Looking at the Intel Core i7 3960X "Sandy Bridge" Extreme Edition performance on Oracle Solaris 11 Express 11/11 and Fedora 17 and CentOS (EL) 6.2 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. 64-bit editions on same hardware being tested. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Solaris 11 Express vs. CentOS vs. Ubuntu
Looking at the Intel Core i7 3960X "Sandy Bridge" Extreme Edition performance on Oracle Solaris 11 Express 11/11 and Fedora 17 and CentOS (EL) 6.2 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. 64-bit editions on same hardware being tested. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Solaris 11 11.11 Express:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Memory: 2 x 4096MB 1600MHz, Disk: OCZ VERTEX OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: ATI RV730 PRO 256MB, Monitor: DELL S2409W
OS: Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 X86, Kernel: 5.11 (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.3, Display Driver: ati 6.14.1, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge DMI2, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge DMI2, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.5.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
CentOS 6.2:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge DMI2, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Intel Patsburg HD Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: CentOS 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 20110731, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: INTEL DX79SI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: OCZ VERTEX 1.30 + Corsair VoyagerGT 1100, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 256MB, Audio: Intel Patsburg HD Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel PRO/1000 Connection 7.2.3
OS: Debian GNU/kFreeBSD Wheezy/sid, Kernel: 9.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: radeon 6.14.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ufs
Fedora 17:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge DMI2, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB (650/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle), Kernel: 3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.4.1, Display Server: X Server 1.12.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.0 20120507, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6
Computational Test: Dhrystone 2
LPS > Higher Is Better
Solaris 11 11.11 Express ..... 19420677.50 |========================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 26208375.50 |=================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3 . 26378310.80 |=================================
CentOS 6.2 ................... 28060470.10 |===================================
Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy ....... 25701496.80 |================================
Fedora 17 .................... 25806284.87 |================================
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Solaris 11 11.11 Express ..... 43.30 |=========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 30.67 |=============================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3 . 30.13 |=============================
CentOS 6.2 ................... 32.48 |===============================
Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy ....... 23.91 |=======================
Fedora 17 .................... 23.46 |======================
FFTE 5.0
Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Solaris 11 11.11 Express ..... 4008.78 |==========================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 5473.60 |====================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3 . 4698.74 |===============================
CentOS 6.2 ................... 5959.47 |=======================================
Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy ....... 5615.65 |=====================================
Fedora 17 .................... 5737.92 |======================================
FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Solaris 11 11.11 Express ..... 7.57 |==========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 5.77 |================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3 . 5.88 |=================================
CentOS 6.2 ................... 6.16 |==================================
Gcrypt Library 1.4.4
CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher
Microseconds < Lower Is Better
Solaris 11 11.11 Express . 3510 |==============================================
CentOS 6.2 ............... 2297 |==============================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Solaris 11 11.11 Express ..... 110 |===========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 106 |=========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3 . 106 |=========================================
CentOS 6.2 ................... 102 |========================================
Fedora 17 .................... 104 |=========================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Solaris 11 11.11 Express ..... 143 |==================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 179 |===========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3 . 178 |===========================================
CentOS 6.2 ................... 169 |=========================================
Fedora 17 .................... 178 |===========================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Solaris 11 11.11 Express ..... 90 |======================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 102 |===========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3 . 101 |===========================================
CentOS 6.2 ................... 101 |===========================================
Fedora 17 .................... 102 |===========================================
Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Solaris 11 11.11 Express ..... 524.09 |============
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 1617.25 |====================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3 . 1738.78 |=======================================
CentOS 6.2 ................... 1679.33 |======================================
Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy ....... 1599.63 |====================================
Fedora 17 .................... 1601.01 |====================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: EP.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Solaris 11 11.11 Express ..... 351.61 |====================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 373.16 |======================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3 . 378.48 |======================================
CentOS 6.2 ................... 350.98 |====================================
Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy ....... 242.33 |=========================
Fedora 17 .................... 394.44 |========================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: MG.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Solaris 11 11.11 Express ..... 2842.77 |======================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 2705.06 |====================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3 . 2712.48 |====================================
CentOS 6.2 ................... 2881.10 |======================================
Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy ....... 2945.94 |=======================================
Fedora 17 .................... 2777.18 |=====================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: SP.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Solaris 11 11.11 Express ..... 3849.86 |=======================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 3830.96 |=======================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3 . 3763.18 |======================================
CentOS 6.2 ................... 3839.69 |=======================================
Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy ....... 3712.11 |======================================
Fedora 17 .................... 3527.57 |====================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: UA.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Solaris 11 11.11 Express ..... 9.86 |========
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 49.12 |======================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3 . 50.33 |=======================================
CentOS 6.2 ................... 53.39 |=========================================
Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy ....... 31.94 |=========================
Fedora 17 .................... 52.31 |========================================
OpenSSL 1.0.0e
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Solaris 11 11.11 Express ..... 91.50 |=========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 91.85 |=========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3 . 91.70 |=========================================
CentOS 6.2 ................... 91.15 |=========================================
Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy ....... 26.00 |============
Fedora 17 .................... 91.48 |=========================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Solaris 11 11.11 Express ..... 1231.64 |=====================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 1264.24 |======================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3 . 1288.24 |======================================
CentOS 6.2 ................... 1218.56 |====================================
Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy ....... 1313.44 |=======================================
Fedora 17 .................... 1252.89 |=====================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Monte Carlo
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Solaris 11 11.11 Express ..... 369.94 |===========================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 539.23 |========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3 . 542.30 |========================================
CentOS 6.2 ................... 325.63 |========================
Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy ....... 413.31 |==============================
Fedora 17 .................... 412.19 |==============================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Solaris 11 11.11 Express ..... 235.88 |=============================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 287.29 |===================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3 . 330.06 |========================================
CentOS 6.2 ................... 326.27 |========================================
Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy ....... 308.76 |=====================================
Fedora 17 .................... 315.57 |======================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Solaris 11 11.11 Express ..... 2007.87 |====================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 1955.26 |===================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3 . 2017.76 |====================================
CentOS 6.2 ................... 2015.91 |====================================
Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy ....... 2180.56 |=======================================
Fedora 17 .................... 1946.03 |===================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Solaris 11 11.11 Express ..... 2421.50 |======================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 2362.50 |=====================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3 . 2373.02 |=====================================
CentOS 6.2 ................... 2250.35 |===================================
Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy ....... 2489.86 |=======================================
Fedora 17 .................... 2416.01 |======================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Solaris 11 11.11 Express ..... 1123.03 |=====================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 1176.92 |=======================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3 . 1178.05 |=======================================
CentOS 6.2 ................... 1174.66 |=======================================
Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy ....... 1174.70 |=======================================
Fedora 17 .................... 1174.66 |=======================================
Sudokut 0.4
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Solaris 11 11.11 Express ..... 43.69 |=========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 20.02 |===================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3 . 20.07 |===================
CentOS 6.2 ................... 30.17 |============================
Fedora 17 .................... 20.61 |===================
Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Solaris 11 11.11 Express ..... 16.49 |=========================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 15.62 |=======================================
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3 . 15.55 |=======================================
CentOS 6.2 ................... 15.76 |=======================================
Fedora 17 .................... 16.08 |========================================