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Fedora 29: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.20GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1704 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV120 12GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Fedora 29, Kernel: 4.18.16-300.fc29.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.2.2, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20180801, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Fedora 29 + Updates: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.20GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1704 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV120 12GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Fedora 29, Kernel: 5.0.9-200.fc29.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.3.6, Compiler: GCC 8.3.1 20190223, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Fedora 30: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.20GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1704 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV120 12GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Fedora 30, Kernel: 5.0.9-301.fc30.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.1, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 19.0.2, Compiler: GCC 9.0.1 20190312, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Clear Linux: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.20GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1704 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV120 12GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Clear Linux OS 29090, Kernel: 5.0.9-741.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.16, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 19.1.0-devel, Compiler: GCC 9.0.1 20190426 + Clang 8.0.0 + LLVM 8.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 39.72 |================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 39.40 |================================================== Fedora 30 ........... 39.49 |================================================== Clear Linux ......... 39.25 |================================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 191 |============================================ Fedora 29 + Updates . 190 |============================================ Fedora 30 ........... 190 |============================================ Clear Linux ......... 226 |==================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 133 |========================================= Fedora 29 + Updates . 132 |========================================= Fedora 30 ........... 132 |========================================= Clear Linux ......... 168 |==================================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 12 MB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 339 |=================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 317 |================================================ Fedora 30 ........... 342 |=================================================== Clear Linux ......... 346 |==================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 1465 |===================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 1401 |==================================== Fedora 30 ........... 1453 |===================================== Clear Linux ......... 2004 |=================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 389 |============================= Fedora 29 + Updates . 394 |============================== Fedora 30 ........... 401 |============================== Clear Linux ......... 691 |==================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 2896 |============================================= Fedora 29 + Updates . 2927 |============================================= Fedora 30 ........... 3037 |=============================================== Clear Linux ......... 3291 |=================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 72.17 |========================================= Fedora 29 + Updates . 74.00 |========================================== Fedora 30 ........... 74.03 |========================================== Clear Linux ......... 87.53 |================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 13.8 MAX: 32.0 Fedora 29 + Updates . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 13.5 MAX: 51.0 Fedora 30 ........... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 13.5 MAX: 48.0 Clear Linux ......... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 11.4 MAX: 25.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 66.28 |=============================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 66.15 |=============================================== Fedora 30 ........... 66.90 |=============================================== Clear Linux ......... 70.95 |================================================== Tinymembench 2018-05-28 Standard Memcpy MB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 10651 |=============================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 10676 |=============================================== Fedora 30 ........... 10427 |============================================== Clear Linux ......... 11241 |================================================== Tinymembench 2018-05-28 Standard Memset MB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 28586 |================================================= Fedora 29 + Updates . 28572 |================================================= Fedora 30 ........... 28450 |================================================ Clear Linux ......... 29439 |================================================== MBW 2018-09-08 Test: Memory Copy - Array Size: 128 MiB MiB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 11346 |================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 11022 |================================================= Fedora 30 ........... 10793 |================================================ Clear Linux ......... 11060 |================================================= MBW 2018-09-08 Test: Memory Copy, Fixed Block Size - Array Size: 128 MiB MiB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 10265 |================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 10272 |================================================== Fedora 30 ........... 10146 |================================================= Clear Linux ......... 9852 |================================================ Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 2.38 |================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 2.39 |================================================== Fedora 30 ........... 2.39 |================================================== Clear Linux ......... 2.42 |=================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 6.99 |============================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 7.17 |=============================================== Fedora 30 ........... 6.86 |============================================= Clear Linux ......... 7.77 |=================================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 147 |================================================= Fedora 29 + Updates . 147 |================================================= Fedora 30 ........... 156 |==================================================== Clear Linux ......... 142 |=============================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 20.16 |================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 20.18 |================================================== Fedora 30 ........... 17.24 |=========================================== Clear Linux ......... 16.62 |========================================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 11.57 |================================================ Fedora 29 + Updates . 11.58 |================================================ Fedora 30 ........... 12.05 |================================================== Clear Linux ......... 11.28 |=============================================== NAMD 2.13b1 ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atoms days/ns < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 0.97753 |================================================ Fedora 29 + Updates . 0.98074 |================================================ Fedora 30 ........... 0.98188 |================================================ Clear Linux ......... 0.97969 |================================================ Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 8.99 |=================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 8.84 |================================================== Fedora 30 ........... 7.53 |=========================================== Clear Linux ......... 3.45 |==================== Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 4172 |========================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 4100 |========================================= Fedora 30 ........... 5092 |=================================================== Clear Linux ......... 4188 |========================================== Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 3235225 |================================================ Fedora 29 + Updates . 3235593 |================================================ Fedora 30 ........... 2961251 |============================================ Clear Linux ......... 