Linux 2.6.38 Kernel Scaling

Linux kernel multi-core scaling tests with a number of multi-threaded test profiles. This is for an upcoming Phoronix.com comparison.

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Linux 2.6.38: 1 Core
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March 02 2011
 
Linux 2.6.38: 3 Cores
March 03 2011
 
Linux 2.6.38: 4 Cores
March 03 2011
 
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March 03 2011
 
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March 03 2011
 
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March 22 2011
 
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ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionLinux 2.6.38 1 Core 2 Cores 3 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 6 Cores + HT 4 Cores + HT i7 950Intel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (1 Core)ASRock X58 SuperIntel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R3072MB320GB Seagate ST3320620ASNVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1100MHz)Realtek ALC889AUbuntu 10.042.6.38-999-generic (x86_64)GNOME 2.30.2X Server 1.7.6nouveau 0.0.15GCC 4.4.3ext41920x1080Intel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (2 Cores)Intel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (3 Cores)Intel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (4 Cores)Intel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (6 Cores)Intel Core i7 970 @ 2.67GHz (12 Cores)Intel Core i7 950 @ 3.07GHz (8 Cores)ASUS SABERTOOTH X586 x 4096 MB 1066MHz2000GB Western Digital WDC WD2001FASS-0 + 4 x 120GB OCZ REVODRIVE X2NVIDIA Quadro 600 512MB (1012/540MHz)Realtek ALC892Ubuntu 11.042.6.38-7-server (x86_64)nouveauGCC 4.5.2OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- Intel SpeedStep was enabled.

build-php: Time To Compilebuild-apache: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timecompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testgraphics-magick: HWB Color Spacegraphics-magick: Blurgraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinggraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: Sharpenhmmer: Pfam Database Searchnpb: FT.Bnpb: LU.Anpb: MG.Bsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesx264: H.264 Video Encodingclomp: Static OMP SpeedupLinux 2.6.38 1 Core 2 Cores 3 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 6 Cores + HT 4 Cores + HT i7 950140.6999.76422.14248156251033992.641007.411405.18910.0298714.300.9875.7857.51211.043941743918511747.191960.612760.251808.6549423.741.9253.9044.64140.793983834825622332.082829.953990.462650.9532836.642.7544.5138.60105.817818895530702924.653648.245107.783463.8124645.413.6035.3533.1171.0811374956339793817.524619.547091.424416.1216567.624.8629.6731.6061.8515780936953845416.504109.137788.444364.2912280.726.4935.7367.761270011480561005517.022725.297105.253673.1614770.505.08OpenBenchmarking.org

Timed PHP Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To Compile6 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core306090120150SE +/- 1.07, N = 6SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.91, N = 6SE +/- 2.08, N = 6SE +/- 1.41, N = 6SE +/- 0.27, N = 329.6735.3544.5153.9075.78140.69
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To Compile6 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core306090120150Min: 24.34 / Avg: 29.67 / Max: 31.03Min: 35.03 / Avg: 35.35 / Max: 35.69Min: 39.94 / Avg: 44.51 / Max: 45.53Min: 43.49 / Avg: 53.9 / Max: 56.05Min: 68.74 / Avg: 75.78 / Max: 77.26Min: 140.14 / Avg: 140.69 / Max: 140.98

Timed Apache Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.2.17Time To Compile4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core20406080100SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 335.7331.6033.1138.6044.6457.5199.76
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.2.17Time To Compile4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core20406080100Min: 35.66 / Avg: 35.73 / Max: 35.82Min: 31.34 / Avg: 31.6 / Max: 31.97Min: 32.99 / Avg: 33.11 / Max: 33.18Min: 38.5 / Avg: 38.6 / Max: 38.7Min: 44.45 / Avg: 44.64 / Max: 44.96Min: 57.2 / Avg: 57.51 / Max: 57.8Min: 99.73 / Avg: 99.76 / Max: 99.82

C-Ray

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Time4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core90180270360450SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 367.7661.8571.08105.81140.79211.04422.14
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Time4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core80160240320400Min: 67.69 / Avg: 67.76 / Max: 67.9Min: 61.71 / Avg: 61.85 / Max: 62.04Min: 70.82 / Avg: 71.08 / Max: 71.38Min: 105.77 / Avg: 105.81 / Max: 105.9Min: 140.7 / Avg: 140.79 / Max: 140.94Min: 210.96 / Avg: 211.04 / Max: 211.11Min: 422.11 / Avg: 422.14 / Max: 422.16

