Oracle Linux 6.5 vs. Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta Benchmarks
Early benchmarks of Oracle Enterprise Linux 7.0 Beta 1 for a future article on Phoronix.com.


Oracle Linux 6.5: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v2/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: OracleServer 6.5, Kernel: 3.8.13-16.2.1.el6uek.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivytown DMI2, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Intel C600/X79, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: OracleEverything 7.0, Kernel: 3.10.0-54.0.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.99.901 (1.15.0 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20131106, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP LBM
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 243.67 |============================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 249.15 |=============================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 10.35 |==============================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 9.77  |===========================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP MRI-Q
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 20.66 |==============================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 15.47 |==================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP Leukocyte
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 . 24.67 |=====================================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 62.40 |=============================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 63.59 |==============================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP Streamcluster
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 33.46 |=============================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 33.84 |==============================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 5001 |==========================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 5555 |===============================================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 24.37 |==============================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 23.74 |=============================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 8815 |============================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 9406 |===============================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 32688667 |===========================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 15783667 |=====================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 130345 |=============================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 130518 |=============================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 53.77 |==============================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 53.45 |==============================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 30.48 |==============================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 17.67 |===========================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 53 |==============================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 56 |=================================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Oracle Linux 6.5 ........ 9932.61 |============================================
Oracle Linux 7.0 Beta 1 . 8515.98 |======================================