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 |======================================