Noctua EPYC Cooling AMD EPYC 7551 benchmarking with Noctua heatsinks Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. NH-U9 TR4-SP3: Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 28672MB, Disk: 14GB INTEL MEMPEK1W016GA, Graphics: llvmpipe 28032MB, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.16.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180302, Desktop: Unity 7.4.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.2.8 (LLVM 5.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 NH-U12S TR4-SP3: Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 28672MB, Disk: 14GB INTEL MEMPEK1W016GA, Graphics: llvmpipe 28032MB, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.16.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180302, Desktop: Unity 7.4.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.2.8 (LLVM 5.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans: Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 28672MB, Disk: 14GB INTEL MEMPEK1W016GA, Graphics: llvmpipe 28032MB, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.16.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180302, Desktop: Unity 7.4.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.2.8 (LLVM 5.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 NH-U14S TR4-SP3: Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 28672MB, Disk: 14GB INTEL MEMPEK1W016GA, Graphics: llvmpipe 28032MB, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.16.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180302, Desktop: Unity 7.4.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.2.8 (LLVM 5.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... 32.47 |============================================= NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... 32.62 |============================================== NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . 32.84 |============================================== NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... 32.72 |============================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... MIN: 29.9 AVG: 37.9 MAX: 45.3 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 34.0 AVG: 42.3 MAX: 50.3 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . MIN: 30.0 AVG: 38.5 MAX: 45.5 NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 28.5 AVG: 34.9 MAX: 40.6 Redis 4.0.8 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... 1077643.06 |========================================= NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... 1062480.37 |======================================== NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . 1038081.12 |======================================= NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... 1022927.98 |======================================= Redis 4.0.8 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... MIN: 34.8 AVG: 35.6 MAX: 36.1 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 38.5 AVG: 39.4 MAX: 40.5 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . MIN: 34.3 AVG: 34.8 MAX: 35.3 NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 31.0 AVG: 31.6 MAX: 32.3 Redis 4.0.8 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... 1477254.21 |========================================= NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... 1387929.34 |======================================= NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . 1393570.54 |======================================= NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... 1431403.37 |======================================== Redis 4.0.8 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... MIN: 33.0 AVG: 33.5 MAX: 34.0 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 37.0 AVG: 37.2 MAX: 37.8 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . MIN: 32.6 AVG: 33.0 MAX: 33.3 NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 29.8 AVG: 30.1 MAX: 30.8 Redis 4.0.8 Test: LPUSH Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... 957875.50 |========================================== NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... 943188.79 |========================================= NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . 968460.58 |========================================== NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... 940264.98 |========================================= Redis 4.0.8 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... MIN: 32.0 AVG: 32.2 MAX: 32.3 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 35.4 AVG: 35.9 MAX: 37.4 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . MIN: 31.1 AVG: 31.7 MAX: 32.1 NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 28.8 AVG: 29.3 MAX: 29.6 Redis 4.0.8 Test: LPOP Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... 337782.93 |======================================== NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... 355327.96 |========================================== NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . 346139.27 |========================================= NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... 355100.52 |========================================== Redis 4.0.8 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... MIN: 31.5 AVG: 31.9 MAX: 32.3 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 35.0 AVG: 35.3 MAX: 36.0 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . MIN: 30.5 AVG: 31.3 MAX: 33.6 NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 28.3 AVG: 28.8 MAX: 29.0 Redis 4.0.8 Test: SADD Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... 1282103.50 |========================================= NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... 1239404.87 |======================================== NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . 1243428.71 |======================================== NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... 1281832.50 |========================================= Redis 4.0.8 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... MIN: 31.0 AVG: 31.5 MAX: 32.0 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 34.5 AVG: 34.7 MAX: 35.5 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . MIN: 30.8 AVG: 30.9 MAX: 31.0 NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 28.0 AVG: 28.5 MAX: 28.9 libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.3 Test: Decompression Throughput Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... 132.53 |============================================= NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... 130.08 |============================================ NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . 129.53 |============================================ NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... 126.29 |=========================================== libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.3 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... MIN: 31.3 AVG: 33.5 MAX: 35.3 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 34.5 AVG: 35.3 MAX: 36.8 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . MIN: 30.1 AVG: 31.3 MAX: 32.0 NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 27.8 AVG: 29.5 MAX: 31.5 NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... 22732.95 |=========================================== NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... 22096.87 |========================================== NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . 22739.95 |=========================================== NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... 22438.88 |========================================== NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... MIN: 31.0 AVG: 33.6 MAX: 35.4 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 34.3 AVG: 36.0 MAX: 37.4 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . MIN: 29.8 AVG: 33.2 MAX: 34.6 NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 27.8 AVG: 29.6 MAX: 30.5 Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... 17601.50 |=========================================== NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... 17035.52 |========================================= NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . 17739.63 |=========================================== NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... 17426.39 |========================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... MIN: 31.8 AVG: 34.5 MAX: 35.5 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 34.5 AVG: 36.9 MAX: 38.3 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . MIN: 30.8 AVG: 33.1 MAX: 33.9 NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 28.5 AVG: 30.5 MAX: 31.0 Darktable 2.0.3 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... 10.60 |========================================== NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... 11.58 |============================================== NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . 10.71 |=========================================== NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... 10.45 |========================================== Darktable CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U12S TR4-SP3 . MIN: 36.0 AVG: 39.9 MAX: 43.0 Darktable 2.0.3 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... 0.21 |=========================================== NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... 0.22 |============================================= NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . 0.23 |=============================================== NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... 