Ubuntu 12.04 CPU Core Scaling Intel Core i7-3960X Sandy Bridge Extreme Edition multi-core scaling performance under Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with the Linux 3.2 kernel. Testing for a future Phoronix article by Michael Larabel.
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Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Ubuntu 12.04 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (1 Core) Intel DX79SI Intel Sandy DMI2 16384MB 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB ity AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz) Realtek ALC892 DELL P2210H Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64) Unity 4.24.0 X Server 1.10.4 fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11 4.1.11251 GCC 4.6 + LLVM 3.0 ext4 1920x1080 Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores) 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores) Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (6 Cores) 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB ity Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores) OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - Compiz was running on this system.
clomp: Static OMP Speedup hmmer: Pfam Database Search himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver npb: BT.A npb: CG.B npb: EP.B npb: FT.B npb: IS.C npb: LU.A npb: MG.B npb: SP.A npb: UA.A build-imagemagick: Time To Compile build-mplayer: Time To Compile build-apache: Time To Compile compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test build-php: Time To Compile compress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compression build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile vpxenc: vpxenc graphics-magick: HWB Color Space graphics-magick: Blur graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding graphics-magick: Resizing graphics-magick: Sharpen x264: H.264 Video Encoding c-ray: Total Time ttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples apache: Static Web Page Serving pgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Second Ubuntu 12.04 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 0.98 58.45 1352.50 3158.33 539.66 31.50 1562.72 154.64 2716.32 1961.67 2067.18 12.49 217.77 209.13 60.38 3569 103.84 42.08 425.31 9.86 87 38 15 53 14 28.89 224.73 28.64 641 8564.38 1941.52 1.88 29.77 1361.92 6283.03 1192.92 62.93 3066.45 155.65 5354.63 3882.96 4102.67 24.14 124.13 107.43 35.12 6295 57.64 21.22 217.89 17.09 119 60 27 82 25 49.40 112.43 55.54 320 15460.97 2294.03 3.45 15.45 1362.32 12028.69 2293.08 125.95 6022.87 155.42 10067.34 7586.40 7593.62 44.77 63.77 56.58 23.17 12745 34.00 10.78 112.70 26.08 145 85 47 114 44 91.47 56.61 105.18 160 21797.75 2894.42 4.50 10.89 1362.41 17016.30 3210.47 188.66 8557.61 155.55 14118.56 10567.13 9995.37 63.13 46.91 42.25 19.61 18707 26.37 7.29 77.59 31.73 156 99 61 131 59 137.59 37.98 149.20 107 21974.61 3937.91 5.86 9.81 1359.89 16490.47 3319.81 293.08 9121.63 154.82 15616.19 10104.23 9296.24 73.09 41.48 39.21 18.65 25078 22.46 5.71 65.58 23.80 163 118 85 147 87 170.19 41.24 179.77 76 20215.08 3227.64 OpenBenchmarking.org
CLOMP Static OMP Speedup OpenBenchmarking.org Speedup, More Is Better CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 1.3185 2.637 3.9555 5.274 6.5925 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.08, N = 10 0.98 1.88 3.45 4.50 5.86
Timed HMMer Search Pfam Database Search OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 58.45 29.77 15.45 10.89 9.81
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 1.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 1352.50 1361.92 1362.32 1362.41 1359.89
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: BT.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 4K 8K 12K 16K 20K SE +/- 1.10, N = 3 SE +/- 5.34, N = 3 SE +/- 4.29, N = 3 SE +/- 8.82, N = 3 SE +/- 32.03, N = 3 3158.33 6283.03 12028.69 17016.30 16490.47
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: CG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 700 1400 2100 2800 3500 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 1.79, N = 3 SE +/- 4.24, N = 3 SE +/- 4.67, N = 3 SE +/- 2.41, N = 3 539.66 1192.92 2293.08 3210.47 3319.81
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: EP.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 31.50 62.93 125.95 188.66 293.08
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: FT.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 16.29, N = 3 SE +/- 2.38, N = 3 SE +/- 2.94, N = 3 SE +/- 8.57, N = 3 1562.72 3066.45 6022.87 8557.61 9121.63
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: IS.C OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 154.64 155.65 155.42 155.55 154.82
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 1.01, N = 3 SE +/- 8.12, N = 3 SE +/- 9.50, N = 3 SE +/- 20.60, N = 3 SE +/- 72.74, N = 3 2716.32 5354.63 10067.34 14118.56 15616.19
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: MG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 2.39, N = 3 SE +/- 13.59, N = 3 SE +/- 11.91, N = 3 SE +/- 15.12, N = 3 SE +/- 33.09, N = 3 1961.67 3882.96 7586.40 10567.13 10104.23
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: SP.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 1.22, N = 3 SE +/- 1.38, N = 3 SE +/- 8.12, N = 3 SE +/- 7.24, N = 3 2067.18 4102.67 7593.62 9995.37 9296.24
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: UA.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 12.49 24.14 44.77 63.13 73.09
Timed ImageMagick Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 6.38, N = 6 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 217.77 124.13 63.77 46.91 41.48
Timed MPlayer Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3 Time To Compile 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 1.94, N = 3 SE +/- 0.99, N = 3 SE +/- 0.49, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 209.13 107.43 56.58 42.25 39.21
Timed Apache Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17 Time To Compile 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 60.38 35.12 23.17 19.61 18.65
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 5K 10K 15K 20K 25K SE +/- 3.84, N = 3 SE +/- 32.35, N = 3 SE +/- 8.41, N = 3 SE +/- 13.17, N = 3 SE +/- 496.67, N = 3 3569 6295 12745 18707 25078
Timed PHP Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 103.84 57.64 34.00 26.37 22.46
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 256MB File Compression OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 42.08 21.22 10.78 7.29 5.71
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 0.50, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.55, N = 3 SE +/- 0.52, N = 3 425.31 217.89 112.70 77.59 65.58
VP8 libvpx Encoding vpxenc OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 9.86 17.09 26.08 31.73 23.80
GraphicsMagick Operation: HWB Color Space OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 87 119 145 156 163
GraphicsMagick Operation: Blur OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 38 60 85 99 118
GraphicsMagick Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 15 27 47 61 85
GraphicsMagick Operation: Resizing OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 53 82 114 131 147
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 14 25 44 59 87
x264 H.264 Video Encoding OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 1.17, N = 3 SE +/- 1.06, N = 3 28.89 49.40 91.47 137.59 170.19
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.79, N = 3 224.73 112.43 56.61 37.98 41.24
TTSIOD 3D Renderer Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping OpenBenchmarking.org FPS, More Is Better TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 28.64 55.54 105.18 149.20 179.77
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 140 280 420 560 700 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 641 320 160 107 76
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 5K 10K 15K 20K 25K SE +/- 22.46, N = 3 SE +/- 215.49, N = 3 SE +/- 3.92, N = 3 SE +/- 48.42, N = 3 SE +/- 94.07, N = 3 8564.38 15460.97 21797.75 21974.61 20215.08
PostgreSQL pgbench TPC-B Transactions Per Second OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4 TPC-B Transactions Per Second 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 12 Cores 800 1600 2400 3200 4000 SE +/- 3.61, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 7.50, N = 3 SE +/- 4.69, N = 3 SE +/- 31.82, N = 3 1941.52 2294.03 2894.42 3937.91 3227.64
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