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
Compiler Notes: --bindir=/usr/gcc/4.5/bin --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc --enable-shared --mandir=/usr/gcc/4.5/share/man --mandir=/usr/gcc/4.5/share/man --sbindir=/usr/gcc/4.5/sbin --with-gmp-include=/usr/include/gmp --with-mpfr-include=/usr/include/mpfr -O2
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Notes: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system.
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - GCC 4.5.3
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gold --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-ld=default --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-plugin-ld=ld.gold --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Notes: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system.
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-dssi --disable-libjava-multilib --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-maintainer-mode --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-cloog --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --with-ppl --with-tune=generic
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.
Disk Mount Options Notes: barrier=1,data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabel
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu --disable-libitm --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu --target=x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu --with-arch-32=i586 --with-tune=generic -v
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-build-poststage1-with-cxx --disable-build-with-cxx --disable-dssi --disable-libjava-multilib --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-maintainer-mode --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-cloog --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-ppl --with-tune=generic
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.
Disk Mount Options Notes: barrier=1,data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabel,user_xattr
NAS Parallel Benchmarks
FFTE
FFTE is a package by Daisuke Takahashi to compute Discrete Fourier Transforms of 1-, 2- and 3- dimensional sequences of length (2^p)*(3^q)*(5^r). Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
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.
BYTE Unix Benchmark
SciMark
Gcrypt Library
GraphicsMagick
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.
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.
FLAC Audio Encoding
Sudokut
This is a test of Sudokut, which is a Sudoku puzzle solver written in Tcl. This test measures how long it takes to solve 100 Sudoku puzzles. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
OpenSSL
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
Compiler Notes: --bindir=/usr/gcc/4.5/bin --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc --enable-shared --mandir=/usr/gcc/4.5/share/man --mandir=/usr/gcc/4.5/share/man --sbindir=/usr/gcc/4.5/sbin --with-gmp-include=/usr/include/gmp --with-mpfr-include=/usr/include/mpfr -O2
Testing initiated at 29 June 2012 12:24 by user phoronix.
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Notes: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 29 June 2012 13:50 by user phoronix.
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gold --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-ld=default --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-plugin-ld=ld.gold --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Notes: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 29 June 2012 14:50 by user phoronix.
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-dssi --disable-libjava-multilib --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-maintainer-mode --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-cloog --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --with-ppl --with-tune=generic
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.
Disk Mount Options Notes: barrier=1,data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabel
Testing initiated at 29 June 2012 12:42 by user phoronix.
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu --disable-libitm --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu --target=x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu --with-arch-32=i586 --with-tune=generic -v
Testing initiated at 29 June 2012 19:57 by user root.
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
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-build-poststage1-with-cxx --disable-build-with-cxx --disable-dssi --disable-libjava-multilib --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-maintainer-mode --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-cloog --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-ppl --with-tune=generic
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.
Disk Mount Options Notes: barrier=1,data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabel,user_xattr
Testing initiated at 29 June 2012 10:42 by user phoronix.