CentOS 6.2 - 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 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 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.
npb: UA.A iozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Read Performance npb: LU.A npb: SP.A npb: MG.B compress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compression iozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Write Performance smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test c-ray: Total Time build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile npb: BT.A hmmer: Pfam Database Search npb: CG.B apache: Static Web Page Serving npb: IS.C himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance john-the-ripper: Traditional DES encode-flac: WAV To FLAC john-the-ripper: Blowfish john-the-ripper: MD5 postmark: Disk Transaction Performance 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 16.66 254.36 3497.04 2458.32 2774.49 22.05 112.34 234 8214 126.57 202.08 5374.84 27.32 1226.98 10456.90 127.52 1273.11 25.87 16.58 74.98 4357667 7.52 751 12267 3988 16.69 254.15 3481.83 2460.63 2780.52 21.82 112.47 237 8182 126.60 200.09 5390.53 26.53 1226.64 10970.89 119.52 1346.93 24.12 16.91 75.10 4359333 7.51 748 12254 3869 16.71 245.31 3604.53 2433.95 2814.19 21.55 111.86 234 8022 126.56 204.66 5298.30 26.28 1274.01 9693.98 155.59 1371.59 24.39 16.79 73.88 4290000 7.62 745 12194 3348 16.64 254.27 3521.35 2484.30 2783.36 22.36 112.27 234 8112 126.71 200.00 5323.71 26.51 1233.32 10723.00 119.53 1322.49 24.12 16.57 74.83 4364333 7.50 752 12249 3928 72.69 7164.65 13654.12 9547.88 10413.15 6.05 369.53 74 25221 39.56 64.28 16321.50 9.67 3308.42 14933.78 122.45 1454.52 22.71 16.60 75.25 4356000 7.50 752 12275 4166 72.29 7500.06 13725.93 9493.57 10466.17 6.20 371.72 73 25699 39.59 64.00 16666.64 9.67 3300.18 15481.54 122.45 1448.54 22.74 16.59 75.08 4366333 7.50 751 12286 4249 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 CentOS 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 72.69 72.29 16.71 16.69 16.66 16.64
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 CentOS 6.2 Scientific Linux 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 1600 3200 4800 6400 8000 SE +/- 28.41, N = 3 SE +/- 134.79, N = 6 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 3.56, N = 3 7500.06 7164.65 254.36 254.27 254.15 245.31
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 CentOS 6.2 Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 9.88, N = 3 SE +/- 33.35, N = 3 SE +/- 14.63, N = 3 SE +/- 22.60, N = 3 SE +/- 13.75, N = 3 SE +/- 1.11, N = 3 13725.93 13654.12 3604.53 3521.35 3497.04 3481.83
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 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 24.96, N = 3 SE +/- 49.89, N = 3 SE +/- 10.39, N = 3 SE +/- 21.13, N = 3 SE +/- 7.20, N = 3 SE +/- 7.86, N = 3 9547.88 9493.57 2484.30 2460.63 2458.32 2433.95
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 CentOS 6.2 Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 21.98, N = 3 SE +/- 16.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.83, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 3.70, N = 3 SE +/- 2.23, N = 3 10466.17 10413.15 2814.19 2783.36 2780.52 2774.49
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 CentOS 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 4 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 6.05 6.20 21.55 21.82 22.05 22.36
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 CentOS 6.2 Scientific Linux 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 6.10, N = 6 SE +/- 5.68, N = 6 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 371.72 369.53 112.47 112.34 112.27 111.86
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 CentOS 6.2 Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 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 +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 73 74 234 234 234 237
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 CentOS 6.2 Scientific Linux 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 6K 12K 18K 24K 30K SE +/- 434.08, N = 6 SE +/- 491.73, N = 3 SE +/- 26.50, N = 3 SE +/- 27.33, N = 3 SE +/- 115.66, N = 3 SE +/- 10.15, N = 3 25699 25221 8214 8182 8112 8022
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 CentOS 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 39.56 39.59 126.56 126.57 126.60 126.71
