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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Core i7 3960X: Fedora 17
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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

This is a test of OpenArena, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game is based upon ioquake3, which in turn uses the GPL version of id Software's Quake 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1920 x 1080Fedora 18Fedora 174080120160200SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 2.34, N = 3SE +/- 3.30, N = 659.3059.23178.43146.72

World of Padman

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWorld of Padman 1.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080Fedora 18Fedora 174080120160200SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 359.9759.70170.77148.87

OpenArena

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080Fedora 18Fedora 17816243240SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 314.5321.7332.6730.37

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BFedora 18Fedora 1713002600390052006500SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 2.04, N = 3SE +/- 7.15, N = 3SE +/- 2.68, N = 32806.442808.366035.506060.621. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: CG.BFedora 18Fedora 176001200180024003000SE +/- 2.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.60, N = 3SE +/- 15.65, N = 3SE +/- 4.93, N = 31524.881528.752717.532738.211. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

Apache Benchmark

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.4.3Static Web Page ServingFedora 18Fedora 173K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 160.08, N = 4SE +/- 144.62, N = 3SE +/- 64.44, N = 3SE +/- 154.98, N = 39571.0410988.6413162.1815821.101. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -O2 -pthread

Xonotic

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighFedora 18Fedora 171326395265SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.90, N = 6SE +/- 0.51, N = 340.0436.6459.0051.24

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.

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchFedora 18Fedora 1748121620SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 315.8616.0010.5010.381. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.BFedora 18Fedora 1790180270360450SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3395.48395.54281.03276.331. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

TTSIOD 3D Renderer

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2wPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingFedora 18Fedora 174080120160200SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 1.11, N = 3187.58181.01138.37137.981. (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

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileFedora 18Fedora 1720406080100SE +/- 1.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 356.5556.9176.3876.79

Xonotic

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowFedora 18Fedora 17306090120150SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 3100.2898.47128.89121.46

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.AFedora 18Fedora 171224364860SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 349.9253.3244.6349.801. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

CLOMP

CLOMP is the C version of the Livermore OpenMP benchmark developed to measure OpenMP overheads and other performance impacts due to threading in order to influence future system designs. This particular test profile configuration is currently set to look at the OpenMP static schedule speed-up across all available CPU cores using the recommended test configuration. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgSpeedup, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP SpeedupFedora 18Fedora 17246810SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 55.996.025.135.141. (CC) gcc options: --openmp -O3 -lm

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.AFedora 18Fedora 173K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 8.85, N = 3SE +/- 27.21, N = 3SE +/- 31.57, N = 3SE +/- 4.32, N = 312511.0412489.9714075.0114043.771. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

GraphicsMagick

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingFedora 18Fedora 17306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31431421291271. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lXext -lX11 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: BT.AFedora 18Fedora 173K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 2.59, N = 3SE +/- 7.39, N = 3SE +/- 9.78, N = 3SE +/- 21.16, N = 312663.6812688.2114080.0914091.391. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

FFmpeg

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 1.1H.264 HD To NTSC DVFedora 18Fedora 1748121620SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 317.2517.1915.7315.781. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lasound -lSDL -lpthread -lm -pthread -lrt

BLAKE2

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgCycles Per Byte, Fewer Is BetterBLAKE2 20121223Phoronix Test Suite v4.4.0m0Fedora 18Fedora 171.20152.4033.60454.8066.0075SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 35.025.005.345.331. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -O3 -march=native

Dolfyn

Dolfyn is a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code of modern numerical simulation techniques. The Dolfyn test profile measures the execution time of the bundled computational fluid dynamics demos that are bundled with Dolfyn. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterDolfyn 0.527Computational Fluid DynamicsFedora 18Fedora 17612182430SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 324.1924.2222.7522.97

LAME MP3 Encoding

LAME is an MP3 encoder licensed under the LGPL. This test measures the time required to encode a WAV file to MP3 format. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3Fedora 18Fedora 1748121620SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 513.8013.8413.0713.14

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: IS.CFedora 18Fedora 17306090120150SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3147.76148.14154.59154.981. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

GraphicsMagick

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: HWB Color SpaceFedora 18Fedora 174080120160200SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 31971972052041. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lXext -lX11 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: ResizingFedora 18Fedora 174080120160200SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31721701681681. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lXext -lX11 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

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.

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterFFTE 5.0Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT RoutineFedora 18Fedora 1713002600390052006500SE +/- 2.15, N = 3SE +/- 1.45, N = 3SE +/- 9.25, N = 3SE +/- 10.23, N = 35746.525753.385826.265832.211. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File CompressionFedora 18Fedora 17246810SE +/- 0.27, N = 6SE +/- 0.13, N = 6SE +/- 0.14, N = 6SE +/- 0.16, N = 36.226.028.648.431. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread

x264

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2012-10-03H.264 Video EncodingFedora 18Fedora 1750100150200250SE +/- 7.74, N = 6SE +/- 4.17, N = 6SE +/- 1.23, N = 3SE +/- 1.93, N = 3211.51214.94157.69157.68

Timed MAFFT Alignment

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentFedora 18Fedora 17246810SE +/- 0.19, N = 6SE +/- 0.17, N = 6SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 36.716.345.895.821. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread

Nexuiz

This is a benchmark of Nexuiz, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game uses the DarkPlaces engine, which is a largely modified version of the Quake engine with extra features such as High Dynamic Range rendering and OpenGL 2.0 shaders. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Core i7 3960XCore i7 3770KOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: OnFedora 18Fedora 17918273645SE +/- 2.04, N = 6SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 6SE +/- 0.93, N = 634.9515.2316.0939.09