Oracle Linux 6.2 - Intel Core i5/i7 Testing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 x86_64 (RHEL 6.2) on Intel Core i5 and Intel Core i7 3960X Extreme Edition Sandy Bridge systems along with CentOS 6.2 and Scientific Linux 6.2 and Oracle Linux Server 6.2. Testing by Michael Larabel of Phoronix for a future article.
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Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network Monitor OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Core i5 2520M Core i7 3960X Scientific Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Scientific Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores) HP 161C Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM 1 x 4096 MB 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160 Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+) Intel 6 /C200 Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 Scientific 6.2 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64) GNOME 2.28.2 X Server 1.10.4 intel 2.16.0 2.1 Mesa 7.11 GCC 4.4.6 ext4 1600x900 CentOS 6.2 Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP IDT 92HD81B1X5 OracleServer 6.2 2.6.32-300.3.1.el6uek.x86_64 (x86_64) 1024x768 Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+) Intel 6 /C200 RedHatEnterpriseServer 6.2 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64) 1600x900 Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores) Intel DX79SI Intel Sandy DMI2 4 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 256MB (540/702MHz) Intel Patsburg HD Audio DELL P2210H Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection Scientific 6.2 nouveau 0.0.16 1920x1080 CentOS 6.2 NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT OracleServer 6.2 2.6.32-300.3.1.el6uek.x86_64 (x86_64) vesa 2.3.0 1280x1024 OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled. - Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled. - Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. SELinux: Enabled. - Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled. - Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled. - Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled. - Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. SELinux: Enabled.
npb: UA.A npb: SP.A npb: MG.B npb: LU.A npb: IS.C npb: CG.B npb: BT.A himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver hmmer: Pfam Database Search mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment iozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Read Performance iozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Write Performance postmark: Disk Transaction Performance apache: Static Web Page Serving openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance john-the-ripper: Blowfish john-the-ripper: MD5 john-the-ripper: Traditional DES build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile compress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compression compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test encode-flac: WAV To FLAC encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples c-ray: Total Time Core i5 2520M Core i7 3960X Scientific Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Scientific Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 16.66 2458.32 2774.49 3497.04 127.52 1226.98 5374.84 1273.11 27.32 25.87 254.36 112.34 3988 10456.90 74.98 751 12267 4357667 202.08 22.05 8214 7.52 16.58 234 126.57 16.69 2460.63 2780.52 3481.83 119.52 1226.64 5390.53 1346.93 26.53 24.12 254.15 112.47 3869 10970.89 75.10 748 12254 4359333 200.09 21.82 8182 7.51 16.91 237 126.60 16.71 2433.95 2814.19 3604.53 155.59 1274.01 5298.30 1371.59 26.28 24.39 245.31 111.86 3348 9693.98 73.88 745 12194 4290000 204.66 21.55 8022 7.62 16.79 234 126.56 16.64 2484.30 2783.36 3521.35 119.53 1233.32 5323.71 1322.49 26.51 24.12 254.27 112.27 3928 10723.00 74.83 752 12249 4364333 200.00 22.36 8112 7.50 16.57 234 126.71 72.69 9547.88 10413.15 13654.12 122.45 3308.42 16321.50 1454.52 9.67 22.71 7164.65 369.53 4166 14933.78 75.25 752 12275 4356000 64.28 6.05 25221 7.50 16.60 74 39.56 72.29 9493.57 10466.17 13725.93 122.45 3300.18 16666.64 1448.54 9.67 22.74 7500.06 371.72 4249 15481.54 75.08 751 12286 4366333 64.00 6.20 25699 7.50 16.59 73 39.59 72.41 9209.57 10459.32 13496.60 156.51 3342.15 16128.05 1458.23 9.94 22.81 7229.43 357.51 3571 13835.30 75.08 750 12276 4361667 66.18 6.03 26785 7.50 16.69 73 39.59 OpenBenchmarking.org
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: UA.A Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 72.69 72.41 72.29 16.66 16.64 16.71 16.69
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: SP.A Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 24.96, N = 3 SE +/- 27.20, N = 3 SE +/- 49.89, N = 3 SE +/- 7.20, N = 3 SE +/- 10.39, N = 3 SE +/- 7.86, N = 3 SE +/- 21.13, N = 3 9547.88 9209.57 9493.57 2458.32 2484.30 2433.95 2460.63
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: MG.B Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 16.18, N = 3 SE +/- 3.57, N = 3 SE +/- 21.98, N = 3 SE +/- 2.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.83, N = 3 SE +/- 3.70, N = 3 10413.15 10459.32 10466.17 2774.49 2783.36 2814.19 2780.52
