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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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.
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
OS: Scientific 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
OS: CentOS 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
OS: OracleServer 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-300.3.1.el6uek.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
OS: RedHatEnterpriseServer 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 256MB (540/702MHz), Audio: Intel Patsburg HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Scientific 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 256MB (540/702MHz), Audio: Intel Patsburg HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: CentOS 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT, Audio: Intel Patsburg HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: OracleServer 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-300.3.1.el6uek.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024
IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 112.34 |=========
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 112.47 |=========
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 111.86 |=========
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 112.27 |=========
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 369.53 |===============================
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 371.72 |===============================
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 357.51 |==============================
IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 254.36 |=
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 254.15 |=
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 245.31 |=
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 254.27 |=
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 7164.65 |=============================
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 7500.06 |==============================
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 7229.43 |=============================
Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 1273.11 |==========================
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 1346.93 |============================
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 1371.59 |============================
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 1322.49 |===========================
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 1454.52 |==============================
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 1448.54 |==============================
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 1458.23 |==============================
7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 8214 |==========
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 8182 |==========
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 8022 |==========
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 8112 |==========
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 25221 |==============================
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 25699 |===============================
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 26785 |================================
John The Ripper 1.7.9
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 4357667 |==============================
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 4359333 |==============================
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 4290000 |=============================
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 4364333 |==============================
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 4356000 |==============================
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 4366333 |==============================
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 4361667 |==============================
John The Ripper 1.7.9
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 12267 |================================
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 12254 |================================
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 12194 |================================
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 12249 |================================
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 12275 |================================
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 12286 |================================
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 12276 |================================
John The Ripper 1.7.9
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 751 |==================================
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 748 |==================================
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 745 |==================================
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 752 |==================================
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 752 |==================================
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 751 |==================================
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 750 |==================================
Apache Benchmark 2.2.21
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 10456.90 |====================
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 10970.89 |=====================
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 9693.98 |==================
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 10723.00 |====================
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 14933.78 |============================
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 15481.54 |=============================
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 13835.30 |==========================
OpenSSL 1.0.0e
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 74.98 |================================
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 75.10 |================================
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 73.88 |===============================
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 74.83 |================================
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 75.25 |================================
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 75.08 |================================
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 75.08 |================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: BT.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 5374.84 |=========
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 5390.53 |=========
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 5298.30 |=========
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 5323.71 |=========
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 16321.50 |============================
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 16666.64 |=============================
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 16128.05 |============================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: CG.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 1226.98 |===========
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 1226.64 |===========
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 1274.01 |===========
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 1233.32 |===========
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 3308.42 |==============================
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 3300.18 |==============================
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 3342.15 |==============================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: IS.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 127.52 |=========================
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 119.52 |========================
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 155.59 |===============================
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 119.53 |========================
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 122.45 |========================
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 122.45 |========================
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 156.51 |===============================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: LU.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 3497.04 |=======
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 3481.83 |=======
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 3604.53 |========
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 3521.35 |=======
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 13654.12 |=============================
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 13725.93 |=============================
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 13496.60 |=============================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: MG.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 2774.49 |========
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 2780.52 |========
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 2814.19 |========
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 2783.36 |========
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 10413.15 |=============================
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 10466.17 |=============================
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 10459.32 |=============================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: SP.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 2458.32 |========
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 2460.63 |========
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 2433.95 |========
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 2484.30 |========
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 9547.88 |==============================
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 9493.57 |==============================
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 9209.57 |=============================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: UA.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 16.66 |=======
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 16.69 |=======
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 16.71 |=======
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 16.64 |=======
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 72.69 |================================
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 72.29 |================================
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 72.41 |================================
PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 3988 |===============================
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 3869 |==============================
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 3348 |==========================
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 3928 |===============================
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 4166 |================================
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 4249 |=================================
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 3571 |============================
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 126.57 |===============================
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 126.60 |===============================
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 126.56 |===============================
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 126.71 |===============================
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 39.56 |==========
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 39.59 |==========
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 39.59 |==========
Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 234 |==================================
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 237 |==================================
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 234 |==================================
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 234 |==================================
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 74 |===========
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 73 |==========
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 73 |==========
LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 16.58 |===============================
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 16.91 |================================
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 16.79 |================================
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 16.57 |===============================
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 16.60 |===============================
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 16.59 |===============================
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 16.69 |================================
FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 7.52 |=================================
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 7.51 |=================================
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 7.62 |=================================
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 7.50 |================================
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 7.50 |================================
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 7.50 |================================
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 7.50 |================================
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 22.05 |================================
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 21.82 |===============================
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 21.55 |===============================
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 22.36 |================================
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 6.05 |=========
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 6.20 |=========
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 6.03 |=========
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 202.08 |===============================
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 200.09 |==============================
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 204.66 |===============================
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 200.00 |==============================
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 64.28 |==========
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 64.00 |==========
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 66.18 |==========
Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 25.87 |================================
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 24.12 |==============================
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 24.39 |==============================
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 24.12 |==============================
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 22.71 |============================
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 22.74 |============================
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 22.81 |============================
Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Core i5 2520M: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 27.32 |================================
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2 ............. 26.53 |===============================
Core i5 2520M: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 26.28 |===============================
Core i5 2520M: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 . 26.51 |===============================
Core i7 3960X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ... 9.67 |===========
Core i7 3960X: CentOS 6.2 ............. 9.67 |===========
Core i7 3960X: Oracle Linux 6.2 ....... 9.94 |============