Dell XPS Windows 10 vs. Linux Benchmarks Intel Core i7-8550U testing Dell XPS 13 laptop benchmarks of Windows 10 against Linux distributions. Tests by Michael Larabel 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 openSUSE Tumbleweed: 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: openSUSE 20180704, Kernel: 4.17.3-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.13.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.2, Compiler: GCC 8.1.1 20180614 [gcc-8-branch revision 261584], File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Clear Linux 23600: 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: Clear Linux OS 23600, Kernel: 4.17.5-589.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.0-devel, Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 8.1.1 20180514 + Clang 6.0.1 + LLVM 6.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 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 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 40.03 |========================================== Clear Linux 23600 ........... 36.05 |====================================== 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 |============================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 1160 |============================================ Clear Linux 23600 ..... 1158 |============================================ 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 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 1311 |=============================================== Clear Linux 23600 ..... 1360 |================================================= 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 |================================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 2960 |================================================ Clear Linux 23600 ..... 2706 |============================================ 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 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 1316 |=============================================== Clear Linux 23600 ..... 1360 |================================================= 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 |============================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 141.12 |=========================== Clear Linux 23600 ..... 169.97 |================================ 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 |======================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 84.24 |===================== Clear Linux 23600 ..... 99.73 |========================= 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 |======================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 72.28 |======================= Clear Linux 23600 ..... 83.03 |========================== 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 |========================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 58.20 |========================= Clear Linux 23600 ..... 62.54 |=========================== 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 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed . 847855.39 |===================================== Clear Linux 23600 ... 1044277.79 |============================================= 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 |============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 7595 |============================================= Clear Linux 23600 ..... 8271 |================================================= 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 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 605 |=========================================== Clear Linux 23600 ..... 613 |============================================ 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 |============================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 34284 |============================ Clear Linux 23600 ..... 42500 |================================== 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 |======================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 15377 |========================= Clear Linux 23600 ........... 12026 |==================== 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 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 20962620 |======================================= Clear Linux 23600 ........... 20778967 |======================================= 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 |================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 17955258530 |===================== Clear Linux 23600 ........... 13719272005 |================ 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 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 4291367 |======================================== Clear Linux 23600 ........... 4282294 |======================================== 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 |============ openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 602.37 |============ Clear Linux 23600 ........... 2041.12 |======================================== 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 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 6661393 |================================= Clear Linux 23600 ........... 8053487 |======================================== 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 |=================================== Clear Linux 23600 ........... 27.07 |================================== 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 |==================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 16751 |=================================== Clear Linux 23600 ........... 18305 |====================================== 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 |==================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 7137274 |=================================== Clear Linux 23600 ........... 7171001 |==================================== 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 |===================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 30.21 |===================================== Clear Linux 23600 ........... 28.80 |=================================== 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 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 100.61 |======================================== Clear Linux 23600 ........... 100.43 |======================================== 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 |========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 82.29 |========================================== Clear Linux 23600 ........... 82.36 |========================================== 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 |=========================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 54.74 |===================================== Clear Linux 23600 ........... 32.09 |====================== 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 |========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 9.51 |=========================================== Clear Linux 23600 ........... 8.81 |======================================== 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 |========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 8.73 |=========================================== Clear Linux 23600 ........... 8.57 |========================================== 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 |======================================= Clear Linux 23600 ........... 54.74 |======================================== 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 |======================================= Clear Linux 23600 ........... 70.08 |======================================= 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 |===================================== Clear Linux 23600 ........... 123.08 |====================================== 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 |================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 0.28885225 |===================================== Clear Linux 23600 ........... 0.12368770 |================ 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 |=== openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 0.00108013 |=== Clear Linux 23600 ........... 0.00095951 |=== 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 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 164.74 |======================================= Clear Linux 23600 ........... 172.72 |========================================= 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 |=========== openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 5498 |=========================================== Clear Linux 23600 ........... 995 |======== 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 |================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 184435 |========= Clear Linux 23600 ........... 801170 |========================================= 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 |==================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 7.14 |======================== Clear Linux 23600 ........... 5.62 |=================== 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 |== openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 42.26 |=== Clear Linux 23600 ........... 13.94 |= 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 |========== openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 14.41 |========== Clear Linux 23600 ........... 13.20 |========= 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 | openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 49.20 | Clear Linux 23600 ........... 40.36 | 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 |================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ......... 121.90 |======================================= Clear Linux 23600 ........... 59.82 |=================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Total ms < Lower Is Better Fedora Workstation 28 . 40623.00 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 40191.00 |============================================= Clear Linux 23600 ..... 18320.40 |==================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Userspace ms < Lower Is Better Fedora Workstation 28 . 19717 |================================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 12541 |=============================== Clear Linux 23600 ..... 887 |== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Kernel ms < Lower Is Better Fedora Workstation 28 . 1842 |============ openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 7338 |================================================= Clear Linux 23600 ..... 6513 |=========================================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Loader ms < Lower Is Better Fedora Workstation 28 . 7822.00 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 8949.00 |============================================== Clear Linux 23600 ..... 2134.10 |=========== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Firmware ms < Lower Is Better Fedora Workstation 28 . 9031.00 |============================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 9424.00 |============================================== Clear Linux 23600 ..... 8786.10 |===========================================