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


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 |==============================================


NGINX Benchmark 0.8.53
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Scientific Linux 5.7 . 24143.49 |==============================================


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 |==============================================


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 |===============================================


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 |================================================


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 |===================================


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 |============================================


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 |==============================================


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 |===========================================


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 |===========================================


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 |=================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Scientific Linux 5.7 . 40.03 |=================================================
Scientific Linux 6.1 . 38.26 |===============================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Scientific Linux 5.7 . 86 |====================================================
Scientific Linux 6.1 . 76 |==============================================


POV-Ray 3.6.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Scientific Linux 5.7 . 885 |===================================================
Scientific Linux 6.1 . 733 |==========================================


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 |=============================================


7-Zip Compression 9.13
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Scientific Linux 5.7 . 25204 |================================================
Scientific Linux 6.1 . 25794 |=================================================


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 |=========================================


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 |==============================================


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 |=================================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Scientific Linux 5.7 . 688  |========
Scientific Linux 6.1 . 4416 |==================================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Scientific Linux 5.7 . 62.53 |=================================================
Scientific Linux 6.1 . 13.72 |===========


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 6
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Scientific Linux 5.7 . 43.17 |=================================================
Scientific Linux 6.1 . 34.51 |=======================================


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 |===============================================


John The Ripper 1.7.8
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Scientific Linux 5.7 . 15798 |==============================================
Scientific Linux 6.1 . 16813 |=================================================


John The Ripper 1.7.8
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Scientific Linux 5.7 . 728 |======================================
Scientific Linux 6.1 . 976 |===================================================


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 |=================================================


Gcrypt Library 1.4.4
CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher
Microseconds < Lower Is Better
Scientific Linux 5.7 . 2553 |==================================================
Scientific Linux 6.1 . 2517 |=================================================


Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.706
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Scientific Linux 5.7 . 24.71 |=================================================
Scientific Linux 6.1 . 21.60 |===========================================