Amazon EC2 Cloud Linux OS Benchmarks Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com. Amazon m3.xlarge EC2 Cloud benchmarks comparing various enterprise Linux operating systems in Amazon's Compute Cloud like Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Enterprise Server, Ubuntu Linux, and Amazon Linux AMI. Cloud benchmarks by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.
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Amazon EC2 Cloud Linux OS Benchmarks Processor Memory Disk OS Kernel Compiler File-System System Layer Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 13.10 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 @ 2.59GHz (4 Cores) 15360MB 6GB RedHatEnterpriseServer 6.4 2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64) GCC 4.4.7 20120313 ext4 Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor 8GB Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 3.4.62-53.42.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64) GCC 4.6.3 20120306 Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-54-virtual (x86_64) GCC 4.6 Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores) Ubuntu 13.10 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64) GCC 4.8 16384MB 10GB SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 3.0.82-0.7-ec2 (x86_64) GCC 4.3 ext3 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4: --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 - Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09: --build=x86_64-amazon-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-tune=generic - Ubuntu 12.04.3 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 - Ubuntu 13.10: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - SUSE Linux Enterprise 11: --build=x86_64-suse-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,obj-c++,java,ada --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=new --enable-linux-futex --enable-ssp --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-cpu=generic --with-slibdir=/lib64 --without-system-libunwind System Details - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4: SELinux: Enabled. Disk Mount Options Details - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4: barrier=1,data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabel - Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09: data=ordered,noatime,rw - Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS: acl,barrier=1,data=ordered,relatime,rw,user_xattr - Ubuntu 13.10: data=ordered,relatime,rw - SUSE Linux Enterprise 11: acl,barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=continue,relatime,rw,user_xattr
Amazon EC2 Cloud Linux OS Benchmarks hmmer: Pfam Database Search mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver dolfyn: Computational Fluid Dynamics rodinia: OpenMP Leukocyte rodinia: OpenMP CFD Solver rodinia: OpenMP Streamcluster ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine postmark: Disk Transaction Performance john-the-ripper: Blowfish john-the-ripper: Traditional DES john-the-ripper: MD5 compress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compression build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile c-ray: Total Time polybench-c: Covariance Computation polybench-c: Correlation Computation polybench-c: 3 Matrix Multiplications Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 13.10 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 27.60 13.10 1214.54 36.66 103.46 224.44 56.85 4355.77 1685 1907 7279333 24392 19.93 238.34 131.61 6.71 6.72 25.66 29.24 12.43 1199.42 33.50 100.77 247.46 55.74 3986.60 2055 1975 7940333 26860 19.14 210.61 129.56 6.68 6.72 25.68 26.03 12.29 1172.08 33.30 101.53 228.41 56.21 4054.00 2011 2003 7946000 26684 18.90 240.40 129.02 6.70 6.71 25.70 25.87 12.48 1205.22 33.17 103.01 225.91 55.59 4220.04 1963 1996 3363667 28584 18.57 259.85 77.16 6.61 6.64 25.76 25.46 12.28 1189.83 88.75 227.31 54.14 4043.54 779 1972 7951333 18533 18.55 118.54 6.39 6.39 24.71 OpenBenchmarking.org
Timed HMMer Search Pfam Database Search OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 13.10 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 27.60 29.24 26.03 25.87 25.46 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm
Timed MAFFT Alignment Multiple Sequence Alignment OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 13.10 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 6 SE +/- 0.21, N = 6 SE +/- 0.30, N = 6 SE +/- 0.20, N = 6 13.10 12.43 12.29 12.48 12.28 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 13.10 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 1.14, N = 3 SE +/- 1.47, N = 3 SE +/- 2.31, N = 3 SE +/- 4.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.95, N = 3 1214.54 1199.42 1172.08 1205.22 1189.83 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
Dolfyn Computational Fluid Dynamics OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 13.10 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 36.66 33.50 33.30 33.17
Rodinia Test: OpenMP Leukocyte OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Leukocyte Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 13.10 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 1.02, N = 3 SE +/- 1.32, N = 3 SE +/- 1.43, N = 3 SE +/- 1.56, N = 3 SE +/- 1.27, N = 3 103.46 100.77 101.53 103.01 88.75 -O3 -fopenmp -O3 -fopenmp -O2 -lOpenCL -O2 -lOpenCL -O3 -fopenmp 1. (CXX) g++ options:
Rodinia Test: OpenMP CFD Solver OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 13.10 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.93, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 224.44 247.46 228.41 225.91 227.31 -O3 -fopenmp -O3 -fopenmp -O2 -lOpenCL -O2 -lOpenCL -O3 -fopenmp 1. (CXX) g++ options:
Rodinia Test: OpenMP Streamcluster OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 13.10 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 56.85 55.74 56.21 55.59 54.14 -O3 -fopenmp -O3 -fopenmp -O2 -lOpenCL -O2 -lOpenCL -O3 -fopenmp 1. (CXX) g++ options:
FFTE Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 13.10 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 14.72, N = 3 SE +/- 51.13, N = 3 SE +/- 3.59, N = 3 SE +/- 2.47, N = 3 SE +/- 71.29, N = 6 4355.77 3986.60 4054.00 4220.04 4043.54 -m64 -O2 -fPIC -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lpthread -lrt -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 13.10 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 4.00, N = 3 SE +/- 5.67, N = 3 SE +/- 5.33, N = 3 SE +/- 5.00, N = 3 SE +/- 15.11, N = 6 1685 2055 2011 1963 779 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
John The Ripper Test: Blowfish OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Blowfish Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 13.10 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 6.67, N = 3 SE +/- 33.08, N = 6 SE +/- 6.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 1907 1975 2003 1996 1972 1. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl
John The Ripper Test: Traditional DES OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Traditional DES Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 13.10 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 2M 4M 6M 8M 10M SE +/- 63024.69, N = 3 SE +/- 21666.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 11333.33, N = 3 SE +/- 35964.49, N = 3 7279333 7940333 7946000 3363667 7951333 1. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl
John The Ripper Test: MD5 OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: MD5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 13.10 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 6K 12K 18K 24K 30K SE +/- 60.53, N = 3 SE +/- 140.68, N = 3 SE +/- 8.00, N = 3 SE +/- 60.40, N = 3 SE +/- 24.69, N = 3 24392 26860 26684 28584 18533 1. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 256MB File Compression OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 13.10 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 19.93 19.14 18.90 18.57 18.55 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 13.10 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.83, N = 3 SE +/- 0.96, N = 3 SE +/- 2.50, N = 3 SE +/- 2.61, N = 3 238.34 210.61 240.40 259.85
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 13.10 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 131.61 129.56 129.02 77.16 118.54 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
PolyBench-C Test: Covariance Computation OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: Covariance Computation Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 13.10 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 6.71 6.68 6.70 6.61 6.39 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
PolyBench-C Test: Correlation Computation OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: Correlation Computation Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 13.10 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 6.72 6.72 6.71 6.64 6.39 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
PolyBench-C Test: 3 Matrix Multiplications OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better PolyBench-C 3.2 Test: 3 Matrix Multiplications Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09 Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Ubuntu 13.10 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 25.66 25.68 25.70 25.76 24.71 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
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