Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1202266-LI-1202206BY41
Scientific Linux 6.2 vs. 5.7
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
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
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
fl-6174:
Processor: AMD Opteron 6174 @ 2.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro H8QG6 v1.01, Chipset: ATI RD890 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST3500320AS + 500GB 00BEVT-22A0RT0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260/PCIe/SSE2 896MB (576/999MHz), Network: Intel 82576 Gigabit Connection
OS: Debian 6.0.4, Kernel: 3.2.5 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.7, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.20, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.20, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5 + Open64 4.2.5.2, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
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 |===============================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 42.69 |=====================
fl-6174 ................................ 50.07 |========================
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 |=============================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 400.84 |=========
fl-6174 ................................ 380.18 |========
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 |===============================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 13450 |=================
fl-6174 ................................ 19373 |========================
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 |=============================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 2491333 |===================
fl-6174 ................................ 2056000 |================
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 |===============================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 11872 |=======================
fl-6174 ................................ 9704 |===================
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 |=================================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 519 |===================
fl-6174 ................................ 620 |=======================
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 |========================
fl-6174 ................................ 18153.17 |============================
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 |===============================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 50.28 |=============================
fl-6174 ................................ 41.75 |========================
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 |============================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 5947.74 |============
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 |=============================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 1155.15 |==================
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 |==============================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 66.58 |================
fl-6174 ................................ 62.29 |===============
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 |============================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 4617.94 |============
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 |=============================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 3480.43 |======================
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 |=============================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 3374.56 |====================
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 |===============================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 20.19 |============
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 |================================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 634 |=====
fl-6174 ................................ 558 |====
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 |===================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 58.69 |===============================
fl-6174 ................................ 46.02 |========================
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 |===================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 134 |=================================
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 |=================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 27.85 |===========================
fl-6174 ................................ 32.03 |===============================
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 |======================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 10.87 |===========================
fl-6174 ................................ 12.27 |===============================
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 |============
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 15.46 |===============================
fl-6174 ................................ 7.66 |===============
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 |========================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 81.44 |=============================
fl-6174 ................................ 75.66 |===========================
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 |================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 38.77 |==========================
fl-6174 ................................ 45.62 |===============================
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 |==================
2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7 . 18.18 |===============================
fl-6174 ................................ 13.88 |========================