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.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
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phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1206297-SU-UBUSOLARI72
Solaris 11 Express vs. CentOS vs. Ubuntu,
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: UA.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fedora 17",52.55,52.32,52.07
"Solaris 11 11.11 Express",9.87,9.82,9.88
"CentOS 6.2",53.43,53.29,53.45
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",49.05,48.76,49.54
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3",50.9,50.26,49.82
"Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy",32.02,31.76,32.05
"OpenSSL 1.0.0e - RSA 4096-bit Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fedora 17",92,91.8,91,91.1
"Solaris 11 11.11 Express",91.1,91.2,92.6,91.1
"CentOS 6.2",90.9,92,90.8,90.9
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",91.2,92,92.1,92.1
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3",92.2,91.3,91,92.3
"Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy",26,26,26,26
"Himeno Benchmark 3.0 - Poisson Pressure Solver",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fedora 17",1603.838476,1594.904612,1604.281165
"Solaris 11 11.11 Express",523.862904,524.133701,524.269722
"CentOS 6.2",1680.887656,1676.703652,1680.407959
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",1616.62505,1617.772431,1617.339108
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3",1740.351855,1735.833734,1740.167757
"Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy",1605.100054,1612.357329,1581.439933
"Sudokut 0.4 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Fedora 17",20.544494867325,20.6707072258,20.627870082855
"Solaris 11 11.11 Express",43.729322910309,43.710466861725,43.620958089828
"CentOS 6.2",30.175210952759,30.16856098175,30.159373044968
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",20.038218975067,19.958165168762,20.048880815506
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3",20.088020086288,19.993842124939,20.131794214249
"C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Fedora 17",23.606,23.62,23.164
"Solaris 11 11.11 Express",43.266,43.301,43.336
"CentOS 6.2",32.487,32.468,32.486
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",30.71,30.642,30.645
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3",30.231,30.133,30.04
"Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy",24.142,23.815,23.779
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Monte Carlo",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fedora 17",412.98,411.4,411.4,412.98
"Solaris 11 11.11 Express",370.26,368.98,370.26,370.26
"CentOS 6.2",325.38,326.37,325.38,325.38
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",538.22,539.57,539.57,539.57
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3",540.93,542.29,542.29,543.67
"Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy",413.27,413.31,413.34,413.3
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: EP.B",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fedora 17",394.22,391.42,397.67
"Solaris 11 11.11 Express",348.32,352.45,354.05
"CentOS 6.2",350.48,349.97,352.5
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",372.63,373.94,372.9
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3",378.13,379.11,378.19
"Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy",244.35,245.89,273.1,244.98,262.55,183.11
"Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 - CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher",
Lower Results Are Better
"Solaris 11 11.11 Express",3540,3500,3490
"CentOS 6.2",2290,2310,2290
"FFTE 5.0 - Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fedora 17",5741.5065979179,5721.9940830685,5750.2573612548
"Solaris 11 11.11 Express",3996.2294907717,4022.0487036345,4008.0570776589
"CentOS 6.2",5966.6612560128,5980.3207579866,5931.4327057869
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",5489.765397048,5457.7602873234,5473.265948386
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3",4535.6440816667,4775.7124374814,4784.8645818511
"Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy",5597.2006183547,5624.8726647478,5624.8756781689
"BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 - Computational Test: Dhrystone 2",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fedora 17",25809937.7,25776622.4,25832294.5
"Solaris 11 11.11 Express",19417139,19476133.5,19368760
"CentOS 6.2",28042151,28067016.2,28072243.1
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",26241583.4,26211383.4,26172159.7
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3",26365648.9,26392494.1,26376789.4
"Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy",25629269.4,25738595.5,25736625.5
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fedora 17",326.58,310.01,313.42,312.28
"Solaris 11 11.11 Express",237.02,236.36,236.36,233.78
"CentOS 6.2",326.58,326.58,326.58,325.34
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",322.88,274.24,277.8,274.24
