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 .................. 62.57 |========================================== Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 40.24 |=========================== Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 41.37 |============================ Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 40.21 |=========================== x264 2018-02-05 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 .................. 30.27 |====================================== Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 33.16 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 27.35 |=================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 .................. 29.90 |===================================== Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 27.95 |================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 34.17 |========================================== Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 30.05 |===================================== FFmpeg 3.4.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 .................. 6.63 |================================= Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 6.48 |================================ Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 8.72 |=========================================== Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 8.50 |========================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Windows 10 .................. 340541 |====================== Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 600732 |======================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 621508 |========================================= Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 621142 |========================================= Perl Benchmarks Test: Pod2html Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 .................. 0.22112576 |============================= Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 0.28092771 |===================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 0.13150701 |================= Perl Benchmarks Test: Interpreter Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 .................. 0.01226587 |===================================== Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 0.00533457 |================ Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 0.00090098 |=== Git Time To Complete Common Git Commands Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 .................. 12.25 |========================================== Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 8.80 |============================== Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 5.59 |=================== Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 5.69 |==================== PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 .................. 1386 |=========================================== Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 1293 |======================================== Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 1318 |========================================= Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 1352 |========================================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Firmware ms < Lower Is Better Fedora Workstation 28 . 9031 |================================================= SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 .................. 36.09 |======================================= Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu 18.04 . 38.48 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04 ................ 36.61 |======================================= Fedora Workstation 28 ....... 38.97 |==========================================