Oracle Linux 6.1 vs. Scientific Linux 6.1 Oracle Linux 6.1 Server 64-bit/x86_64 performance benchmarks compared to Scientific Linux 6.1. Oracle Linux 6.1: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1066MHz, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M, Audio: Conexant ID 5069, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: OracleServer 6.1, Kernel: 2.6.32-100.34.1.el6uek.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.7, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Scientific Linux 6.1: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1066MHz, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/950MHz), Audio: Intel 5 /3400, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 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: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 7825.62 |======================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 9490.03 |=============================================== BlogBench 1.0 Test: Read Final Score > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 480532 |====================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 600029 |================================================ BlogBench 1.0 Test: Write Final Score > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 2696 |================================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 1291 |======================== Bork File Encrypter 1.4 File Encryption Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 45.05 |================================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 36.09 |======================================= Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 42.42 |================================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 42.03 |================================================= Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 95.70 |================================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 95.54 |================================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 181.39 |=============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 183.44 |================================================ Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 92.33 |================================================ Scientific Linux 6.1 . 94.83 |================================================= BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 LPS > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 18359438.70 |=========================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 17876625.43 |========================================== BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Register Arithmetic LPS > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 2443519.63 |=========================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 2521010.07 |============================================ BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Integer Arithmetic LPS > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 2420977.83 |========================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 2515943.87 |============================================ BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Floating-Point Arithmetic LPS > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 1933544.50 |=========================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 1989791.47 |============================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 124.88 |================================================ Scientific Linux 6.1 . 125.44 |================================================ CacheBench Test: Read MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 2004.19 |============================================ Scientific Linux 6.1 . 2117.43 |=============================================== CacheBench Test: Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 6792.53 |============================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 7062.01 |=============================================== CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 13105.15 |=========================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 13946.15 |============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 57.75 |=================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 80.38 |================================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 130.99 |============================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 140.27 |================================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 345.24 |======================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 409.38 |================================================ 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 9044 |================================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 8953 |================================================= Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 25.24 |================================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 21.02 |========================================= LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 179.63 |================================================ Scientific Linux 6.1 . 149.85 |======================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 19.03 |================================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 19.13 |================================================= Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 177.84 |======================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 213.36 |================================================ dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 32.86 |================================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 30.93 |============================================== Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 22.50 |================================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 21.61 |=============================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 11.49 |================================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 10.89 |============================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 23.29 |================================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 22.36 |=============================================== Ogg Encoding 1.2.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 14.62 |================================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 13.92 |=============================================== WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 14.06 |================================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 13.52 |=============================================== Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 8776.30 |============================================ Scientific Linux 6.1 . 9419.90 |=============================================== Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Microseconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 3420 |================================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 3367 |================================================= GnuPG 1.4.10 1GB File Encryption Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 25.44 |================================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 23.96 |============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 78 |============================================ Scientific Linux 6.1 . 93 |==================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 60 |=============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 66 |==================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 36 |================================================ Scientific Linux 6.1 . 39 |==================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 66 |=========================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 79 |==================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 36 |================================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 38 |==================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 910.08 |======================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 1070.43 |=============================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 29.28 |================================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 29.12 |================================================= IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 119.48 |=============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 120.93 |================================================ IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 243.99 |============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 253.40 |================================================ IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 110.57 |================================================ Scientific Linux 6.1 . 110.19 |================================================ IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 241.21 |============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 253.99 |================================================ IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 117.76 |=============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 119.24 |================================================ IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 239.27 |============================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 253.70 |================================================ IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 109.39 |================================================ Scientific Linux 6.1 . 108.52 |================================================ IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 236.94 |============================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 253.94 |================================================ IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 119.75 |================================================ Scientific Linux 6.1 . 119.46 |================================================ Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 990.77 |============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 1012.28 |=============================================== Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 602.74 |=============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 616.12 |================================================ Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 1096.06 |============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 1121.55 |=============================================== Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 498.24 |=============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 505.18 |================================================ Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 910.06 |=============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 935.31 |================================================ Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 1846.75 |============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 1883.22 |=============================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 2961000 |============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 3032667 |=============================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 11951 |================================================ Scientific Linux 6.1 . 12325 |================================================= John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 695 |================================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 721 |=================================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 32.80 |================================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 30.76 |============================================== Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis Seconds < Lower Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 41.87 |========================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 50.58 |================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 5511.61 |=============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 5386.50 |============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 1487.76 |=============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 1413.93 |============================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 86.83 |================================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 85.54 |================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 2759.10 |=============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 2672.85 |============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 82.71 |================================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 82.71 |================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 4315.41 |=============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 4040.95 |============================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 2838.68 |=============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 2614.25 |=========================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 2840.17 |=============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 2748.67 |============================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 20.89 |================================================= Scientific Linux 6.1 . 20.17 |=============================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Oracle Linux 6.1 ..... 40.90 |=============================================== Scientific Linux 6.1 . 42.38 |=================================================