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 Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express CentOS 6.2 Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores) Intel DX79SI Intel Sandy Bridge DMI2 8192MB 64GB OCZ VERTEX AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB (650/900MHz) Realtek ALC892 DELL S2409W 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 1920x1080 2 x 4096MB 1600MHz OCZ VERTEX OCZ VERTEX ATI RV730 PRO 256MB 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 Intel Sandy Bridge DMI2 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz 64GB OCZ VERTEX AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB Intel Patsburg HD Audio Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection 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 ext4 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - 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 - 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 - 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 graphics-magick: Sharpen graphics-magick: Resizing graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding byte: Dhrystone 2 ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine scimark2: Composite scimark2: Monte Carlo scimark2: Fast Fourier Transform scimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiply scimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorization scimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance npb: EP.B npb: MG.B npb: SP.A npb: UA.A postmark: Disk Transaction Performance gcrypt: CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher hmmer: Pfam Database Search c-ray: Total Time encode-flac: WAV To FLAC sudokut: Total Time tachyon: Total Time Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express CentOS 6.2 104 178 102 25806284.87 5737.92 1252.89 412.19 315.57 1946.03 2416.01 1174.66 1601.01 91.48 394.44 2777.18 3527.57 52.31 16.08 23.46 20.61 110 143 90 19420677.50 4008.78 1231.64 369.94 235.88 2007.87 2421.50 1123.03 524.09 91.50 351.61 2842.77 3849.86 9.86 219 3510 16.49 43.30 7.57 43.69 8.94 102 169 101 28060470.10 5959.47 1218.56 325.63 326.27 2015.91 2250.35 1174.66 1679.33 91.15 350.98 2881.10 3839.69 53.39 2297 15.76 32.48 6.16 30.17 OpenBenchmarking.org
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express CentOS 6.2 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 104 110 102 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 CentOS 6.2 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 178 143 169 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 CentOS 6.2 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 102 90 101 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
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 CentOS 6.2 6M 12M 18M 24M 30M SE +/- 16174.60, N = 3 SE +/- 31046.51, N = 3 SE +/- 9283.00, N = 3 25806284.87 19420677.50 28060470.10
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 CentOS 6.2 1300 2600 3900 5200 6500 SE +/- 8.35, N = 3 SE +/- 7.46, N = 3 SE +/- 14.56, N = 3 5737.92 4008.78 5959.47 -m64 -O2 -fPIC -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lpthread -lrt 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp
SciMark Computational Test: Composite OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express CentOS 6.2 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 3.56, N = 4 SE +/- 1.06, N = 4 SE +/- 4.31, N = 4 1252.89 1231.64 1218.56
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 CentOS 6.2 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 0.46, N = 4 SE +/- 0.32, N = 4 SE +/- 0.25, N = 4 412.19 369.94 325.63
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 CentOS 6.2 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 3.74, N = 4 SE +/- 0.72, N = 4 SE +/- 0.31, N = 4 315.57 235.88 326.27
SciMark Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express CentOS 6.2 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 11.11, N = 4 SE +/- 4.02, N = 4 SE +/- 21.22, N = 4 1946.03 2007.87 2015.91
SciMark Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express CentOS 6.2 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 2.74, N = 4 SE +/- 2.74, N = 4 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 2416.01 2421.50 2250.35
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 CentOS 6.2 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 1174.66 1123.03 1174.66
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 CentOS 6.2 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 3.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 1.32, N = 3 1601.01 524.09 1679.33 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express CentOS 6.2 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.25, N = 4 SE +/- 0.37, N = 4 SE +/- 0.28, N = 4 91.48 91.50 91.15 1. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -lsocket -lnsl -ldl
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 CentOS 6.2 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 1.81, N = 3 SE +/- 1.71, N = 3 SE +/- 0.77, N = 3 394.44 351.61 350.98 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 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express CentOS 6.2 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 SE +/- 1.15, N = 3 SE +/- 6.38, N = 3 SE +/- 3.84, N = 3 2777.18 2842.77 2881.10 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 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express CentOS 6.2 800 1600 2400 3200 4000 SE +/- 3.79, N = 3 SE +/- 6.33, N = 3 SE +/- 4.34, N = 3 3527.57 3849.86 3839.69 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 CentOS 6.2 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 52.31 9.86 53.39 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -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
Gcrypt Library CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher OpenBenchmarking.org Microseconds, Fewer Is Better Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Solaris 11 11.11 Express CentOS 6.2 800 1600 2400 3200 4000 SE +/- 15.28, N = 3 SE +/- 6.67, N = 3 3510 2297 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 Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express CentOS 6.2 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 4 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 16.08 16.49 15.76 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express CentOS 6.2 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 23.46 43.30 32.48 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 CentOS 6.2 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.05, N = 5 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 7.57 6.16 -logg 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lm
Sudokut Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Sudokut 0.4 Total Time Fedora 17 Solaris 11 11.11 Express CentOS 6.2 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 20.61 43.69 30.17
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
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