Old Apple MacMini Running Ubuntu Linux 13.04 zRAM

zRAM benchmarking on Ubuntu 13.04. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel.

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Ubuntu 13.04

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
Graphics Notes: SNA
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE.

Ubuntu 13.04 + zRAM

Processor: Intel Core 2 T5600 @ 1.83GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-F4208EAA, Chipset: Intel Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS + ICH7-M, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 80GB Hitachi HTS54258, Graphics: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML IGP, Audio: SigmaTel STAC9221 A1, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Marvell 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit

OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.6, OpenGL: 1.4 Mesa 9.1.1, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Old Apple MacMini Running Ubuntu Linux 13.04 zRAMOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Core 2 T5600 @ 1.83GHz (2 Cores)Apple Mac-F4208EAAIntel Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS + ICH7-M1024MB80GB Hitachi HTS54258Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML IGPSigmaTel STAC9221 A1VA2431Marvell 88E8053 PCI-E GigabitUbuntu 13.043.8.0-18-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.0.0X Server 1.13.3intel 2.21.61.4 Mesa 9.1.1GCC 4.7ext41920x1080ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionOld Apple MacMini Running Ubuntu Linux 13.04 ZRAM BenchmarksSystem Logs- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw- Scaling Governor: ondemand- SNA- Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE.

Ubuntu 13.04 vs. Ubuntu 13.04 + zRAM ComparisonPhoronix Test SuiteBaseline+161.9%+161.9%+323.8%+323.8%+485.7%+485.7%+647.6%+647.6%647.7%33.5%3.7%3.3%2.2%1920 x 10801024 x 768 - Low47.6%1024 x 768M.S.A4.1%11920 x 1080vpxenc2.9%H.2.H.T.N.D2.7%P.D.SOpenArenaXonoticOpenArenaTimed MAFFT AlignmentDbenchOpenArenaVP8 libvpx EncodingFFmpegTimed HMMer SearchUbuntu 13.04Ubuntu 13.04 + zRAM

Old Apple MacMini Running Ubuntu Linux 13.04 zRAMopenarena: 1920 x 1080openarena: 1024 x 768openarena: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1024 x 768 - Lowxonotic: 1280 x 1024 - Lowvpxenc: vpxencx264: H.264 Video Encodingdbench: 1ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routinehimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverapache: Static Web Page Servingpostmark: Disk Transaction Performancedolfyn: Computational Fluid Dynamicshmmer: Pfam Database Searchmafft: Multiple Sequence Alignmentc-ray: Total Timeprimesieve: 1e12 Prime Number Generationsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesencode-mp3: WAV To MP3ffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVUbuntu 13.04Ubuntu 13.04 + zRAM313.13732.1721.965.3920.248.902428.90670.325367.1511980.2472.9935.93183.39507.8781938.9850.1722.4317.537.2321.8021.815.2420.489.232434.43671.365467.1111979.9771.3937.42182.70508.0181939.1051.52OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

This is a test of OpenArena, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game is based upon ioquake3, which in turn uses the GPL version of id Software's Quake 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1920 x 1080Ubuntu 13.04 + zRAMUbuntu 13.04510152025SE +/- 0.28, N = 322.433.00

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1024 x 768Ubuntu 13.04 + zRAMUbuntu 13.0448121620SE +/- 1.49, N = 6SE +/- 0.03, N = 317.5313.13

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080Ubuntu 13.04 + zRAMUbuntu 13.04246810SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 37.237.00

Xonotic

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: LowUbuntu 13.04 + zRAMUbuntu 13.04714212835SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 321.8032.17

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: LowUbuntu 13.04 + zRAMUbuntu 13.04510152025SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 321.8121.96

VP8 libvpx Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0vpxencUbuntu 13.04 + zRAMUbuntu 13.041.21282.42563.63844.85126.064SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 35.245.391. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lvpx -lm -lpthread

x264

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2013-01-28H.264 Video EncodingUbuntu 13.04 + zRAMUbuntu 13.04510152025SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.66, N = 620.4820.24

