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/1202266-LI-1202206BY41 .
Scientific Linux 6.2 vs. 5.7 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: Scientific Linux 6.2 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 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 AMD Opteron 6174 @ 2.20GHz (12 Cores) Supermicro H8QG6 v1.01 ATI RD890 + SB700/SB800 8192MB 500GB Seagate ST3500320AS + 500GB 00BEVT-22A0RT0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260/PCIe/SSE2 896MB (576/999MHz) Intel 82576 Gigabit Connection Debian 6.0.4 3.2.5 (x86_64) GNOME 2.30.2 X Server 1.7.7 NVIDIA 295.20 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.20 GCC 4.4.5 + Open64 4.2.5.2 2560x1600 OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled. - Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled. - 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled. - fl-6174: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. AMD CnQ was enabled.
Scientific Linux 6.2 vs. 5.7 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: Scientific Linux 6.2 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 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 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 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 46.02 32.03 12.27 19373 7.66 75.66 2056000 9704 620 41.75 18153.17 558 50.07 45.62 13.88 380.18 62.29 OpenBenchmarking.org
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 57.31 35.82 58.69 46.02
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 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 115 134 76
LAME MP3 Encoding WAV To MP3 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.04, N = 5 SE +/- 0.03, N = 5 SE +/- 0.06, N = 5 SE +/- 0.05, N = 5 26.53 17.91 27.85 32.03
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 10.10 8.74 10.87 12.27
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 5K 10K 15K 20K 25K SE +/- 18.01, N = 3 SE +/- 380.17, N = 3 SE +/- 209.76, N = 6 SE +/- 41.71, N = 3 16368 24526 13450 19373
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 256MB File Compression OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 9.24 6.14 15.46 7.66
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.94, N = 3 SE +/- 0.78, N = 3 SE +/- 0.97, N = 3 SE +/- 1.08, N = 3 86.34 66.93 81.44 75.66
John The Ripper Test: Traditional DES OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Traditional DES 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 800K 1600K 2400K 3200K 4000K SE +/- 6009.25, N = 3 SE +/- 881.92, N = 3 SE +/- 5925.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 2511667 3836667 2491333 2056000
John The Ripper Test: MD5 OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: MD5 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 1.86, N = 3 SE +/- 11.26, N = 3 SE +/- 13.86, N = 3 SE +/- 5.17, N = 3 11902 15741 11872 9704
John The Ripper Test: Blowfish OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 760 906 519 620
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 SE +/- 0.10, N = 4 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 51.03 53.43 50.28 41.75
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 fl-6174 4K 8K 12K 16K 20K SE +/- 182.81, N = 6 SE +/- 1468.06, N = 6 SE +/- 26.82, N = 3 8972.52 15702.87 18153.17
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 59.50, N = 10 SE +/- 29.97, N = 10 SE +/- 22.43, N = 10 2500 4107 634 558
IOzone Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.53, N = 3 61.25 63.57 42.69 50.07
Timed MAFFT Alignment Multiple Sequence Alignment OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 37.24 23.93 38.77 45.62
Timed HMMer Search Pfam Database Search OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.87, N = 6 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.84, N = 6 SE +/- 0.23, N = 4 15.80 10.83 18.18 13.88
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 8.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 SE +/- 0.47, N = 3 SE +/- 1.09, N = 3 460.03 1332.22 400.84 380.18
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 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 82.55, N = 3 SE +/- 26.00, N = 3 SE +/- 56.65, N = 3 8990.74 5947.74 13657.89
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 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 175.46, N = 6 SE +/- 5.16, N = 3 SE +/- 2.11, N = 3 1157.60 1155.15 1865.10
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: IS.C OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 2.59, N = 6 SE +/- 0.91, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 59.77 128.31 66.58 62.29
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 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 119.27, N = 3 SE +/- 32.71, N = 3 SE +/- 13.56, N = 3 7691.98 4617.94 11066.93
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 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 SE +/- 59.45, N = 3 SE +/- 51.54, N = 3 SE +/- 6.00, N = 3 4488.71 3480.43 4598.83
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 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 SE +/- 92.10, N = 6 SE +/- 50.66, N = 6 SE +/- 2.94, N = 3 3703.21 3374.56 4832.03
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 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 34.74 20.19 53.79
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