AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core testing with various early 2018 Linux distributions. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article.
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Ubuntu 18.04 vs. Other Linux Distros On AMD EPYC
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core testing with various early 2018 Linux distributions. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article.
Clear Linux 21260:
Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 8 x 4096 MB DDR4-2666MT/s 9ASF51272PZ-2G6E1, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family 8192MB, Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Clear Linux OS 21260, Kernel: 4.15.7-536.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + Clang 5.0.1 + LLVM 5.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Debian Testing:
Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 8 x 4096 MB DDR4-2666MT/s 9ASF51272PZ-2G6E1, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 28032MB, Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.14.0-3-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.3.6 (LLVM 5.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Fedora Workstation 27:
Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 28672MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 28032MB, Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Fedora 27, Kernel: 4.15.7-300.fc27.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 17.3.6 (LLVM 5.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.1 20180303, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Manjaro 17.1.6:
Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 28672MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 28032MB, Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: ManjaroLinux 17.1.6, Kernel: 4.14.25-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.3.6 (LLVM 5.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
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: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 28032MB, Audio: NVIDIA Device 10f0, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-36-generic (x86_64), 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
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311:
Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 28672MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 28032MB, Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-10-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.27.92, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc4 (LLVM 5.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
openSUSE Tumbleweed:
Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 28672MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 28032MB, Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20180312, Kernel: 4.15.7-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.12.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc4 (LLVM 5.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.1 20180307 [gcc-7-branch revision 258314], File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Scikit-Learn 0.17.1
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 19.68 |=====
Debian Testing ............ 151.04 |========================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 160.69 |===========================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 152.26 |=========================================
PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 481860 |===========================================
Debian Testing ............ 366323 |=================================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 308566 |============================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 368931 |=================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 290917 |==========================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 357160 |================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 382149 |==================================
Apache Benchmark 2.4.29
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 20590.37 |=========================================
Debian Testing ............ 19011.40 |======================================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 17466.40 |===================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 18985.16 |======================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 16674.68 |=================================
PyBench 2018-02-16
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 1619 |==================================
Debian Testing ............ 2170 |=============================================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 2168 |=============================================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 2021 |==========================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 2160 |=============================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 2168 |=============================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 2153 |=============================================
Redis 4.0.8
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 1304730.75 |=======================================
Debian Testing ............ 1080347.29 |================================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 1020776.87 |===============================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 1110399.60 |=================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 1075445.11 |================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 1044720.75 |===============================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 999336.51 |==============================
Redis 4.0.8
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 1985370.04 |=======================================
Debian Testing ............ 1554551.25 |===============================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 1470004.38 |=============================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 1742775.21 |==================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 1610046.67 |================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 1452810.21 |=============================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 1365270.59 |===========================
libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.3
Test: Decompression Throughput
Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 131.82 |===========================================
Debian Testing ............ 127.72 |=========================================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 131.33 |===========================================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 132.50 |===========================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 132.62 |===========================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 129.52 |==========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 132.16 |===========================================
R Benchmark
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian Testing ............ 0.9839 |=========================================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 0.5055 |=====================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 1.0390 |===========================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 0.9586 |========================================
Perl Benchmarks
Test: Interpreter
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian Testing ............ 0.00279077 |===============================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 0.00355074 |=======================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 0.00264319 |=============================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 0.00271835 |==============================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 0.00295936 |=================================
Perl Benchmarks
Test: Pod2html
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Debian Testing ............ 0.20709668 |=====================================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 0.20828584 |=====================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 0.21876299 |=======================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 0.20304006 |====================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 0.21019464 |=====================================
FFmpeg 3.4.1
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 7.51 |======================
Debian Testing ............ 10.39 |===============================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 8.23 |=========================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 14.74 |============================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 10.82 |================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 10.63 |================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 10.09 |==============================
FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 11.92 |========================================
Debian Testing ............ 12.73 |===========================================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 12.68 |==========================================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 12.54 |==========================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 12.50 |==========================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 13.15 |============================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 12.59 |==========================================
Gzip Compression
Linux Source Tree Archiving To .tar.gz
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 6.62 |======
Debian Testing ............ 49.98 |==========================================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 51.84 |============================================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 51.12 |===========================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 48.17 |=========================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 49.79 |==========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 49.25 |==========================================
Y-Cruncher 0.7.5.9481
Calculating 500M Pi Digits
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 18.42 |=============================
Debian Testing ............ 27.92 |============================================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 22.14 |===================================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 23.36 |=====================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 23.79 |=====================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 22.24 |===================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 20.43 |================================
7-Zip Compression 16.02
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 94387 |============================================
