Linux 4.17 Intel Xeon Power Usage 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 testing for a future article. Linux 4.15.17: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (40 Cores / 80 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN S7106 (V1.00 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 12 x 8192 MB DDR4-2666MT/s Micron 9ASF1G72PZ-2G6B1, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: llvmpipe 95360MB, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.15.17-041517-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.3.8 (LLVM 5.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 4.16.2: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (40 Cores / 80 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN S7106 (V1.00 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 12 x 8192 MB DDR4-2666MT/s Micron 9ASF1G72PZ-2G6B1, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: llvmpipe 95360MB, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.16.2-041602-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.3.8 (LLVM 5.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 4.17 Git: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (40 Cores / 80 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN S7106 (V1.00 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 12 x 8192 MB DDR4-2666MT/s Micron 9ASF1G72PZ-2G6B1, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: llvmpipe 95360MB, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.16.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180414, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.3.8 (LLVM 5.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. 8595.08 |================================================== Linux 4.16.2 ... 9062.45 |===================================================== Linux 4.17 Git . 8727.97 |=================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. 36.84 |================================================= Linux 4.16.2 ... 38.04 |=================================================== Linux 4.17 Git . 41.15 |======================================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 61.0 AVG: 67.0 MAX: 73.0 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 62.0 AVG: 68.0 MAX: 75.0 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 44.0 AVG: 60.9 MAX: 75.0 PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 135 AVG: 233 MAX: 300 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 106 AVG: 238 MAX: 294 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 100 AVG: 212 MAX: 282 PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 62 AVG: 70 MAX: 89 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 62 AVG: 70 MAX: 88 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 45 AVG: 62 MAX: 84 Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. 25013.14 |==================================================== Linux 4.16.2 ... 25059.60 |==================================================== Linux 4.17 Git . 24890.17 |==================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. 94.79 |=================================================== Linux 4.16.2 ... 95.17 |=================================================== Linux 4.17 Git . 100.61 |====================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 71 AVG: 78 MAX: 91 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 72 AVG: 78 MAX: 84 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 62 AVG: 74 MAX: 80 Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 207 AVG: 264 MAX: 279 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 202 AVG: 263 MAX: 279 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 107 AVG: 247 MAX: 278 Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 73 AVG: 80 MAX: 85 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 73 AVG: 80 MAX: 85 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 65 AVG: 76 MAX: 88 NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.16.2 . MIN: 61.0 AVG: 61.5 MAX: 62.0 NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 4.16.2 . 206.2 |========================================================= NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.16.2 . 63.00 |========================================================= Redis 4.0.8 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. 1878487.16 |========================================== Linux 4.16.2 ... 2217720.58 |================================================== Linux 4.17 Git . 2225563.33 |================================================== Redis 4.0.8 Test: GET Requests Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. 10175.99 |========================== Linux 4.16.2 ... 12633.71 |================================ Linux 4.17 Git . 20354.52 |==================================================== Redis 4.0.8 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 65.0 AVG: 65.8 MAX: 68.0 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 55.0 AVG: 55.8 MAX: 57.0 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 49.0 AVG: 50.2 MAX: 52.0 Redis 4.0.8 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 115 AVG: 185 MAX: 213 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 102 AVG: 176 MAX: 196 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 102 AVG: 109 MAX: 114 Redis 4.0.8 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 66.0 AVG: 67.2 MAX: 69.0 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 56.0 AVG: 57.2 MAX: 58.0 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 50.0 AVG: 50.8 MAX: 52.0 ebizzy 0.3 Records/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. 980936 |===================================================== Linux 4.16.2 ... 989403 |====================================================== Linux 4.17 Git . 998446 |====================================================== ebizzy 0.3 Records/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. 2862.96 |=========================================== Linux 4.16.2 ... 2833.75 |=========================================== Linux 4.17 Git . 3496.78 |===================================================== ebizzy 0.3 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 70 AVG: 79 MAX: 85 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 66 AVG: 75 MAX: 83 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 58 AVG: 69 MAX: 79 ebizzy 0.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 103 AVG: 343 MAX: 382 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 186 AVG: 349 MAX: 377 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 116 AVG: 286 MAX: 367 ebizzy 0.3 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 70 AVG: 80 MAX: 86 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 59 AVG: 74 MAX: 84 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 58 AVG: 69 MAX: 78 libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.3 Test: Decompression Throughput Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. 148.21 |==================================================== Linux 4.16.2 ... 146.42 |=================================================== Linux 4.17 Git . 153.96 |====================================================== libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.3 Test: Decompression Throughput Megapixels/sec Per Watt > Higher Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. 0.65 |======================================== Linux 4.16.2 ... 0.66 |========================================= Linux 4.17 Git . 