Sun v60x – Benchmark

Tested a school lab Sun v60x server with CentOS 5.5 loaded. It is a 1u full rack server and thus, uncomfortably loud.

Specs:
2x Xeon @ 3.06GHz
2GB Memory
2x 36GB 10k Disks

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   BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.2)

   System: server: GNU/Linux
   OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.18-194.el5 -- #1 SMP Fri Apr 2 14:58:35 EDT 2010
   Machine: i686 (i386)
   Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
   CPU 0: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.06GHz (6113.9 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext
   CPU 1: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.06GHz (6112.7 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext
   CPU 2: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.06GHz (6112.8 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext
   CPU 3: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.06GHz (6112.8 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, MMX, Physical Address Ext
   08:16:31 up  2:58,  9 users,  load average: 0.02, 0.66, 0.73; runlevel

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Benchmark Run: Tue Oct 19 2010 08:16:31 - 08:44:46
4 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables        5016443.2 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     1193.4 MWIPS (10.6 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               1798.0 lps   (29.8 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        182385.5 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks           52532.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks        491880.2 KBps  (30.1 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              328327.0 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                  71385.9 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               6120.4 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   3269.1 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                    767.9 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         410651.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0    5016443.2    429.9
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       1193.4    217.0
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       1798.0    418.1
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     182385.5    460.6
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0      52532.0    317.4
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0     491880.2    848.1
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     328327.0    263.9
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0      71385.9    178.5
Process Creation                                126.0       6120.4    485.7
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       3269.1    771.0
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0        767.9   1279.8
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     410651.3    273.8
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System Benchmarks Index Score                                         419.7

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Benchmark Run: Tue Oct 19 2010 08:44:46 - 09:13:05
4 CPUs in system; running 4 parallel copies of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       10913892.7 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     3875.1 MWIPS (10.4 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               4163.8 lps   (29.8 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        119217.0 KBps  (30.1 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks           32092.8 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks        364708.0 KBps  (30.1 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              877013.1 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 251983.1 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                              13102.1 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   5817.9 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                    820.7 lpm   (60.2 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                        1060775.7 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   10913892.7    935.2
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       3875.1    704.6
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       4163.8    968.3
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     119217.0    301.1
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0      32092.8    193.9
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0     364708.0    628.8
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     877013.1    705.0
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     251983.1    630.0
Process Creation                                126.0      13102.1   1039.9
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       5817.9   1372.2
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0        820.7   1367.8
System Call Overhead                          15000.0    1060775.7    707.2
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System Benchmarks Index Score                                         702.1