Ubuntu 17.10 Kernel Tests January 2018 Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com. 4.13.0-25-generic: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.4.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 7.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 4.14.13-041413-generic: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.13-041413-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.4.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 7.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.4.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 7.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 2.60GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8064MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.4.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 7.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 19.05 |=================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 19.85 |==================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 24.10 |============================================ 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 22.39 |========================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 268.33 |================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 343.72 |=========================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 230.20 |============================= 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 231.93 |============================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 664.00 |========================================= 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 584.13 |==================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 693.47 |=========================================== 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 633.07 |======================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 336.57 |======================================= 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 282.05 |================================= 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 303.48 |=================================== 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 373.13 |=========================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 1463.35 |========================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 1729.67 |=============================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 1463.35 |========================== 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 2360.02 |========================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 695.36 |======================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 738.25 |=========================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 680.47 |======================================== 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 739.45 |=========================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 3050.10 |======================================= 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 3224.44 |========================================= 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 3325.59 |========================================== 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 3157.60 |======================================== ebizzy 0.3 Records/s > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 588801 |========================================= 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 585706 |========================================= 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 620484 |=========================================== 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 494226 |================================== Timed GCC Compilation 7.2 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 800.88 |=========================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 795.00 |=========================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 803.43 |=========================================== 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 697.01 |===================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 38.51 |=========================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 38.37 |=========================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 39.30 |============================================ 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 39.37 |============================================ Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Total ms < Lower Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 56730 |============================================ 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 55780 |=========================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 56000 |=========================================== 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 55850 |=========================================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Kernel ms < Lower Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 2570 |========================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 2610 |=========================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 2740 |============================================= 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 2630 |=========================================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Loader ms < Lower Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 4030 |============================================ 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 4030 |============================================ 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 4120 |============================================= 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 4050 |============================================ Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Firmware ms < Lower Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 27620 |============================================ 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 27670 |============================================ 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 27820 |============================================ 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 27750 |============================================ Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Userspace ms < Lower Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 22490 |============================================ 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 21450 |========================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 21310 |========================================== 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 21400 |========================================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Pod2html seconds < Lower Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 0.10650433 |===================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 0.10955990 |====================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 0.10977060 |======================================= 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 0.11111962 |======================================= Perl Benchmarks Test: Interpreter seconds < Lower Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 0.00232581 |======================================= 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 0.00224308 |====================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 0.00231282 |======================================= 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 0.00204767 |================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 550975.84 |======================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 547687.67 |======================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 532212.36 |======================================= 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 442799.18 |================================ PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 12655.81 |====================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 13518.18 |========================================= 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 12820.90 |======================================= 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 12690.23 |====================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 495199.04 |==================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 543164.98 |======================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 529656.18 |======================================= 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 475301.53 |=================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 12044.22 |=================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 12305.27 |==================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 12203.27 |==================================== 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 13919.86 |========================================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: LPOP Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 2507637.00 |====================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 2324024.56 |=================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 2580725.33 |======================================= 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 1984125.43 |============================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SADD Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 2236806.44 |====================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 2304954.15 |======================================= 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 2208400.63 |===================================== 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 2091935.08 |=================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: LPUSH Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 2025202.81 |===================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 2133750.37 |======================================= 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 1993430.50 |==================================== 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 1791474.83 |================================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 2540077.04 |======================================= 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 2526449.29 |======================================= 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 2434399.85 |===================================== 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 2105758.88 |================================ Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 2137911.96 |======================================= 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 2163148.00 |======================================= 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 2009401.79 |==================================== 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 1875130.83 |================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Crypto Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 3510.19 |========================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 3508.78 |========================================= 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 3551.31 |========================================== 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 3496.86 |========================================= Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: CPU Stress Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 7443.99 |======================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 7436.47 |======================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 7411.35 |======================================== 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 7742.12 |========================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Semaphores Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 2974115.24 |===================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 3151477.93 |======================================= 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 3146576.44 |======================================= 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 3040161.36 |====================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Socket Activity Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 15241.70 |============================= 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 15664.14 |============================= 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 8662.72 |================ 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 21869.70 |========================================= Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Context Switching Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 18589594.61 |===================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 19199083.33 |====================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 15098080.77 |============================== 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 1029261.21 |== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: System V Message Passing Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 13308621.96 |====================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 9635138.03 |============================ 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 9850048.93 |============================ 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 9916894.80 |============================ PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 1088 |============================================ 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 1052 |=========================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 1089 |============================================ 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 1108 |============================================= NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 49502.35 |====================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 53484.95 |========================================= 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 51437.79 |======================================= 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 32078.97 |========================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 39285.56 |======================================= 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 41182.10 |========================================= 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 41257.38 |========================================= 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 17698.02 |================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 611719 |=========================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 593352 |========================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 603751 |========================================== 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 573872 |======================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 180.63 |========================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 183.71 |=========================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 179.19 |========================================== 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 163.81 |====================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 335.38 |=========================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 338.38 |=========================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 331.60 |========================================== 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 189.40 |======================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 177.54 |========================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 181.23 |=========================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 178.37 |========================================== 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 141.29 |================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed Points > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 81525 |============================================ 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 80113 |=========================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 80401 |=========================================== 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 79589 |=========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed Points > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 6812 |============================================ 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 6811 |============================================ 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 6811 |============================================ 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 6921 |============================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed Points > Higher Is Better 4.13.0-25-generic ......... 352390 |========================================== 4.14.13-041413-generic .... 351394 |========================================== 4.14.13-041413-lowlatency . 357328 |=========================================== 4.14.0-13.1-liquorix ...... 278878 |==================================