Slackware 14.0 Beta (Slackware64 64-bit) vs. Other Linux Distros Looking at the Intel Core i7 3960X "Sandy Bridge" Extreme Edition performance on several popular Linux distributions compared to Slackware 14.0 Beta 64-bit (Slackware64). Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Slackware 14.0 Beta (Slackware64 64-bit) vs. Other Linux Distros Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Fedora 17 CentOS 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Slackware 14 Beta Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores) Intel DX79SI Intel Sandy Bridge DMI2 8192MB 64GB OCZ VERTEX AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB (650/900MHz) Realtek ALC892 DELL S2409W Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle) 3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64 (x86_64) GNOME Shell 3.4.1 X Server 1.12.0 radeon 6.14.99 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.7.0 20120507 ext4 1920x1080 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB Intel Patsburg HD Audio CentOS 6.2 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64) GNOME 2.28.2 X Server 1.10.4 radeon 6.14.2 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.4.6 20110731 8192MB Realtek ALC892 Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.10.0 X Server 1.11.3 radeon 6.14.99 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.6 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz Slackware 14.0 3.2.23 (x86_64) Xfce 4.10 X Server 1.12.3 radeon 6.14.4 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.7.1 + Clang 3.0 + LLVM 3.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - Fedora 17: --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 - CentOS 6.2: --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 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: --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 - Slackware 14 Beta: --build=x86_64-slackware-linux --disable-gtktest --disable-libunwind-exceptions --disable-multilib --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=ada,c,c++,fortran,go,java,lto,objc --enable-libssp --enable-lto --enable-objc-gc --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-slackware-linux --mandir=/usr/man --target=x86_64-slackware-linux --verbose --with-antlr-jar=/slack/TMPTMPTMP/gcc-round-two/antlr-runtime-3.4.jar --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-gnu-ld --with-java-home=/usr/lib64/jvm/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib64/jvm/jvm-exports --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib64/jvm --with-python-dir=/lib64/python2.7/site-packages Processor Details - Fedora 17, CentOS 6.2, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Scaling Governor: ondemand System Details - Fedora 17: SELinux: Enabled. - CentOS 6.2: SELinux: Enabled. - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system. Disk Mount Options Details - Fedora 17: barrier=1,data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabel,user_xattr - CentOS 6.2: barrier=1,data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabel Disk Details - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr
Slackware 14.0 Beta (Slackware64 64-bit) vs. Other Linux Distros scimark2: Composite scimark2: Monte Carlo scimark2: Fast Fourier Transform scimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiply scimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorization scimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation encode-flac: WAV To FLAC gcrypt: CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher hmmer: Pfam Database Search himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver npb: EP.B npb: MG.B npb: SP.A npb: UA.A ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine graphics-magick: Sharpen graphics-magick: Resizing graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding c-ray: Total Time openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance byte: Dhrystone 2 sudokut: Total Time Fedora 17 CentOS 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Slackware 14 Beta 1252.89 412.19 315.57 1946.03 2416.01 1174.66 16.08 1601.01 394.44 2777.18 3527.57 52.31 5737.92 104 178 102 23.46 91.48 25806284.87 20.61 1218.56 325.63 326.27 2015.91 2250.35 1174.66 6.16 2297 15.76 1679.33 350.98 2881.10 3839.69 53.39 5959.47 102 169 101 32.48 91.15 28060470.10 30.17 1264.24 539.23 287.29 1955.26 2362.50 1176.92 5.77 15.62 1617.25 373.16 2705.06 3830.96 49.12 5473.60 106 179 102 30.67 91.85 26208375.50 20.02 1077.82 345.47 293.03 1724.73 2033.69 992.20 6.84 16.01 1365.25 334.93 2805.12 3511.16 49.12 4850.30 90 156 89 27.92 77.05 22855850.80 23.82 OpenBenchmarking.org
SciMark Computational Test: Composite OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Fedora 17 CentOS 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Slackware 14 Beta 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 3.56, N = 4 SE +/- 4.31, N = 4 SE +/- 3.96, N = 4 SE +/- 2.35, N = 4 1252.89 1218.56 1264.24 1077.82
SciMark Computational Test: Monte Carlo OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Fedora 17 CentOS 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Slackware 14 Beta 120 240 360 480 600 SE +/- 0.46, N = 4 SE +/- 0.25, N = 4 SE +/- 0.34, N = 4 SE +/- 7.39, N = 4 412.19 325.63 539.23 345.47
SciMark Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Fedora 17 CentOS 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Slackware 14 Beta 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 3.74, N = 4 SE +/- 0.31, N = 4 SE +/- 11.89, N = 4 SE +/- 0.58, N = 4 315.57 326.27 287.29 293.03
