openSUSE 11.4 vs. 12.1 Linux Performance

Benchmarks of openSUSE 12.1 final from a Core i7 notebook compared to openSUSE 11.4.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1112102-LI-1111150AR73.

openSUSE 11.4 vs. 12.1 Linux PerformanceProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1SandyBridgeIntel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores)LENOVO 4318CTOIntel Core DMI4096MB160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M (550/950MHz)Conexant CX20585Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300SUSE LINUX 11.42.6.37.1-1.2-desktop (x86_64)GNOME 2.32.1X Server 1.9.3nouveau 0.0.161.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.10)GCC 4.5ext41600x900NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M (550/790MHz)SUSE LINUX 12.13.1.0-1.2-desktop (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.2.1X Server 1.10.42.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.6Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores)ASUS P8P67 LEIntel 2nd Generation Core Family4 x 2048 MB DDR3-1333MHz115GB OCZ VERTEX2NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB (763/1900MHz)Realtek ALC892Realtek RTL8111/8168B3.1.0-1.2-default (x86_64)KDE 4.7.2NVIDIA 290.104.2.0 NVIDIA 290.101440x900OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- openSUSE 11.4: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.- openSUSE 12.1: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.- SandyBridge: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.

openSUSE 11.4 vs. 12.1 Linux Performancec-ray: Total Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplessqlite: Default Test Directorypostmark: Disk Transaction Performancepgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Secondx264: H.264 Video Encodingencode-mp3: WAV To MP3compress-7zip: Compress Speed Testcompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionbuild-apache: Time To Compilebuild-php: Time To CompileopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1SandyBridge118.8626719.0935712932.8345.3330.81870119.3840.9952.10117.2625822.4229962661.8746.1930.39838919.7644.2258.4442.47806.776667130.4015.99224537.1420.32OpenBenchmarking.org

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1SandyBridge306090120150SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.63, N = 3118.86117.2642.47

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1SandyBridge60120180240300SE +/- 4.25, N = 6SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 326725880

SQLite

Test Target: Default Test Directory

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSQLite 3.7.3Test Target: Default Test DirectoryopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1SandyBridge510152025SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 319.0922.426.77

PostMark

Disk Transaction Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1SandyBridge14002800420056007000SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 84.13, N = 10SE +/- 277.73, N = 10357129966667

PostgreSQL pgbench

TPC-B Transactions Per Second

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4TPC-B Transactions Per SecondopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.16001200180024003000SE +/- 19.06, N = 3SE +/- 20.16, N = 32932.832661.87

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video EncodingopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1SandyBridge306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.71, N = 345.3346.19130.40

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2WAV To MP3openSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1SandyBridge714212835SE +/- 0.06, N = 5SE +/- 0.04, N = 5SE +/- 0.06, N = 530.8130.3915.99

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed TestopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1SandyBridge5K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 78.83, N = 3SE +/- 62.60, N = 3SE +/- 418.63, N = 38701838922453

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1SandyBridge510152025SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 619.3819.767.14

Timed Apache Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.2.17Time To CompileopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.1SandyBridge1020304050SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 340.9944.2220.32

Timed PHP Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To CompileopenSUSE 11.4openSUSE 12.11326395265SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 352.1058.44

Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.4