Windows Networking Performance AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core testing with a GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS) and llvmpipe 28032MB on Debian testing 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 Fedora Workstation 27: 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: Fedora 27, Kernel: 4.15.7-300.fc27.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 17.3.6 (LLVM 5.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.1 20180303, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Debian Testing: 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: llvmpipe 28032MB, Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.14.0-3-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.3.6 (LLVM 5.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, 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 |=========================================== Fedora Workstation 27 . 820.67 |========================================== Debian Testing ........ 873.55 |============================================ 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 |============================================ Fedora Workstation 27 . 830.55 |========================================== Debian Testing ........ 872.57 |============================================= 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 |============================================ Fedora Workstation 27 . 809.06 |========================================== Debian Testing ........ 851.02 |============================================ 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 |============================================ Fedora Workstation 27 . 835.17 |=========================================== Debian Testing ........ 880.75 |============================================= 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 |============================================ Fedora Workstation 27 . 809.30 |========================================== Debian Testing ........ 876.64 |============================================= 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 |============================================ Fedora Workstation 27 . 817.33 |========================================== Debian Testing ........ 858.48 |============================================= 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 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 27 . 93.92 |================================================ Debian Testing ........ 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 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 27 . 93.93 |================================================ Debian Testing ........ 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 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 27 . 94.14 |================================================ Debian Testing ........ 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 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 27 . 94.15 |================================================ Debian Testing ........ 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 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 27 . 93.93 |================================================ Debian Testing ........ 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 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 27 . 94.15 |================================================ Debian Testing ........ 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 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 27 . 96.50 |================================================ Debian Testing ........ 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 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 27 . 96.21 |================================================ Debian Testing ........ 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 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 27 . 96.17 |================================================ Debian Testing ........ 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 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 27 . 95.70 |================================================ Debian Testing ........ 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 |====================== Fedora Workstation 27 . 125.00 |=============================================== Debian Testing ........ 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 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 27 . 95.70 |================================================ Debian Testing ........ 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 |========================== Fedora Workstation 27 . 99.55 |============================================= Debian Testing ........ 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 |======================= Fedora Workstation 27 . 109.60 |=============================================== Debian Testing ........ 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 |============================================== Fedora Workstation 27 . 167.00 |==== Debian Testing ........ 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 |================== Fedora Workstation 27 . 139.00 |=============================================== Debian Testing ........ 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 |============================================= Fedora Workstation 27 . 150.00 |= Debian Testing ........ 11153.00 |============================================ 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 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 27 . 94.27 |================================================ Debian Testing ........ 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 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 27 . 94.20 |================================================ Debian Testing ........ 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 |================================================= Fedora Workstation 27 . 1.05 |================================================= Debian Testing ........ 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 |================================================= Fedora Workstation 27 . 3.15 |================================================= Debian Testing ........ 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 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 27 . 51.81 |================================================ Debian Testing ........ 51.82 |================================================ 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 |=============================================== Fedora Workstation 27 . 94.20 |=============================================== Debian Testing ........ 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 |================================================= Fedora Workstation 27 . 5.78 |================================================= Debian Testing ........ 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 |================================================ Fedora Workstation 27 . 11.03 |================================================ Debian Testing ........ 11.03 |================================================