Fedora 18 Linux Performance

Fedora 18 benchmarks compared to Fedora 17 on two different Intel Linux systems. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionCore i7 3960XCore i7 3770K Fedora 17 Fedora 18 Fedora 17 Fedora 18Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores)Intel DX79SIIntel Sandy Bridge DMI28192MB64GB OCZ VERTEXAMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB (650/900MHz)Realtek ALC892DELL S2409WIntel 82579LM Gigabit ConnectionFedora 17 (Beefy Miracle)3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.4.1X Server 1.12.0radeon 6.14.992.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.7.2 20120921ext41920x1080Intel Xeon E5/Core2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHzFedora 18 (Spherical Cow)3.6.10-4.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.6.2X Server 1.13.0radeon 6.99.992.1 Mesa 9.0.1 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.7.2 20121109Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores)ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM8192MB60GB OCZ VERTEX2Intel Device 0162 (1150MHz)DELL P2210HRealtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle)3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.4.1X Server 1.12.0intel 2.19.02.1 Mesa 8.0.2GCC 4.7.2 20120921Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9Intel Gen7 (1150MHz)Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow)3.6.10-4.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.6.2X Server 1.13.0intel 2.20.142.1 Mesa 9.0.1GCC 4.7.2 20121109OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --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 Details- Scaling Governor: ondemandGraphics Details- Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17: EXA- Core i7 3960X: Fedora 18: EXA- Core i7 3770K: Fedora 17: UXA- Core i7 3770K: Fedora 18: UXASystem Details- SELinux: Enabled.

openarena: 1920 x 1080padman: 1920 x 1080openarena: 1920 x 1080npb: MG.Bnpb: CG.Bapache: Static Web Page Servingxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Highhmmer: Pfam Database Searchnpb: EP.Bttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mappingbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilexonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lownpb: UA.Aclomp: Static OMP Speedupnpb: LU.Agraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdingnpb: BT.Affmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVblake2: Phoronix Test Suite v4.4.0m0dolfyn: Computational Fluid Dynamicsencode-mp3: WAV To MP3npb: IS.Cgraphics-magick: HWB Color Spacegraphics-magick: Resizingffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routinecompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionx264: H.264 Video Encodingmafft: Multiple Sequence Alignmentnexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - Yes - OnCore i7 3960XCore i7 3770K Fedora 17 Fedora 18 Fedora 17 Fedora 1859.2359.7021.732808.361528.7510988.6436.6416.00395.54181.0156.9198.4753.326.0212489.9714212688.2117.195.0024.2213.84148.141971705753.386.02214.946.3415.2359.3059.9714.532806.441524.889571.0440.0415.86395.48187.5856.55100.2849.925.9912511.0414312663.6817.255.0224.1913.80147.761971725746.526.22211.516.7134.95146.72148.8730.376060.622738.2115821.1051.2410.38276.33137.9876.79121.4649.805.1414043.7712714091.3915.785.3322.9713.14154.982041685832.218.43157.685.8239.09178.43170.7732.676035.502717.5313162.1859.0010.50281.03138.3776.38128.8944.635.1314075.0112914080.0915.735.3422.7513.07154.592051685826.268.64157.695.8916.09OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1920 x 1080Fedora 17Fedora 184080120160200SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 3.30, N = 6SE +/- 2.34, N = 359.2359.30146.72178.43

World of Padman

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWorld of Padman 1.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080Fedora 17Fedora 184080120160200SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.73, N = 359.7059.97148.87170.77

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080Fedora 17Fedora 18816243240SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 321.7314.5330.3732.67

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: MG.B

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BFedora 17Fedora 1813002600390052006500SE +/- 2.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 2.68, N = 3SE +/- 7.15, N = 32808.362806.446060.626035.501. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: CG.B

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: CG.BFedora 17Fedora 186001200180024003000SE +/- 0.60, N = 3SE +/- 2.09, N = 3SE +/- 4.93, N = 3SE +/- 15.65, N = 31528.751524.882738.212717.531. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

