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&obr_imw=y&grw.

Compile Bench

Test: Initial Create

Stress-NG

Test: Forking

Stress-NG

Test: Semaphores

Stress-NG

Test: Socket Activity

Stress-NG

Test: Context Switching

Stress-NG

Test: System V Message Passing

Flexible IO Tester

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

Systemd Total Boot Time

Test: Firmware

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: Sequential Read - 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

Systemd Total Boot Time

Test: Userspace

Systemd Total Boot Time

Test: Kernel

Systemd Total Boot Time

Test: Loader

FS-Mark

Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size

Systemd Total Boot Time

Test: Total

FS-Mark

Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads

FS-Mark

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

Java JMH

Throughput

Schbench

Message Threads: 8 - Workers Per Message Thread: 8

Schbench

Message Threads: 16 - Workers Per Message Thread: 8

Schbench

Message Threads: 32 - Workers Per Message Thread: 8

Schbench

Message Threads: 8 - Workers Per Message Thread: 16

Schbench

Message Threads: 8 - Workers Per Message Thread: 24

Schbench

Message Threads: 8 - Workers Per Message Thread: 32

Schbench

Message Threads: 16 - Workers Per Message Thread: 16

Schbench

Message Threads: 16 - Workers Per Message Thread: 24

Schbench

Message Threads: 16 - Workers Per Message Thread: 32

Schbench

Message Threads: 32 - Workers Per Message Thread: 16

Schbench

Message Threads: 32 - Workers Per Message Thread: 24

Schbench

Message Threads: 32 - Workers Per Message Thread: 32

Timed GCC Compilation

Time To Compile

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

NGINX Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

Apache Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

Redis

Test: LPOP

Redis

Test: SADD

Redis

Test: LPUSH

Redis

Test: GET

Redis

Test: SET

SQLite

Test Target: Default Test Directory

PostgreSQL pgbench

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

PostgreSQL pgbench

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

ebizzy

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 Write - 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

Flexible IO Tester

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

Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.5