2960402 |============================================ Go Benchmarks Test: build Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 20644057307 |======================================= Fedora 29 + Updates . 20923091634 |======================================== Fedora 30 ........... 23149367471 |============================================ Clear Linux ......... 17253119973 |================================= Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 716316 |================================================ Fedora 29 + Updates . 714724 |================================================ Fedora 30 ........... 730840 |================================================= Clear Linux ......... 722446 |================================================ DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: H2 msec < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 6251 |============================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 6329 |============================================== Fedora 30 ........... 7003 |=================================================== Clear Linux ......... 3393 |========================= DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Jython msec < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 3709 |=============================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 4061 |=================================================== Fedora 30 ........... 3672 |============================================== Clear Linux ......... 2964 |===================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Tradesoap msec < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 4963 |================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 5109 |=================================================== Fedora 30 ........... 5052 |================================================== Clear Linux ......... 3227 |================================ DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Tradebeans msec < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 9058 |================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 9180 |=================================================== Fedora 30 ........... 8906 |================================================= Clear Linux ......... 4629 |========================== LuaJIT 2.1-git Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 1621 |=================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 1616 |=================================================== Fedora 30 ........... 1619 |=================================================== Clear Linux ......... 1611 |=================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 3048 |================================================= Fedora 29 + Updates . 3054 |================================================== Fedora 30 ........... 3017 |================================================= Clear Linux ......... 3145 |=================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 50.38 |================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 43.34 |=========================================== Fedora 30 ........... 42.08 |========================================== Clear Linux ......... 40.56 |======================================== Primesieve 7.4 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 12.75 |================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 12.80 |================================================== Fedora 30 ........... 12.79 |================================================== Clear Linux ......... 12.79 |================================================== XZ Compression 5.2.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9 Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 18.72 |================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 18.73 |================================================== Fedora 30 ........... 18.64 |================================================== Clear Linux ......... 16.09 |=========================================== Zstd Compression 1.3.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19 Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 10.14 |================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 10.09 |================================================== Fedora 30 ........... 9.97 |================================================= Clear Linux ......... 9.74 |================================================ FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 9.95 |================================================= Fedora 29 + Updates . 10.12 |================================================== Fedora 30 ........... 9.98 |================================================= Clear Linux ......... 9.99 |================================================= Hackbench Count: 16 - Type: Thread Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 36.20 |================================================ Fedora 29 + Updates . 37.33 |================================================= Fedora 30 ........... 37.89 |================================================== Clear Linux ......... 25.26 |================================= Hackbench Count: 16 - Type: Process Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 25.21 |================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 24.04 |================================================ Fedora 30 ........... 24.02 |================================================ Clear Linux ......... 24.39 |================================================ GIMP 2.10.10 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 13.93 |================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 13.57 |================================================= Fedora 30 ........... 13.04 |=============================================== Clear Linux ......... 9.57 |================================== GIMP 2.10.10 Test: rotate Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 14.15 |================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 14.02 |================================================== Fedora 30 ........... 13.35 |=============================================== Clear Linux ......... 10.28 |==================================== GIMP 2.10.10 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 15.76 |================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 15.27 |================================================ Fedora 30 ........... 14.78 |=============================================== Clear Linux ......... 11.45 |==================================== GIMP 2.10.10 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 20.71 |================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 19.82 |================================================ Fedora 30 ........... 18.42 |============================================ Clear Linux ......... 14.68 |=================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Crypto Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 3300 |======================================= Fedora 29 + Updates . 3362 |======================================= Fedora 30 ........... 3316 |======================================= Clear Linux ......... 4345 |=================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Bsearch Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 11340 |================================================= Fedora 29 + Updates . 11273 |================================================= Fedora 30 ........... 11569 |================================================== Clear Linux ......... 10677 |============================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Forking Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 76652 |=================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 100718 |============================================== Fedora 30 ........... 99887 |============================================= Clear Linux ......... 107965 |================================================= Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Hsearch Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 102138 |================================================= Fedora 29 + Updates . 102012 |================================================= Fedora 30 ........... 103025 |================================================= Clear Linux ......... 102731 |================================================= Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Lsearch Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 259 |==================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 259 |==================================================== Fedora 30 ........... 259 |==================================================== Clear Linux ......... 250 |================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Tsearch Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 424 |==================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 425 |==================================================== Fedora 30 ........... 425 |==================================================== Clear Linux ......... 391 |================================================ Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: CPU Stress Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 7603 |================================================ Fedora 29 + Updates . 7852 |================================================= Fedora 30 ........... 