0.21 |=========================================== Darktable CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U12S TR4-SP3 . MIN: 37.0 AVG: 37.6 MAX: 38.0 Darktable 2.0.3 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... 0.21 |========================================= NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... 0.23 |============================================= NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . 0.24 |=============================================== NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... 0.21 |========================================= Darktable CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U12S TR4-SP3 . MIN: 36.3 AVG: 36.6 MAX: 36.8 GIMP 2.8.16 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... 20.51 |============================================= NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... 20.74 |============================================= NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . 21.03 |============================================== NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... 21.03 |============================================== GIMP CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U12S TR4-SP3 . MIN: 35.4 AVG: 36.1 MAX: 36.6 GIMP 2.8.16 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... 4.96 |============================================== NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... 5.06 |=============================================== NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . 4.95 |============================================== NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... 5.03 |=============================================== GIMP CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U12S TR4-SP3 . MIN: 35.3 AVG: 35.8 MAX: 36.3 GIMP 2.8.16 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... 9.87 |=============================================== NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... 9.86 |=============================================== NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . 9.93 |=============================================== NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... 9.79 |============================================== GIMP CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U12S TR4-SP3 . MIN: 34.4 AVG: 35.6 MAX: 36.5 Blender 2.79a Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... 101.28 |============================================ NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... 102.66 |============================================= NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . 101.22 |============================================ NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... 101.69 |============================================= Blender 2.79a CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... MIN: 32.8 AVG: 49.3 MAX: 55.0 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 34.6 AVG: 50.7 MAX: 55.8 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . MIN: 30.5 AVG: 46.5 MAX: 52.5 NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 41.8 MAX: 46.5 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... 80013 |=========================================== NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... 83791 |============================================= NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . 83082 |============================================= NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... 85749 |============================================== 7-Zip Compression 16.02 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... MIN: 41.3 AVG: 48.5 MAX: 51.6 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 43.3 AVG: 50.7 MAX: 53.5 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . MIN: 38.3 AVG: 44.6 MAX: 46.9 NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 34.0 AVG: 39.9 MAX: 42.5 John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... 137044000 |========================================== NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... 135532667 |========================================== NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . 136859667 |========================================== NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... 136541667 |========================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... MIN: 43.0 AVG: 50.2 MAX: 53.1 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 43.8 AVG: 51.5 MAX: 55.0 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . MIN: 38.0 AVG: 46.5 MAX: 51.3 NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 34.5 AVG: 41.8 MAX: 46.3 John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... 905165 |=========================================== NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... 937519 |============================================= NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . 876038 |========================================== NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... 946424 |============================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... MIN: 41.4 AVG: 51.2 MAX: 54.0 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 43.8 AVG: 53.5 MAX: 56.3 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . MIN: 37.8 AVG: 48.3 MAX: 51.8 NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 35.0 AVG: 44.6 MAX: 47.5 John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... 25922 |============================================= NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... 25830 |============================================= NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . 25802 |============================================= NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... 26271 |============================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... MIN: 42.5 AVG: 47.6 MAX: 49.0 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 44.6 AVG: 50.2 MAX: 51.8 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . MIN: 38.6 AVG: 44.1 MAX: 45.5 NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 35.3 AVG: 39.6 MAX: 41.3 OpenSSL 1.1.0f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... 4384.03 |============================================ NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... 4383.67 |============================================ NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . 4386.27 |============================================ NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... 4381.00 |============================================ OpenSSL 1.1.0f CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... MIN: 42.0 AVG: 48.9 MAX: 50.8 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 43.8 AVG: 51.7 MAX: 54.0 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . MIN: 38.0 AVG: 45.4 MAX: 47.3 NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 34.3 AVG: 40.6 MAX: 42.4 PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... 292378 |============================================= NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... 289505 |============================================= NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . 290854 |============================================= NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... 290022 |============================================= PHPBench 0.8.1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... MIN: 38.0 AVG: 40.2 MAX: 42.5 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 39.0 AVG: 43.3 MAX: 47.0 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . MIN: 34.0 AVG: 37.3 MAX: 38.8 NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 32.3 AVG: 33.5 MAX: 35.4 CPU Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... MIN: 29.3 AVG: 39.4 MAX: 55.0 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 34.0 AVG: 41.8 MAX: 56.3 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . MIN: 29.8 AVG: 37.5 MAX: 52.5 NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 27.8 AVG: 34.0 MAX: 47.5 Darktable 2.0.3 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... MIN: 33.3 AVG: 37.7 MAX: 40.6 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . MIN: 31.5 AVG: 36.0 MAX: 38.9 NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 33.3 MAX: 35.8 Darktable 2.0.3 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... MIN: 35.3 AVG: 36.3 MAX: 37.1 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . MIN: 33.0 AVG: 33.6 MAX: 34.0 NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 30.3 AVG: 31.4 MAX: 32.3 Darktable 2.0.3 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... MIN: 33.8 AVG: 35.1 MAX: 36.3 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . MIN: 31.5 AVG: 32.3 MAX: 32.9 NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 29.3 AVG: 30.5 MAX: 31.4 GIMP 2.8.16 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... MIN: 32.8 AVG: 34.3 MAX: 35.5 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . MIN: 31.5 AVG: 32.5 MAX: 33.8 NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 29.8 MAX: 31.1 GIMP 2.8.16 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... MIN: 33.5 AVG: 34.3 MAX: 35.1 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . MIN: 31.8 AVG: 32.1 MAX: 32.4 NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 29.5 AVG: 29.9 MAX: 30.8 GIMP 2.8.16 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NH-U9 TR4-SP3 ........... MIN: 32.5 AVG: 34.1 MAX: 34.9 NH-U12S TR4-SP3 2x Fans . MIN: 30.8 AVG: 32.1 MAX: 33.8 NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ......... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 29.9 MAX: 31.1