7-Zip Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed Test4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 207.80, N = 6SE +/- 274.30, N = 3SE +/- 130.23, N = 3SE +/- 10.35, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 17.10, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 31270015780113747818398339412481
OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed Test4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core3K6K9K12K15KMin: 12149 / Avg: 12700.17 / Max: 13611Min: 15273 / Avg: 15780 / Max: 16215Min: 11114 / Avg: 11373.67 / Max: 11521Min: 7797 / Avg: 7817.67 / Max: 7829Min: 3981 / Avg: 3983.33 / Max: 3985Min: 3913 / Avg: 3941 / Max: 3972Min: 2479 / Avg: 2481 / Max: 2482

GraphicsMagick

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: HWB Color Space4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core306090120150SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3114939589837456
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: HWB Color Space4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core20406080100Min: 114 / Avg: 114.33 / Max: 115Min: 93 / Avg: 93 / Max: 93Min: 95 / Avg: 95 / Max: 95Min: 88 / Avg: 88.67 / Max: 89Min: 83 / Avg: 83 / Max: 83Min: 74 / Avg: 74 / Max: 74Min: 56 / Avg: 56 / Max: 56

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Blur4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core20406080100SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 380696355483925
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Blur4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core1530456075Min: 80 / Avg: 80.33 / Max: 81Min: 69 / Avg: 69 / Max: 69Min: 63 / Avg: 63 / Max: 63Min: 55 / Avg: 55 / Max: 55Min: 48 / Avg: 48 / Max: 48Min: 39 / Avg: 39 / Max: 39Min: 25 / Avg: 25 / Max: 25

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core1326395265SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 356533930251810
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core1122334455Min: 56 / Avg: 56 / Max: 56Min: 53 / Avg: 53 / Max: 53Min: 39 / Avg: 39 / Max: 39Min: 30 / Avg: 30 / Max: 30Min: 25 / Avg: 25 / Max: 25Min: 18 / Avg: 18 / Max: 18Min: 10 / Avg: 10 / Max: 10

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Resizing4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core20406080100SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3100847970625133
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Resizing4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core20406080100Min: 100 / Avg: 100.33 / Max: 101Min: 84 / Avg: 84 / Max: 84Min: 79 / Avg: 79 / Max: 79Min: 70 / Avg: 70 / Max: 70Min: 62 / Avg: 62 / Max: 62Min: 51 / Avg: 51 / Max: 51Min: 33 / Avg: 33 / Max: 33

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Sharpen4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core1224364860SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 35554382923179
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Sharpen4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core1122334455Min: 55 / Avg: 55 / Max: 55Min: 54 / Avg: 54 / Max: 54Min: 38 / Avg: 38 / Max: 38Min: 29 / Avg: 29 / Max: 29Min: 23 / Avg: 23 / Max: 23Min: 17 / Avg: 17 / Max: 17Min: 9 / Avg: 9 / Max: 9

Timed HMMer Search

This test searches through the Pfam database of profile hidden markov models. The search finds the domain structure of Drosophila Sevenless protein. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database Search4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core20406080100SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 317.0216.5017.5224.6532.0847.1992.64
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database Search4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core20406080100Min: 16.94 / Avg: 17.02 / Max: 17.15Min: 16.32 / Avg: 16.5 / Max: 16.73Min: 17.44 / Avg: 17.52 / Max: 17.66Min: 24.58 / Avg: 24.65 / Max: 24.76Min: 31.95 / Avg: 32.08 / Max: 32.28Min: 47.02 / Avg: 47.19 / Max: 47.42Min: 92.52 / Avg: 92.64 / Max: 92.88

