Sun Fire X4170 vs. Tyan Dual Xeon Gold Linux Tests by Tomasz Osinski for a comparison i7-6700K Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: SUN ASSY X4170, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 36864MB, Disk: 2 x 147GB Seagate ST914603SSUN146G + 6 x 300GB H106030SDSUN300G, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x1200 TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (80 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Supermicro 1028U-TN10RT+ - 2 x Xeon E5-2697A v4: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 @ 3.60GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X10DRU-i+, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 3.9375 x 32768 MB DDR4-2400MT/s Samsung, Disk: 63GB SuperMicro SSD + 10 x 1200GB INTEL SSDPE2MX012T7, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel 10-Gigabit X540-AT2 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.12.0-11-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.3, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Intel Core i7-6700K - 16384 MB DDR4-2133MHz Micron: Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z170-E, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 4 x 16384 MB DDR4-2133MHz Micron, Disk: 3 x 2000GB Western Digital WD20EFRX-68A + 256GB Axiom C560 Serie, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL U2412M, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-59-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406 + Clang 4.0.0-1ubuntu1 + LLVM 4.0.0, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x1200 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 .................... 109.17 |============== TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 .................... 24.75 |=== Supermicro 1028U-TN10RT+ - 2 x Xeon E5-2697A v4 .... 27.54 |==== Intel Core i7-6700K - 16384 MB DDR4-2133MHz Micron . 137.87 |================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . MIN: 194 AVG: 320 MAX: 376 TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . MIN: 114 AVG: 246 MAX: 400 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . MIN: 64 AVG: 71 MAX: 81 TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . MIN: 51 AVG: 64 MAX: 75 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . 331.59 |======== TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . 1420.71 |==================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . 937.36 |====================== TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . 1569.05 |==================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . 2.54 |======================== TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . 4.19 |======================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . MIN: 195 AVG: 368 MAX: 406 TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . MIN: 148 AVG: 375 MAX: 429 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . MIN: 74 AVG: 77 MAX: 80 TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . MIN: 58 AVG: 74 MAX: 86 John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 .................... 6758 |=== TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 .................... 48382 |=================== Supermicro 1028U-TN10RT+ - 2 x Xeon E5-2697A v4 .... 45609 |================== Intel Core i7-6700K - 16384 MB DDR4-2133MHz Micron . 1979 |= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S Per Watt > Higher Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . 23.00 |===== TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . 158.93 |===================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . MIN: 203 AVG: 294 MAX: 345 TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . MIN: 144 AVG: 304 MAX: 404 John The Ripper 1.8.0 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . MIN: 78 AVG: 79 MAX: 80 TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . MIN: 55 AVG: 74 MAX: 87 OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 .................... 497.30 |== TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 .................... 5025.63 |================= Supermicro 1028U-TN10RT+ - 2 x Xeon E5-2697A v4 .... 4531.93 |=============== Intel Core i7-6700K - 16384 MB DDR4-2133MHz Micron . 663.57 |== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . 1.49 |==== TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . 15.53 |====================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . MIN: 194 AVG: 334 MAX: 354 TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . MIN: 155 AVG: 324 MAX: 373 OpenSSL 1.0.1g System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . MIN: 81 AVG: 81 MAX: 82 TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . MIN: 55 AVG: 64 MAX: 73 Tensorflow 2017-02-03 Build: Cifar10 Seconds < Lower Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 .................... 129.77 |================== TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 .................... 42.91 |====== Intel Core i7-6700K - 16384 MB DDR4-2133MHz Micron . 127.70 |================== Tensorflow 2017-02-03 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . MIN: 189 AVG: 318 MAX: 353 TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . MIN: 129 AVG: 260 MAX: 373 Tensorflow 2017-02-03 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . MIN: 81 AVG: 83 MAX: 86 TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . MIN: 54 AVG: 69 MAX: 90 Xsbench 2017-07-06 Lookups/s > Higher Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 .................... 1338246 |=== TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 .................... 6939687 |================= Supermicro 1028U-TN10RT+ - 2 x Xeon E5-2697A v4 .... 4676280 |=========== Intel Core i7-6700K - 16384 MB DDR4-2133MHz Micron . 1152925 |=== Xsbench 2017-07-06 Lookups/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . 4248.66 |======= TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . 21385.78 |=================================== Xsbench 2017-07-06 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . MIN: 180 AVG: 315 MAX: 344 TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . MIN: 218 AVG: 325 MAX: 369 Xsbench 2017-07-06 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . MIN: 83 AVG: 83 MAX: 85 TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . MIN: 56 AVG: 63 MAX: 69 Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 .................... 16556.46 |==== TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 .................... 73669.20 |================ Supermicro 1028U-TN10RT+ - 2 x Xeon E5-2697A v4 .... 45935.46 |========== Intel Core i7-6700K - 16384 MB DDR4-2133MHz Micron . 28240.76 |====== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . 54.82 |======== TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . 266.53 |===================================== Stream 2013-01-17 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . MIN: 191 AVG: 302 MAX: 311 TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . MIN: 138 AVG: 276 MAX: 366 Stream 2013-01-17 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . MIN: 82 AVG: 82 MAX: 84 TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . MIN: 61 AVG: 68 MAX: 77 Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 .................... 16940.00 |== TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 .................... 106604.02 |=============== Supermicro 1028U-TN10RT+ - 2 x Xeon E5-2697A v4 .... 40208.32 |====== Intel Core i7-6700K - 16384 MB DDR4-2133MHz Micron . 18639.32 |=== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 .................... 18862.26 |== TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 .................... 115973.42 |=============== Supermicro 1028U-TN10RT+ - 2 x Xeon E5-2697A v4 .... 45113.20 |====== Intel Core i7-6700K - 16384 MB DDR4-2133MHz Micron . 20604.04 |=== Stream 2013-01-17 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . 178.2 |====================================== Stream 2013-01-17 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . 82.50 |====================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 .................... 18892.70 |== TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 .................... 116028.66 |=============== Supermicro 1028U-TN10RT+ - 2 x Xeon E5-2697A v4 .... 45592.74 |====== Intel Core i7-6700K - 16384 MB DDR4-2133MHz Micron . 20619.50 |=== Stream 2013-01-17 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . 177.3 |====================================== TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . 147.6 |================================ Stream 2013-01-17 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . 82.50 |====================================== TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . 62.00 |============================= System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . MIN: 176 AVG: 321 MAX: 406 TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . MIN: 107 AVG: 310 MAX: 429 System Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius Sun Fire X4170 - 2 x Xeon E5540 . MIN: 64 AVG: 79 MAX: 86 TYAN S7106 - 2 x Xeon Gold 6138 . MIN: 45 AVG: 70 MAX: 90