8124 |=================================================== Clear Linux ......... 7920 |================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Semaphores Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 3105466 |================================================ Fedora 29 + Updates . 3129632 |================================================ Fedora 30 ........... 3038078 |=============================================== Clear Linux ......... 3114913 |================================================ Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Matrix Math Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 138870 |================================================= Fedora 29 + Updates . 138671 |================================================= Fedora 30 ........... 138186 |================================================= Clear Linux ......... 129243 |============================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Vector Math Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 40935 |============================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 40869 |============================================== Fedora 30 ........... 42032 |=============================================== Clear Linux ......... 44303 |================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Memory Copying Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 3400 |=================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 3381 |=================================================== Fedora 30 ........... 3374 |=================================================== Clear Linux ......... 3276 |================================================= Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Socket Activity Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 3956 |============= Fedora 29 + Updates . 4314 |============== Fedora 30 ........... 4356 |============== Clear Linux ......... 15332 |================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Context Switching Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 15451934 |================================ Fedora 29 + Updates . 19509929 |======================================== Fedora 30 ........... 19799081 |======================================== Clear Linux ......... 23048468 |=============================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Glibc C String Functions Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 1394951 |============================================ Fedora 29 + Updates . 1399438 |============================================= Fedora 30 ........... 1507499 |================================================ Clear Linux ......... 1499149 |================================================ Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Glibc Qsort Data Sorting Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 281 |================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 283 |=================================================== Fedora 30 ........... 285 |=================================================== Clear Linux ......... 290 |==================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: System V Message Passing Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 5501148 |=================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 5627410 |=================================== Fedora 30 ........... 5690834 |==================================== Clear Linux ......... 7627860 |================================================ ctx_clock Context Switch Time Clocks < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 406 |==================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 370 |=============================================== Fedora 30 ........... 370 |=============================================== Clear Linux ......... 368 |=============================================== Chaos Group V-RAY 4.10.03 Mode: CPU Ksamples > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 27372 |================================================= Fedora 29 + Updates . 27464 |================================================= Fedora 30 ........... 27586 |================================================= Clear Linux ......... 28174 |================================================== IndigoBench 4.0.64 Scene: Bedroom M samples/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 2.50 |================================================ Fedora 29 + Updates . 2.50 |================================================ Fedora 30 ........... 2.52 |================================================= Clear Linux ......... 2.64 |=================================================== IndigoBench 4.0.64 Scene: Supercar M samples/s > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 6.00 |================================================= Fedora 29 + Updates . 5.98 |================================================ Fedora 30 ........... 6.01 |================================================= Clear Linux ......... 6.30 |=================================================== Blender 2.79a Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 116.00 |================================================= Fedora 29 + Updates . 116.00 |================================================= Fedora 30 ........... 115.76 |================================================= Clear Linux ......... 112.54 |================================================ PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 1152 |================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 1152 |================================================== Fedora 30 ........... 1168 |=================================================== Clear Linux ......... 902 |======================================= PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 688043 |================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 689121 |=================================== Fedora 30 ........... 749943 |====================================== Clear Linux ......... 978143 |================================================= Selenium Benchmark: Octane - Browser: Firefox Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 34161 |================================================ Fedora 29 + Updates . 33700 |=============================================== Fedora 30 ........... 33756 |=============================================== Clear Linux ......... 35902 |================================================== Selenium Benchmark: CanvasMark - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 13571 |================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 11892 |============================================ Fedora 30 ........... 12053 |============================================ Clear Linux ......... 13087 |================================================ Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream 2 - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 67.61 |========================================= Fedora 29 + Updates . 69.80 |========================================== Fedora 30 ........... 69.04 |========================================= Clear Linux ......... 83.39 |================================================== Git Time To Complete Common Git Commands Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 5.37 |=================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 5.25 |================================================== Fedora 30 ........... 5.36 |=================================================== Clear Linux ......... 5.02 |================================================ OSBench Test: Create Files us Per Event < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 21.86 |================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 21.24 |================================================= Fedora 30 ........... 20.92 |================================================ Clear Linux ......... 11.71 |=========================== OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 19.61 |================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 15.48 |======================================= Fedora 30 ........... 16.14 |========================================= Clear Linux ......... 11.94 |============================== OSBench Test: Launch Programs us Per Event < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 36.84 |================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 37.06 |================================================== Fedora 30 ........... 36.54 |================================================= Clear Linux ......... 35.34 |================================================ OSBench Test: Create Processes us Per Event < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 31.95 |================================================== Fedora 29 + Updates . 31.42 |================================================= Fedora 30 ........... 31.87 |================================================== Clear Linux ......... 28.08 |============================================ OSBench Test: Memory Allocations Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better Fedora 29 ........... 70.01 |================================================= Fedora 29 + Updates . 69.94 |================================================= Fedora 30 ........... 71.67 |================================================== Clear Linux ......... 53.76 |======================================