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.
Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB ity, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores
Changed Processor to Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores).
Changed Disk to 240GB OCZ VERTEX3.
Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores
Changed Processor to Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores).
Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores
Changed Processor to Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (6 Cores).
Changed Disk to 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB ity.
Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores
Changed Processor to Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores).
Apache Benchmark
Timed Apache Compilation
Timed ImageMagick Compilation
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation
Timed MPlayer Compilation
This test times how long it takes to build the MPlayer media player program. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Timed PHP Compilation
C-Ray
CLOMP
CLOMP is the C version of the Livermore OpenMP benchmark developed to measure OpenMP overheads and other performance impacts due to threading in order to influence future system designs. This particular test profile configuration is currently set to look at the OpenMP static schedule speed-up across all available CPU cores using the recommended test configuration. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
7-Zip Compression
Parallel BZIP2 Compression
GraphicsMagick
Himeno Benchmark
The Himeno benchmark is a linear solver of pressure Poisson using a point-Jacobi method. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Timed HMMer Search
This test searches through the Pfam database of profile hidden markov models. The search finds the domain structure of Drosophila Sevenless protein. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
NAS Parallel Benchmarks
PostgreSQL pgbench
Smallpt
TTSIOD 3D Renderer
VP8 libvpx Encoding
x264
Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB ity, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 14 December 2011 02:08 by user phoronix.
Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 14 December 2011 09:55 by user phoronix.
Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 14 December 2011 11:51 by user phoronix.
Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB ity, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 14 December 2011 01:02 by user phoronix.
Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB ity, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 13 December 2011 23:52 by user phoronix.