Linux kernel benchmarking from an Intel Core i7 3960X overclocked to 4.5GHz on an Intel X79 motherboard as a review sample from Intel for future articles on Phoronix.com. Testing from the Linux 3.2 kernel and older. Using generic mainline Ubuntu kernel PPA to easy reproduce.
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Linux 3.2 Kernel Benchmarking
Linux kernel benchmarking from an Intel Core i7 3960X overclocked to 4.5GHz on an Intel X79 motherboard as a review sample from Intel for future articles on Phoronix.com. Testing from the Linux 3.2 kernel and older. Using generic mainline Ubuntu kernel PPA to easy reproduce.
Linux 3.2:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4890 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-2fe6c25) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Linux 3.1:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4890 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.1.0-030100-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-2fe6c25) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Linux 3.0:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4890 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.0.0-0300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-2fe6c25) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Linux 2.6.39:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4890 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 2.6.39-020639-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-2fe6c25) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 1064.11 |======================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 1067.72 |=======================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 1072.61 |=======================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 1075.58 |=======================================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 312.28 |=======================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 315.15 |=======================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 318.38 |========================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 319.27 |========================================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 965.63 |========================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 966.39 |========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 967.92 |========================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 967.15 |========================================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Monte Carlo
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 442.78 |========================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 441.87 |========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 442.78 |========================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 441.87 |========================================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 1651.61 |=====================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 1663.36 |======================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 1682.16 |======================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 1699.60 |=======================================================
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 79.20 |=========================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 78.92 |=========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 78.81 |=========================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 25.57 |==================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 1948.25 |=======================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 1951.82 |=======================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 1951.82 |=======================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 1950.04 |=======================================================
CLOMP 3.3
Static OMP Speedup
Speedup > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 5.82 |=========================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 5.65 |=======================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 5.95 |==========================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 5.94 |==========================================================
Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 224.86 |========================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 225.22 |========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 224.59 |========================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 211.68 |=====================================================
Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 423.35 |=================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 477.84 |========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 479.74 |========================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 476.93 |========================================================
Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Read Compiled Tree
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 1634.18 |=====================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 1671.67 |=======================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 1683.01 |=======================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 1681.10 |=======================================================
Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Copy
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 25722.16 |======================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 25586.79 |======================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 25667.54 |======================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 25667.13 |======================================================
Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Scale
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 24444.16 |======================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 24307.78 |======================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 24382.03 |======================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 24380.22 |======================================================
Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Add
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 25767.20 |======================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 25626.52 |======================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 25749.73 |======================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 25732.30 |======================================================
Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Triad
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 27078.62 |======================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 26895.30 |======================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 27048.09 |======================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 26977.40 |======================================================
OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 191.43 |========================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 191.40 |========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 189.57 |=======================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 191.70 |========================================================
World of Padman 1.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 193.00 |========================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 192.90 |========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 192.43 |========================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 35.60 |==========
FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 181.50 |=======================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 184.73 |========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 183.47 |========================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 183.23 |========================================================
FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 1592.33 |=======================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 1587.43 |=======================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 1569.57 |======================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 1542.60 |=====================================================
Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 9.76 |==========================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 9.82 |==========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 9.81 |==========================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 9.79 |==========================================================
Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 22.21 |=========================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 22.20 |=========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 22.18 |=========================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 22.16 |=========================================================
PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 4666 |==========================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 4583 |=========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 4416 |=======================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 4166 |====================================================
Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 18.74 |=========================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 18.76 |=========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 18.77 |=========================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 18.82 |=========================================================
7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 25384 |=========================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 23835 |======================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 24333 |=======================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 24488 |=======================================================
John The Ripper 1.7.9
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 4390000 |=======================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 4389000 |=======================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 4392667 |=======================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 4393333 |=======================================================
John The Ripper 1.7.9
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 12460 |=========================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 12469 |=========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 12475 |=========================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 12439 |=========================================================
John The Ripper 1.7.9
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 793 |===========================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 793 |===========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 793 |===========================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 794 |===========================================================
Loopback TCP Network Performance
Time To Transfer 10GB Via Loopback
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 16.11 |================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 16.15 |================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 16.79 |==================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 19.09 |=========================================================
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 5.73 |=========================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 5.76 |==========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 5.78 |==========================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 5.71 |=========================================================
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 66.09 |=========================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 66.15 |=========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 65.66 |=========================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 65.94 |=========================================================
VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1
vpxenc
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 23.65 |=========================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 23.85 |=========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 23.07 |=======================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 22.98 |=======================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 85 |===========================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 85 |===========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 86 |============================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 86 |============================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 148 |===========================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 148 |===========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 148 |===========================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 147 |===========================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 88 |============================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 88 |============================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 88 |============================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 88 |============================================================
x264 2011-12-06
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 167.26 |========================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 164.66 |=======================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 165.11 |=======================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 164.43 |=======================================================
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 39.74 |=======================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 40.78 |=========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 40.82 |=========================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 40.90 |=========================================================
TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w
Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping
FPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 169.83 |=======================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 171.21 |========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 171.63 |========================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 170.57 |========================================================
Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 76 |============================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 75 |===========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 76 |============================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 75 |===========================================================
Lightsmark 2008
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 116.05 |========================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 116.72 |========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 116.81 |========================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 117.00 |========================================================
Apache Benchmark 2.2.17
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 21057.97 |======================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 20434.58 |====================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 19684.41 |==================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 18951.99 |=================================================
OpenSSL 1.0.0e
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 75.10 |=========================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 75.10 |=========================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 75.13 |=========================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 75.00 |=========================================================
SQLite 3.7.3
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 47.59 |=========================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 46.21 |=======================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 39.80 |================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 39.80 |================================================
PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4
TPC-B Transactions Per Second
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.2 .... 4114.41 |=======================================================
Linux 3.1 .... 3772.66 |==================================================
Linux 3.0 .... 3758.19 |==================================================
Linux 2.6.39 . 3669.20 |=================================================