Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux benchmarking by Phoronix.com. Just a variety of tests. Scientific Linux 5.7: Processor: Intel Core i7 X 990 @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7593, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 256MB, Audio: Intel 82801JI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: ScientificSL 5.7, Kernel: 2.6.18-274.el5 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.16.0, Display Server: X Server 7.1.1, Display Driver: amd, OpenGL: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.1), Compiler: GCC 4.1.2, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Scientific Linux 6.1: Processor: Intel Core i7 X 990 @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870, Audio: Intel 82801JI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Scientific 6.1, Kernel: 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.7, Display Driver: radeon 6.13.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i7 X 990 @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 (780/1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-33-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.6, Display Driver: radeon 6.13.0, OpenGL: 1.5 Mesa 7.7.1, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 15305.90 |================================ Scientific Linux 6.1 . 16860.17 |=================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 22211.55 |============================================== NGINX Benchmark 0.8.53 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 24143.49 |=========================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 25531.28 |============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 12297.23 |========================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 13724.70 |============================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 13351.38 |============================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 1867.11 |=============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 1857.24 |=============================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 1871.78 |=============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 230.44 |====================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 291.88 |================================================ Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 285.77 |=============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 5244.22 |=============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 3947.61 |=================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 3979.99 |==================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 145.11 |================================================ Scientific Linux 6.1 . 134.28 |============================================ Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 144.06 |================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 10672.35 |============================================ Scientific Linux 6.1 . 11147.92 |============================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 10986.91 |============================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 5057.27 |=============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 4614.04 |=========================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 4527.56 |========================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 5286.33 |=============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 4786.29 |=========================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 4806.46 |=========================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 48.39 |=========================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 54.97 |================================================= Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 54.90 |================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 40.03 |================================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 38.26 |=============================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 38.27 |=============================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 86 |==================================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 76 |============================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 76 |============================================== POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 885 |=================================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 733 |========================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 760 |============================================ FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 9.09 |================================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 8.14 |============================================= Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 8.24 |============================================= 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 25204 |================================================ Scientific Linux 6.1 . 25794 |================================================= Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 24736 |=============================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 7.56 |================================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 6.20 |========================================= Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 6.37 |========================================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 51.55 |======================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 48.19 |===================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 64.08 |================================================= IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 48.26 |======================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 55.06 |============================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 58.96 |================================================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 688 |======== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 4416 |================================================= Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 4500 |================================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 62.53 |================================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 13.72 |=========== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 13.17 |========== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 6 MB/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 43.17 |================================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 34.51 |======================================= Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 38.79 |============================================ John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 3816000 |============================================ Scientific Linux 6.1 . 4082000 |=============================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 3926000 |============================================= John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 15798 |============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 16813 |================================================= Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 16220 |=============================================== John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 728 |====================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 976 |=================================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 937 |================================================= OpenSSL 1.0.0a RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 55.30 |=============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 57.60 |================================================= Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 55.85 |================================================ Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Microseconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 2553 |================================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 2517 |================================================= Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 2563 |================================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.706 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 5.7 . 24.71 |================================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 21.60 |=========================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 23.37 |==============================================