Scientific Linux 6.2 vs. 5.7 - i7-990X Testing of Scientific Linux 6.2 (a rebuild of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.2) x86_64 compared to Scientific Linux 5.7 on a dual
AMD Opteron quad-core system
and Intel Core i7 990X Gulftown system. Testing in stock configuration.
HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1202200-BY-1202206BY31&export=txt&sor&gru .
Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 5.7 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores) TYAN S2932/S2932-E NVIDIA MCP55 4096MB 165GB Western Digital WD1600YS-01S ATI Device 9456 1024MB ATI RV770 HDMI Audio DELL S2409W Scientific 6.2 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64) GNOME 2.28.2 X Server 1.10.4 radeon 6.14.2 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.4.6 ext4 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores) MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R 3 x 1024 MB 1066MHz 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB Intel 82801JI DELL P2210H Realtek RTL8111/8168B 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores) NVIDIA NVIDIA MCP55 4096MB 165GB Western Digital WD1600YS-01S ATI Device 9456 256MB ATI HD48x0 audio DELL S2409W ScientificSL 5.7 2.6.18-274.el5 (x86_64) GNOME 2.16.0 X Server 7.1.1 ati 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.1) GCC 4.1.2 ext3 Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores) MSI MS-7593 Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R 3072MB 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M AMD Radeon HD 4870 256MB Intel 82801JI DELL P2210H Realtek RTL8111/8168B amd OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.
iozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Write Performance himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test john-the-ripper: Traditional DES john-the-ripper: MD5 john-the-ripper: Blowfish apache: Static Web Page Serving openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance npb: BT.A npb: CG.B npb: IS.C npb: LU.A npb: MG.B npb: SP.A npb: UA.A postmark: Disk Transaction Performance c-ray: Total Time smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 encode-flac: WAV To FLAC compress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compression build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment hmmer: Pfam Database Search 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 Core i7 990X Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 5.7 61.25 460.03 16368 2511667 11902 760 8972.52 51.03 8990.74 1157.60 59.77 7691.98 4488.71 3703.21 34.74 2500 57.31 115 26.53 10.10 9.24 86.34 37.24 15.80 63.57 1332.22 24526 3836667 15741 906 15702.87 53.43 13657.89 1865.10 128.31 11066.93 4598.83 4832.03 53.79 4107 35.82 76 17.91 8.74 6.14 66.93 23.93 10.83 42.69 400.84 13450 2491333 11872 519 50.28 5947.74 1155.15 66.58 4617.94 3480.43 3374.56 20.19 634 58.69 134 27.85 10.87 15.46 81.44 38.77 18.18 59.67 1111.67 24842 3822000 14799 702 12418.32 53.50 12111.48 1935.24 140.87 10447.55 5135.31 5279.26 47.64 1690 42.55 86 17.90 9.40 7.85 60.92 25.40 13.41 OpenBenchmarking.org
IOzone Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.91, N = 4 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 63.57 59.67 61.25 42.69
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 8.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.47, N = 3 1332.22 1111.67 460.03 400.84
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 5K 10K 15K 20K 25K SE +/- 39.40, N = 3 SE +/- 380.17, N = 3 SE +/- 18.01, N = 3 SE +/- 209.76, N = 6 24842 24526 16368 13450
John The Ripper Test: Traditional DES Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Traditional DES Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 800K 1600K 2400K 3200K 4000K SE +/- 881.92, N = 3 SE +/- 3055.05, N = 3 SE +/- 6009.25, N = 3 SE +/- 5925.46, N = 3 3836667 3822000 2511667 2491333
John The Ripper Test: MD5 Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: MD5 Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 11.26, N = 3 SE +/- 2.91, N = 3 SE +/- 1.86, N = 3 SE +/- 13.86, N = 3 15741 14799 11902 11872
John The Ripper Test: Blowfish Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.45, N = 3 906 702 760 519
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 1468.06, N = 6 SE +/- 11.91, N = 3 SE +/- 182.81, N = 6 15702.87 12418.32 8972.52
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.07, N = 4 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 SE +/- 0.10, N = 4 53.50 53.43 51.03 50.28
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: BT.A Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 56.65, N = 3 SE +/- 4.33, N = 3 SE +/- 82.55, N = 3 SE +/- 26.00, N = 3 13657.89 12111.48 8990.74 5947.74
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: CG.B Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 2.29, N = 3 SE +/- 2.11, N = 3 SE +/- 175.46, N = 6 SE +/- 5.16, N = 3 1935.24 1865.10 1157.60 1155.15
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: IS.C Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 2.59, N = 6 SE +/- 0.91, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 140.87 128.31 66.58 59.77
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 13.56, N = 3 SE +/- 26.86, N = 3 SE +/- 119.27, N = 3 SE +/- 32.71, N = 3 11066.93 10447.55 7691.98 4617.94
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: MG.B Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 1100 2200 3300 4400 5500 SE +/- 3.95, N = 3 SE +/- 6.00, N = 3 SE +/- 59.45, N = 3 SE +/- 51.54, N = 3 5135.31 4598.83 4488.71 3480.43
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: SP.A Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 1100 2200 3300 4400 5500 SE +/- 10.47, N = 3 SE +/- 2.94, N = 3 SE +/- 92.10, N = 6 SE +/- 50.66, N = 6 5279.26 4832.03 3703.21 3374.56
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: UA.A Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 53.79 47.64 34.74 20.19
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 59.50, N = 10 SE +/- 23.80, N = 5 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 29.97, N = 10 4107 1690 2500 634
C-Ray Total Time Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 35.82 42.55 57.31 58.69
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 76 86 115 134
LAME MP3 Encoding WAV To MP3 Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.03, N = 5 SE +/- 0.04, N = 5 SE +/- 0.06, N = 5 17.90 17.91 26.53 27.85
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 8.74 9.40 10.10 10.87
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 256MB File Compression Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 6.14 7.85 9.24 15.46
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation Time To Compile Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Scientific Linux 5.7 Scientific Linux 6.2 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.91, N = 3 SE +/- 0.78, N = 3 SE +/- 0.97, N = 3 SE +/- 0.94, N = 3 60.92 66.93 81.44 86.34
Timed MAFFT Alignment Multiple Sequence Alignment Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 23.93 25.40 37.24 38.77
Timed HMMer Search Pfam Database Search Core i7 990X 2 x Opteron 2384 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Scientific Linux 6.2 Scientific Linux 5.7 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.45, N = 6 SE +/- 0.87, N = 6 SE +/- 0.84, N = 6 10.83 13.41 15.80 18.18
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