Scientific Linux 6.9 vs. 6.10 vs. EL 7.5 Scientific Linux 6.9, 6.10, 7.5 benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com. Scientific Linux is derived from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux sources.. Scientific Linux 6.10: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 2.00GHz (40 Cores / 80 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN S7106 (V1.01 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 12 x 8192 MB DDR4-2666MHz Micron 9ASF1G72PZ-2G6B1, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Scientific 6.10, Kernel: 2.6.32-754.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME, Display Server: X Server 1.17.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600 Scientific Linux 7.5: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (40 Cores / 80 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN S7106 (V1.01 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 12 x 8192 MB DDR4-2666MHz Micron 9ASF1G72PZ-2G6B1, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Scientific Linux 7.5, Kernel: 3.10.0-862.6.3.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.25.4, Display Server: X Server 1.19.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Fedora Server 28: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (40 Cores / 80 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN S7106 (V1.01 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Fedora 28, Kernel: 4.17.3-200.fc28.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 8.1.1 20180502, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 CentOS Linux 7.5: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (40 Cores / 80 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN S7106 (V1.01 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 95232MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-862.6.3.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.25.4, Display Server: X Server 1.19.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Debian 9.4: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (40 Cores / 80 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN S7106 (V1.01 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Debian 9.4, Kernel: 4.9.0-6-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 47.70 |============================================= Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 48.57 |============================================== Fedora Server 28 ...... 50.79 |================================================ CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 49.38 |=============================================== Debian 9.4 ............ 40.36 |====================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 1451.88 |======================================= Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 1445.84 |======================================= Fedora Server 28 ...... 1710.53 |============================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 1428.81 |====================================== Debian 9.4 ............ 1702.14 |============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 263.68 |======================== Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 205.07 |=================== Fedora Server 28 ...... 250.10 |======================= CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 198.47 |================== Debian 9.4 ............ 513.96 |=============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 733.71 |============= Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 664.16 |============ Fedora Server 28 ...... 2192.23 |======================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 1544.96 |============================ Debian 9.4 ............ 2511.30 |============================================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 23.17 |================================================ Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 21.63 |============================================= CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 21.66 |============================================= LuaJIT 2.0.5 Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 1333.90 |============================================= Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 1328.55 |============================================= Fedora Server 28 ...... 1356.64 |============================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 1334.77 |============================================= Debian 9.4 ............ 1354.24 |============================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 23146 |======================= Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 48187 |================================================ CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 48008 |================================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 26832000 |======= Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 160748667 |============================================ CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 162485000 |============================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 235504 |=============================================== 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 147565 |============================================= Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 153362 |=============================================== Fedora Server 28 ...... 138741 |=========================================== Fedora Server 28 ...... 136691 |========================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 153068 |=============================================== Debian 9.4 ............ 149486 |============================================== asmFish 2017-09-19 1024 Hash Memory, 26 Depth Nodes/second > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 82021027 |============================================ Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 83841033 |============================================= Fedora Server 28 ...... 81822777 |============================================ CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 83405894 |============================================= Debian 9.4 ............ 80844034 |=========================================== ebizzy 0.3 Records/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 53955 |=== Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 486578 |======================== Fedora Server 28 ...... 972671 |=============================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 502061 |======================== Debian 9.4 ............ 926653 |============================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 27.09 |============================================ Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 27.97 |============================================= Fedora Server 28 ...... 29.55 |================================================ CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 28.08 |============================================= Debian 9.4 ............ 29.80 |================================================ Timed PHP Compilation 7.1.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 39.41 |===================================== Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 44.91 |========================================== Fedora Server 28 ...... 51.46 |================================================ CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 44.48 |========================================= Debian 9.4 ............ 47.69 |============================================ Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 2.19 |============================================ Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 2.44 |================================================= Gzip Compression Linux Source Tree Archiving To .tar.gz Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 43.01 |================================================ Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 43.21 |================================================ Fedora Server 28 ...... 42.17 |=============================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 42.80 |================================================ Debian 9.4 ............ 39.46 |============================================ Zstd Compression 1.3.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19 Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 118.83 |============================================== Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 107.66 |========================================== Fedora Server 28 ...... 121.80 |=============================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 107.56 |========================================== Debian 9.4 ............ 119.79 |============================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 12.72 |================================================ Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 11.97 |============================================= Fedora Server 28 ...... 10.45 |======================================= Fedora Server 28 ...... 10.49 |======================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 11.93 |============================================= Debian 9.4 ............ 9.82 |===================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 32.80 |================================================ Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 32.82 |================================================ Fedora Server 28 ...... 32.35 |=============================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 32.88 |================================================ Debian 9.4 ............ 32.21 |=============================================== Hackbench Count: 8 - Type: Thread Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 37.83 |================================================ Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 15.10 |=================== Fedora Server 28 ...... 12.45 |================ CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 16.43 |===================== Debian 9.4 ............ 13.76 |================= Hackbench Count: 8 - Type: Process Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 12.84 |==================================== Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 10.73 |============================== Fedora Server 28 ...... 9.24 |========================== CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 10.83 |============================== Debian 9.4 ............ 17.31 |================================================ OpenSSL 1.1.0f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 5128.70 |============================== Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 7921.87 |============================================== Fedora Server 28 ...... 7815.10 |============================================= CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 7913.10 |============================================== Debian 9.4 ............ 7971.87 |============================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 463490.74 |================================== Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 553239.06 |========================================= Fedora Server 28 ...... 578734.22 |========================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 543870.53 |======================================== Debian 9.4 ............ 599417.09 |============================================ PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 8220.48 |========================================== Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 8805.31 |============================================= Fedora Server 28 ...... 8795.75 |============================================= CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 8759.36 |============================================= Debian 9.4 ............ 9020.64 |============================================== Redis 4.0.8 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 1446213.06 |============================ Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 1486675.83 |============================= Fedora Server 28 ...... 2184313.67 |=========================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 1460813.88 |============================= Debian 9.4 ............ 