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) and Arch Linux using the new 2012 July media. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Arch Linux vs. Slackware 14 Beta 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) and Arch Linux using the new 2012 July media. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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
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
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
Slackware 14 Beta:
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: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Slackware 14.0, Kernel: 3.2.23 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.12.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.4, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.1 + Clang 3.0 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Arch Linux:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Linux, Kernel: 3.4.6-1-ARCH (x86_64), Display Driver: radeon 6.14.6, Compiler: GCC 4.7.1 20120721, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 106 |======================================================
CentOS 6.2 ........ 102 |====================================================
Fedora 17 ......... 104 |=====================================================
Slackware 14 Beta . 90 |==============================================
Arch Linux ........ 106 |======================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 179 |=====================================================
CentOS 6.2 ........ 169 |==================================================
Fedora 17 ......... 178 |=====================================================
Slackware 14 Beta . 156 |===============================================
Arch Linux ........ 181 |======================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 102 |=====================================================
CentOS 6.2 ........ 101 |====================================================
Fedora 17 ......... 102 |=====================================================
Slackware 14 Beta . 89 |==============================================
Arch Linux ........ 104 |======================================================
BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6
Computational Test: Dhrystone 2
LPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 26208375.50 |===========================================
CentOS 6.2 ........ 28060470.10 |==============================================
Fedora 17 ......... 25806284.87 |==========================================
Slackware 14 Beta . 22855850.80 |=====================================
FFTE 5.0
Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 5473.60 |==============================================
CentOS 6.2 ........ 5959.47 |==================================================
Fedora 17 ......... 5737.92 |================================================
Slackware 14 Beta . 4850.30 |=========================================
Arch Linux ........ 5741.54 |================================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 1264.24 |=================================================
CentOS 6.2 ........ 1218.56 |===============================================
Fedora 17 ......... 1252.89 |=================================================
Slackware 14 Beta . 1077.82 |==========================================
Arch Linux ........ 1290.80 |==================================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Monte Carlo
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 539.23 |===================================================
CentOS 6.2 ........ 325.63 |===============================
Fedora 17 ......... 412.19 |=======================================
Slackware 14 Beta . 345.47 |=================================
Arch Linux ........ 411.80 |=======================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 287.29 |=============================================
CentOS 6.2 ........ 326.27 |===================================================
Fedora 17 ......... 315.57 |=================================================
Slackware 14 Beta . 293.03 |==============================================
Arch Linux ........ 323.83 |===================================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 1955.26 |===============================================
CentOS 6.2 ........ 2015.91 |================================================
Fedora 17 ......... 1946.03 |===============================================
Slackware 14 Beta . 1724.73 |=========================================
Arch Linux ........ 2089.77 |==================================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 2362.50 |================================================
CentOS 6.2 ........ 2250.35 |==============================================
Fedora 17 ......... 2416.01 |=================================================
Slackware 14 Beta . 2033.69 |==========================================
Arch Linux ........ 2449.41 |==================================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 1176.92 |==================================================
CentOS 6.2 ........ 1174.66 |==================================================
Fedora 17 ......... 1174.66 |==================================================
Slackware 14 Beta . 992.20 |==========================================
Arch Linux ........ 1179.18 |==================================================
Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 1617.25 |================================================
CentOS 6.2 ........ 1679.33 |==================================================
Fedora 17 ......... 1601.01 |================================================
Slackware 14 Beta . 1365.25 |=========================================
Arch Linux ........ 1583.88 |===============================================
OpenSSL 1.0.0e
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 91.85 |====================================================
CentOS 6.2 ........ 91.15 |====================================================
Fedora 17 ......... 91.48 |====================================================
Slackware 14 Beta . 77.05 |============================================
Arch Linux ........ 91.95 |====================================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: EP.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 373.16 |===============================================
CentOS 6.2 ........ 350.98 |=============================================
Fedora 17 ......... 394.44 |==================================================
Slackware 14 Beta . 334.93 |===========================================
Arch Linux ........ 401.40 |===================================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: MG.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 2705.06 |===============================================
CentOS 6.2 ........ 2881.10 |==================================================
Fedora 17 ......... 2777.18 |================================================
Slackware 14 Beta . 2805.12 |=================================================
Arch Linux ........ 2876.97 |==================================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: SP.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 3830.96 |==================================================
CentOS 6.2 ........ 3839.69 |==================================================
Fedora 17 ......... 3527.57 |==============================================
Slackware 14 Beta . 3511.16 |==============================================
Arch Linux ........ 3638.09 |===============================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: UA.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 49.12 |================================================
CentOS 6.2 ........ 53.39 |====================================================
Fedora 17 ......... 52.31 |===================================================
Slackware 14 Beta . 49.12 |================================================
Arch Linux ........ 51.03 |==================================================
Gcrypt Library 1.4.4
CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher
Microseconds < Lower Is Better
CentOS 6.2 . 2297 |============================================================
Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 15.62 |===================================================
CentOS 6.2 ........ 15.76 |===================================================
Fedora 17 ......... 16.08 |====================================================
Slackware 14 Beta . 16.01 |====================================================
Arch Linux ........ 15.88 |===================================================
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 30.67 |=================================================
CentOS 6.2 ........ 32.48 |====================================================
Fedora 17 ......... 23.46 |======================================
Slackware 14 Beta . 27.92 |=============================================
Arch Linux ........ 23.20 |=====================================
FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 5.77 |=============================================
CentOS 6.2 ........ 6.16 |================================================
Slackware 14 Beta . 6.84 |=====================================================
Arch Linux ........ 5.79 |=============================================
Sudokut 0.4
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 20.02 |===================================
CentOS 6.2 ........ 30.17 |====================================================
Fedora 17 ......... 20.61 |====================================
Slackware 14 Beta . 23.82 |=========================================
Arch Linux ........ 21.46 |=====================================