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.

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2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2
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Scientific Linux 6.2 vs. 5.7ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen Resolution2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.22 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7fl-61742 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores)TYAN S2932/S2932-ENVIDIA MCP554096MB165GB Western Digital WD1600YS-01SATI Device 9456 1024MBATI RV770 HDMI AudioDELL S2409WScientific 6.22.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME 2.28.2X Server 1.10.4radeon 6.14.22.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.4.6ext41920x1080Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores)MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R3 x 1024 MB 1066MHz160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00MAMD Radeon HD 4870 512MBIntel 82801JIDELL P2210HRealtek RTL8111/8168B2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores)NVIDIANVIDIA MCP554096MB165GB Western Digital WD1600YS-01SATI Device 9456 256MBATI HD48x0 audioDELL S2409WScientificSL 5.72.6.18-274.el5 (x86_64)GNOME 2.16.0X Server 7.1.1ati1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.1)GCC 4.1.2ext3AMD Opteron 6174 @ 2.20GHz (12 Cores)Supermicro H8QG6 v1.01ATI RD890 + SB700/SB8008192MB500GB Seagate ST3500320AS + 500GB 00BEVT-22A0RT0NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260/PCIe/SSE2 896MB (576/999MHz)Intel 82576 Gigabit ConnectionDebian 6.0.43.2.5 (x86_64)GNOME 2.30.2X Server 1.7.7NVIDIA 295.203.3.0 NVIDIA 295.20GCC 4.4.5 + Open64 4.2.5.22560x1600OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.- Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.- 2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. SELinux: Enabled.- fl-6174: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. AMD CnQ was enabled.

2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.22 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7fl-6174Logarithmic Result OverviewPhoronix Test SuitePostMarkHimeno BenchmarkParallel BZIP2 CompressionNAS Parallel BenchmarksTimed MAFFT Alignment7-Zip CompressionLAME MP3 EncodingTimed HMMer SearchJohn The RipperC-RayIOzoneFLAC Audio EncodingTimed Linux Kernel CompilationOpenSSL

Scientific Linux 6.2 vs. 5.7compress-7zip: Compress Speed Testapache: Static Web Page Servingc-ray: Total Timeencode-flac: WAV To FLAChimeno: Poisson Pressure Solveriozone: 4Kb - 8GB - Write Performancejohn-the-ripper: Traditional DESjohn-the-ripper: MD5john-the-ripper: Blowfishencode-mp3: WAV To MP3npb: BT.Anpb: CG.Bnpb: IS.Cnpb: LU.Anpb: MG.Bnpb: SP.Anpb: UA.Aopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancecompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionpostmark: Disk Transaction Performancesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Sampleshmmer: Pfam Database Searchbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilemafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.22 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.7fl-6174163688972.5257.3110.10460.0361.2525116671190276026.538990.741157.6059.777691.984488.713703.2134.7451.039.24250011515.8086.3437.242452615702.8735.828.741332.2263.5738366671574190617.9113657.891865.10128.3111066.934598.834832.0353.7953.436.1441077610.8366.9323.931345058.6910.87400.8442.6924913331187251927.855947.741155.1566.584617.943480.433374.5620.1950.2815.4663413418.1881.4438.771937318153.1746.0212.27380.1850.072056000970462032.0362.2941.757.6655813.8875.6645.62OpenBenchmarking.org

7-Zip Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed Test2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.72 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2fl-61745K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 209.76, N = 6SE +/- 18.01, N = 3SE +/- 380.17, N = 3SE +/- 41.71, N = 313450163682452619373

Apache Benchmark

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.21Static Web Page Serving2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2fl-61744K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 182.81, N = 6SE +/- 1468.06, N = 6SE +/- 26.82, N = 38972.5215702.8718153.17

C-Ray

This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Time2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.72 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2fl-61741326395265SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 358.6957.3135.8246.02

FLAC Audio Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1WAV To FLAC2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.72 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2fl-61743691215SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 510.8710.108.7412.27

