Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 Benchmarks
Running benchmarks by Michael Larabel with the Phoronix Test Suite for a future article on Phoronix.com.


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

CentOS 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: Intel C600/X79, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: CentOS 6.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.el6.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

Fedora 20: 

	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: Fedora 20, Kernel: 3.11.10-301.fc20.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.10.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.14.4, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20131212, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

RHEL 7.0 RC1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 4.00GHz (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: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0, Kernel: 3.10.0-121.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.5 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20140120, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 5001 |==========================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 5555 |===============================================
CentOS 6.5 .............. 5208 |============================================
Fedora 20 ............... 5034 |===========================================
RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 5480 |==============================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP LBM
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 243.67 |===========================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 249.15 |============================================
CentOS 6.5 .............. 240.77 |===========================================
Fedora 20 ............... 252.78 |=============================================
RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 247.39 |============================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 10.35 |==============================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 9.77  |===========================================
CentOS 6.5 .............. 10.27 |==============================================
Fedora 20 ............... 9.88  |============================================
RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 9.70  |===========================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP MRI-Q
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 20.66 |==============================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 15.47 |==================================
CentOS 6.5 .............. 20.62 |==============================================
Fedora 20 ............... 15.76 |===================================
RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 15.50 |===================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 62.40 |=============================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 63.59 |==============================================
CentOS 6.5 .............. 59.74 |===========================================
Fedora 20 ............... 64.22 |==============================================
RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 63.10 |=============================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP Streamcluster
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 33.46 |=============================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 33.84 |==============================================
CentOS 6.5 .............. 32.78 |============================================
Fedora 20 ............... 34.04 |==============================================
RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 33.51 |=============================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 8815 |============================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 9406 |===============================================
CentOS 6.5 .............. 9115 |=============================================
Fedora 20 ............... 9401 |===============================================
RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 9436 |===============================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 32688667 |==========================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 15783667 |====================
CentOS 6.5 .............. 33802667 |===========================================
Fedora 20 ............... 15734000 |====================
RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 15744667 |====================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 130345 |============================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 130518 |============================================
CentOS 6.5 .............. 134629 |=============================================
Fedora 20 ............... 130432 |============================================
RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 131044 |============================================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 24.37 |==========================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 23.74 |=========================================
CentOS 6.5 .............. 24.36 |==========================================
Fedora 20 ............... 26.89 |==============================================
RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 24.75 |==========================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 53.77 |==============================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 53.45 |==============================================
CentOS 6.5 .............. 53.12 |=============================================
Fedora 20 ............... 53.71 |==============================================
RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 53.09 |=============================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 30.48 |==============================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 17.67 |===========================
CentOS 6.5 .............. 29.55 |=============================================
Fedora 20 ............... 17.73 |===========================
RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 17.65 |===========================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 53 |==============================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 56 |================================================
CentOS 6.5 .............. 52 |=============================================
Fedora 20 ............... 57 |=================================================
RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 56 |================================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 9932.61  |==========================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 8515.98  |======================
CentOS 6.5 .............. 16375.17 |===========================================
Fedora 20 ............... 10390.29 |===========================
RHEL 7.0 RC1 ............ 9042.85  |========================