Linux 4.15 vs. Linux 4.16-rc1 Kernel Benchmarking On Ubuntu

Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1802141-FO-LINUX416K90&grs&rdt.

Stress-NG

Test: Context Switching

Schbench

Message Threads: 16 - Workers Per Message Thread: 8

Schbench

Message Threads: 32 - Workers Per Message Thread: 24

Schbench

Message Threads: 32 - Workers Per Message Thread: 16

Schbench

Message Threads: 16 - Workers Per Message Thread: 32

Schbench

Message Threads: 16 - Workers Per Message Thread: 16

Systemd Total Boot Time

Test: Total

Schbench

Message Threads: 16 - Workers Per Message Thread: 24

Schbench

Message Threads: 8 - Workers Per Message Thread: 16

Schbench

Message Threads: 8 - Workers Per Message Thread: 32

Schbench

Message Threads: 32 - Workers Per Message Thread: 8

Schbench

Message Threads: 8 - Workers Per Message Thread: 24

Systemd Total Boot Time

Test: Firmware

PostgreSQL pgbench

Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory

PostgreSQL pgbench

Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory

Java JMH

Throughput

Stress-NG

Test: Forking

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

ebizzy

Systemd Total Boot Time

Test: Kernel

Systemd Total Boot Time

Test: Userspace

Schbench

Message Threads: 8 - Workers Per Message Thread: 8

Systemd Total Boot Time

Test: Loader

Stress-NG

Test: Semaphores

Compile Bench

Test: Initial Create

Timed GCC Compilation

Time To Compile

NGINX Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

Apache Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

Redis

Test: SADD

Redis

Test: GET

Redis

Test: SET

Redis

Test: LPUSH

Schbench

Message Threads: 32 - Workers Per Message Thread: 32

Stress-NG

Test: System V Message Passing

Stress-NG

Test: Socket Activity

Redis

Test: LPOP

FS-Mark

Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size

FS-Mark

Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads

FS-Mark

Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory

SQLite

Test Target: Default Test Directory

Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.5