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. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 1Ubuntu 13.04 + zRAMUbuntu 13.043691215SE +/- 0.47, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 39.238.901. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt

FFTE

FFTE is a package by Daisuke Takahashi to compute Discrete Fourier Transforms of 1-, 2- and 3- dimensional sequences of length (2^p)*(3^q)*(5^r). Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterFFTE 5.0Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT RoutineUbuntu 13.04 + zRAMUbuntu 13.045001000150020002500SE +/- 9.08, N = 3SE +/- 7.85, N = 32434.432428.901. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread

Himeno Benchmark

The Himeno benchmark is a linear solver of pressure Poisson using a point-Jacobi method. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverUbuntu 13.04 + zRAMUbuntu 13.04140280420560700SE +/- 3.32, N = 3SE +/- 1.35, N = 3671.36670.321. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Apache Benchmark

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.4.3Static Web Page ServingUbuntu 13.04 + zRAMUbuntu 13.0412002400360048006000SE +/- 18.65, N = 3SE +/- 70.56, N = 35467.115367.151. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -O2 -pthread

PostMark

This is a test of NetApp's PostMark benchmark designed to simulate small-file testing similar to the tasks endured by web and mail servers. This test profile will set PostMark to perform 25,000 transactions with 500 files simultaneously with the file sizes ranging between 5 and 512 kilobytes. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceUbuntu 13.04 + zRAMUbuntu 13.04306090120150SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 31191191. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Dolfyn

Dolfyn is a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code of modern numerical simulation techniques. The Dolfyn test profile measures the execution time of the bundled computational fluid dynamics demos that are bundled with Dolfyn. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterDolfyn 0.527Computational Fluid DynamicsUbuntu 13.04 + zRAMUbuntu 13.0420406080100SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 379.9780.24

Timed HMMer Search

This test searches through the Pfam database of profile hidden markov models. The search finds the domain structure of Drosophila Sevenless protein. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchUbuntu 13.04 + zRAMUbuntu 13.041632486480SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 1.13, N = 471.3972.991. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm

Timed MAFFT Alignment

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentUbuntu 13.04 + zRAMUbuntu 13.04918273645SE +/- 1.14, N = 6SE +/- 0.66, N = 637.4235.931. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread

C-Ray

This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeUbuntu 13.04 + zRAMUbuntu 13.044080120160200SE +/- 0.87, N = 3SE +/- 0.87, N = 3182.70183.391. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Primesieve

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPrimesieve 4.21e12 Prime Number GenerationUbuntu 13.04 + zRAMUbuntu 13.04110220330440550SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3508.01507.871. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fopenmp

Smallpt

Smallpt is a C++ global illumination renderer written in less than 100 lines of code. Global illumination is done via unbiased Monte Carlo path tracing and there is multi-threading support via the OpenMP library. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesUbuntu 13.04 + zRAMUbuntu 13.042004006008001000SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 38198191. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp

LAME MP3 Encoding

LAME is an MP3 encoder licensed under the LGPL. This test measures the time required to encode a WAV file to MP3 format. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3Ubuntu 13.04 + zRAMUbuntu 13.04918273645SE +/- 0.14, N = 5SE +/- 0.04, N = 539.1038.98

FFmpeg

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 1.1H.264 HD To NTSC DVUbuntu 13.04 + zRAMUbuntu 13.041224364860SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.86, N = 351.5250.171. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lasound -lSDL -lm -pthread

Ubuntu 13.04

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
Graphics Notes: SNA
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE.

Testing initiated at 19 April 2013 18:52 by user phoronix.

Ubuntu 13.04 + zRAM

Processor: Intel Core 2 T5600 @ 1.83GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-F4208EAA, Chipset: Intel Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS + ICH7-M, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 80GB Hitachi HTS54258, Graphics: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML IGP, Audio: SigmaTel STAC9221 A1, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Marvell 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit

OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.6, OpenGL: 1.4 Mesa 9.1.1, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Notes: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
Graphics Notes: SNA
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE.

Testing initiated at 20 April 2013 01:23 by user phoronix.