Ubuntu 12.04 CPU Core Scaling Intel Core i7-3960X Sandy Bridge Extreme Edition multi-core scaling performance under Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with the Linux 3.2 kernel. Testing for a future Phoronix article by Michael Larabel. Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB ity, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB ity, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB ity, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 8564.38 |================= Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 15460.97 |=============================== Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 21797.75 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 21974.61 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 20215.08 |======================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 60.38 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 35.12 |=========================== Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 23.17 |================== Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 19.61 |=============== Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 18.65 |=============== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 217.77 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 124.13 |========================== Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 63.77 |============= Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 46.91 |========== Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 41.48 |========= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 425.31 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 217.89 |======================== Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 112.70 |============ Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 77.59 |======== Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 65.58 |======= Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 209.13 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 107.43 |======================== Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 56.58 |============ Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 42.25 |========= Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 39.21 |========= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 103.84 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 57.64 |========================== Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 34.00 |=============== Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 26.37 |============ Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 22.46 |========== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 224.73 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 112.43 |======================= Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 56.61 |============ Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 37.98 |======== Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 41.24 |======== CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 0.98 |======== Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 1.88 |=============== Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 3.45 |============================ Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 4.50 |===================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 5.86 |================================================ 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 3569 |======= Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 6295 |============ Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 12745 |======================== Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 18707 |=================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 25078 |=============================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 42.08 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 21.22 |======================== Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 10.78 |============ Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 7.29 |======== Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 5.71 |====== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 87 |========================== Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 119 |==================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 145 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 156 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 163 |================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 38 |================ Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 60 |========================= Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 85 |=================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 99 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 118 |================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 15 |========= Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 27 |================ Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 47 |============================ Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 61 |==================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 85 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 53 |================== Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 82 |=========================== Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 114 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 131 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 147 |================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 14 |======== Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 25 |============== Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 44 |========================= Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 59 |================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 87 |================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 1352.50 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 1361.92 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 1362.32 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 1362.41 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 1359.89 |============================================= Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 58.45 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 29.77 |======================== Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 15.45 |============ Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 10.89 |========= Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 9.81 |======== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 3158.33 |======== Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 6283.03 |================ Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 12028.69 |=============================== Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 17016.30 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 16490.47 |=========================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 539.66 |======= Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 1192.92 |================ Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 2293.08 |=============================== Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 3210.47 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 3319.81 |============================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 31.50 |===== Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 62.93 |========== Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 125.95 |==================== Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 188.66 |============================== Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 293.08 |============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 1562.72 |======== Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 3066.45 |=============== Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 6022.87 |============================== Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 8557.61 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 9121.63 |============================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 154.64 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 155.65 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 155.42 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 155.55 |============================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 154.82 |============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 2716.32 |======== Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 5354.63 |=============== Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 10067.34 |============================ Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 14118.56 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 15616.19 |============================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 1961.67 |======== Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 3882.96 |================ Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 7586.40 |================================ Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 10567.13 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 10104.23 |========================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 2067.18 |========= Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 4102.67 |================== Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 7593.62 |================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 9995.37 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 9296.24 |========================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 12.49 |======== Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 24.14 |================ Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 44.77 |============================= Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 63.13 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 73.09 |=============================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 1941.52 |====================== Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 2294.03 |========================== Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 2894.42 |================================= Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 3937.91 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 3227.64 |===================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 641 |================================================= Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 320 |======================== Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 160 |============ Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 107 |======== Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 76 |====== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 28.64 |======= Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 55.54 |============== Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 105.18 |=========================== Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 149.20 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 179.77 |============================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 9.86 |=============== Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 17.09 |========================= Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 26.08 |======================================= Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 31.73 |=============================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 23.80 |=================================== x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1 Core ... 28.89 |======== Ubuntu 12.04: 2 Cores .. 49.40 |============= Ubuntu 12.04: 4 Cores .. 91.47 |========================= Ubuntu 12.04: 6 Cores .. 137.59 |===================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 12 Cores . 170.19 |==============================================