Ubuntu 14.04 LTS vs. Oracle Linux 7 Server Benchmarks Running benchmarks by Michael Larabel with the Phoronix Test Suite for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 12.04.4: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivytown DMI2, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.11.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 13.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v2/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Oracle Linux 6.5: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v2/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: OracleServer 6.5, Kernel: 3.8.13-16.2.1.el6uek.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivytown DMI2, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Intel C600/X79, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: OracleEverything 7.0, Kernel: 3.10.0-54.0.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.99.901 (1.15.0 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20131106, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 .......... 5245 |============================================ Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 5555 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 4574 |======================================= Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 5001 |========================================== Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 5555 |=============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 65.81 |==================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 66.64 |===================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ffte GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 3.12963 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 2.90266 |=============================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-DGEMM GFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 6.53693 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 6.50203 |=================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Ptrans GB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 1.61935 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 1.64106 |=================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: EP-STREAM Triad GB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 1.18934 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 1.24245 |=================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: G-Random Access GUP/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 0.06915 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 0.01444 |=========== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Latency usecs < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 0.82921 |================================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 1.31642 |=================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Random Ring Bandwidth GB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 0.55179 |=================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 0.55146 |=================================================== HPC Challenge 1.4.3 Test / Class: Max Ping Pong Bandwidth MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 12726.19 |================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 12112.83 |================================================ Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 .......... 238.20 |=========================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 236.98 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 245.91 |============================================ Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 243.67 |============================================ Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 249.15 |============================================= Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 .......... 10.05 |============================================= Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 9.57 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 9.77 |=========================================== Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 10.35 |============================================== Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 9.77 |=========================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP MRI-Q Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 .......... 20.21 |============================================= Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 15.36 |================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 15.57 |=================================== Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 20.66 |============================================== Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 15.47 |================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Leukocyte Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 23.25 |================================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 22.82 |================================================= Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 23.32 |================================================== Oracle Linux 6.5 . 24.67 |===================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 .......... 62.14 |============================================= Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 62.49 |============================================= Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 62.86 |============================================= Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 62.40 |============================================= Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 63.59 |============================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 .......... 32.60 |============================================ Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 32.61 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 32.99 |============================================= Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 33.46 |============================================= Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 33.84 |============================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 .......... 9691 |=============================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 9662 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 9651 |=============================================== Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 8815 |=========================================== Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 9406 |============================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 .......... 33924333 |=========================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 16157667 |==================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 16157667 |==================== Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 32688667 |========================================= Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 15783667 |==================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 .......... 135168 |============================================= Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 134285 |============================================= Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 134106 |============================================= Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 130345 |=========================================== Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 130518 |=========================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 ... 32.11 |===================================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 31.80 |==================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 29.81 |================================================= Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 .......... 23.42 |======================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 25.75 |============================================ Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 26.78 |============================================== Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 24.37 |========================================== Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 23.74 |========================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 .......... 52.78 |========================================= Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 58.17 |============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 58.51 |============================================== Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 53.77 |========================================== Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 53.45 |========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 .......... 27.80 |========================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 17.31 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 17.29 |========================== Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 30.48 |============================================== Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 17.67 |=========================== Open Porous Media 2013-11-26 OPM Benchmark: Upscale-Relperm Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 ..... 55.12 |===================================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . 54.92 |===================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 .......... 50 |============================================ Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 54 |=============================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 55 |================================================ Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 53 |============================================== Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 56 |================================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04.4 .......... 17938.30 |=========================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 17466.16 |========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ........ 15914.13 |====================================== Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 9932.61 |======================== Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 8515.98 |====================