Oracle Linux 6.2 - Intel Core i5/i7
Testing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 x86_64 (RHEL 6.2) on Intel Core i5 and Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme Edition Sandy Bridge systems along with CentOS 6.2 and Scientific Linux 6.2 and Oracle Linux Server 6.2. Testing by Michael Larabel of Phoronix for a future article.
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2
Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
OS: Scientific 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2
OS: CentOS 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2
Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
OS: OracleServer 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-300.3.1.el6uek.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. SELinux: Enabled.
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2
Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
OS: RedHatEnterpriseServer 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2
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: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 256MB (540/702MHz), Audio: Intel Patsburg HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Scientific 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2
OS: CentOS 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2
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: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT, Audio: Intel Patsburg HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: OracleServer 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-300.3.1.el6uek.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. SELinux: Enabled.
NAS Parallel Benchmarks
IOzone
NAS Parallel Benchmarks
Parallel BZIP2 Compression
7-Zip Compression
IOzone
Smallpt
C-Ray
This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation
NAS Parallel Benchmarks
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
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 MAFFT Alignment
LAME MP3 Encoding
LAME is an MP3 encoder licensed under the LGPL. This test measures the time required to encode a WAV file to MP3 format. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
OpenSSL
John The Ripper
FLAC Audio Encoding
John The Ripper
PostMark
Apache Benchmark
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2
Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
OS: Scientific 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.
Testing initiated at 18 February 2012 08:36 by user phoronix.
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2
Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
OS: CentOS 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.
Testing initiated at 18 February 2012 10:57 by user phoronix.
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2
Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
OS: OracleServer 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-300.3.1.el6uek.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. SELinux: Enabled.
Testing initiated at 18 February 2012 13:14 by user phoronix.
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2
Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
OS: RedHatEnterpriseServer 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.
Testing initiated at 18 February 2012 15:39 by user phoronix.
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2
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: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 256MB (540/702MHz), Audio: Intel Patsburg HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Scientific 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.
Testing initiated at 18 February 2012 17:37 by user phoronix.
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2
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: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 256MB (540/702MHz), Audio: Intel Patsburg HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: CentOS 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.
Testing initiated at 19 February 2012 05:58 by user phoronix.
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2
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: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT, Audio: Intel Patsburg HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: OracleServer 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-300.3.1.el6uek.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. SELinux: Enabled.
Testing initiated at 19 February 2012 07:37 by user root.