Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1202200-BY-1202206BY31
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.
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2:
Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2932/S2932-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 165GB Western Digital WD1600YS-01S, Graphics: ATI Device 9456 1024MB, Audio: ATI RV770 HDMI Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W
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: radeon 6.14.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7:
Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: NVIDIA, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 165GB Western Digital WD1600YS-01S, Graphics: ATI Device 9456 256MB, Audio: ATI HD48x0 audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W
OS: ScientificSL 5.7, Kernel: 2.6.18-274.el5 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.16.0, Display Server: X Server 7.1.1, Display Driver: ati, OpenGL: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.1), Compiler: GCC 4.1.2, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2:
Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3 x 1024 MB 1066MHz, Disk: 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Intel 82801JI, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B
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: radeon 6.14.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7:
Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7593, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 256MB, Audio: Intel 82801JI, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B
OS: ScientificSL 5.7, Kernel: 2.6.18-274.el5 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.16.0, Display Server: X Server 7.1.1, Display Driver: amd, OpenGL: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.1), Compiler: GCC 4.1.2, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 460.03 |==========
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 400.84 |=========
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 1332.22 |=============================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 1111.67 |========================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: UA.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 34.74 |====================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 20.19 |============
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 53.79 |===============================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 47.64 |===========================
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 9.24 |===================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 15.46 |===============================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 6.14 |============
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 7.85 |================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: LU.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 7691.98 |===================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 4617.94 |============
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 11066.93 |============================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 10447.55 |==========================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: IS.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 59.77 |=============
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 66.58 |==============
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 128.31 |===========================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 140.87 |==============================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: BT.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 8990.74 |==================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 5947.74 |============
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 13657.89 |============================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 12111.48 |=========================
7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 16368 |====================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 13450 |=================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 24526 |===============================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 24842 |===============================
Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 115 |============================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 134 |=================================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 76 |===================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 86 |=====================
John The Ripper 1.7.9
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 760 |============================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 519 |===================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 906 |=================================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 702 |==========================
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 57.31 |==============================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 58.69 |===============================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 35.82 |===================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 42.55 |======================
Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 37.24 |==============================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 38.77 |===============================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 23.93 |===================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 25.40 |====================
LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 26.53 |==============================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 27.85 |===============================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 17.91 |====================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 17.90 |====================
John The Ripper 1.7.9
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 2511667 |===================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 2491333 |===================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 3836667 |=============================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 3822000 |=============================
IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 61.25 |==============================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 42.69 |=====================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 63.57 |===============================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 59.67 |=============================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: MG.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 4488.71 |=========================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 3480.43 |====================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 4598.83 |==========================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 5135.31 |=============================
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 86.34 |===============================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 81.44 |=============================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 66.93 |========================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 60.92 |======================
John The Ripper 1.7.9
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 11902 |=======================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 11872 |=======================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 15741 |===============================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 14799 |=============================
FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 10.10 |=============================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 10.87 |===============================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 8.74 |=========================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 9.40 |===========================
OpenSSL 1.0.0e
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 51.03 |==============================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 50.28 |=============================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 53.43 |===============================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 53.50 |===============================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: SP.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 3703.21 |====================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 3374.56 |===================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 4832.03 |===========================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 5279.26 |=============================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: CG.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 1157.60 |=================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 1155.15 |=================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 1865.10 |============================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 1935.24 |=============================
Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 15.80 |===========================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 18.18 |===============================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 10.83 |==================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 13.41 |=======================
PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 2500 |===================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 634 |=====
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 4107 |================================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 1690 |=============
Apache Benchmark 2.2.21
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 8972.52 |================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 15702.87 |============================
Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 5.7 ..... 12418.32 |======================