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.

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ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionUbuntu 12.04 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 CoresIntel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores)Intel DX79SIIntel Sandy DMI216384MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB ityAMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz)Realtek ALC892DELL P2210HIntel 82579LM Gigabit ConnectionUbuntu 12.043.2.0-3-generic (x86_64)Unity 4.24.0X Server 1.10.4fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.114.1.11251GCC 4.6 + LLVM 3.0ext41920x1080Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (6 Cores)Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (1 Core)Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores)240GB OCZ VERTEX3Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores)OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- Compiz was running on this system.

compress-7zip: Compress Speed Testapache: Static Web Page Servingc-ray: Total Timeclomp: Static OMP Speedupgraphics-magick: HWB Color Spacegraphics-magick: Blurgraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinggraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: Sharpenhimeno: Poisson Pressure Solvernpb: BT.Anpb: CG.Bnpb: EP.Bnpb: FT.Bnpb: IS.Cnpb: LU.Anpb: MG.Bnpb: SP.Anpb: UA.Acompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionpgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Secondsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesbuild-apache: Time To Compilehmmer: Pfam Database Searchbuild-imagemagick: Time To Compilebuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilebuild-mplayer: Time To Compilebuild-php: Time To Compilettsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mappingvpxenc: vpxencx264: H.264 Video EncodingUbuntu 12.04 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores2507820215.0841.245.8616311885147871359.8916490.473319.81293.089121.63154.8215616.1910104.239296.2473.095.713227.647618.659.8141.4865.5839.2122.46179.7723.80170.191870721974.6137.984.501569961131591362.4117016.303210.47188.668557.61155.5514118.5610567.139995.3763.137.293937.9110719.6110.8946.9177.5942.2526.37149.2031.73137.5935698564.38224.730.9887381553141352.503158.33539.6631.501562.72154.642716.321961.672067.1812.4942.081941.5264160.3858.45217.77425.31209.13103.8428.649.8628.89629515460.97112.431.88119602782251361.926283.031192.9262.933066.45155.655354.633882.964102.6724.1421.222294.0332035.1229.77124.13217.89107.4357.6455.5417.0949.401274521797.7556.613.451458547114441362.3212028.692293.08125.956022.87155.4210067.347586.407593.6244.7710.782894.4216023.1715.4563.77112.7056.5834.00105.1826.0891.47OpenBenchmarking.org

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed Test12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores5K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 496.67, N = 3SE +/- 13.17, N = 3SE +/- 3.84, N = 3SE +/- 32.35, N = 3SE +/- 8.41, N = 325078187073569629512745

Apache Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.17Static Web Page Serving12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores5K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 94.07, N = 3SE +/- 48.42, N = 3SE +/- 22.46, N = 3SE +/- 215.49, N = 3SE +/- 3.92, N = 320215.0821974.618564.3815460.9721797.75

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Time12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores50100150200250SE +/- 0.79, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 341.2437.98224.73112.4356.61

CLOMP

Static OMP Speedup

OpenBenchmarking.orgSpeedup, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP Speedup12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores1.31852.6373.95555.2746.5925SE +/- 0.08, N = 10SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 55.864.500.981.883.45

GraphicsMagick

Operation: HWB Color Space

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: HWB Color Space12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores4080120160200SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 316315687119145

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Blur

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Blur12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 311899386085

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 38561152747

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Resizing

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Resizing12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores306090120150SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31471315382114

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Sharpen

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Sharpen12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 38759142544

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure Solver12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores30060090012001500SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 1.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 31359.891362.411352.501361.921362.32

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: BT.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: BT.A12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores4K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 32.03, N = 3SE +/- 8.82, N = 3SE +/- 1.10, N = 3SE +/- 5.34, N = 3SE +/- 4.29, N = 316490.4717016.303158.336283.0312028.69

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: CG.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: CG.B12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores7001400210028003500SE +/- 2.41, N = 3SE +/- 4.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 1.79, N = 3SE +/- 4.24, N = 33319.813210.47539.661192.922293.08

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: EP.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.B12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores60120180240300SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3293.08188.6631.5062.93125.95

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: FT.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.B12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 8.57, N = 3SE +/- 2.94, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 16.29, N = 3SE +/- 2.38, N = 39121.638557.611562.723066.456022.87

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: IS.C

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: IS.C12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores306090120150SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3154.82155.55154.64155.65155.42

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: LU.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.A12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 72.74, N = 3SE +/- 20.60, N = 3SE +/- 1.01, N = 3SE +/- 8.12, N = 3SE +/- 9.50, N = 315616.1914118.562716.325354.6310067.34

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: MG.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.B12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 33.09, N = 3SE +/- 15.12, N = 3SE +/- 2.39, N = 3SE +/- 13.59, N = 3SE +/- 11.91, N = 310104.2310567.131961.673882.967586.40

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: SP.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: SP.A12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 7.24, N = 3SE +/- 8.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 1.22, N = 3SE +/- 1.38, N = 39296.249995.372067.184102.677593.62

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: UA.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.A12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores1632486480SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 373.0963.1312.4924.1444.77

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File Compression12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores1020304050SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 35.717.2942.0821.2210.78

PostgreSQL pgbench

TPC-B Transactions Per Second

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4TPC-B Transactions Per Second12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores8001600240032004000SE +/- 31.82, N = 3SE +/- 4.69, N = 3SE +/- 3.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 7.50, N = 33227.643937.911941.522294.032894.42

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores140280420560700SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 376107641320160

Timed Apache Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.2.17Time To Compile12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores1428425670SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 318.6519.6160.3835.1223.17

Timed HMMer Search

Pfam Database Search

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database Search12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores1326395265SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 39.8110.8958.4529.7715.45

Timed ImageMagick Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4Time To Compile12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores50100150200250SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 6.38, N = 6SE +/- 0.07, N = 341.4846.91217.77124.1363.77

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To Compile12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores90180270360450SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.64, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 365.5877.59425.31217.89112.70

Timed MPlayer Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3Time To Compile12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores50100150200250SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 1.94, N = 3SE +/- 0.99, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 339.2142.25209.13107.4356.58

Timed PHP Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To Compile12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores20406080100SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 322.4626.37103.8457.6434.00

TTSIOD 3D Renderer

Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping

OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2wPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores4080120160200SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3179.77149.2028.6455.54105.18

VP8 libvpx Encoding

vpxenc

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1vpxenc12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores714212835SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 323.8031.739.8617.0926.08

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2011-12-06H.264 Video Encoding12 Cores6 Cores1 Core2 Cores4 Cores4080120160200SE +/- 1.06, N = 3SE +/- 1.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3170.19137.5928.8949.4091.47


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