Ryzen 7 2700X BIOS Testing
Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.


BIOS 0505: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (WI-FI) (0505 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + Realtek Device b822

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.16.2-041602-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

BIOS 0509: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (WI-FI) (0509 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + Realtek Device b822

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.16.2-041602-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


Go Benchmarks
Test: http
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 6908 |=============================================================
BIOS 0509 . 6886 |=============================================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: json
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 7686694 |==========================================================
BIOS 0509 . 7186669 |======================================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: build
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 15020982158 |======================================================
BIOS 0509 . 13860580939 |==================================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: garbage
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 1544348 |==========================================================
BIOS 0509 . 1450493 |======================================================


CacheBench
Test: Read
MB/s > Higher Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 2571.36 |==================================================
BIOS 0509 . 3002.95 |==========================================================


CacheBench
Test: Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 25363.69 |=================================================
BIOS 0509 . 29404.23 |=========================================================


CacheBench
Test: Read / Modify / Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 26640.83 |=================================================
BIOS 0509 . 30828.67 |=========================================================


LuaJIT 2.0.5
Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 1312.49 |==================================================
BIOS 0509 . 1536.06 |==========================================================


LuaJIT 2.0.5
Test: Monte Carlo
Mflops > Higher Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 440.75 |===================================================
BIOS 0509 . 509.84 |===========================================================


LuaJIT 2.0.5
Test: Fast Fourier Transform
Mflops > Higher Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 286.09 |=======================================================
BIOS 0509 . 306.00 |===========================================================


LuaJIT 2.0.5
Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply
Mflops > Higher Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 1072.18 |======================================================
BIOS 0509 . 1160.11 |==========================================================


LuaJIT 2.0.5
Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization
Mflops > Higher Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 3112.51 |================================================
BIOS 0509 . 3769.65 |==========================================================


LuaJIT 2.0.5
Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation
Mflops > Higher Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 1650.92 |=================================================
BIOS 0509 . 1934.70 |==========================================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 12912 |=======================================================
BIOS 0509 . 13975 |============================================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 57326000 |=====================================================
BIOS 0509 . 61115000 |=========================================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 430072 |=======================================================
BIOS 0509 . 460480 |===========================================================


TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a
Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping
FPS > Higher Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 400.90 |===========================================================
BIOS 0509 . 349.04 |===================================================


x264 2018-02-05
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 76.07 |==========================================================
BIOS 0509 . 78.76 |============================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 77.81 |============================================================
BIOS 0509 . 73.97 |=========================================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 37 |===============================================================
BIOS 0509 . 35 |============================================================


Stockfish 2014-11-26
Total Time
ms < Lower Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 3807 |=============================================================
BIOS 0509 . 3344 |======================================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 10.29 |============================================================
BIOS 0509 . 8.97  |====================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 36.96 |============================================================
BIOS 0509 . 31.80 |====================================================


Minion 1.8
Benchmark: Graceful
Seconds < Lower Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 49.53 |============================================================
BIOS 0509 . 42.65 |====================================================


Minion 1.8
Benchmark: Solitaire
Seconds < Lower Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 76.75 |============================================================
BIOS 0509 . 64.72 |===================================================


Minion 1.8
Benchmark: Quasigroup
Seconds < Lower Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 127.01 |===========================================================
BIOS 0509 . 109.96 |===================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 186963.55 |===================================================
BIOS 0509 . 206319.16 |========================================================


Darktable 2.2.5
Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 12.81 |=========================================================
BIOS 0509 . 13.57 |============================================================


Darktable 2.2.5
Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 6.81 |=============================================================
BIOS 0509 . 6.77 |=============================================================


Darktable 2.2.5
Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 5.27 |=============================================================
BIOS 0509 . 5.20 |============================================================


GIMP 2.8.20
Test: resize
Seconds < Lower Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 3.34 |=============================================================
BIOS 0509 . 3.03 |=======================================================


GIMP 2.8.20
Test: auto-levels
Seconds < Lower Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 5.71 |=============================================================
BIOS 0509 . 5.12 |=======================================================


GIMP 2.8.20
Test: unsharp-mask
Seconds < Lower Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 12.53 |============================================================
BIOS 0509 . 11.15 |=====================================================


PyBench 2018-02-16
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 1766 |=============================================================
BIOS 0509 . 1524 |=====================================================


NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 30914.19 |================================================
BIOS 0509 . 36456.58 |=========================================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.29
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 30145.59 |=======================================================
BIOS 0509 . 31132.82 |=========================================================


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
BIOS 0505 . 398195 |===================================================
BIOS 0509 . 461582 |===========================================================