Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris Scaling
Intel Core i7-3960X Sandy Bridge Extreme Edition multi-core scaling performance under Scientific Linux 6.1 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 derivative) with the Linux 2.6.32 kernel and Debian GNU kFreeBSD and Debian Linux and Solaris 11 11/11. Testing for a future article by Michael Larabel.
Scientific Linux 6.1: 1 Core
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5450 512MB, Audio: Intel Patsburg HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
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
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.
Scientific Linux 6.1: 2 Cores
Changed Processor to Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores).
Scientific Linux 6.1: 4 Cores
Changed Processor to Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores).
Scientific Linux 6.1: 6 Cores
Changed Processor to Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (6 Cores).
Scientific Linux 6.1: 12 Cores
Changed Processor to Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores).
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 9: 1 Core
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: INTEL DX79SI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 208GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5450 256MB (650/400MHz), Audio: Intel Patsburg HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.2.3
OS: Debian GNU/kFreeBSD Wheezy/sid, Kernel: 9.0-0-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8, Display Server: X Server 1.11.2.901 (1.11.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 6.14.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.1, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ufs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 9: 2 Cores
Changed Processor to Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores).
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 9: 4 Cores
Changed Processor to Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores).
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 9: 6 Cores
Changed Processor to Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (6 Cores).
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 9: 12 Cores
Changed Processor to Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores).
Changed Network to Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.2.3.
Debian Linux Testing: 1 Core
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5450 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 3.1.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.11.2.901 (1.11.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 6.14.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.1, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Debian Linux Testing: 2 Cores
Changed Processor to Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores).
Debian Linux Testing: 4 Cores
Changed Processor to Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores).
Debian Linux Testing: 6 Cores
Changed Processor to Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (6 Cores).
Debian Linux Testing: 12 Cores
Changed Processor to Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores).
Solaris 11: 1 Core
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Memory: 4 x 4096MB 1600MHz, Disk: OCZ VERTEX3 OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Software Rasterizer 256MB, Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 X86, Kernel: 5.11 (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.3, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Solaris 11: 2 Cores
Changed Processor to Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores).
Solaris 11: 4 Cores
Changed Processor to Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores).
Solaris 11: 6 Cores
Changed Processor to Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (6 Cores).
Solaris 11: 12 Cores
Changed Processor to Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores).
Apache Benchmark
Timed ImageMagick 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.
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
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
Smallpt
TTSIOD 3D Renderer
VP8 libvpx Encoding
x264
Scientific Linux 6.1: 1 Core
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5450 512MB, Audio: Intel Patsburg HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
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
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.
Testing initiated at 14 December 2011 19:19 by user phoronix.
Scientific Linux 6.1: 2 Cores
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5450 512MB, Audio: Intel Patsburg HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
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
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.
Testing initiated at 14 December 2011 17:41 by user phoronix.
Scientific Linux 6.1: 4 Cores
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5450 512MB, Audio: Intel Patsburg HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
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
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.
Testing initiated at 14 December 2011 16:33 by user phoronix.
Scientific Linux 6.1: 6 Cores
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5450 512MB, Audio: Intel Patsburg HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
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
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.
Testing initiated at 14 December 2011 15:31 by user phoronix.
Scientific Linux 6.1: 12 Cores
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5450 512MB, Audio: Intel Patsburg HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
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
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.
Testing initiated at 14 December 2011 14:27 by user phoronix.
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 9: 1 Core
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: INTEL DX79SI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 208GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5450 256MB (650/400MHz), Audio: Intel Patsburg HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.2.3
OS: Debian GNU/kFreeBSD Wheezy/sid, Kernel: 9.0-0-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8, Display Server: X Server 1.11.2.901 (1.11.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 6.14.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.1, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ufs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Testing initiated at 15 December 2011 03:35 by user root.