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 CentOS 6.2 Scientific Linux 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 0.69, N = 3 SE +/- 1.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.81, N = 3 SE +/- 0.82, N = 3 SE +/- 0.84, N = 3 64.00 64.28 200.00 200.09 202.08 204.66
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 CentOS 6.2 Scientific Linux 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 4K 8K 12K 16K 20K SE +/- 26.80, N = 3 SE +/- 244.28, N = 5 SE +/- 6.22, N = 3 SE +/- 12.16, N = 3 SE +/- 70.07, N = 3 SE +/- 8.03, N = 3 16666.64 16321.50 5390.53 5374.84 5323.71 5298.30
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 CentOS 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 9.67 9.67 26.28 26.51 26.53 27.32
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 CentOS 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 700 1400 2100 2800 3500 SE +/- 11.49, N = 3 SE +/- 14.96, N = 3 SE +/- 3.60, N = 3 SE +/- 3.08, N = 3 SE +/- 3.07, N = 3 SE +/- 5.37, N = 3 3308.42 3300.18 1274.01 1233.32 1226.98 1226.64
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 CentOS 6.2 Scientific Linux 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 1290.56, N = 6 SE +/- 1651.27, N = 6 SE +/- 174.59, N = 4 SE +/- 126.45, N = 3 SE +/- 184.73, N = 6 SE +/- 150.74, N = 6 15481.54 14933.78 10970.89 10723.00 10456.90 9693.98
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: IS.C Core i5 2520M Core i7 3960X OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Oracle Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 6.54, N = 6 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 155.59 127.52 119.53 119.52 122.45 122.45
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 CentOS 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 1.44, N = 3 SE +/- 2.69, N = 3 SE +/- 1.56, N = 3 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 SE +/- 19.33, N = 6 SE +/- 16.77, N = 3 1454.52 1448.54 1371.59 1346.93 1322.49 1273.11
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 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 22.71 22.74 24.12 24.12 24.39 25.87
LAME MP3 Encoding WAV To MP3 Core i5 2520M Core i7 3960X OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Scientific Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.04, N = 5 SE +/- 0.22, N = 10 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 16.57 16.58 16.79 16.91 16.59 16.60
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 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.18, N = 4 SE +/- 0.22, N = 4 SE +/- 0.23, N = 4 SE +/- 0.25, N = 4 SE +/- 0.16, N = 4 SE +/- 0.17, N = 4 75.25 75.08 75.10 74.98 74.83 73.88
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 CentOS 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Scientific Linux 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 900K 1800K 2700K 3600K 4500K SE +/- 333.33, N = 3 SE +/- 10503.97, N = 3 SE +/- 1333.33, N = 3 SE +/- 7535.10, N = 3 SE +/- 1855.92, N = 3 SE +/- 16643.32, N = 3 4366333 4356000 4364333 4359333 4357667 4290000
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC Core i5 2520M Core i7 3960X OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Scientific Linux 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 7.50 7.51 7.52 7.62 7.50 7.50
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 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 CentOS 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 160 320 480 640 800 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 2.52, N = 3 SE +/- 4.10, N = 3 752 751 752 751 748 745
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 CentOS 6.2 Scientific Linux 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 1.00, N = 3 SE +/- 10.48, N = 3 SE +/- 5.86, N = 3 SE +/- 15.94, N = 3 SE +/- 18.66, N = 3 SE +/- 57.30, N = 3 12286 12275 12267 12254 12249 12194
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance Core i7 3960X Core i5 2520M OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance CentOS 6.2 Scientific Linux 6.2 Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Oracle Linux 6.2 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 83.40, N = 10 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 90.89, N = 10 SE +/- 97.16, N = 10 SE +/- 99.17, N = 10 SE +/- 74.33, N = 10 4249 4166 3988 3928 3869 3348
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