Scientific Linux 6.2 (RHEL 6.2) Testing of Scientific Linux 6.2 (a rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2) x86_64 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 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 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 57.31 |=============================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 35.82 |=================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 115 |================================= Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 76 |====================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 26.53 |=============================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 17.91 |===================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 10.10 |=============================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 8.74 |=========================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 16368 |===================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 24526 |=============================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 9.24 |================================ Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 6.14 |===================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 86.34 |=============================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 66.93 |======================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 2511667 |=================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 3836667 |============================= John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 11902 |======================= Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 15741 |=============================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 760 |============================ Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 906 |================================= OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 51.03 |============================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 53.43 |=============================== 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 |============================ PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 2500 |=================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 4107 |================================ 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 |============================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 63.57 |=============================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 37.24 |=============================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 23.93 |==================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 15.80 |=============================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 10.83 |===================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2 . 460.03 |========== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 1332.22 |============================= 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 |================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 13657.89 |============================ 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 |================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 1865.10 |============================= 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 |============== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 128.31 |============================== 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 |=================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 11066.93 |============================ 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 |============================ Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 4598.83 |============================= 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 |====================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 4832.03 |============================= 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 |==================== Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2 ..... 53.79 |===============================