Dell XPS 9380 Ubuntu 18.04 Linux Laptop OS comparison Tests by Michael Larabel. Dell Ubuntu 18.04: Processor: Intel Core i7-8565U @ 4.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0KTW76 (1.0.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 9def, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PC401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB, Graphics: Intel HD 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3271, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-1030-oem (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 18.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-8565U @ 4.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0KTW76 (1.0.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 9def, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PC401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB, Graphics: Intel HD 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3271, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.18.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.2, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 openSUSE Tumblweed: Processor: Intel Core i7-8565U @ 4.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0KTW76 (1.0.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Point-LP Shared SRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PC401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB, Graphics: Intel HD 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3271, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac OS: openSUSE 20190126, Kernel: 4.20.2-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.1, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20190103 [gcc-8-branch revision 267549], File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fedora Workstation 28: Processor: Intel Core i7-8565U @ 4.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0KTW76 (1.0.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 9def, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PC401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB, Graphics: Intel HD 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3271, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac OS: Fedora 29, Kernel: 4.20.5-200.fc29.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.8, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20181215, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 1007 |========= Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 1010 |========= openSUSE Tumblweed .... 5396 |================================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 1215 |=========== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Loader ms < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 3265 |==================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 3255 |==================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 8118 |================================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 2366 |============== OSBench Test: Create Files us Per Event < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 12.53 |=============== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 12.84 |================ openSUSE Tumblweed .... 39.71 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 23.76 |============================= Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Text Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 .. 17084 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ....... 17411 |=================================================== openSUSE Tumblweed . 6210 |================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Userspace ms < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 22191 |================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 22339 |================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 32967 |=========================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 59072 |================================================ Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Total ms < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 26253 |===================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 25046 |==================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 35622 |============================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 60956 |================================================ Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Kernel ms < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 4062 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 2707 |================================= openSUSE Tumblweed .... 2655 |================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 1884 |======================= Node.js Octane Benchmark Score > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 41468 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 40357 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 26983 |============================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 44814 |================================================ OSBench Test: Launch Programs us Per Event < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 35.09 |=============================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 38.85 |================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 55.19 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 47.78 |========================================== OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 9.13 |================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 10.01 |===================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 12.99 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 9.41 |=================================== GLmark2 276 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Score > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 519 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 502 |===================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 644 |=============================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 686 |================================================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Firmware ms < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 7860 |==================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 7886 |==================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 10626 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 8541 |======================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 103.00 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 102.00 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 87.20 |==================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 112.73 |=============================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 85.96 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 84.67 |============================================ openSUSE Tumblweed .... 72.29 |===================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 92.54 |================================================ OpenCV Benchmark 3.3.0 Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 79.69 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 82.80 |================================================ openSUSE Tumblweed .... 78.18 |============================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 68.06 |======================================= XZ Compression 5.2.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9 Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 163 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 163 |================================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 135 |========================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 161 |================================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 65.18 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 64.17 |============================================ openSUSE Tumblweed .... 58.32 |======================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 69.47 |================================================ OSBench Test: Memory Allocations Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 91.40 |======================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 89.44 |======================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 106.18 |=============================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 91.28 |======================================== Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 1414 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 1475 |================================================= openSUSE Tumblweed .... 1441 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 1249 |========================================= Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Vector Graphics Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 .. 888590 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.10 ....... 966244 |================================================== openSUSE Tumblweed . 824409 |=========================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 59.72 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 60.20 |================================================ openSUSE Tumblweed .... 51.64 |========================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 59.00 |=============================================== Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: All Rendering Tests Units Per Second > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 .. 1158373 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ....... 1141760 |================================================ openSUSE Tumblweed . 1016398 |=========================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 29.04 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 30.07 |============================================ openSUSE Tumblweed .... 32.67 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 28.72 |========================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 235 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 260 |================================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 229 |============================================ Rust Prime Benchmark Prime Number Test To 200,000,000 Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 33.56 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 35.59 |============================================= openSUSE Tumblweed .... 37.82 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 34.69 |============================================ Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Image Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 .. 1807363 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.10 ....... 1759109 |================================================ openSUSE Tumblweed . 1614722 |============================================ ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 518 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 510 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 492 |============================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 541 |================================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 5.17 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 5.08 |============================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 4.91 |============================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 5.39 |================================================= Blender 2.79a Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 715 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 754 |================================================ openSUSE Tumblweed .... 780 |================================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 721 |============================================== Zstd Compression 1.3.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19 Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 55.83 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 56.20 |================================================ openSUSE Tumblweed .... 51.85 |============================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 56.56 |================================================ Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 6989137 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 6694091 |========================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 6819056 |=========================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 7297456 |============================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3b Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 152 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 145 |================================================ openSUSE Tumblweed .... 140 |============================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 152 |================================================== Rust Mandelbrot Time To Complete Serial/Parallel Mandelbrot Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 75.75 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 77.90 |============================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 80.45 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 75.39 |============================================= LuaJIT 2.1-git Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 1421 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 1422 |================================================= openSUSE Tumblweed .... 1344 |============================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 1423 |================================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 9.26 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 9.45 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 9.80 |================================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 9.42 |=============================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiVoxels / Sec > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 392 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 396 |================================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 379 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 398 |================================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 24.52 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 24.77 |================================================ openSUSE Tumblweed .... 23.71 |============================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 24.86 |================================================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 213 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 209 |================================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 207 |================================================= GNU Octave Benchmark 4.2.2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 9.47 |================================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 9.51 |================================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 9.40 |================================================ OSBench Test: Create Processes us Per Event < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 17.68 |================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 24.89 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 19.15 |===================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 189 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 191 |================================================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 164 |=========================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 192 |================================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 18.11 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 18.32 |================================================ openSUSE Tumblweed .... 15.76 |========================================= Fedora Workstation 28 . 18.46 |================================================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 103.00 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 107.00 |=============================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 97.18 |=========================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 129 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 123 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 28 . 117 |============================================= SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 51.10 |================= Ubuntu 18.10 .......... 55.03 |================== openSUSE Tumblweed .... 143.26 |=============================================== Fedora Workstation 28 . 52.35 |=================