openSUSE 11.4 vs. 12.1 Linux Performance

Benchmarks of openSUSE 12.1 final from a Core i7 notebook compared to openSUSE 11.4.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1112102-LI-1111150AR73&grt&rdt.

openSUSE 11.4 vs. 12.1 Linux PerformanceProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLFile-SystemScreen ResolutionCompilerSandyBridgeopenSUSE 12.1openSUSE 11.4Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores)ASUS P8P67 LEIntel 2nd Generation Core Family4 x 2048 MB DDR3-1333MHz115GB OCZ VERTEX2NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB (763/1900MHz)Realtek ALC892Realtek RTL8111/8168BSUSE LINUX 12.13.1.0-1.2-default (x86_64)KDE 4.7.2X Server 1.10.4NVIDIA 290.104.2.0 NVIDIA 290.10ext41440x900Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores)LENOVO 4318CTOIntel Core DMI4096MB160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M (550/790MHz)Conexant CX20585Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 63003.1.0-1.2-desktop (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.2.1nouveau 0.0.162.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.61600x900NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M (550/950MHz)SUSE LINUX 11.42.6.37.1-1.2-desktop (x86_64)GNOME 2.32.1X Server 1.9.31.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.10)GCC 4.5OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- SandyBridge: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.- openSUSE 12.1: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.- openSUSE 11.4: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.

openSUSE 11.4 vs. 12.1 Linux Performancecompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testc-ray: Total Timeencode-mp3: WAV To MP3compress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionpgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Secondpostmark: Disk Transaction Performancesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplessqlite: Default Test Directorybuild-apache: Time To Compilebuild-php: Time To Compilex264: H.264 Video EncodingSandyBridgeopenSUSE 12.1openSUSE 11.42245342.4715.997.146667806.7720.32130.408389117.2630.3919.762661.87299625822.4244.2258.4446.198701118.8630.8119.382932.83357126719.0940.9952.1045.33OpenBenchmarking.org

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed TestSandyBridgeopenSUSE 12.1openSUSE 11.45K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 418.63, N = 3SE +/- 62.60, N = 3SE +/- 78.83, N = 32245383898701

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeSandyBridgeopenSUSE 12.1openSUSE 11.4306090120150SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 342.47117.26118.86

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2WAV To MP3SandyBridgeopenSUSE 12.1openSUSE 11.4714212835SE +/- 0.06, N = 5SE +/- 0.04, N = 5SE +/- 0.06, N = 515.9930.3930.81

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionSandyBridgeopenSUSE 12.1openSUSE 11.4510152025SE +/- 0.15, N = 6SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 37.1419.7619.38

PostgreSQL pgbench

TPC-B Transactions Per Second

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4TPC-B Transactions Per SecondopenSUSE 12.1openSUSE 11.46001200180024003000SE +/- 20.16, N = 3SE +/- 19.06, N = 32661.872932.83

PostMark

Disk Transaction Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceSandyBridgeopenSUSE 12.1openSUSE 11.414002800420056007000SE +/- 277.73, N = 10SE +/- 84.13, N = 10SE +/- 0.00, N = 5666729963571

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesSandyBridgeopenSUSE 12.1openSUSE 11.460120180240300SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 4.25, N = 680258267

SQLite

Test Target: Default Test Directory

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSQLite 3.7.3Test Target: Default Test DirectorySandyBridgeopenSUSE 12.1openSUSE 11.4510152025SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 36.7722.4219.09

Timed Apache Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.2.17Time To CompileSandyBridgeopenSUSE 12.1openSUSE 11.41020304050SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 320.3244.2240.99

Timed PHP Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To CompileopenSUSE 12.1openSUSE 11.41326395265SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 358.4452.10

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video EncodingSandyBridgeopenSUSE 12.1openSUSE 11.4306090120150SE +/- 0.71, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3130.4046.1945.33

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