Solaris 11 Express vs. Fedora vs. CentOS 6.2 Looking at the Intel Core i7 3960X "Sandy Bridge" Extreme Edition performance on Oracle Solaris 11 Express 11/11 and Fedora 17 and CentOS (EL) 6,2. 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 vs. CentOS 6.2 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 CentOS 6.2 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 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB Intel Patsburg HD Audio CentOS 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 20110731 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 - CentOS 6.2: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-dssi --disable-libjava-multilib --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-maintainer-mode --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada --enable-libgcj-multifile --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-ppl --with-tune=generic Processor Details - Fedora 17, CentOS 6.2: Scaling Governor: ondemand System Details - Fedora 17, CentOS 6.2: SELinux: Enabled. Disk Mount Options Details - Fedora 17: barrier=1,data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabel,user_xattr - CentOS 6.2: barrier=1,data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabel
Solaris 11 Express vs. Fedora vs. CentOS 6.2 scimark2: Composite scimark2: Monte Carlo scimark2: Fast Fourier Transform scimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiply scimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorization scimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation encode-flac: WAV To FLAC gcrypt: CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher hmmer: Pfam Database Search himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver npb: EP.B npb: MG.B npb: SP.A npb: UA.A ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine postmark: Disk Transaction Performance graphics-magick: Sharpen graphics-magick: Resizing graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding tachyon: Total Time c-ray: Total Time openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance byte: Dhrystone 2 sudokut: Total Time Solaris 11 11.11 Express Fedora 17 CentOS 6.2 1231.64 369.94 235.88 2007.87 2421.50 1123.03 7.57 3510 16.49 524.09 351.61 2842.77 3849.86 9.86 4008.78 219 110 143 90 8.94 43.30 91.50 19420677.50 43.69 1252.89 412.19 315.57 1946.03 2416.01 1174.66 16.08 1601.01 394.44 2777.18 3527.57 52.31 5737.92 104 178 102 23.46 91.48 25806284.87 20.61 1218.56 325.63 326.27 2015.91 2250.35 1174.66 6.16 2297 15.76 1679.33 350.98 2881.10 3839.69 53.39 5959.47 102 169 101 32.48 91.15 28060470.10 30.17 OpenBenchmarking.org
SciMark Computational Test: Composite OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite CentOS 6.2 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 4.31, N = 4 SE +/- 3.56, N = 4 SE +/- 1.06, N = 4 1218.56 1252.89 1231.64
SciMark Computational Test: Monte Carlo OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo CentOS 6.2 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 0.25, N = 4 SE +/- 0.46, N = 4 SE +/- 0.32, N = 4 325.63 412.19 369.94
SciMark Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform CentOS 6.2 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 0.31, N = 4 SE +/- 3.74, N = 4 SE +/- 0.72, N = 4 326.27 315.57 235.88
SciMark Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply CentOS 6.2 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 21.22, N = 4 SE +/- 11.11, N = 4 SE +/- 4.02, N = 4 2015.91 1946.03 2007.87
SciMark Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization CentOS 6.2 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 SE +/- 2.74, N = 4 SE +/- 2.74, N = 4 2250.35 2416.01 2421.50
SciMark Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation CentOS 6.2 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 1174.66 1174.66 1123.03
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC CentOS 6.2 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 0.05, N = 5 6.16 7.57 -logg 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lm
Gcrypt Library CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher OpenBenchmarking.org Microseconds, Fewer Is Better Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher CentOS 6.2 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 800 1600 2400 3200 4000 SE +/- 6.67, N = 3 SE +/- 15.28, N = 3 2297 3510 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lsocket -R/usr/local/lib
Timed HMMer Search Pfam Database Search OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search CentOS 6.2 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 4 15.76 16.08 16.49 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver CentOS 6.2 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 1.32, N = 3 SE +/- 3.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 1679.33 1601.01 524.09 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: EP.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B CentOS 6.2 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 0.77, N = 3 SE +/- 1.81, N = 3 SE +/- 1.71, N = 3 350.98 394.44 351.61 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 CentOS 6.2 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 SE +/- 3.84, N = 3 SE +/- 1.15, N = 3 SE +/- 6.38, N = 3 2881.10 2777.18 2842.77 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 CentOS 6.2 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 800 1600 2400 3200 4000 SE +/- 4.34, N = 3 SE +/- 3.79, N = 3 SE +/- 6.33, N = 3 3839.69 3527.57 3849.86 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 CentOS 6.2 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 53.39 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 CentOS 6.2 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 1300 2600 3900 5200 6500 SE +/- 14.56, N = 3 SE +/- 8.35, N = 3 SE +/- 7.46, N = 3 5959.47 5737.92 4008.78 -m64 -O2 -fPIC -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lpthread -lrt 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp
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
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen CentOS 6.2 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 102 104 110 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 CentOS 6.2 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 169 178 143 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 CentOS 6.2 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 101 102 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
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
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time CentOS 6.2 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 32.48 23.46 43.30 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance CentOS 6.2 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.28, N = 4 SE +/- 0.25, N = 4 SE +/- 0.37, N = 4 91.15 91.48 91.50 1. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -lsocket -lnsl -ldl
BYTE Unix Benchmark Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 OpenBenchmarking.org LPS, More Is Better BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 CentOS 6.2 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 6M 12M 18M 24M 30M SE +/- 9283.00, N = 3 SE +/- 16174.60, N = 3 SE +/- 31046.51, N = 3 28060470.10 25806284.87 19420677.50
Sudokut Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Sudokut 0.4 Total Time CentOS 6.2 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 30.17 20.61 43.69
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