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 9: 2 Cores
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: INTEL DX79SI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 208GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5450 256MB (650/400MHz), Audio: Intel Patsburg HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.2.3
OS: Debian GNU/kFreeBSD Wheezy/sid, Kernel: 9.0-0-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8, Display Server: X Server 1.11.2.901 (1.11.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 6.14.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.1, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ufs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Testing initiated at 15 December 2011 02:19 by user root.
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 9: 4 Cores
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: INTEL DX79SI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 208GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5450 256MB (650/400MHz), Audio: Intel Patsburg HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.2.3
OS: Debian GNU/kFreeBSD Wheezy/sid, Kernel: 9.0-0-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8, Display Server: X Server 1.11.2.901 (1.11.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 6.14.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.1, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ufs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Testing initiated at 15 December 2011 01:22 by user root.
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 9: 6 Cores
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: INTEL DX79SI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 208GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5450 256MB (650/400MHz), Audio: Intel Patsburg HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.2.3
OS: Debian GNU/kFreeBSD Wheezy/sid, Kernel: 9.0-0-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8, Display Server: X Server 1.11.2.901 (1.11.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 6.14.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.1, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ufs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Testing initiated at 15 December 2011 00:33 by user root.
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 9: 12 Cores
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: INTEL DX79SI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 208GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5450 256MB (650/400MHz), Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.2.3
OS: Debian GNU/kFreeBSD Wheezy/sid, Kernel: 9.0-0-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8, Display Server: X Server 1.11.2.901 (1.11.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 6.14.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.1, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ufs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Testing initiated at 14 December 2011 22:42 by user root.
Debian Linux Testing: 1 Core
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5450 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 3.1.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.11.2.901 (1.11.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 6.14.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.1, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Testing initiated at 15 December 2011 15:22 by user root.
Debian Linux Testing: 2 Cores
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5450 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 3.1.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.11.2.901 (1.11.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 6.14.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.1, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Testing initiated at 15 December 2011 14:03 by user root.
Debian Linux Testing: 4 Cores
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5450 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 3.1.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.11.2.901 (1.11.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 6.14.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.1, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Testing initiated at 15 December 2011 13:00 by user root.
Debian Linux Testing: 6 Cores
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5450 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 3.1.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.11.2.901 (1.11.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 6.14.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.1, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Testing initiated at 15 December 2011 12:05 by user root.
Debian Linux Testing: 12 Cores
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5450 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 3.1.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.11.2.901 (1.11.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 6.14.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.1, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Testing initiated at 15 December 2011 11:14 by user root.
Solaris 11: 1 Core
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Memory: 4 x 4096MB 1600MHz, Disk: OCZ VERTEX3 OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Software Rasterizer 256MB, Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 X86, Kernel: 5.11 (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.3, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Testing initiated at 15 December 2011 18:42 by user phoronix.
Solaris 11: 2 Cores
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Memory: 4 x 4096MB 1600MHz, Disk: OCZ VERTEX3 OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Software Rasterizer 256MB, Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 X86, Kernel: 5.11 (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.3, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Testing initiated at 15 December 2011 20:51 by user phoronix.
Solaris 11: 4 Cores
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Memory: 4 x 4096MB 1600MHz, Disk: OCZ VERTEX3 OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Software Rasterizer 256MB, Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 X86, Kernel: 5.11 (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.3, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Testing initiated at 15 December 2011 22:01 by user phoronix.
Solaris 11: 6 Cores
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Memory: 4 x 4096MB 1600MHz, Disk: OCZ VERTEX3 OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Software Rasterizer 256MB, Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 X86, Kernel: 5.11 (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.3, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Testing initiated at 16 December 2011 11:49 by user phoronix.
Solaris 11: 12 Cores
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Memory: 4 x 4096MB 1600MHz, Disk: OCZ VERTEX3 OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Software Rasterizer 256MB, Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 X86, Kernel: 5.11 (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.3, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Testing initiated at 16 December 2011 12:53 by user phoronix.