OpenIndiana Multi-Core Scaling
A look at the multi-core scaling performance of OpenIndiana b148 across an Intel Gulftown system in a variety of benchmarks.


OpenIndiana b148: 1 Core: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 970 @ 4.32GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Memory: 3 x 1024M 1333MHz, Disk: 289GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ 512MB (675/1100MHz)

	OS: OpenIndiana Development oi_148 X86, Kernel: 5.11 (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.7, Display Driver: NVIDIA 256.44, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 256.44, Compiler: GCC 4.5.1 + Sun C 5.10 SunOS_i386 2009/06/03, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

OpenIndiana b148: 2 Cores: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 970 @ 4.32GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Memory: 3 x 1024M 1333MHz, Disk: 289GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ 512MB (675/1100MHz)

	OS: OpenIndiana Development oi_148 X86, Kernel: 5.11 (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.7, Display Driver: NVIDIA 256.44, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 256.44, Compiler: GCC 4.5.1 + Sun C 5.10 SunOS_i386 2009/06/03, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

OpenIndiana b148: 3 Cores: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 970 @ 4.32GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Memory: 3 x 1024M 1333MHz, Disk: 289GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ 512MB (675/1100MHz)

	OS: OpenIndiana Development oi_148 X86, Kernel: 5.11 (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.7, Display Driver: NVIDIA 256.44, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 256.44, Compiler: GCC 4.5.1 + Sun C 5.10 SunOS_i386 2009/06/03, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

OpenIndiana b148: 4 Cores: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 970 @ 4.32GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Memory: 3 x 1024M 1333MHz, Disk: 289GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ 512MB (675/1100MHz)

	OS: OpenIndiana Development oi_148 X86, Kernel: 5.11 (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.7, Display Driver: NVIDIA 256.44, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 256.44, Compiler: GCC 4.5.1 + Sun C 5.10 SunOS_i386 2009/06/03, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

OpenIndiana b148: 6 Cores: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 970 @ 4.32GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Memory: 3 x 1024M 1333MHz, Disk: 289GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ 512MB (675/1100MHz)

	OS: OpenIndiana Development oi_148 X86, Kernel: 5.11 (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.7, Display Driver: NVIDIA 256.44, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 256.44, Compiler: GCC 4.5.1 + Sun C 5.10 SunOS_i386 2009/06/03, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

OpenIndiana b148: 6 Cores + HT: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 970 @ 4.32GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Memory: 3 x 1024M 1333MHz, Disk: 289GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ 512MB (675/1100MHz)

	OS: OpenIndiana Development oi_148 X86, Kernel: 5.11 (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.7, Display Driver: NVIDIA 256.44, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 256.44, Compiler: GCC 4.5.1 + Sun C 5.10 SunOS_i386 2009/06/03, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
OpenIndiana b148: 1 Core ....... 130.10 |======================================
OpenIndiana b148: 2 Cores ...... 70.28  |=====================
OpenIndiana b148: 3 Cores ...... 50.14  |===============
OpenIndiana b148: 4 Cores ...... 40.76  |============
OpenIndiana b148: 6 Cores ...... 31.73  |=========
OpenIndiana b148: 6 Cores + HT . 27.54  |========


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
OpenIndiana b148: 1 Core ....... 491.77 |======================================
OpenIndiana b148: 2 Cores ...... 242.33 |===================
OpenIndiana b148: 3 Cores ...... 161.58 |============
OpenIndiana b148: 4 Cores ...... 120.87 |=========
OpenIndiana b148: 6 Cores ...... 80.93  |======
OpenIndiana b148: 6 Cores + HT . 58.23  |====


7-Zip Compression 9.13
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
OpenIndiana b148: 1 Core ....... 3370  |========
OpenIndiana b148: 2 Cores ...... 5848  |=============
OpenIndiana b148: 3 Cores ...... 5881  |==============
OpenIndiana b148: 4 Cores ...... 11611 |===========================
OpenIndiana b148: 6 Cores ...... 16897 |=======================================
OpenIndiana b148: 6 Cores + HT . 16477 |======================================


Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
OpenIndiana b148: 1 Core ....... 94.09 |=======================================
OpenIndiana b148: 2 Cores ...... 47.69 |====================
OpenIndiana b148: 3 Cores ...... 32.20 |=============
OpenIndiana b148: 4 Cores ...... 24.51 |==========
OpenIndiana b148: 6 Cores ...... 17.05 |=======
OpenIndiana b148: 6 Cores + HT . 14.84 |======


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: BT.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
OpenIndiana b148: 1 Core ....... 2692.43  |========
OpenIndiana b148: 2 Cores ...... 5028.58  |==============
OpenIndiana b148: 3 Cores ...... 7496.62  |=====================
OpenIndiana b148: 4 Cores ...... 9468.67  |===========================
OpenIndiana b148: 6 Cores ...... 12640.72 |====================================
OpenIndiana b148: 6 Cores + HT . 12668.83 |====================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: FT.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
OpenIndiana b148: 1 Core ....... 1818.45 |============
OpenIndiana b148: 2 Cores ...... 3390.62 |======================
OpenIndiana b148: 3 Cores ...... 4585.21 |==============================
OpenIndiana b148: 4 Cores ...... 5226.45 |==================================
OpenIndiana b148: 6 Cores ...... 5607.80 |=====================================
OpenIndiana b148: 6 Cores + HT . 4217.80 |============================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: LU.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
OpenIndiana b148: 1 Core ....... 2444.50  |========
OpenIndiana b148: 2 Cores ...... 4391.36  |===============
OpenIndiana b148: 3 Cores ...... 6681.20  |=======================
OpenIndiana b148: 4 Cores ...... 8392.61  |============================
OpenIndiana b148: 6 Cores ...... 10618.39 |====================================
OpenIndiana b148: 6 Cores + HT . 2015.29  |=======


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: MG.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
OpenIndiana b148: 1 Core ....... 1343.12 |===========
OpenIndiana b148: 2 Cores ...... 2442.44 |===================
OpenIndiana b148: 3 Cores ...... 3715.67 |=============================
OpenIndiana b148: 4 Cores ...... 4539.75 |===================================
OpenIndiana b148: 6 Cores ...... 4732.36 |=====================================
OpenIndiana b148: 6 Cores + HT . 4410.16 |==================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: UA.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
OpenIndiana b148: 1 Core ....... 8.58  |===========
OpenIndiana b148: 2 Cores ...... 13.11 |=================
OpenIndiana b148: 3 Cores ...... 18.09 |========================
OpenIndiana b148: 4 Cores ...... 22.02 |=============================
OpenIndiana b148: 6 Cores ...... 28.08 |=====================================
OpenIndiana b148: 6 Cores + HT . 29.64 |=======================================