Windows Networking Performance AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core testing with a GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS) and ASPEED ASPEED Family 8192MB on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Windows Server 2016: Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00, Memory: 8 x 4096 MB 2666MHz 9ASF51272PZ-2G6E1, Disk: 466GB Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8192MB (1911/4004MHz), Network: Realtek PCIe GBE Family + Microsoft ISATAP OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Essentials Build 14393, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 391.01 (23.21.13.9101), Vulkan: 1.0.65, Compiler: GCC 7.1.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 28672MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 28032MB, Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-10-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.27.92, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc4 (LLVM 5.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Clear Linux 21260: Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 8 x 4096 MB DDR4-2666MT/s 9ASF51272PZ-2G6E1, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family 8192MB, Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Clear Linux OS 21260, Kernel: 4.15.7-536.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + Clang 5.0.1 + LLVM 5.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 28672MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family 8192MB, Audio: NVIDIA Device 10f0, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.40 - Test: TCP Request Response - Duration: 10 Seconds Transaction Rate Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 771.55 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 873.44 |============================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 925.73 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 850.84 |============================================= Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.40 - Test: TCP Request Response - Duration: 60 Seconds Transaction Rate Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 747.11 |======================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 877.17 |=============================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 920.35 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 854.92 |============================================== Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.40 - Test: UDP Request Response - Duration: 10 Seconds Transaction Rate Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 715.88 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 865.22 |============================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 913.48 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 861.09 |============================================== Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.40 - Test: UDP Request Response - Duration: 60 Seconds Transaction Rate Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 728.79 |======================================= Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 878.48 |=============================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 918.92 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 851.80 |============================================= Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.40 - Test: TCP Request Response - Duration: 360 Seconds Transaction Rate Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 754.78 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 864.31 |=============================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 908.26 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 848.15 |============================================== Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.40 - Test: UDP Request Response - Duration: 360 Seconds Transaction Rate Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 730.78 |======================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 856.51 |============================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 904.39 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 849.65 |============================================== Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.40 - Test: TCP Stream - Client To Server - Duration: 10 Seconds Megabits/sec Throughput > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 94.68 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 93.92 |================================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 93.92 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 93.92 |================================================== Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.40 - Test: TCP Stream - Client To Server - Duration: 60 Seconds Megabits/sec Throughput > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 94.70 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 93.93 |================================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 93.93 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 93.93 |================================================== Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.40 - Test: TCP Stream - Server To Client - Duration: 10 Seconds Megabits/sec Throughput > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 94.89 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 94.14 |================================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 94.05 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 94.14 |================================================== Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.40 - Test: TCP Stream - Server To Client - Duration: 60 Seconds Megabits/sec Throughput > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 94.92 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 94.15 |================================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 93.50 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 94.15 |================================================== Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.40 - Test: TCP Stream - Client To Server - Duration: 360 Seconds Megabits/sec Throughput > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 94.71 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 93.93 |================================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 93.93 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 93.93 |================================================== Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.40 - Test: TCP Stream - Server To Client - Duration: 360 Seconds Megabits/sec Throughput > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 94.93 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 94.15 |================================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 93.40 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 94.15 |================================================== Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.40 - Test: UDP Stream - Server To Client - 10G - Duration: 10 Seconds Megabits/sec Throughput > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 96.43 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 96.50 |================================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 96.50 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 96.50 |================================================== Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.40 - Test: UDP Stream - Server To Client - 10G - Duration: 60 Seconds Megabits/sec Throughput > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 96.20 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 96.21 |================================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 96.21 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 96.21 |================================================== Netperf 2.7.0 Server: 192.168.1.40 - Test: UDP Stream - Server To Client - 10G - Duration: 360 Seconds Megabits/sec Throughput > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 96.16 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 96.17 |================================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 96.17 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 96.17 |================================================== iPerf 3.1.3 Server Address: 192.168.1.40 - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 60 Seconds - Test: UDP - 100Mbit Objective - Parallel: 1 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 95.70 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 95.70 |================================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 95.70 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 95.70 |================================================== iPerf 3.1.3 Server Address: 192.168.1.40 - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 60 Seconds - Test: UDP - 100Mbit Objective - Parallel: 5 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 57.55 |===================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 78.69 |================================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 57.50 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 57.50 |===================================== iPerf 3.1.3 Server Address: 192.168.1.40 - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 60 Seconds - Test: UDP - 1000Mbit Objective - Parallel: 1 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 95.70 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 95.70 |================================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 95.70 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 95.70 |================================================== iPerf 3.1.3 Server Address: 192.168.1.40 - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 60 Seconds - Test: UDP - 1000Mbit Objective - Parallel: 5 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 57.60 |=========================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 103.38 |================================================= Clear Linux 21260 ... 57.50 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 57.50 |=========================== iPerf 3.1.3 Server Address: 192.168.1.40 - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 60 Seconds - Test: UDP - 100Mbit Objective - Parallel: 10 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 52.80 |============================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 88.47 |================================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 52.69 |============================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 52.69 |============================== iPerf 3.1.3 Server Address: 192.168.1.40 - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 60 Seconds - Test: UDP - 100Mbit Objective - Parallel: 20 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 50.61 |= Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 153.00 |==== Clear Linux 21260 ... 50.35 |= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 1997.00 |================================================ iPerf 3.1.3 Server Address: 192.168.1.40 - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 60 Seconds - Test: UDP - 1000Mbit Objective - Parallel: 10 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 52.91 |=========================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 99.80 |================================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 52.69 |========================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 52.69 |========================== iPerf 3.1.3 Server Address: 192.168.1.40 - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 60 Seconds - Test: UDP - 1000Mbit Objective - Parallel: 20 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 50.59 | Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 150.00 |= Clear Linux 21260 ... 50.35 | Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 11316.00 |=============================================== iPerf 3.1.3 Server Address: 192.168.1.40 - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 60 Seconds - Test: TCP - Parallel: 1 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 94.90 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 94.30 |================================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 93.47 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 94.23 |================================================== iPerf 3.1.3 Server Address: 192.168.1.40 - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 60 Seconds - Test: TCP - Parallel: 5 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 94.90 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 94.20 |================================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 94.20 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 94.20 |================================================== iPerf 3.1.3 Server Address: 192.168.1.40 - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 60 Seconds - Test: UDP - Parallel: 1 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 1.05 |=================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 1.05 |=================================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 1.03 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 1.05 |=================================================== iPerf 3.1.3 Server Address: 192.168.1.40 - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 60 Seconds - Test: UDP - Parallel: 5 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 3.15 |=================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 3.15 |=================================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 3.10 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 3.15 |=================================================== iPerf 3.1.3 Server Address: 192.168.1.40 - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 60 Seconds - Test: TCP - Parallel: 10 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 52.14 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 51.81 |================================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 51.74 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 51.81 |================================================== iPerf 3.1.3 Server Address: 192.168.1.40 - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 60 Seconds - Test: TCP - Parallel: 20 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 95.20 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 94.20 |================================================= Clear Linux 21260 ... 94.20 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 94.20 |================================================= iPerf 3.1.3 Server Address: 192.168.1.40 - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 60 Seconds - Test: UDP - Parallel: 10 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 5.78 |=================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 5.78 |=================================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 5.67 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 5.78 |=================================================== iPerf 3.1.3 Server Address: 192.168.1.40 - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 60 Seconds - Test: UDP - Parallel: 20 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better Windows Server 2016 . 11.03 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 LTS .... 11.03 |================================================== Clear Linux 21260 ... 10.82 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .... 11.03 |==================================================