SciMark Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Fedora 17 CentOS 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Slackware 14 Beta 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 11.11, N = 4 SE +/- 21.22, N = 4 SE +/- 8.90, N = 4 SE +/- 7.56, N = 4 1946.03 2015.91 1955.26 1724.73
SciMark Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Fedora 17 CentOS 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Slackware 14 Beta 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 2.74, N = 4 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 SE +/- 2.62, N = 4 SE +/- 1.93, N = 4 2416.01 2250.35 2362.50 2033.69
SciMark Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Fedora 17 CentOS 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Slackware 14 Beta 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 SE +/- 1.30, N = 4 SE +/- 1.31, N = 4 1174.66 1174.66 1176.92 992.20
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC CentOS 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Slackware 14 Beta 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 6.16 5.77 6.84 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lm
Gcrypt Library CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher OpenBenchmarking.org Microseconds, Fewer Is Better Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher CentOS 6.2 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 6.67, N = 3 2297
Timed HMMer Search Pfam Database Search OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Fedora 17 CentOS 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Slackware 14 Beta 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 16.08 15.76 15.62 16.01 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver Fedora 17 CentOS 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Slackware 14 Beta 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 3.05, N = 3 SE +/- 1.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 6.29, N = 3 1601.01 1679.33 1617.25 1365.25 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: EP.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Fedora 17 CentOS 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Slackware 14 Beta 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 1.81, N = 3 SE +/- 0.77, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 2.01, N = 3 394.44 350.98 373.16 334.93 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: MG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Fedora 17 CentOS 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Slackware 14 Beta 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 SE +/- 1.15, N = 3 SE +/- 3.84, N = 3 SE +/- 8.69, N = 3 SE +/- 2.82, N = 3 2777.18 2881.10 2705.06 2805.12 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: SP.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Fedora 17 CentOS 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Slackware 14 Beta 800 1600 2400 3200 4000 SE +/- 3.79, N = 3 SE +/- 4.34, N = 3 SE +/- 33.69, N = 3 SE +/- 27.11, N = 3 3527.57 3839.69 3830.96 3511.16 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: UA.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Fedora 17 CentOS 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Slackware 14 Beta 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 52.31 53.39 49.12 49.12 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
FFTE Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine Fedora 17 CentOS 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Slackware 14 Beta 1300 2600 3900 5200 6500 SE +/- 8.35, N = 3 SE +/- 14.56, N = 3 SE +/- 9.24, N = 3 SE +/- 8.31, N = 3 5737.92 5959.47 5473.60 4850.30 -m64 -O2 -fPIC -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lpthread -lrt -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Fedora 17 CentOS 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Slackware 14 Beta 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 104 102 106 90 -lgomp -lc -lbz2 -ldl -lrt 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Resizing OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Fedora 17 CentOS 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Slackware 14 Beta 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 178 169 179 156 -lgomp -lc -lbz2 -ldl -lrt 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Fedora 17 CentOS 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Slackware 14 Beta 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 102 101 102 89 -lgomp -lc -lbz2 -ldl -lrt 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lpthread
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Fedora 17 CentOS 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Slackware 14 Beta 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 23.46 32.48 30.67 27.92 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Fedora 17 CentOS 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Slackware 14 Beta 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.25, N = 4 SE +/- 0.28, N = 4 SE +/- 0.22, N = 4 SE +/- 0.18, N = 4 91.48 91.15 91.85 77.05 1. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl
BYTE Unix Benchmark Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 OpenBenchmarking.org LPS, More Is Better BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 Fedora 17 CentOS 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Slackware 14 Beta 6M 12M 18M 24M 30M SE +/- 16174.60, N = 3 SE +/- 9283.00, N = 3 SE +/- 20097.25, N = 3 SE +/- 61473.93, N = 3 25806284.87 28060470.10 26208375.50 22855850.80
Sudokut Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Sudokut 0.4 Total Time Fedora 17 CentOS 6.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Slackware 14 Beta 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 20.61 30.17 20.02 23.82
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