Debian, Ubuntu, openSUSE AMD EPYC Linux benchmarks
Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article.


Debian 9.1: 

	Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 8 x 16384 MB DDR4-2666MHz Samsung, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe

	OS: Debian 9.1, Kernel: 4.9.0-3-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS: 

	Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-35-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

Ubuntu 17.10 20170927: 

	Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.0, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

CentOS 7 1708: 

	Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe

	OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

openSUSE Leap 42.3: 

	Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe

	OS: openSUSE 42.3, Kernel: 4.4.76-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.0.5 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.8 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 21.27 |==================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 30.15 |================================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 21.59 |==================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 26.57 |==========================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 21.70 |===================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 379.83 |================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 420.54 |===================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 557.56 |===============================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 559.24 |===============================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 426.07 |====================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 94954  |================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 105131 |===================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 139387 |===============================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 139807 |===============================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 106513 |====================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 290.32 |=============================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 284.27 |============================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 303.56 |===============================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 282.64 |============================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 286.53 |============================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 72576 |==============================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 71064 |=============================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 75887 |================================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 70657 |=============================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 71629 |=============================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 513.74 |=======================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 558.43 |==========================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 622.19 |===============================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 570.20 |===========================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 568.48 |===========================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 128431 |=======================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 139603 |==========================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 155545 |===============================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 142546 |===========================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 142116 |===========================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 291.24 |============================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 293.90 |============================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 303.50 |==============================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 313.41 |===============================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 294.44 |============================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 72807 |=============================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 73472 |=============================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 75872 |==============================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 78349 |================================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 73607 |=============================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 6
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 682.29  |===============================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 688.14  |===============================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 698.82  |================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 855.50  |=======================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 1005.53 |==============================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP LBM
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 43.83 |=========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 50.78 |================================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 51.17 |================================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 38.81 |====================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 46.66 |============================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP Stencil
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 21.84 |================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 16.84 |=========================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 15.55 |=======================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 19.03 |============================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 32.54 |================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 244.71 |=============================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 301.49 |====================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 300.78 |===================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 399.00 |===============================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 376.16 |============================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP LavaMD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 32.92 |======================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 30.26 |==================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 31.89 |====================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 42.12 |================================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 31.93 |====================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 10.71 |=========
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 16.08 |==============
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 56.71 |================================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 13.99 |============
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 17.30 |===============


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP Streamcluster
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 42.44 |================================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 19.57 |======================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 26.08 |=============================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 19.48 |======================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 35.40 |========================================


lzbench 2017-08-08
Test: Zstd 1  - Process: Compression
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 327 |=================================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 313 |===============================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 336 |==================================================


lzbench 2017-08-08
Test: Zstd 1  - Process: Decompression
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 910 |==================================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 915 |==================================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 912 |==================================================


lzbench 2017-08-08
Test: Brotli 0  - Process: Compression
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 358 |==================================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 357 |==================================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 349 |=================================================


lzbench 2017-08-08
Test: Brotli 0  - Process: Decompression
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 393 |=================================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 401 |==================================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 394 |=================================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: http
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 14726 |==================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 10856 |=============
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 20572 |=========================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 39344 |================================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 13716 |=================


Go Benchmarks
Test: json
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 3293263 |================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 9420441 |==============================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 4018339 |====================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 3863506 |===================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 3466231 |=================


Go Benchmarks
Test: garbage
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 1361246 |=============================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 1232424 |=========================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 1152209 |======================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 1392732 |==============================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 1345605 |============================================


TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a
Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping
FPS > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 427.71 |========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 413.89 |=======================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 416.35 |=======================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 497.17 |===============================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 429.47 |=========================================


x264 2017-09-08
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 301.56 |===================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 303.77 |===================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 290.92 |==================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 334.08 |=======================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 402.98 |===============================================


ebizzy 0.3

Records/s > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 1186393 |==============================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 628305  |========================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 1140370 |============================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 1126453 |============================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 644178  |=========================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 ......... 36.29 |===================================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 29.30 |=========================================
CentOS 7 1708 ...... 30.49 |===========================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 . 31.32 |============================================


Timed LLVM Compilation 4.0.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 169.02 |===========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 149.05 |======================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 185.19 |===============================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 139.93 |====================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 2.83 |========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 3.05 |===========================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 3.50 |=================================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 2.95 |=========================================


Stockfish 2014-11-26
Total Time
ms < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 4484 |=================================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 4467 |================================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 4525 |=================================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 4237 |==============================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 4280 |==============================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 6.61 |============================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 6.85 |=============================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 6.89 |==============================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 7.39 |=================================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 7.34 |=================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.5
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 11.43 |=====================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 13.88 |=============================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 11.32 |=====================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 14.72 |================================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 14.48 |===============================================


FFmpeg 3.3.3
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 10.97 |================================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 10.82 |===============================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 10.82 |===============================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 9.50  |==========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3
Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 5770.04 |====================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 5285.22 |=================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 5066.76 |===============================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 7466.58 |==============================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 0.35    |


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 4858.46 |=========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 4585.38 |=======================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 4274.95 |====================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 5462.27 |==============================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 5234.89 |============================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: LPOP
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 1806480.84 |===========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 1818892.35 |===========================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 1580764.25 |=====================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 1170560.21 |============================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 1618201.71 |======================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SADD
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 1373455.36 |===========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 1336527.96 |==========================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 1335111.02 |==========================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 967490.56  |==============================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 1267732.62 |========================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: LPUSH
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 1248668.88 |===========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 1237752.71 |===========================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 1136304.00 |=======================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 901067.46  |===============================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 1201924.21 |=========================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 1754268.75 |===========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 1771235.02 |===========================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 1535579.29 |=====================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 1125138.84 |===========================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 1568104.59 |======================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 1223360.59 |===========================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 1222787.96 |===========================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 1164573.00 |=========================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 894933.31  |===============================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 1175611.00 |=========================================


Blender 2.79
Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian 9.1 ............ 616.58 |===============================================
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS .... 586.04 |=============================================
Ubuntu 17.10 20170927 . 603.96 |==============================================
CentOS 7 1708 ......... 614.52 |===============================================
openSUSE Leap 42.3 .... 596.84 |=============================================