Scientific Linux 6.2 vs. 5.7 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.
HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1202206-BY-OPTERON5831&sro&grs .
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 2 x Opteron 2384 Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores) TYAN S2932/S2932-E NVIDIA MCP55 4096MB 165GB Western Digital WD1600YS-01S ATI Device 9456 1024MB ATI RV770 HDMI Audio DELL S2409W 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 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores) MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R 3 x 1024 MB 1066MHz 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB Intel 82801JI DELL P2210H Realtek RTL8111/8168B 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 OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.
himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver npb: UA.A compress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compression npb: LU.A npb: BT.A npb: IS.C compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples john-the-ripper: Blowfish c-ray: Total Time mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 john-the-ripper: Traditional DES iozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Write Performance john-the-ripper: MD5 npb: MG.B build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile encode-flac: WAV To FLAC openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance npb: SP.A npb: CG.B hmmer: Pfam Database Search postmark: Disk Transaction Performance apache: Static Web Page Serving 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 460.03 34.74 9.24 7691.98 8990.74 59.77 16368 115 760 57.31 37.24 26.53 2511667 61.25 11902 4488.71 86.34 10.10 51.03 3703.21 1157.60 15.80 2500 8972.52 1332.22 53.79 6.14 11066.93 13657.89 128.31 24526 76 906 35.82 23.93 17.91 3836667 63.57 15741 4598.83 66.93 8.74 53.43 4832.03 1865.10 10.83 4107 15702.87 400.84 20.19 15.46 4617.94 5947.74 66.58 13450 134 519 58.69 38.77 27.85 2491333 42.69 11872 3480.43 81.44 10.87 50.28 3374.56 1155.15 18.18 634 OpenBenchmarking.org
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 6.2 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.47, N = 3 SE +/- 8.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 400.84 460.03 1332.22
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 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 20.19 34.74 53.79
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 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 15.46 9.24 6.14
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 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 32.71, N = 3 SE +/- 119.27, N = 3 SE +/- 13.56, N = 3 4617.94 7691.98 11066.93
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 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 26.00, N = 3 SE +/- 82.55, N = 3 SE +/- 56.65, N = 3 5947.74 8990.74 13657.89
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 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.91, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 2.59, N = 6 66.58 59.77 128.31
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 5K 10K 15K 20K 25K SE +/- 209.76, N = 6 SE +/- 18.01, N = 3 SE +/- 380.17, N = 3 13450 16368 24526
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 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 134 115 76
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 6.2 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 1.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 519 760 906
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 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 58.69 57.31 35.82
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 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 38.77 37.24 23.93
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 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.06, N = 5 SE +/- 0.04, N = 5 SE +/- 0.03, N = 5 27.85 26.53 17.91
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 800K 1600K 2400K 3200K 4000K SE +/- 5925.46, N = 3 SE +/- 6009.25, N = 3 SE +/- 881.92, N = 3 2491333 2511667 3836667
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 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 42.69 61.25 63.57
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 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 13.86, N = 3 SE +/- 1.86, N = 3 SE +/- 11.26, N = 3 11872 11902 15741
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 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 SE +/- 51.54, N = 3 SE +/- 59.45, N = 3 SE +/- 6.00, N = 3 3480.43 4488.71 4598.83
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 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.97, N = 3 SE +/- 0.94, N = 3 SE +/- 0.78, N = 3 81.44 86.34 66.93
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 10.87 10.10 8.74
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 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.10, N = 4 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 50.28 51.03 53.43
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 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 SE +/- 50.66, N = 6 SE +/- 92.10, N = 6 SE +/- 2.94, N = 3 3374.56 3703.21 4832.03
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 6.2 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 5.16, N = 3 SE +/- 175.46, N = 6 SE +/- 2.11, N = 3 1155.15 1157.60 1865.10
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 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.84, N = 6 SE +/- 0.87, N = 6 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 18.18 15.80 10.83
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 6.2 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 29.97, N = 10 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 59.50, N = 10 634 2500 4107
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 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 182.81, N = 6 SE +/- 1468.06, N = 6 8972.52 15702.87
Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.4