Solaris 11 Express vs. Fedora 17. Intel Core i7 Looking at the Intel Core i7 3960X "Sandy Bridge" Extreme Edition performance on Oracle Solaris 11 Express 11/11 and Fedora 17. 64-bit editions on same hardware being tested. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Solaris 11 Express vs. Fedora 17. Intel Core i7 Processor Motherboard Memory Disk Graphics Monitor Chipset Audio Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Solaris 11 11.11 Express Fedora 17 Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores) Intel DX79SI 2 x 4096MB 1600MHz OCZ VERTEX OCZ VERTEX ATI RV730 PRO 256MB DELL S2409W Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 X86 5.11 (i686) GNOME 2.30.2 X Server 1.10.3 ati 6.14.1 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2 GCC 4.5.2 zfs 1920x1080 Intel Sandy Bridge DMI2 8192MB 64GB OCZ VERTEX AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB (650/900MHz) Realtek ALC892 Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle) 3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64 (x86_64) GNOME Shell 3.4.1 X Server 1.12.0 radeon 6.14.99 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.7.0 20120507 ext4 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - Solaris 11 11.11 Express: --bindir=/usr/gcc/4.5/bin --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc --enable-shared --mandir=/usr/gcc/4.5/share/man --mandir=/usr/gcc/4.5/share/man --sbindir=/usr/gcc/4.5/sbin --with-gmp-include=/usr/include/gmp --with-mpfr-include=/usr/include/mpfr -O2 - Fedora 17: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-build-poststage1-with-cxx --disable-build-with-cxx --disable-dssi --disable-libjava-multilib --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-maintainer-mode --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-cloog --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-ppl --with-tune=generic Processor Details - Fedora 17: Scaling Governor: ondemand System Details - Fedora 17: SELinux: Enabled. Disk Mount Options Details - Fedora 17: barrier=1,data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabel,user_xattr
Solaris 11 Express vs. Fedora 17. Intel Core i7 postmark: Disk Transaction Performance npb: EP.B npb: MG.B npb: SP.A npb: UA.A ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine hmmer: Pfam Database Search byte: Dhrystone 2 scimark2: Composite scimark2: Monte Carlo scimark2: Fast Fourier Transform scimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiply scimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorization scimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation gcrypt: CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher graphics-magick: Sharpen graphics-magick: Resizing graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver c-ray: Total Time encode-flac: WAV To FLAC sudokut: Total Time tachyon: Total Time openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance Solaris 11 11.11 Express Fedora 17 219 351.61 2842.77 3849.86 9.86 4008.78 16.49 19420677.50 1231.64 369.94 235.88 2007.87 2421.50 1123.03 3510 110 143 90 524.09 43.30 7.57 43.69 8.94 91.50 394.44 2777.18 3527.57 52.31 5737.92 16.08 25806284.87 1252.89 412.19 315.57 1946.03 2416.01 1174.66 104 178 102 1601.01 23.46 20.61 91.48 OpenBenchmarking.org
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Solaris 11 11.11 Express 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 36.26, N = 10 219
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: EP.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 1.81, N = 3 SE +/- 1.71, N = 3 394.44 351.61 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: MG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Solaris 11 11.11 Express Fedora 17 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 SE +/- 6.38, N = 3 SE +/- 1.15, N = 3 2842.77 2777.18 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: SP.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Solaris 11 11.11 Express Fedora 17 800 1600 2400 3200 4000 SE +/- 6.33, N = 3 SE +/- 3.79, N = 3 3849.86 3527.57 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: UA.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 52.31 9.86 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
FFTE Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 1200 2400 3600 4800 6000 SE +/- 8.35, N = 3 SE +/- 7.46, N = 3 5737.92 4008.78 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp
Timed HMMer Search Pfam Database Search OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 4 16.08 16.49 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm
BYTE Unix Benchmark Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 OpenBenchmarking.org LPS, More Is Better BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 6M 12M 18M 24M 30M SE +/- 16174.60, N = 3 SE +/- 31046.51, N = 3 25806284.87 19420677.50
SciMark Computational Test: Composite OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 3.56, N = 4 SE +/- 1.06, N = 4 1252.89 1231.64
SciMark Computational Test: Monte Carlo OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 0.46, N = 4 SE +/- 0.32, N = 4 412.19 369.94
SciMark Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 3.74, N = 4 SE +/- 0.72, N = 4 315.57 235.88
SciMark Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Solaris 11 11.11 Express Fedora 17 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 4.02, N = 4 SE +/- 11.11, N = 4 2007.87 1946.03
SciMark Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Solaris 11 11.11 Express Fedora 17 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 2.74, N = 4 SE +/- 2.74, N = 4 2421.50 2416.01
SciMark Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 1174.66 1123.03
Gcrypt Library CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher OpenBenchmarking.org Microseconds, Fewer Is Better Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Solaris 11 11.11 Express 800 1600 2400 3200 4000 SE +/- 15.28, N = 3 3510 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lsocket -R/usr/local/lib
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Solaris 11 11.11 Express Fedora 17 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 110 104 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthreads -llcms -ltiff -lfreetype -ljpeg -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lsocket -lnsl -lbz2 -lxml2 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Resizing OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 178 143 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthreads -llcms -ltiff -lfreetype -ljpeg -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lsocket -lnsl -lbz2 -lxml2 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 102 90 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthreads -llcms -ltiff -lfreetype -ljpeg -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lsocket -lnsl -lbz2 -lxml2 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 3.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 1601.01 524.09 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 23.46 43.30 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Solaris 11 11.11 Express 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.05, N = 5 7.57 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -logg -lm
Sudokut Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Sudokut 0.4 Total Time Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 20.61 43.69
Tachyon Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Tachyon 0.98.9 Total Time Solaris 11 11.11 Express 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 8.94 1. (CC) gcc options: -m32 -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -ltachyon -lm -lpthread
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Solaris 11 11.11 Express Fedora 17 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.37, N = 4 SE +/- 0.25, N = 4 91.50 91.48 1. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -lsocket -lnsl -ldl
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