DragonFlyBSD 3.2 vs. Linux Intel Multi-Core Scaling

Intel Core i7-3960X testing on DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1 and Ubuntu 12.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. lookign at the multi-threaded OS performance for a future article on Phoronix.com.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1212083-RA-BSDSCALES74&grr&rdt.

ProcessorMemoryDiskMotherboardChipsetGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelCompilerFile-SystemDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLScreen ResolutionDragonFlyBSD 3.2.1Ubuntu 12.10DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3CentOS 6.3 12 Threads 1 Thread 2 Threads 3 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 12 Threads 6 Threads 4 Threads 3 Threads 2 Threads 1 Thread 12 Threads 6 Threads 4 Threads 3 Threads 2 Threads 1 Thread 1 Thread 2 Threads 3 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 12 ThreadsIntel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores)8192MBSATA OCZ VERTEX 1.30DragonFly3.2-RELEASE (x86_64)GCC 4.4.7UnknownIntel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (1 Core)Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (2 Cores)Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (3 Cores)Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores)Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (6 Cores)Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores)Intel DX79SIIntel Xeon E5/Core64GB OCZ VERTEXAMD Radeon HD 4650 512MBRealtek ALC892DELL S2409WIntel 82579LM Gigabit ConnectionUbuntu 12.103.5.0-17-generic (x86_64)Unity 6.8.0X Server 1.13.0radeon 6.99.992.1 Mesa 9.0 Gallium 0.4ext41920x1080Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (6 Cores)Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores)Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (3 Cores)Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (2 Cores)Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (1 Core)Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores)SATA OCZ VERTEX 1.30DragonFly3.0-RELEASE (x86_64)hammerIntel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (6 Cores)Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores)Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (3 Cores)Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (2 Cores)Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (1 Core)Intel DX79SIIntel Xeon E5/Core64GB OCZ VERTEXAMD Radeon HD 4650 512MBIntel C600/X79DELL S2409WIntel 82579LM Gigabit ConnectionCentOS 6.32.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME 2.28.2X Server 1.10.6radeon 6.14.22.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.4.6 20120305ext41920x1080Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (2 Cores)Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (3 Cores)Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores)Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (6 Cores)Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores)OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- Ubuntu 12.10: 12 Threads: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,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- Ubuntu 12.10: 6 Threads: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,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- Ubuntu 12.10: 4 Threads: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,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- Ubuntu 12.10: 3 Threads: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,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- Ubuntu 12.10: 2 Threads: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,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- Ubuntu 12.10: 1 Thread: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,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- CentOS 6.3: 1 Thread: --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- CentOS 6.3: 2 Threads: --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- CentOS 6.3: 3 Threads: --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- CentOS 6.3: 4 Threads: --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- CentOS 6.3: 6 Threads: --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- CentOS 6.3: 12 Threads: --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=genericProcessor Details- Ubuntu 12.10: 12 Threads, Ubuntu 12.10: 6 Threads, Ubuntu 12.10: 4 Threads, Ubuntu 12.10: 3 Threads, Ubuntu 12.10: 2 Threads, Ubuntu 12.10: 1 Thread, CentOS 6.3: 1 Thread, CentOS 6.3: 2 Threads, CentOS 6.3: 3 Threads, CentOS 6.3: 4 Threads, CentOS 6.3: 6 Threads, CentOS 6.3: 12 Threads: Scaling Governor: ondemandSystem Details- Ubuntu 12.10: 12 Threads: Compiz was running on this system.- Ubuntu 12.10: 6 Threads: Compiz was running on this system.- Ubuntu 12.10: 4 Threads: Compiz was running on this system.- Ubuntu 12.10: 3 Threads: Compiz was running on this system.- Ubuntu 12.10: 2 Threads: Compiz was running on this system.- Ubuntu 12.10: 1 Thread: Compiz was running on this system.- CentOS 6.3: 1 Thread: SELinux: Enabled.- CentOS 6.3: 2 Threads: SELinux: Enabled.- CentOS 6.3: 3 Threads: SELinux: Enabled.- CentOS 6.3: 4 Threads: SELinux: Enabled.- CentOS 6.3: 6 Threads: SELinux: Enabled.- CentOS 6.3: 12 Threads: SELinux: Enabled.

graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinggraphics-magick: HWB Color Spacegraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: Sharpengraphics-magick: Blurc-ray: Total Timebuild-php: Time To Compilehimeno: Poisson Pressure SolverDragonFlyBSD 3.2.1Ubuntu 12.10DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3CentOS 6.3 12 Threads 1 Thread 2 Threads 3 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 12 Threads 6 Threads 4 Threads 3 Threads 2 Threads 1 Thread 12 Threads 6 Threads 4 Threads 3 Threads 2 Threads 1 Thread 1 Thread 2 Threads 3 Threads 4 Threads 6 Threads 12 Threads397953164032.4623.39717.874079531640214.77101.20719.354079531640107.4058.95719.31397953164071.6544.21719.47407953164053.7936.45718.98407953164035.9127.86710.6813619217210513931.5822.311367.871231851557111735.7225.031429.781051721365310153.5530.981436.3090161121438971.3936.841451.9471142993172106.8249.831433.3344106641746216.5589.961382.4632.1724.95716.9935.3529.66709.7152.9337.20719.1770.6544.47719.59105.7760.49717.98211.51103.28718.8644106651746212.7581.541586.74731451023174106.1744.691660.4393165125439270.8132.831652.681081771405410553.1028.681648.971281911607212235.4123.241592.3913418416310213732.5021.161639.55OpenBenchmarking.org

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding

DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1Ubuntu 12.10CentOS 6.3OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding12 Threads1 Thread2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads6 Threads306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 33940403940401361231059071444473931081281341. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: HWB Color Space

DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1Ubuntu 12.10CentOS 6.3OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: HWB Color Space12 Threads1 Thread2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads6 Threads4080120160200SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 37979797979791921851721611421061061451651771911841. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Resizing

DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1Ubuntu 12.10CentOS 6.3OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Resizing12 Threads1 Thread2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads6 Threads4080120160200SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 35353535353531721551361219964651021251401601631. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Sharpen

DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1Ubuntu 12.10CentOS 6.3OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Sharpen12 Threads1 Thread2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads6 Threads20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3161616161616105715343311717314354721021. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Blur

DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1Ubuntu 12.10CentOS 6.3OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Blur12 Threads1 Thread2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads6 Threads306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 34040404040401391171018972464674921051221371. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

C-Ray

Total Time

DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1Ubuntu 12.10DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3CentOS 6.3OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Time12 Threads1 Thread2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads6 Threads50100150200250SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 3.01, N = 6SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.84, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 332.46214.77107.4071.6553.7935.9131.5835.7253.5571.39106.82216.5532.1735.3552.9370.65105.77211.51212.75106.1770.8153.1035.4132.501. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Timed PHP Compilation

Time To Compile

DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1Ubuntu 12.10DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3CentOS 6.3OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To Compile12 Threads1 Thread2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads6 Threads20406080100SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 323.3023.39101.2058.9544.2136.4527.8622.3125.0330.9836.8449.8389.9624.9529.6637.2044.4760.49103.2881.5444.6932.8328.6823.2421.161. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pedantic -ldl -lz -lm

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

DragonFlyBSD 3.2.1Ubuntu 12.10DragonFlyBSD 3.0.3CentOS 6.3OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure Solver12 Threads1 Thread2 Threads3 Threads4 Threads6 Threads400800120016002000SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 8.45, N = 3SE +/- 8.83, N = 3SE +/- 9.98, N = 3SE +/- 26.60, N = 6SE +/- 24.11, N = 6SE +/- 25.27, N = 6SE +/- 36.63, N = 6SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 9.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 28.06, N = 3SE +/- 23.92, N = 3SE +/- 24.25, N = 5SE +/- 8.64, N = 3SE +/- 9.78, N = 3SE +/- 37.82, N = 6717.87719.35719.31719.47718.98710.681367.871429.781436.301451.941433.331382.46716.99709.71719.17719.59717.98718.861586.741660.431652.681648.971592.391639.551. (CC) gcc options: -O3

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