Radeon AMDGPU Module Parameter Tests AMDGPU kernel driver tuning tests. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article. Default Linux 4.5 DRM: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc3-4.5-next-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151222, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PP + DRI2: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc3-4.5-next-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151222, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PP + DRI3: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc3-4.5-next-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151222, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PP + DRI3 + Semaphores: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc3-4.5-next-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151222, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PP + DRI3 + No Scheduler: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc3-4.5-next-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151222, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PP + DRI3 + Sched_Jobs 64: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc3-4.5-next-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151222, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Metro 2033 Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Default Linux 4.5 DRM ..... 15.39 |================== PP + DRI2 ................. 37.57 |============================================ PP + DRI3 ................. 36.85 |=========================================== PP + DRI3 + Semaphores .... 33.32 |======================================= PP + DRI3 + No Scheduler .. 34.69 |========================================= PP + DRI3 + Sched_Jobs 64 . 36.49 |=========================================== Metro: Last Light Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Default Linux 4.5 DRM ..... 12.65 |============ PP + DRI2 ................. 45.13 |============================================ PP + DRI3 ................. 44.68 |============================================ PP + DRI3 + Semaphores .... 43.97 |=========================================== PP + DRI3 + No Scheduler .. 44.97 |============================================ PP + DRI3 + Sched_Jobs 64 . 44.49 |=========================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Default Linux 4.5 DRM ..... 49.17 |========= PP + DRI2 ................. 222.23 |========================================== PP + DRI3 ................. 220.40 |========================================== PP + DRI3 + Semaphores .... 217.80 |========================================== PP + DRI3 + No Scheduler .. 225.43 |=========================================== PP + DRI3 + Sched_Jobs 64 . 223.13 |=========================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Default Linux 4.5 DRM ..... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 20.3 MAX: 50.0 PP + DRI2 ................. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.5 MAX: 31.0 PP + DRI3 ................. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.5 MAX: 30.0 PP + DRI3 + Semaphores .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.6 MAX: 35.0 PP + DRI3 + No Scheduler .. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 4.5 MAX: 33.0 PP + DRI3 + Sched_Jobs 64 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.4 MAX: 31.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Default Linux 4.5 DRM ..... 33.94 |========== PP + DRI2 ................. 140.32 |======================================== PP + DRI3 ................. 139.19 |======================================= PP + DRI3 + Semaphores .... 151.98 |=========================================== PP + DRI3 + No Scheduler .. 122.39 |=================================== PP + DRI3 + Sched_Jobs 64 . 151.21 |=========================================== Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Default Linux 4.5 DRM ..... 55.29 |================================ PP + DRI3 ................. 74.78 |=========================================== PP + DRI3 + Semaphores .... 69.82 |======================================== PP + DRI3 + No Scheduler .. 61.94 |==================================== PP + DRI3 + Sched_Jobs 64 . 76.11 |============================================ Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Default Linux 4.5 DRM ..... 58.25 |================ PP + DRI2 ................. 136.30 |====================================== PP + DRI3 ................. 145.59 |========================================= PP + DRI3 + Semaphores .... 153.53 |=========================================== PP + DRI3 + No Scheduler .. 134.06 |====================================== PP + DRI3 + Sched_Jobs 64 . 152.95 |===========================================