Scientific Linux 6.1, SUSE 11.4, Ubuntu Scientific Linux 6.1 (RHEL 6.1) benchmarking by Phoronix.com against openSUSE 11.4, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 11.10. Just a variety of tests for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel. Scientific Linux 6.1: Processor: Intel Core i7 X 990 @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870, Audio: Intel 82801JI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Scientific 6.1, Kernel: 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.7, Display Driver: radeon 6.13.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 openSUSE 11.4: Processor: Intel Core i7 X 990 @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 (780/1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: SUSE LINUX 11.4, Kernel: 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.9.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10, Compiler: GCC 4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i7 X 990 @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 (780/1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-33-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.6, Display Driver: radeon 6.13.0, OpenGL: 1.5 Mesa 7.7.1, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 11.10: Processor: Intel Core i7 X 990 @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 16860.17 |================================== openSUSE 11.4 ........ 22431.84 |============================================= Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 22211.55 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 23105.86 |============================================== NGINX Benchmark 0.8.53 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS . 25531.28 |================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 13724.70 |============================================== openSUSE 11.4 ........ 13304.01 |============================================= Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 13351.38 |============================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 13423.59 |============================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 1857.24 |=============================================== openSUSE 11.4 ........ 1829.32 |============================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 1871.78 |=============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 1872.08 |=============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 291.88 |====================================== openSUSE 11.4 ........ 366.10 |================================================ Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 285.77 |===================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 297.87 |======================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 3947.61 |=============================================== openSUSE 11.4 ........ 3926.12 |============================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 3979.99 |=============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 3956.26 |=============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 134.28 |============================================ openSUSE 11.4 ........ 147.63 |================================================ Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 144.06 |=============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 147.13 |================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 11147.92 |============================================= openSUSE 11.4 ........ 8073.43 |================================ Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 10986.91 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 11478.03 |============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 4614.04 |=============================================== openSUSE 11.4 ........ 2929.83 |============================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 4527.56 |============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 4527.56 |============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 4786.29 |=============================================== openSUSE 11.4 ........ 3227.04 |================================ Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 4806.46 |=============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 4752.31 |============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 54.97 |================================================= openSUSE 11.4 ........ 33.71 |============================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 54.90 |================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 54.00 |================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 38.26 |================================================= openSUSE 11.4 ........ 37.33 |================================================ Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 38.27 |================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 35.71 |============================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 76 |=================================================== openSUSE 11.4 ........ 78 |==================================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 76 |=================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 76 |=================================================== POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 733 |================================================= Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 760 |=================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 720 |================================================ FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 8.14 |================================================= openSUSE 11.4 ........ 8.01 |================================================= Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 8.24 |================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 7.70 |=============================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 25794 |================================================= openSUSE 11.4 ........ 24171 |============================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 24736 |=============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 23458 |============================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 6.20 |================================================ openSUSE 11.4 ........ 6.33 |================================================= Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 6.37 |================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 6.41 |================================================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 48.19 |===================================== openSUSE 11.4 ........ 61.36 |=============================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 64.08 |================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 61.38 |=============================================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 55.06 |============================================== openSUSE 11.4 ........ 58.26 |================================================ Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 58.96 |================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 58.96 |================================================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 4416 |================================================= openSUSE 11.4 ........ 1005 |=========== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 4500 |================================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 940 |========== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 13.72 |================================================ openSUSE 11.4 ........ 13.60 |=============================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 13.17 |============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 14.12 |================================================= Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 6 MB/s > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 34.51 |============================================ openSUSE 11.4 ........ 36.85 |=============================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 38.79 |================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 30.44 |====================================== John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 4082000 |=============================================== openSUSE 11.4 ........ 4109000 |=============================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 3926000 |============================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 3945667 |============================================= John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 16813 |================================================= openSUSE 11.4 ........ 16930 |================================================= Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 16220 |=============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 16770 |================================================= John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 976 |=============================================== openSUSE 11.4 ........ 980 |=============================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 937 |============================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 1045 |================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0a RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 57.60 |================================================= openSUSE 11.4 ........ 57.80 |================================================= Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 55.85 |=============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 57.90 |================================================= Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Microseconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 2517 |=============================================== openSUSE 11.4 ........ 2650 |================================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 2563 |================================================ Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.706 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Scientific Linux 6.1 . 21.60 |============================================= openSUSE 11.4 ........ 22.36 |=============================================== Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ... 23.37 |================================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ......... 22.23 |===============================================