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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Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Ubuntu 12.04 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores) Intel DX79SI Intel Sandy DMI2 16384MB 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB ity AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz) Realtek ALC892 DELL P2210H Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64) Unity 4.24.0 X Server 1.10.4 fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11 4.1.11251 GCC 4.6 + LLVM 3.0 ext4 1920x1080 Intel 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 VERTEX3 Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores) OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - Compiz was running on this system.
compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test apache: Static Web Page Serving c-ray: Total Time clomp: Static OMP Speedup graphics-magick: HWB Color Space graphics-magick: Blur graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding graphics-magick: Resizing graphics-magick: Sharpen himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver npb: BT.A npb: CG.B npb: EP.B npb: FT.B npb: IS.C npb: LU.A npb: MG.B npb: SP.A npb: UA.A compress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compression pgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Second smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples build-apache: Time To Compile hmmer: Pfam Database Search build-imagemagick: Time To Compile build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile build-mplayer: Time To Compile build-php: Time To Compile ttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping vpxenc: vpxenc x264: H.264 Video Encoding Ubuntu 12.04 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 25078 20215.08 41.24 5.86 163 118 85 147 87 1359.89 16490.47 3319.81 293.08 9121.63 154.82 15616.19 10104.23 9296.24 73.09 5.71 3227.64 76 18.65 9.81 41.48 65.58 39.21 22.46 179.77 23.80 170.19 18707 21974.61 37.98 4.50 156 99 61 131 59 1362.41 17016.30 3210.47 188.66 8557.61 155.55 14118.56 10567.13 9995.37 63.13 7.29 3937.91 107 19.61 10.89 46.91 77.59 42.25 26.37 149.20 31.73 137.59 3569 8564.38 224.73 0.98 87 38 15 53 14 1352.50 3158.33 539.66 31.50 1562.72 154.64 2716.32 1961.67 2067.18 12.49 42.08 1941.52 641 60.38 58.45 217.77 425.31 209.13 103.84 28.64 9.86 28.89 6295 15460.97 112.43 1.88 119 60 27 82 25 1361.92 6283.03 1192.92 62.93 3066.45 155.65 5354.63 3882.96 4102.67 24.14 21.22 2294.03 320 35.12 29.77 124.13 217.89 107.43 57.64 55.54 17.09 49.40 12745 21797.75 56.61 3.45 145 85 47 114 44 1362.32 12028.69 2293.08 125.95 6022.87 155.42 10067.34 7586.40 7593.62 44.77 10.78 2894.42 160 23.17 15.45 63.77 112.70 56.58 34.00 105.18 26.08 91.47 OpenBenchmarking.org
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 5K 10K 15K 20K 25K SE +/- 496.67, N = 3 SE +/- 13.17, N = 3 SE +/- 3.84, N = 3 SE +/- 32.35, N = 3 SE +/- 8.41, N = 3 25078 18707 3569 6295 12745
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 5K 10K 15K 20K 25K SE +/- 94.07, N = 3 SE +/- 48.42, N = 3 SE +/- 22.46, N = 3 SE +/- 215.49, N = 3 SE +/- 3.92, N = 3 20215.08 21974.61 8564.38 15460.97 21797.75
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.79, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 41.24 37.98 224.73 112.43 56.61
CLOMP Static OMP Speedup OpenBenchmarking.org Speedup, More Is Better CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 1.3185 2.637 3.9555 5.274 6.5925 SE +/- 0.08, N = 10 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 5.86 4.50 0.98 1.88 3.45
GraphicsMagick Operation: HWB Color Space OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 163 156 87 119 145
GraphicsMagick Operation: Blur OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 118 99 38 60 85
GraphicsMagick Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 85 61 15 27 47
GraphicsMagick Operation: Resizing OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 147 131 53 82 114
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 87 59 14 25 44
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 1.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 1359.89 1362.41 1352.50 1361.92 1362.32
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: BT.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 4K 8K 12K 16K 20K SE +/- 32.03, N = 3 SE +/- 8.82, N = 3 SE +/- 1.10, N = 3 SE +/- 5.34, N = 3 SE +/- 4.29, N = 3 16490.47 17016.30 3158.33 6283.03 12028.69
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: CG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 700 1400 2100 2800 3500 SE +/- 2.41, N = 3 SE +/- 4.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 1.79, N = 3 SE +/- 4.24, N = 3 3319.81 3210.47 539.66 1192.92 2293.08
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: EP.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 293.08 188.66 31.50 62.93 125.95
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: FT.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 8.57, N = 3 SE +/- 2.94, N = 3 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 16.29, N = 3 SE +/- 2.38, N = 3 9121.63 8557.61 1562.72 3066.45 6022.87
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: IS.C OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 154.82 155.55 154.64 155.65 155.42
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 72.74, N = 3 SE +/- 20.60, N = 3 SE +/- 1.01, N = 3 SE +/- 8.12, N = 3 SE +/- 9.50, N = 3 15616.19 14118.56 2716.32 5354.63 10067.34
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: MG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 33.09, N = 3 SE +/- 15.12, N = 3 SE +/- 2.39, N = 3 SE +/- 13.59, N = 3 SE +/- 11.91, N = 3 10104.23 10567.13 1961.67 3882.96 7586.40
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: SP.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 7.24, N = 3 SE +/- 8.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 1.22, N = 3 SE +/- 1.38, N = 3 9296.24 9995.37 2067.18 4102.67 7593.62
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: UA.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 73.09 63.13 12.49 24.14 44.77
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 256MB File Compression OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 5.71 7.29 42.08 21.22 10.78
PostgreSQL pgbench TPC-B Transactions Per Second OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4 TPC-B Transactions Per Second 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 800 1600 2400 3200 4000 SE +/- 31.82, N = 3 SE +/- 4.69, N = 3 SE +/- 3.61, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 7.50, N = 3 3227.64 3937.91 1941.52 2294.03 2894.42
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 140 280 420 560 700 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 76 107 641 320 160
Timed Apache Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17 Time To Compile 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 18.65 19.61 60.38 35.12 23.17
Timed HMMer Search Pfam Database Search OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 9.81 10.89 58.45 29.77 15.45
Timed ImageMagick Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 6.38, N = 6 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 41.48 46.91 217.77 124.13 63.77
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 0.52, N = 3 SE +/- 0.55, N = 3 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 0.50, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 65.58 77.59 425.31 217.89 112.70
Timed MPlayer Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3 Time To Compile 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 1.94, N = 3 SE +/- 0.99, N = 3 SE +/- 0.49, N = 3 39.21 42.25 209.13 107.43 56.58
Timed PHP Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 22.46 26.37 103.84 57.64 34.00
TTSIOD 3D Renderer Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping OpenBenchmarking.org FPS, More Is Better TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 179.77 149.20 28.64 55.54 105.18
VP8 libvpx Encoding vpxenc OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 23.80 31.73 9.86 17.09 26.08
x264 H.264 Video Encoding OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding 12 Cores 6 Cores 1 Core 2 Cores 4 Cores 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 1.06, N = 3 SE +/- 1.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 170.19 137.59 28.89 49.40 91.47
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