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3",332.93,331.64,329.09,326.58
"Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy",315.86,282.21,318.89,318.07
"FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 - WAV To FLAC",
Lower Results Are Better
"Solaris 11 11.11 Express",7.7505640983582,7.5086870193481,7.5081059932709,7.5078148841858,7.5565390586853
"CentOS 6.2",6.1793119907379,6.1589648723602,6.1549191474915,6.1571888923645,6.1535201072693
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",5.7924370765686,5.7693259716034,5.7657070159912,5.763897895813,5.7648589611053
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3",5.8699557781219,5.8721749782562,5.8722131252289,5.8740010261536,5.887374162674
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Resizing",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fedora 17",178,178,177
"Solaris 11 11.11 Express",143,143,143
"CentOS 6.2",169,169,169
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",179,179,179
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3",178,178,178
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fedora 17",102,101,102
"Solaris 11 11.11 Express",90,90,90
"CentOS 6.2",101,101,101
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",102,102,102
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3",101,101,101
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fedora 17",1978.74,1932.08,1941.23,1932.08
"Solaris 11 11.11 Express",2017.73,2007.84,2007.84,1998.05
"CentOS 6.2",1998.05,2079.19,1988.35,1998.05
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",1969.23,1932.08,1969.23,1950.48
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3",2017.73,2017.73,2027.72,2007.84
"Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy",2195.29,2149.76,2202.68,2174.5
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fedora 17",2424.24,2413.27,2413.27,2413.27
"Solaris 11 11.11 Express",2424.24,2424.24,2413.27,2424.24
"CentOS 6.2",2250.35,2250.35,2250.35,2250.35
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",2359.88,2359.88,2370.37,2359.88
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3",2370.37,2370.37,2380.95,2370.37
"Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy",2493.59,2486.16,2493.45,2486.22
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: SP.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fedora 17",3530.05,3532.54,3520.13
"Solaris 11 11.11 Express",3858.56,3853.47,3837.54
"CentOS 6.2",3835.15,3848.38,3835.55
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",3895.1,3816.77,3781.02
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3",3913.46,3691.73,3684.35
"Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy",3706.66,3718.34,3711.32
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: MG.B",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fedora 17",2779.47,2775.85,2776.23
"Solaris 11 11.11 Express",2855.37,2838.29,2834.66
"CentOS 6.2",2886.63,2882.96,2873.72
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",2688.12,2710.2,2716.87
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3",2697.74,2725.13,2714.58
"Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy",2901.53,2973.17,2963.11
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Sharpen",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fedora 17",104,104,104
"Solaris 11 11.11 Express",110,110,110
"CentOS 6.2",102,102,102
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",106,106,106
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3",106,106,106
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Composite",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fedora 17",1263.44,1248.28,1250.8,1249.05
"Solaris 11 11.11 Express",1234.46,1232.09,1230.15,1229.87
"CentOS 6.2",1215,1231.43,1213.06,1214.75
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",1273.88,1256.09,1267.23,1259.77
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3",1288.23,1288.24,1291.85,1284.62
"Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy",1318.53,1301.23,1320.62,1313.36
"Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 - Pfam Database Search",
Lower Results Are Better
"Fedora 17",16.009052991867,16.011352062225,16.207686901093
"Solaris 11 11.11 Express",17.316523790359,16.29029083252,16.030663013458,16.339073896408
"CentOS 6.2",15.714276075363,15.747505903244,15.814090013504
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",15.581622123718,15.619451999664,15.64523601532
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3",15.510312080383,15.554064035416,15.583125829697
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fedora 17",1174.66,1174.66,1174.66,1174.66
"Solaris 11 11.11 Express",1123.03,1123.03,1123.03,1123.03
"CentOS 6.2",1174.66,1174.66,1174.66,1174.66
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",1179.18,1174.66,1179.18,1174.66
"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3",1179.18,1179.18,1179.18,1174.66
"Debian kFreeBSD Wheezy",1174.64,1174.69,1174.77,1174.7