m4.4xlarge Amazon EC2 Cloud Benchmarks - December 2017 Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon testing on Clear Linux OS 19700 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09, Kernel: 4.9.62-21.56.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon Amazon Linux 2: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function OS: Amazon Linux 2.0, Kernel: 4.9.62-10.57.amzn2.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20170915, File-System: xfs, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon RHEL Server 7.4: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: cirrusdrmfb OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.4, Kernel: 3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-1041-aws (x86_64), File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function OS: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 12.3, Kernel: 4.4.92-6.30-default (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon Clear Linux 19700: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Clear Linux OS 19700, Kernel: 4.13.12-56.aws (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20170910 + Clang 5.0.0 + LLVM 5.0.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Kernel ms < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 1517.00 |== RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 2129.00 |=== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 3733.00 |===== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 27281.00 |====================================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 286.10 | R Benchmark Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 0.4944 |=================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 1.1358 |============================================ Clear Linux 19700 ........ 0.2580 |========== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 122404 |============ Amazon Linux 2 ............... 146108 |============== RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 140237 |============= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 320707 |============================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 109406 |========== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 423815 |======================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 15.42 |========================================= Amazon Linux 2 ............... 14.41 |====================================== RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 15.53 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 14.44 |====================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 12.36 |================================= Clear Linux 19700 ............ 5.50 |=============== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 173.22 |======================================== Amazon Linux 2 ............... 142.20 |================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 128.28 |============================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 132.77 |=============================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 62.97 |=============== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Userspace ms < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 6936.00 |===== RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 33785.00 |======================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 7279.00 |===== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 56939.00 |====================================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 326.10 | Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Total ms < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2 ............... 9749.00 |==== RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 37473.00 |================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 11013.00 |===== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 84221.00 |====================================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 612.30 | Perl Benchmarks Test: Interpreter seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 0.00126072 |============================= Amazon Linux 2 ............... 0.00136237 |=============================== RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 0.00156785 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 0.00095212 |====================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 0.00096575 |====================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 0.00122207 |============================ Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 44.96 |======================================== Amazon Linux 2 ............... 31.46 |============================ Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 42.24 |====================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 46.14 |========================================= Clear Linux 19700 ............ 33.35 |============================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 1283435.91 |============================ Amazon Linux 2 ............... 1162050.17 |========================== RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 1116937.08 |========================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 1274924.83 |============================ SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 1375590.25 |============================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 1627781.67 |==================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 974676.12 |============================= Amazon Linux 2 ............... 898315.23 |=========================== RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 860253.31 |========================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 976316.06 |============================= SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 1051987.37 |=============================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 1202463.25 |==================================== Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 7654 |======================================= Amazon Linux 2 ........... 9029 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 6511 |================================= Clear Linux 19700 ........ 7895 |======================================== PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 2380 |========================================= Amazon Linux 2 ............... 2393 |========================================= RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 2439 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 2109 |==================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 2183 |====================================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 1847 |================================ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.5 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 17.76 |========================================= Amazon Linux 2 ............... 13.86 |================================ RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 17.08 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 15.52 |==================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 17.14 |======================================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 13.48 |=============================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 84.90 |================================ Amazon Linux 2 ............... 107.48 |======================================== RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 89.49 |================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 89.15 |================================= SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 84.82 |================================ Clear Linux 19700 ............ 92.39 |================================== Go Benchmarks Test: build Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 18954333684 |================================= Amazon Linux 2 ........... 18211772783 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 22662656196 |======================================= Clear Linux 19700 ........ 18916363867 |================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 15.60 |=================================== Amazon Linux 2 ............... 18.26 |========================================= RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 15.83 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 15.57 |=================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 15.61 |=================================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 14.69 |================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 10.12 |========================================= Amazon Linux 2 ............... 8.77 |==================================== RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 10.08 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 8.65 |=================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 10.03 |========================================= Clear Linux 19700 ............ 8.41 |================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 100 |==================================== Amazon Linux 2 ............... 116 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 119 |=========================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 102 |===================================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 117 |========================================== Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 10611679 |===================================== Amazon Linux 2 ........... 11774995 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 11934349 |========================================== Clear Linux 19700 ........ 10059809 |=================================== Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 2270774 |======================================== Amazon Linux 2 ........... 2458881 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 2393988 |========================================== Clear Linux 19700 ........ 2248314 |======================================= Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 4860 |========================================== Amazon Linux 2 ............... 4601 |======================================== RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 4478 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 4835 |========================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 4683 |======================================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 4702 |========================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 988.23 |======================================== Amazon Linux 2 ............... 913.67 |===================================== RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 974.63 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 985.67 |======================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 987.93 |======================================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 981.97 |======================================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Pod2html seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 0.20673762 |==================================== Amazon Linux 2 ............... 0.19707410 |================================== RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 0.20894897 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 0.19713420 |================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 0.19370366 |================================= Clear Linux 19700 ............ 0.19714943 |================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 1543.61 |===================================== Amazon Linux 2 ............... 1634.03 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 1533.76 |===================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 1519.19 |==================================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 1588.99 |====================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 145 |========================================= Amazon Linux 2 ............... 147 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 153 |=========================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 152 |=========================================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 147 |========================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 67 |=========================================== Amazon Linux 2 ............... 66 |========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 69 |============================================ SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 69 |============================================ Clear Linux 19700 ............ 69 |============================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 160 |========================================= Amazon Linux 2 ............... 160 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 164 |========================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 167 |=========================================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 160 |========================================= Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 31.30 |========================================= RHEL Server 7.4 .............. 30.79 |======================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 30.25 |======================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 30.50 |======================================== FFmpeg 3.3.3 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 8.97 |========================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 9.03 |========================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 . 9.10 |========================================== Clear Linux 19700 ............ 8.91 |=========================================