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.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1202191-BY-UBUNTURHE75
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
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 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
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 7.06 |===============================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 16.58 |===============================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 108.09 |==============================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 254.88 |===============================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 25.59 |==============================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 23.77 |=============================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 1286.64 |============================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 5396.14 |==============================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 1257.77 |==============================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 153.22 |===============================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 3601.20 |==============================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 2745.11 |=============================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 2390.11 |=============================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 16.87 |================================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 3482 |=============================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 7758 |===============================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 4359667 |==============================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 12398 |================================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 788 |==================================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 21.92 |===============================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 202.44 |===============================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 116.00 |============================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 235 |==================================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 19544.67 |=============================
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 i5 2520M: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ....... 75.23 |================================