Debian Testing ............ 94986 |============================================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 81882 |======================================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 91151 |==========================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 82153 |======================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 81832 |======================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 93965 |============================================
Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 964.54 |===========================================
Debian Testing ............ 962.25 |===========================================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 959.38 |===========================================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 958.46 |===========================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 961.89 |===========================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 957.43 |===========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 951.66 |==========================================
x264 2018-02-05
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 121.27 |===========================================
Debian Testing ............ 102.82 |====================================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 78.96 |============================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 96.83 |==================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 99.76 |===================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 101.28 |====================================
Crafty 25.2
Elapsed Time
Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 5473131 |==========================================
Debian Testing ............ 5281660 |========================================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 5492756 |==========================================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 5283004 |========================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 5474669 |==========================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 5306777 |========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 5523601 |==========================================
Numpy Benchmark
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 8812639 |==================================
Debian Testing ............ 9569290 |=====================================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 10119953 |=======================================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 9080810 |===================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 9128211 |===================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 9327444 |====================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 10603271 |=========================================
Timed MAFFT Alignment 7.392
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 3.75 |===========================================
Debian Testing ............ 3.80 |===========================================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 3.85 |============================================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 3.95 |=============================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 3.71 |==========================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 3.95 |=============================================
Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Read Compiled Tree
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 1072.60 |====================
Debian Testing ............ 1015.64 |===================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 1903.88 |===================================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 2274.26 |==========================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 2125.91 |=======================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 2091.17 |=======================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 2063.59 |======================================
Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 441.89 |===========================================
Debian Testing ............ 348.01 |==================================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 271.12 |==========================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 407.54 |========================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 383.66 |=====================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 351.53 |==================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 267.95 |==========================
Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 1690.49 |==========================================
Debian Testing ............ 1452.55 |====================================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 1470.75 |=====================================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 1588.21 |=======================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 1390.85 |===================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 1070.54 |===========================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 1587.57 |=======================================
BlogBench 1.0
Test: Write
Final Score > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 11054 |==========================
Debian Testing ............ 17356 |========================================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 13299 |===============================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 14048 |=================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 18907 |============================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 14583 |==================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 6513 |===============
Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 28767 |============================================
Debian Testing ............ 28100 |===========================================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 28233 |===========================================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 28667 |============================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 28833 |============================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 28467 |===========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 28833 |============================================
Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 1798 |=============================================
Debian Testing ............ 1756 |============================================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 1764 |============================================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 1790 |=============================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 1802 |=============================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 1779 |============================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 1802 |=============================================
Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 25700 |==============================
Debian Testing ............ 26100 |===============================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 26600 |===============================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 22000 |==========================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 29500 |===================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 37333 |============================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 28600 |==================================
Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 1604 |===============================
Debian Testing ............ 1632 |===============================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 1661 |================================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 1378 |===========================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 1842 |====================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 2332 |=============================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 1790 |===================================
Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 25833 |============================================
Debian Testing ............ 25233 |===========================================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 25267 |===========================================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 11667 |====================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 25600 |============================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 25400 |===========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 25600 |============================================
Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 1617 |=============================================
Debian Testing ............ 1576 |============================================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 1579 |============================================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 751 |=====================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 1599 |============================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 1589 |============================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 1601 |=============================================
Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 14900 |============================================
Debian Testing ............ 14800 |============================================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 14800 |============================================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 12700 |======================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 14900 |============================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 14700 |===========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 14900 |============================================
Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 934 |==============================================
Debian Testing ............ 927 |==============================================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 926 |==============================================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 794 |=======================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 933 |==============================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 921 |=============================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 934 |==============================================
SQLite 3.22
Timed SQLite Insertions
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 21260 ......... 40.10 |========================================
Debian Testing ............ 43.29 |===========================================
Fedora Workstation 27 ..... 42.64 |==========================================
Manjaro 17.1.6 ............ 43.88 |============================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .......... 42.93 |===========================================
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 20180311 . 44.21 |============================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 43.26 |===========================================