Scientific Linux 6.2 vs. 5.7 Comparison Testing of Scientific Linux 6.2 (a rebuild of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.2) x86_64 compared to Scientific Linux 5.7 on a dual
AMD Opteron quad-core system and Intel Core i7 990X Gulftown system. Testing in stock configuration for a future article on Phoronix.com.
HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1202201-BY-1202200BY66 .
Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores) NVIDIA NVIDIA MCP55 4096MB 165GB Western Digital WD1600YS-01S ATI Device 9456 256MB ATI HD48x0 audio DELL S2409W ScientificSL 5.7 2.6.18-274.el5 (x86_64) GNOME 2.16.0 X Server 7.1.1 ati 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.1) GCC 4.1.2 ext3 1920x1080 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores) TYAN S2932/S2932-E ATI Device 9456 1024MB ATI RV770 HDMI Audio Scientific 6.2 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64) GNOME 2.28.2 X Server 1.10.4 radeon 6.14.2 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.4.6 ext4 Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores) MSI MS-7593 Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R 3072MB 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M AMD Radeon HD 4870 256MB Intel 82801JI DELL P2210H Realtek RTL8111/8168B ScientificSL 5.7 2.6.18-274.el5 (x86_64) GNOME 2.16.0 X Server 7.1.1 amd 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.1) GCC 4.1.2 ext3 Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores) MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 3 x 1024 MB 1066MHz AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB Scientific 6.2 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64) GNOME 2.28.2 X Server 1.10.4 radeon 6.14.2 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.4.6 ext4 AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB (780/1000MHz) Realtek ALC889 Fedora 16 (Verne) 3.2.6-3.fc16.x86_64 (x86_64) GNOME Shell 3.2.1 X Server 1.11.1 radeon 6.14.99 GCC 4.6.2 OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.
c-ray: Total Time smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 encode-flac: WAV To FLAC compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test compress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compression build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile john-the-ripper: Traditional DES john-the-ripper: MD5 john-the-ripper: Blowfish openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance apache: Static Web Page Serving postmark: Disk Transaction Performance iozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Write Performance mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment hmmer: Pfam Database Search himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver npb: BT.A npb: CG.B npb: IS.C npb: LU.A npb: MG.B npb: SP.A npb: UA.A 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 58.69 134 27.85 10.87 13450 15.46 81.44 2491333 11872 519 50.28 634 42.69 38.77 18.18 400.84 5947.74 1155.15 66.58 4617.94 3480.43 3374.56 20.19 57.31 115 26.53 10.10 16368 9.24 86.34 2511667 11902 760 51.03 8972.52 2500 61.25 37.24 15.80 460.03 8990.74 1157.60 59.77 7691.98 4488.71 3703.21 34.74 42.55 86 17.90 9.40 24842 7.85 60.92 3822000 14799 702 53.50 12418.32 1690 59.67 25.40 13.41 1111.67 12111.48 1935.24 140.87 10447.55 5135.31 5279.26 47.64 35.82 76 17.91 8.74 24526 6.14 66.93 3836667 15741 906 53.43 15702.87 4107 63.57 23.93 10.83 1332.22 13657.89 1865.10 128.31 11066.93 4598.83 4832.03 53.79 32.63 73 18.13 24752 6.48 61.57 3838000 15595 965 53.85 3824 44.85 23.75 10.66 1348.14 13748.07 1852.88 125.30 11557.95 4550.68 4487.32 52.97 OpenBenchmarking.org
C-Ray Total Time 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 58.69 57.31 42.55 35.82 32.63
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 134 115 86 76 73
LAME MP3 Encoding WAV To MP3 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.06, N = 5 SE +/- 0.04, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.03, N = 5 SE +/- 0.03, N = 5 27.85 26.53 17.90 17.91 18.13
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 10.87 10.10 9.40 8.74
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 5K 10K 15K 20K 25K SE +/- 209.76, N = 6 SE +/- 18.01, N = 3 SE +/- 39.40, N = 3 SE +/- 380.17, N = 3 SE +/- 262.87, N = 3 13450 16368 24842 24526 24752
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 256MB File Compression 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 15.46 9.24 7.85 6.14 6.48
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation Time To Compile 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.97, N = 3 SE +/- 0.94, N = 3 SE +/- 0.91, N = 3 SE +/- 0.78, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 81.44 86.34 60.92 66.93 61.57
John The Ripper Test: Traditional DES 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Traditional DES Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 800K 1600K 2400K 3200K 4000K SE +/- 5925.46, N = 3 SE +/- 6009.25, N = 3 SE +/- 3055.05, N = 3 SE +/- 881.92, N = 3 SE +/- 577.35, N = 3 2491333 2511667 3822000 3836667 3838000
John The Ripper Test: MD5 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: MD5 Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 13.86, N = 3 SE +/- 1.86, N = 3 SE +/- 2.91, N = 3 SE +/- 11.26, N = 3 SE +/- 2.65, N = 3 11872 11902 14799 15741 15595
John The Ripper Test: Blowfish 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 1.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 519 760 702 906 965
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.10, N = 4 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 SE +/- 0.07, N = 4 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 50.28 51.03 53.50 53.43 53.85
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 182.81, N = 6 SE +/- 11.91, N = 3 SE +/- 1468.06, N = 6 8972.52 12418.32 15702.87
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 29.97, N = 10 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 23.80, N = 5 SE +/- 59.50, N = 10 SE +/- 121.54, N = 10 634 2500 1690 4107 3824
IOzone Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 0.91, N = 4 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 1.29, N = 6 42.69 61.25 59.67 63.57 44.85
Timed MAFFT Alignment Multiple Sequence Alignment 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 38.77 37.24 25.40 23.93 23.75
Timed HMMer Search Pfam Database Search 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.84, N = 6 SE +/- 0.87, N = 6 SE +/- 0.45, N = 6 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 4 18.18 15.80 13.41 10.83 10.66
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.47, N = 3 SE +/- 8.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 SE +/- 1.72, N = 3 400.84 460.03 1111.67 1332.22 1348.14
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: BT.A 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 26.00, N = 3 SE +/- 82.55, N = 3 SE +/- 4.33, N = 3 SE +/- 56.65, N = 3 SE +/- 61.53, N = 3 5947.74 8990.74 12111.48 13657.89 13748.07
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: CG.B 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 5.16, N = 3 SE +/- 175.46, N = 6 SE +/- 2.29, N = 3 SE +/- 2.11, N = 3 SE +/- 4.22, N = 3 1155.15 1157.60 1935.24 1865.10 1852.88
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: IS.C 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.91, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 2.59, N = 6 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 66.58 59.77 140.87 128.31 125.30
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 32.71, N = 3 SE +/- 119.27, N = 3 SE +/- 26.86, N = 3 SE +/- 13.56, N = 3 SE +/- 25.71, N = 3 4617.94 7691.98 10447.55 11066.93 11557.95
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: MG.B 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 1100 2200 3300 4400 5500 SE +/- 51.54, N = 3 SE +/- 59.45, N = 3 SE +/- 3.95, N = 3 SE +/- 6.00, N = 3 SE +/- 6.28, N = 3 3480.43 4488.71 5135.31 4598.83 4550.68
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: SP.A 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 1100 2200 3300 4400 5500 SE +/- 50.66, N = 6 SE +/- 92.10, N = 6 SE +/- 10.47, N = 3 SE +/- 2.94, N = 3 SE +/- 20.20, N = 3 3374.56 3703.21 5279.26 4832.03 4487.32
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: UA.A 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 Fedora 16 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 20.19 34.74 47.64 53.79 52.97
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