Fedora 18 Linux Performance Fedora 18 benchmarks compared to Fedora 17 on two different Intel Linux systems. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com. Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge DMI2, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB (650/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle), Kernel: 3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.4.1, Display Server: X Server 1.12.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20120921, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB (650/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow), Kernel: 3.6.10-4.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.6.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20121109, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel Device 0162 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle), Kernel: 3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.4.1, Display Server: X Server 1.12.0, Display Driver: intel 2.19.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20120921, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel Gen7 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow), Kernel: 3.6.10-4.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.6.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.14, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20121109, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 15.23 |================== Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 34.95 |======================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 39.09 |============================================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 16.09 |=================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 59.23 |=============== Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 59.30 |=============== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 146.72 |==================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 178.43 |============================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 21.73 |============================== Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 14.53 |==================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 30.37 |========================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 32.67 |============================================= World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 59.70 |=============== Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 59.97 |=============== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 148.87 |====================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 170.77 |============================================ Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 98.47 |================================== Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 100.28 |================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 121.46 |========================================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 128.89 |============================================ Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 36.64 |============================ Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 40.04 |=============================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 51.24 |======================================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 59.00 |============================================= CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 6.02 |============================================== Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 5.99 |============================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 5.14 |======================================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 5.13 |======================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 12688.21 |====================================== Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 12663.68 |====================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 14091.39 |========================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 14080.09 |========================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 1528.75 |======================== Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 1524.88 |======================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 2738.21 |=========================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 2717.53 |=========================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 395.54 |============================================ Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 395.48 |============================================ Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 276.33 |=============================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 281.03 |=============================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 148.14 |========================================== Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 147.76 |========================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 154.98 |============================================ Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 154.59 |============================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 12489.97 |===================================== Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 12511.04 |===================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 14043.77 |========================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 14075.01 |========================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 2808.36 |==================== Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 2806.44 |==================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 6060.62 |=========================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 6035.50 |=========================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 53.32 |============================================= Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 49.92 |========================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 49.80 |========================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 44.63 |====================================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 24.22 |============================================= Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 24.19 |============================================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 22.97 |=========================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 22.75 |========================================== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 5753.38 |========================================== Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 5746.52 |========================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 5832.21 |=========================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 5826.26 |=========================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 16.00 |============================================= Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 15.86 |============================================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 10.38 |============================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 10.50 |============================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 6.34 |=========================================== Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 6.71 |============================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 5.82 |======================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 5.89 |======================================== BLAKE2 20121223 Phoronix Test Suite v4.4.0m0 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 5.00 |=========================================== Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 5.02 |=========================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 5.33 |============================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 5.34 |============================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 181.01 |========================================== Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 187.58 |============================================ Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 137.98 |================================ Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 138.37 |================================ x264 2012-10-03 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 214.94 |============================================ Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 211.51 |=========================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 157.68 |================================ Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 157.69 |================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 170 |============================================== Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 172 |=============================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 168 |============================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 168 |============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 197 |============================================= Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 197 |============================================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 204 |=============================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 205 |=============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 142 |=============================================== Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 143 |=============================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 127 |========================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 129 |========================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 56.91 |================================= Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 56.55 |================================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 76.79 |============================================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 76.38 |============================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 6.02 |================================ Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 6.22 |================================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 8.43 |============================================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 8.64 |============================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 13.84 |============================================= Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 13.80 |============================================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 13.14 |=========================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 13.07 |========================================== FFmpeg 1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 17.19 |============================================= Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 17.25 |============================================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 15.78 |========================================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 15.73 |========================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17 . 10988.64 |============================= Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18 . 9571.04 |========================= Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17 . 15821.10 |========================================== Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18 . 13162.18 |===================================