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&grr&rdt .
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 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 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 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores) NVIDIA ATI Device 9456 256MB ATI HD48x0 audio 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 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 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 OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - 2 x Opteron 2384: 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. - Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.
Scientific Linux 6.2 vs. 5.7 npb: UA.A npb: SP.A npb: MG.B npb: LU.A npb: IS.C npb: CG.B npb: BT.A himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver hmmer: Pfam Database Search mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment iozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Write Performance postmark: Disk Transaction Performance apache: Static Web Page Serving openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance john-the-ripper: Blowfish john-the-ripper: MD5 john-the-ripper: Traditional DES build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile compress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compression compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test encode-flac: WAV To FLAC encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples c-ray: Total Time 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 34.74 3703.21 4488.71 7691.98 59.77 1157.60 8990.74 460.03 15.80 37.24 61.25 2500 8972.52 51.03 760 11902 2511667 86.34 9.24 16368 10.10 26.53 115 57.31 20.19 3374.56 3480.43 4617.94 66.58 1155.15 5947.74 400.84 18.18 38.77 42.69 634 50.28 519 11872 2491333 81.44 15.46 13450 10.87 27.85 134 58.69 62.29 380.18 13.88 45.62 50.07 558 18153.17 41.75 620 9704 2056000 75.66 7.66 19373 12.27 32.03 46.02 53.79 4832.03 4598.83 11066.93 128.31 1865.10 13657.89 1332.22 10.83 23.93 63.57 4107 15702.87 53.43 906 15741 3836667 66.93 6.14 24526 8.74 17.91 76 35.82 OpenBenchmarking.org
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
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: 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: 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: 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 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.91, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 2.59, N = 6 59.77 66.58 62.29 128.31
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: 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
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 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 8.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.47, N = 3 SE +/- 1.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 460.03 400.84 380.18 1332.22
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 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.87, N = 6 SE +/- 0.84, N = 6 SE +/- 0.23, N = 4 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 15.80 18.18 13.88 10.83
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 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 37.24 38.77 45.62 23.93
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 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.53, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 61.25 42.69 50.07 63.57
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 29.97, N = 10 SE +/- 22.43, N = 10 SE +/- 59.50, N = 10 2500 634 558 4107
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 fl-6174 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 4K 8K 12K 16K 20K SE +/- 182.81, N = 6 SE +/- 26.82, N = 3 SE +/- 1468.06, N = 6 8972.52 18153.17 15702.87
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 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 SE +/- 0.10, N = 4 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 51.03 50.28 41.75 53.43
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 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 760 519 620 906
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 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 1.86, N = 3 SE +/- 13.86, N = 3 SE +/- 5.17, N = 3 SE +/- 11.26, N = 3 11902 11872 9704 15741
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 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 800K 1600K 2400K 3200K 4000K SE +/- 6009.25, N = 3 SE +/- 5925.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 881.92, N = 3 2511667 2491333 2056000 3836667
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 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.94, N = 3 SE +/- 0.97, N = 3 SE +/- 1.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.78, N = 3 86.34 81.44 75.66 66.93
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 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 9.24 15.46 7.66 6.14
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 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 5K 10K 15K 20K 25K SE +/- 18.01, N = 3 SE +/- 209.76, N = 6 SE +/- 41.71, N = 3 SE +/- 380.17, N = 3 16368 13450 19373 24526
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 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 10.10 10.87 12.27 8.74
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 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.04, N = 5 SE +/- 0.06, N = 5 SE +/- 0.05, N = 5 SE +/- 0.03, N = 5 26.53 27.85 32.03 17.91
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
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 fl-6174 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 57.31 58.69 46.02 35.82
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