Dbench

Dbench is a benchmark designed by the Samba project as a free alternative to netbench, but dbench contains only file-system calls for testing the disk performance.

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark dbench.

Project Site

samba.org

Test Created

6 December 2010

Last Updated

4 December 2020

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Disk

Average Install Time

6 Seconds

Average Run Time

39 Minutes, 37 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + Autoconf + Popt

Accolades

200k+ Downloads + 10k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms


Public Result Uploads *Reported Test Completions **Reported Installs **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsDbench Popularity Statisticspts/dbench2010.122011.052011.102012.032012.082013.012013.062013.112014.042014.092015.022015.072015.122016.052016.102017.032017.082018.012018.062018.112019.042019.092020.022020.072020.122021.052021.102022.032022.082023.012023.062023.112024.0440K80K120K160K200K
* Uploading of benchmark result data to OpenBenchmarking.org is always optional (opt-in) via the Phoronix Test Suite for users wishing to share their results publicly.
** Data based on those opting to upload their test results to OpenBenchmarking.org and users enabling the opt-in anonymous statistics reporting while running benchmarks from an Internet-connected platform.
*** Test profile page view reporting began March 2021.
Data updated weekly as of 21 April 2024.
1217.4%4811.4%12810.2%628.2%122.5%25610.2%Client Count Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org

Revision History

pts/dbench-1.0.2   [View Source]   Fri, 04 Dec 2020 10:11:03 GMT
Don't mark the test as deprecated. https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/phoronix-test-suite/1219816-pts-dbench-vs-system-dbench#post1219854

pts/dbench-1.0.1   [View Source]   Sun, 27 Sep 2020 10:27:52 GMT
Deprecate test profile, use FIO or alternatives.

pts/dbench-1.0.0   [View Source]   Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:38:31 GMT
Initial import into OpenBenchmarking.org

Suites Using This Test

Disk Test Suite


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Dbench 4.0

Client Count: 1

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 1,694 public results since 26 February 2011 with the latest data as of 2 April 2024.

Below is an overview of the generalized performance for components where there is sufficient statistically significant data based upon user-uploaded results. It is important to keep in mind particularly in the Linux/open-source space there can be vastly different OS configurations, with this overview intended to offer just general guidance as to the performance expectations.

Component
Percentile Rank
# Compatible Public Results
MB/s (Average)
99th
4
883 +/- 37
98th
11
768 +/- 84
98th
12
747 +/- 75
96th
3
674 +/- 51
95th
3
646 +/- 17
90th
3
410 +/- 45
87th
4
378 +/- 5
82nd
3
295 +/- 1
81st
3
292 +/- 19
Mid-Tier
75th
< 225
56th
6
108 +/- 5
53rd
5
93 +/- 11
Median
50th
85
45th
7
69 +/- 2
32nd
6
36 +/- 5
Low-Tier
25th
< 19
22nd
15
17 +/- 2
15th
4
12
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Client Count: 11694 Results Range From 0 To 1890 MB/s4386129172215258301344387430473516559602645688731774817860903946989103210751118116112041247129013331376141914621505154815911634167717201763180618491892130260390520650

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Dbench 4.0 - Client Count: 1) has an average run-time of 48 minutes. By default this test profile is set to run at least 3 times but may increase if the standard deviation exceeds pre-defined defaults or other calculations deem additional runs necessary for greater statistical accuracy of the result.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMinutesTime Required To Complete BenchmarkClient Count: 1Run-Time20406080100Min: 36 / Avg: 47.43 / Max: 118

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 1.4%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsClient Count: 1Deviation510152025Min: 0 / Avg: 1.36 / Max: 20

Notable Instruction Set Usage

Notable instruction set extensions supported by this test, based on an automatic analysis by the Phoronix Test Suite / OpenBenchmarking.org analytics engine.

Instruction Set
Support
Instructions Detected
SSE2 (SSE2)
Used by default on supported hardware.
 
COMISD MAXSD MULSD MOVDQA CVTSI2SD ADDSD DIVSD MOVAPD UCOMISD SUBSD XORPD CVTTSD2SI MOVDQU
FMA (FMA)
Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: skylake, tigerlake, cascadelake, sapphirerapids, alderlake, znver2, znver3).
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

 
VFMADD132SD VFNMADD231SD VFMADD213SD
The test / benchmark does honor compiler flag changes.
Last automated analysis: 17 January 2022

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libpopt.so.0, libc.so.6.

Tested CPU Architectures

This benchmark has been successfully tested on the below mentioned architectures. The CPU architectures listed is where successful OpenBenchmarking.org result uploads occurred, namely for helping to determine if a given test is compatible with various alternative CPU architectures.

CPU Architecture
Kernel Identifier
Verified On
Intel / AMD x86 64-bit
x86_64
(Many Processors)
RISC-V 64-bit
riscv64
SiFive RISC-V
IBM POWER (PowerPC) 64-bit
ppc64le
POWER8E, POWER9 16-Core
IBM POWER (PowerPC) 64-bit
ppc64
(Many Processors)
mips64el
(Many Processors)
MIPS 64-bit
mips64
Loongson-3A3000 V0.9 FPU V0.1
Intel / AMD x86 32-bit
i686
(Many Processors)
ARMv7 32-bit
armv7l
ARMv7 Cortex-A15, ARMv7 Cortex-A15 8-Core, ARMv7 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv7 rev 0 4-Core, ARMv7 rev 1 4-Core, ARMv7 rev 10 4-Core, ARMv7 rev 2, ARMv7 rev 2 16-Core, ARMv7 rev 2 4-Core, ARMv7 rev 3 4-Core, ARMv7 rev 3 8-Core, ARMv7 rev 4 2-Core, ARMv7 rev 4 4-Core, ARMv7 rev 5, ARMv7 rev 5 4-Core
ARMv6 32-bit
armv6l
ARMv6-compatible rev 7
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8, ARMv8 Cortex-A53 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A57 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 6-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A73, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 2-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 32-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 8-Core, ARMv8 rev 1 4-Core, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A53 4-Core

Recent Test Results

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1 System - 1 Benchmark Result

QEMU Virtual 2.5+ - QEMU Standard PC - Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC

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Ubuntu 18.04 - 5.4.0-42-generic - MATE 1.20.1

1 System - 1 Benchmark Result

Intel Core i7-3770K - ASRock Z77 Extreme4 - Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2

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1 System - 1 Benchmark Result

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6 Systems - 21 Benchmark Results

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Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-9-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0

5 Systems - 20 Benchmark Results

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Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-9-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0

5 Systems - 10 Benchmark Results

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Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-9-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0

4 Systems - 5 Benchmark Results

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Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-9-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0

3 Systems - 12 Benchmark Results

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Ubuntu 20.04 - 5.4.0-165-generic - 1.1.182

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