Himeno Benchmark

The Himeno benchmark is a linear solver of pressure Poisson using a point-Jacobi method. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure Solver2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.72 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2fl-617430060090012001500SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 8.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 1.09, N = 3400.84460.031332.22380.18

IOzone

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.347Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.72 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2fl-61741428425670SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.64, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 342.6961.2563.5750.07

John The Ripper

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9Test: Traditional DES2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.72 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2fl-6174800K1600K2400K3200K4000KSE +/- 5925.46, N = 3SE +/- 6009.25, N = 3SE +/- 881.92, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 32491333251166738366672056000

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9Test: MD52 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.72 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2fl-61743K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 13.86, N = 3SE +/- 1.86, N = 3SE +/- 11.26, N = 3SE +/- 5.17, N = 31187211902157419704

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9Test: Blowfish2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.72 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2fl-61742004006008001000SE +/- 1.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3519760906620

LAME MP3 Encoding

LAME is an MP3 encoder licensed under the LGPL. This test measures the time required to encode a WAV file to MP3 format. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP32 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.72 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2fl-6174714212835SE +/- 0.06, N = 5SE +/- 0.04, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.05, N = 527.8526.5317.9132.03

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

2 x Opteron 2384Core i7 990XOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: BT.AScientific Linux 5.7Scientific Linux 6.23K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 26.00, N = 3SE +/- 82.55, N = 3SE +/- 56.65, N = 35947.748990.7413657.89

2 x Opteron 2384Core i7 990XOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: CG.BScientific Linux 5.7Scientific Linux 6.2400800120016002000SE +/- 5.16, N = 3SE +/- 175.46, N = 6SE +/- 2.11, N = 31155.151157.601865.10

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: IS.C2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.72 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2fl-6174306090120150SE +/- 0.91, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 2.59, N = 6SE +/- 0.26, N = 366.5859.77128.3162.29

2 x Opteron 2384Core i7 990XOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.AScientific Linux 5.7Scientific Linux 6.22K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 32.71, N = 3SE +/- 119.27, N = 3SE +/- 13.56, N = 34617.947691.9811066.93

2 x Opteron 2384Core i7 990XOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BScientific Linux 5.7Scientific Linux 6.210002000300040005000SE +/- 51.54, N = 3SE +/- 59.45, N = 3SE +/- 6.00, N = 33480.434488.714598.83

2 x Opteron 2384Core i7 990XOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: SP.AScientific Linux 5.7Scientific Linux 6.210002000300040005000SE +/- 50.66, N = 6SE +/- 92.10, N = 6SE +/- 2.94, N = 33374.563703.214832.03

2 x Opteron 2384Core i7 990XOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.AScientific Linux 5.7Scientific Linux 6.21224364860SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 320.1934.7453.79

OpenSSL

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0eRSA 4096-bit Performance2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.72 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2fl-61741224364860SE +/- 0.10, N = 4SE +/- 0.03, N = 4SE +/- 0.03, N = 4SE +/- 0.03, N = 450.2851.0353.4341.75

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File Compression2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.72 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2fl-617448121620SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 315.469.246.147.66

PostMark

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction Performance2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.72 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2fl-61749001800270036004500SE +/- 29.97, N = 10SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 59.50, N = 10SE +/- 22.43, N = 1063425004107558

Smallpt

2 x Opteron 2384Core i7 990XOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesScientific Linux 5.7Scientific Linux 6.2306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 313411576

Timed HMMer Search

This test searches through the Pfam database of profile hidden markov models. The search finds the domain structure of Drosophila Sevenless protein. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database Search2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.72 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2fl-617448121620SE +/- 0.84, N = 6SE +/- 0.87, N = 6SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 418.1815.8010.8313.88

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To Compile2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.72 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2fl-617420406080100SE +/- 0.97, N = 3SE +/- 0.94, N = 3SE +/- 0.78, N = 3SE +/- 1.08, N = 381.4486.3466.9375.66

Timed MAFFT Alignment

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence Alignment2 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 5.72 x Opteron 2384: Scientific Linux 6.2Core i7 990X: Scientific Linux 6.2fl-61741020304050SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 338.7737.2423.9345.62