Scientific Linux 7.0 vs. 6.6 
Scientific Linux 7.0 (enterprise linux 7.0) benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com.


Scientific Linux 7.0: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA Device 0fc8 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Scientific Linux 7.0, Kernel: 3.10.0-123.9.2.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.5 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20140120, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Scientific Linux 6.6: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1024MB (324/648MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Scientific 6.6, Kernel: 2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.2, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Scientific Linux 7.0 . 80.29  |=================================
Scientific Linux 6.6 . 117.68 |================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Scientific Linux 7.0 . 152.61 |============================================
Scientific Linux 6.6 . 165.54 |================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Scientific Linux 7.0 . 826.06 |============================================
Scientific Linux 6.6 . 892.33 |================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Scientific Linux 7.0 . 164.45 |================================================
Scientific Linux 6.6 . 159.28 |==============================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Scientific Linux 7.0 . 5396 |==================================================
Scientific Linux 6.6 . 5000 |==============================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Scientific Linux 7.0 . 7.26 |=================================================
Scientific Linux 6.6 . 7.38 |==================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP MRI-Q
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Scientific Linux 7.0 . 16.40 |=====================================
Scientific Linux 6.6 . 21.45 |=================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Scientific Linux 7.0 . 108.27 |================================================
Scientific Linux 6.6 . 108.93 |================================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP LavaMD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Scientific Linux 7.0 . 320.29 |================================================
Scientific Linux 6.6 . 273.57 |=========================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Scientific Linux 7.0 . 37.29 |=================================================
Scientific Linux 6.6 . 35.21 |==============================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP Streamcluster
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Scientific Linux 7.0 . 19.95 |=================================================
Scientific Linux 6.6 . 19.47 |================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Scientific Linux 7.0 . 187 |===================================================
Scientific Linux 6.6 . 164 |=============================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Scientific Linux 7.0 . 209 |===================================================
Scientific Linux 6.6 . 186 |=============================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Scientific Linux 7.0 . 1688.19 |===========================================
Scientific Linux 6.6 . 1841.38 |===============================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc3
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Scientific Linux 7.0 . 48.07 |=================================================
Scientific Linux 6.6 . 48.21 |=================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Scientific Linux 7.0 . 11.09 |=============================
Scientific Linux 6.6 . 18.83 |=================================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Scientific Linux 7.0 . 40 |====================================================
Scientific Linux 6.6 . 37 |================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Scientific Linux 7.0 . 13.84 |=================================================
Scientific Linux 6.6 . 13.81 |=================================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Scientific Linux 7.0 . 11899.23 |==============================
Scientific Linux 6.6 . 18087.95 |==============================================