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 33.35, N = 3 SE +/- 38.86, N = 3 SE +/- 9.88, N = 3 SE +/- 13.75, N = 3 SE +/- 22.60, N = 3 SE +/- 14.63, N = 3 SE +/- 1.11, N = 3 13654.12 13496.60 13725.93 3497.04 3521.35 3604.53 3481.83
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: IS.C Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 6.54, N = 6 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 122.45 156.51 122.45 127.52 119.53 155.59 119.52
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: CG.B Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 700 1400 2100 2800 3500 SE +/- 11.49, N = 3 SE +/- 1.78, N = 3 SE +/- 14.96, N = 3 SE +/- 3.07, N = 3 SE +/- 3.08, N = 3 SE +/- 3.60, N = 3 SE +/- 5.37, N = 3 3308.42 3342.15 3300.18 1226.98 1233.32 1274.01 1226.64
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: BT.A Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 4K 8K 12K 16K 20K SE +/- 244.28, N = 5 SE +/- 26.78, N = 3 SE +/- 26.80, N = 3 SE +/- 12.16, N = 3 SE +/- 70.07, N = 3 SE +/- 8.03, N = 3 SE +/- 6.22, N = 3 16321.50 16128.05 16666.64 5374.84 5323.71 5298.30 5390.53
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 1.44, N = 3 SE +/- 1.36, N = 3 SE +/- 2.69, N = 3 SE +/- 16.77, N = 3 SE +/- 19.33, N = 6 SE +/- 1.56, N = 3 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 1454.52 1458.23 1448.54 1273.11 1322.49 1371.59 1346.93
Timed HMMer Search Pfam Database Search Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 9.67 9.94 9.67 27.32 26.51 26.28 26.53
Timed MAFFT Alignment Multiple Sequence Alignment Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 22.71 22.81 22.74 25.87 24.12 24.39 24.12
IOzone Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 1600 3200 4800 6400 8000 SE +/- 134.79, N = 6 SE +/- 21.66, N = 3 SE +/- 28.41, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 3.56, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 7164.65 7229.43 7500.06 254.36 254.27 245.31 254.15
IOzone Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 5.68, N = 6 SE +/- 5.59, N = 5 SE +/- 6.10, N = 6 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 369.53 357.51 371.72 112.34 112.27 111.86 112.47
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 83.40, N = 10 SE +/- 90.89, N = 10 SE +/- 97.16, N = 10 SE +/- 74.33, N = 10 SE +/- 99.17, N = 10 4166 3571 4249 3988 3928 3348 3869
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 1651.27, N = 6 SE +/- 1465.87, N = 6 SE +/- 1290.56, N = 6 SE +/- 184.73, N = 6 SE +/- 126.45, N = 3 SE +/- 150.74, N = 6 SE +/- 174.59, N = 4 14933.78 13835.30 15481.54 10456.90 10723.00 9693.98 10970.89
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.18, N = 4 SE +/- 0.22, N = 4 SE +/- 0.22, N = 4 SE +/- 0.25, N = 4 SE +/- 0.16, N = 4 SE +/- 0.17, N = 4 SE +/- 0.23, N = 4 75.25 75.08 75.08 74.98 74.83 73.88 75.10
John The Ripper Test: Blowfish Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 160 320 480 640 800 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 4.10, N = 3 SE +/- 2.52, N = 3 752 750 751 751 752 745 748
John The Ripper Test: MD5 Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: MD5 Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 10.48, N = 3 SE +/- 12.84, N = 3 SE +/- 1.00, N = 3 SE +/- 5.86, N = 3 SE +/- 18.66, N = 3 SE +/- 57.30, N = 3 SE +/- 15.94, N = 3 12275 12276 12286 12267 12249 12194 12254
John The Ripper Test: Traditional DES Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Traditional DES Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 900K 1800K 2700K 3600K 4500K SE +/- 10503.97, N = 3 SE +/- 5840.47, N = 3 SE +/- 333.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1855.92, N = 3 SE +/- 1333.33, N = 3 SE +/- 16643.32, N = 3 SE +/- 7535.10, N = 3 4356000 4361667 4366333 4357667 4364333 4290000 4359333
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation Time To Compile Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.69, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 0.82, N = 3 SE +/- 1.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.84, N = 3 SE +/- 0.81, N = 3 64.28 66.18 64.00 202.08 200.00 204.66 200.09
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 256MB File Compression Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 4 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 6.05 6.03 6.20 22.05 22.36 21.55 21.82
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 6K 12K 18K 24K 30K SE +/- 491.73, N = 3 SE +/- 231.99, N = 3 SE +/- 434.08, N = 6 SE +/- 26.50, N = 3 SE +/- 115.66, N = 3 SE +/- 10.15, N = 3 SE +/- 27.33, N = 3 25221 26785 25699 8214 8112 8022 8182
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.52 7.50 7.62 7.51
LAME MP3 Encoding WAV To MP3 Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.04, N = 5 SE +/- 0.22, N = 10 16.60 16.69 16.59 16.58 16.57 16.79 16.91
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 74 73 73 234 234 234 237
C-Ray Total Time Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 39.56 39.59 39.59 126.57 126.71 126.56 126.60
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