2140872.96 |========================================== Redis 4.0.8 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 1000310.29 |========================== Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 1158207.41 |============================== Fedora Server 28 ...... 1600949.52 |========================================= CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 1170125.96 |============================== Debian 9.4 ............ 1669601.08 |=========================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 155830 |============ Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 207520 |================= Fedora Server 28 ...... 587547 |=============================================== Fedora Server 28 ...... 585783 |=============================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 207018 |================= Debian 9.4 ............ 482002 |======================================= Git Time To Complete Common Git Commands Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 5.93 |============================================= Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 6.40 |================================================= Fedora Server 28 ...... 6.43 |================================================= Fedora Server 28 ...... 6.41 |================================================= CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 6.30 |================================================ Debian 9.4 ............ 6.12 |=============================================== Schbench Message Threads: 6 - Workers Per Message Thread: 4 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 121 |================================================== Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 119 |================================================= Fedora Server 28 ...... 117 |================================================ CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 117 |================================================ Debian 9.4 ............ 99 |========================================= Schbench Message Threads: 6 - Workers Per Message Thread: 6 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 6.10 . 132 |================================================== Scientific Linux 7.5 .. 133 |================================================== Fedora Server 28 ...... 121 |============================================= CentOS Linux 7.5 ...... 130 |================================================= Debian 9.4 ............ 104 |======================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 530 |======================================================= CentOS Linux 7.5 . 534 |======================================================= Debian 9.4 ....... 532 |======================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 512 |======================================================= CentOS Linux 7.5 . 515 |======================================================= Debian 9.4 ....... 513 |======================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 530 |======================================================= CentOS Linux 7.5 . 533 |======================================================= Debian 9.4 ....... 532 |======================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 513 |======================================================= CentOS Linux 7.5 . 515 |======================================================= Debian 9.4 ....... 506 |====================================================== Go Benchmarks Test: build Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 20363742235 |=============================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 . 17113132152 |======================================= Debian 9.4 ....... 13944580162 |================================ Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 8532 |================= CentOS Linux 7.5 . 26812 |===================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 8605 |================= Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 2579861 |========================================= CentOS Linux 7.5 . 3209860 |=================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 2780598 |============================================ Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 860157 |==================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 . 1184670 |================================================= Debian 9.4 ....... 1233760 |=================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 593.03 |================================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 . 607.87 |==================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 611.58 |==================================================== Crafty 25.2 Elapsed Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 7773429 |=================================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 . 7538383 |================================================= Debian 9.4 ....... 7367844 |================================================ Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 71612689 |================================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 . 71967171 |================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 69627634 |================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 6.46 |====================================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 . 2.95 |========================= Debian 9.4 ....... 2.84 |======================== Primesieve 6.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 10.36 |===================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 10.04 |=================================================== Y-Cruncher 0.7.5.9481 Calculating 500M Pi Digits Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 12.41 |===================================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 . 12.47 |===================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 11.44 |================================================= Minion 1.8 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 54.69 |===================================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 . 54.11 |==================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 54.73 |===================================================== Minion 1.8 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 116.31 |=================================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 . 119.72 |==================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 118.65 |==================================================== Minion 1.8 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 75.55 |===================================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 . 71.01 |================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 75.66 |===================================================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Pod2html Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 0.11946210 |========================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 . 0.13591476 |================================================ Debian 9.4 ....... 0.12176682 |=========================================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Interpreter Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 0.00384019 |================================================ CentOS Linux 7.5 . 0.00300606 |====================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 0.00250839 |=============================== libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.3 Test: Decompression Throughput Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 161.07 |==================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 160.67 |==================================================== PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 1450 |===================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 1464 |====================================================== OSBench Test: Create Files us Per Event < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 46.01 |===================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 16.02 |================== OSBench Test: Create Processes us Per Event < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 43.34 |===================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 41.68 |=================================================== OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 26.26 |===================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 17.28 |=================================== OSBench Test: Launch Programs us Per Event < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 50.93 |=========================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 62.55 |===================================================== OSBench Test: Memory Allocations Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 97.26 |===================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 96.02 |==================================================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Total ms < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 18621 |==================== CentOS Linux 7.5 . 50127 |===================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 14016 |=============== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Userspace ms < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 14179 |================= CentOS Linux 7.5 . 44969 |===================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 10369 |============ Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Kernel ms < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 2078 |=============================== CentOS Linux 7.5 . 3161 |=============================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 3647 |====================================================== AOBench Size: 2048 x 2048 - Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 43.13 |========================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 . 54.63 |===================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 51.00 |================================================= Blender 2.79a Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 377.73 |==================================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 . 362.69 |================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 374.39 |==================================================== Zstd Compression Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19 Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 151.06 |==================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 146.38 |================================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 7.392 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 3.57 |===================================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 . 3.56 |===================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 3.65 |====================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.28 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 216 |====================================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 . 217 |====================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 220 |======================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.28 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 176 |=============================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 . 205 |====================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 208 |======================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.28 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 192 |===================================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 . 179 |================================================= Debian 9.4 ....... 200 |======================================================= Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better Fedora Server 28 . 12946.70 |================================================== CentOS Linux 7.5 . 12936.87 |================================================== Debian 9.4 ....... 12707.70 |=================================================