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.B4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core10002000300040005000SE +/- 13.78, N = 3SE +/- 1.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.94, N = 3SE +/- 2.18, N = 3SE +/- 1.88, N = 3SE +/- 3.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.60, N = 32725.294109.134619.543648.242829.951960.611007.41
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.B4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core8001600240032004000Min: 2697.78 / Avg: 2725.29 / Max: 2740.39Min: 4106.61 / Avg: 4109.13 / Max: 4111.05Min: 4617.78 / Avg: 4619.54 / Max: 4620.99Min: 3645.99 / Avg: 3648.24 / Max: 3652.6Min: 2827.54 / Avg: 2829.95 / Max: 2833.66Min: 1953.96 / Avg: 1960.61 / Max: 1965.2Min: 1006.22 / Avg: 1007.41 / Max: 1008.18

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.A4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 94.98, N = 3SE +/- 7.12, N = 3SE +/- 2.07, N = 3SE +/- 1.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.68, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.86, N = 37105.257788.447091.425107.783990.462760.251405.18
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.A4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core14002800420056007000Min: 6919.34 / Avg: 7105.25 / Max: 7231.99Min: 7774.2 / Avg: 7788.44 / Max: 7796.02Min: 7087.74 / Avg: 7091.42 / Max: 7094.89Min: 5106.3 / Avg: 5107.78 / Max: 5110.04Min: 3989.3 / Avg: 3990.46 / Max: 3991.66Min: 2759.2 / Avg: 2760.25 / Max: 2761.2Min: 1403.49 / Avg: 1405.18 / Max: 1406.31

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.B4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core9001800270036004500SE +/- 72.14, N = 6SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 19.85, N = 3SE +/- 4.94, N = 3SE +/- 0.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 33673.164364.294416.123463.812650.951808.65910.02
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.B4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core8001600240032004000Min: 3553.3 / Avg: 3673.16 / Max: 3904.66Min: 4364.16 / Avg: 4364.29 / Max: 4364.54Min: 4391.89 / Avg: 4416.12 / Max: 4455.47Min: 3454.05 / Avg: 3463.81 / Max: 3470.04Min: 2649.74 / Avg: 2650.95 / Max: 2651.58Min: 1808 / Avg: 1808.65 / Max: 1809.27Min: 909.56 / Avg: 910.02 / Max: 910.34

Smallpt

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core2004006008001000SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3147122165246328494987
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core2004006008001000Min: 146 / Avg: 146.67 / Max: 147Min: 121 / Avg: 121.67 / Max: 122Min: 164 / Avg: 164.67 / Max: 165Min: 246 / Avg: 246.33 / Max: 247Min: 328 / Avg: 328.33 / Max: 329Min: 491 / Avg: 493.67 / Max: 495Min: 986 / Avg: 986.67 / Max: 988

x264

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video Encoding4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core20406080100SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 1.62, N = 3SE +/- 1.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 470.5080.7267.6245.4136.6423.7414.30
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video Encoding4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core1530456075Min: 69.02 / Avg: 70.5 / Max: 71.55Min: 77.48 / Avg: 80.72 / Max: 82.42Min: 65.5 / Avg: 67.62 / Max: 68.98Min: 44.35 / Avg: 45.41 / Max: 46.15Min: 36.21 / Avg: 36.64 / Max: 36.9Min: 23.6 / Avg: 23.74 / Max: 23.95Min: 13.56 / Avg: 14.3 / Max: 14.56

CLOMP

CLOMP is the C version of the Livermore OpenMP benchmark developed to measure OpenMP overheads and other performance impacts due to threading in order to influence future system designs. This particular test profile configuration is currently set to look at the OpenMP static schedule speed-up across all available CPU cores using the recommended test configuration. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSpeedup, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP Speedup4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core246810SE +/- 0.06, N = 9SE +/- 0.10, N = 10SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 55.086.494.863.602.751.920.98
OpenBenchmarking.orgSpeedup, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP Speedup4 Cores + HT i7 9506 Cores + HT6 Cores4 Cores3 Cores2 Cores1 Core3691215Min: 4.74 / Avg: 5.08 / Max: 5.33Min: 6.17 / Avg: 6.49 / Max: 7.12Min: 4.82 / Avg: 4.86 / Max: 4.92Min: 3.54 / Avg: 3.6 / Max: 3.68Min: 2.7 / Avg: 2.75 / Max: 2.79Min: 1.89 / Avg: 1.92 / Max: 1.98Min: 0.98 / Avg: 0.98 / Max: 0.99