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. 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2: Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2932/S2932-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 165GB Western Digital WD1600YS-01S, Graphics: ATI Device 9456 1024MB, Audio: ATI RV770 HDMI Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W 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: radeon 6.14.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2: Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3 x 1024 MB 1066MHz, Disk: 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Intel 82801JI, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B 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: radeon 6.14.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7: Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: NVIDIA, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 165GB Western Digital WD1600YS-01S, Graphics: ATI Device 9456 256MB, Audio: ATI HD48x0 audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: ScientificSL 5.7, Kernel: 2.6.18-274.el5 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.16.0, Display Server: X Server 7.1.1, Display Driver: ati, OpenGL: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.1), Compiler: GCC 4.1.2, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 fl-6174: Processor: AMD Opteron 6174 @ 2.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro H8QG6 v1.01, Chipset: ATI RD890 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST3500320AS + 500GB 00BEVT-22A0RT0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260/PCIe/SSE2 896MB (576/999MHz), Network: Intel 82576 Gigabit Connection OS: Debian 6.0.4, Kernel: 3.2.5 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.7, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.20, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.20, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5 + Open64 4.2.5.2, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 10.10 |========================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 8.74 |====================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 10.87 |=========================== fl-6174 ................................ 12.27 |=============================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 26.53 |========================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 17.91 |================= 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 27.85 |=========================== fl-6174 ................................ 32.03 |=============================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 61.25 |============================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 63.57 |=============================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 42.69 |===================== fl-6174 ................................ 50.07 |======================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 15.80 |=========================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 10.83 |================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 18.18 |=============================== fl-6174 ................................ 13.88 |======================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 37.24 |========================= Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 23.93 |================ 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 38.77 |========================== fl-6174 ................................ 45.62 |=============================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 460.03 |========== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 1332.22 |============================= 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 400.84 |========= fl-6174 ................................ 380.18 |======== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 8990.74 |================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 13657.89 |============================ 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 5947.74 |============ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 1157.60 |================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 1865.10 |============================= 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 1155.15 |================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 59.77 |============== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 128.31 |============================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 66.58 |================ fl-6174 ................................ 62.29 |=============== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 7691.98 |=================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 11066.93 |============================ 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 4617.94 |============ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 4488.71 |============================ Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 4598.83 |============================= 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 3480.43 |====================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 3703.21 |====================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 4832.03 |============================= 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 3374.56 |==================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 34.74 |==================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 53.79 |=============================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 20.19 |============ PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 2500 |=================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 4107 |================================ 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 634 |===== fl-6174 ................................ 558 |==== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 16368 |===================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 24526 |=============================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 13450 |================= fl-6174 ................................ 19373 |======================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 2511667 |=================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 3836667 |============================= 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 2491333 |=================== fl-6174 ................................ 2056000 |================ John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 11902 |======================= Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 15741 |=============================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 11872 |======================= fl-6174 ................................ 9704 |=================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 760 |============================ Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 906 |================================= 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 519 |=================== fl-6174 ................................ 620 |======================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 9.24 |=================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 6.14 |============ 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 15.46 |=============================== fl-6174 ................................ 7.66 |=============== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 86.34 |=============================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 66.93 |======================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 81.44 |============================= fl-6174 ................................ 75.66 |=========================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 57.31 |============================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 35.82 |=================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 58.69 |=============================== fl-6174 ................................ 46.02 |======================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 115 |============================ Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 76 |=================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 134 |================================= Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 8972.52 |============== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 15702.87 |======================== fl-6174 ................................ 18153.17 |============================ OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 51.03 |============================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 53.43 |=============================== 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 50.28 |============================= fl-6174 ................................ 41.75 |========================