Ubuntu 12.04 LTS On Core i5
Testing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 x86_64 (RHEL 6.2) on an Intel Core i5 Sandy Bridge system 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
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.
Core i5 2520M: CentOS 6.2
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
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. SELinux: Enabled.
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
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.
Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0-rc2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system.
NAS Parallel Benchmarks
Himeno Benchmark
The Himeno benchmark is a linear solver of pressure Poisson using a point-Jacobi method. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Timed HMMer Search
This test searches through the Pfam database of profile hidden markov models. The search finds the domain structure of Drosophila Sevenless protein. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Timed MAFFT Alignment
IOzone
PostMark
Apache Benchmark
OpenSSL
John The Ripper
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation
Parallel BZIP2 Compression
7-Zip Compression
FLAC Audio Encoding
LAME MP3 Encoding
LAME is an MP3 encoder licensed under the LGPL. This test measures the time required to encode a WAV file to MP3 format. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Smallpt
C-Ray
This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
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
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.
Testing initiated at 18 February 2012 08:36 by user phoronix.
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
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.
Testing initiated at 18 February 2012 10:57 by user phoronix.
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
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. SELinux: Enabled.
Testing initiated at 18 February 2012 13:14 by user phoronix.
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
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.
Testing initiated at 18 February 2012 15:39 by user phoronix.
Core i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0-rc2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 18 February 2012 17:04 by user phoronix.