Apache Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.4.3Static Web Page ServingFedora 17Fedora 183K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 144.62, N = 3SE +/- 160.08, N = 4SE +/- 154.98, N = 3SE +/- 64.44, N = 310988.649571.0415821.1013162.181. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -O2 -pthread

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighFedora 17Fedora 181326395265SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.90, N = 636.6440.0451.2459.00

Timed HMMer Search

Pfam Database Search

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchFedora 17Fedora 1848121620SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 316.0015.8610.3810.501. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: EP.B

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.BFedora 17Fedora 1890180270360450SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3395.54395.48276.33281.031. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

TTSIOD 3D Renderer

Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2wPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingFedora 17Fedora 184080120160200SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 1.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3181.01187.58137.98138.371. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -mtune=native -flto -msse -mrecip -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mssse3 -lSDL -lpthread -lstdc++

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileFedora 17Fedora 1820406080100SE +/- 0.73, N = 3SE +/- 1.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 356.9156.5576.7976.38

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowFedora 17Fedora 18306090120150SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 398.47100.28121.46128.89

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: UA.A

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.AFedora 17Fedora 181224364860SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 353.3249.9249.8044.631. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

CLOMP

Static OMP Speedup

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgSpeedup, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP SpeedupFedora 17Fedora 18246810SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 56.025.995.145.131. (CC) gcc options: --openmp -O3 -lm

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: LU.A

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.AFedora 17Fedora 183K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 27.21, N = 3SE +/- 8.85, N = 3SE +/- 4.32, N = 3SE +/- 31.57, N = 312489.9712511.0414043.7714075.011. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingFedora 17Fedora 18306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31421431271291. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lXext -lX11 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: BT.A

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: BT.AFedora 17Fedora 183K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 7.39, N = 3SE +/- 2.59, N = 3SE +/- 21.16, N = 3SE +/- 9.78, N = 312688.2112663.6814091.3914080.091. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

FFmpeg

H.264 HD To NTSC DV

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 1.1H.264 HD To NTSC DVFedora 17Fedora 1848121620SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 317.1917.2515.7815.731. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lasound -lSDL -lpthread -lm -pthread -lrt

BLAKE2

Phoronix Test Suite v4.4.0m0

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgCycles Per Byte, Fewer Is BetterBLAKE2 20121223Phoronix Test Suite v4.4.0m0Fedora 17Fedora 181.20152.4033.60454.8066.0075SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 35.005.025.335.341. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -O3 -march=native

Dolfyn

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterDolfyn 0.527Computational Fluid DynamicsFedora 17Fedora 18612182430SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 324.2224.1922.9722.75

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3Fedora 17Fedora 1848121620SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 513.8413.8013.1413.07

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: IS.C

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: IS.CFedora 17Fedora 18306090120150SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3148.14147.76154.98154.591. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

GraphicsMagick

Operation: HWB Color Space

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: HWB Color SpaceFedora 17Fedora 184080120160200SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31971972042051. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lXext -lX11 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Resizing

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: ResizingFedora 17Fedora 184080120160200SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 31701721681681. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lXext -lX11 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

FFTE

Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterFFTE 5.0Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT RoutineFedora 17Fedora 1813002600390052006500SE +/- 1.45, N = 3SE +/- 2.15, N = 3SE +/- 10.23, N = 3SE +/- 9.25, N = 35753.385746.525832.215826.261. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File Compression

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File CompressionFedora 17Fedora 18246810SE +/- 0.13, N = 6SE +/- 0.27, N = 6SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 66.026.228.438.641. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2012-10-03H.264 Video EncodingFedora 17Fedora 1850100150200250SE +/- 4.17, N = 6SE +/- 7.74, N = 6SE +/- 1.93, N = 3SE +/- 1.23, N = 3214.94211.51157.68157.69

Timed MAFFT Alignment

Multiple Sequence Alignment

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentFedora 17Fedora 18246810SE +/- 0.17, N = 6SE +/- 0.19, N = 6SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 36.346.715.825.891. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread

Nexuiz

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: OnFedora 17Fedora 18918273645SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 2.04, N = 6SE +/- 0.93, N = 6SE +/- 0.55, N = 615.2334.9539.0916.09

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