0.90 |======================================================== libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.3 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 56.0 AVG: 59.0 MAX: 62.0 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 71.0 AVG: 73.0 MAX: 74.0 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 69.0 AVG: 69.7 MAX: 70.0 libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 207 AVG: 229 MAX: 243 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 218 AVG: 221 MAX: 225 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 108 AVG: 170 MAX: 202 libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.3 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 58 AVG: 67 MAX: 74 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 72 AVG: 79 MAX: 89 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 82 AVG: 82 MAX: 83 PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. 585603 |===================================================== Linux 4.16.2 ... 592273 |===================================================== Linux 4.17 Git . 600426 |====================================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score Per Watt > Higher Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. 2661.29 |=========================================== Linux 4.16.2 ... 2668.16 |=========================================== Linux 4.17 Git . 3276.32 |===================================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 52.0 AVG: 54.3 MAX: 58.0 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 45.0 AVG: 49.0 MAX: 56.0 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 63.0 AVG: 63.8 MAX: 64.0 PHPBench 0.8.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 209 AVG: 220 MAX: 225 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 209 AVG: 222 MAX: 237 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 106 AVG: 183 MAX: 201 PHPBench 0.8.1 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 54 AVG: 68 MAX: 79 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 48 AVG: 60 MAX: 70 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 62 AVG: 75 MAX: 80 PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. 1390 |======================================================== Linux 4.16.2 ... 1393 |======================================================== Linux 4.17 Git . 1396 |======================================================== PyBench 2018-02-16 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 59.0 AVG: 61.4 MAX: 64.0 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 43.0 AVG: 49.5 MAX: 55.0 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 59.0 AVG: 63.9 MAX: 66.0 PyBench 2018-02-16 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 149 AVG: 205 MAX: 227 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 179 AVG: 209 MAX: 228 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 106 AVG: 191 MAX: 203 PyBench 2018-02-16 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 60 AVG: 68 MAX: 83 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 46 AVG: 51 MAX: 56 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 59 AVG: 80 MAX: 83 x264 2018-02-05 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. 123.40 |====================================================== Linux 4.16.2 ... 122.11 |===================================================== Linux 4.17 Git . 120.09 |===================================================== x264 2018-02-05 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. 0.46 |======================================== Linux 4.16.2 ... 0.65 |======================================================== Linux 4.17 Git . 0.50 |=========================================== x264 2018-02-05 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 66.0 AVG: 70.0 MAX: 72.0 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 55.0 AVG: 60.8 MAX: 64.0 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 63.0 AVG: 64.3 MAX: 66.0 x264 2018-02-05 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 173 AVG: 268 MAX: 327 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 154 AVG: 187 MAX: 228 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 109 AVG: 241 MAX: 322 x264 2018-02-05 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 66.0 AVG: 70.7 MAX: 73.0 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 59.0 AVG: 62.7 MAX: 65.0 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 57.0 AVG: 61.3 MAX: 65.0 SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. 39.60 |================================================== Linux 4.16.2 ... 42.07 |===================================================== Linux 4.17 Git . 43.54 |======================================================= SQLite 3.22 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 64.0 AVG: 66.5 MAX: 71.0 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 56.0 AVG: 58.0 MAX: 60.0 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 53.0 AVG: 55.0 MAX: 57.0 SQLite 3.22 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 135 AVG: 167 MAX: 219 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 101 AVG: 154 MAX: 208 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 127 AVG: 128 MAX: 131 SQLite 3.22 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 65.0 AVG: 67.3 MAX: 70.0 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 58.0 AVG: 59.0 MAX: 62.0 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 54.0 AVG: 56.0 MAX: 59.0 Java Gradle Build 1.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.16.2 . 58.00 |========================================================= Java Gradle Build 1.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 4.16.2 . 103.8 |========================================================= Java Gradle Build 1.0 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.16.2 . 59.00 |========================================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. 28.26 |======================================================= Linux 4.16.2 ... 28.15 |======================================================= Linux 4.17 Git . 27.95 |====================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 66 AVG: 77 MAX: 84 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 58 AVG: 71 MAX: 78 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 54 AVG: 70 MAX: 82 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 201 AVG: 314 MAX: 407 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 182 AVG: 299 MAX: 403 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 103 AVG: 275 MAX: 372 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 68 AVG: 80 MAX: 91 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 58 AVG: 74 MAX: 86 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 58 AVG: 72 MAX: 91 OSBench Test: Create Files us Per Event < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. 16.80 |======================================================= Linux 4.16.2 ... 16.45 |====================================================== Linux 4.17 Git . 15.88 |==================================================== OSBench CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 60.0 AVG: 61.3 MAX: 63.0 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 57.0 AVG: 57.3 MAX: 58.0 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 55.0 AVG: 57.7 MAX: 60.0 OSBench System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 148 AVG: 195 MAX: 225 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 119 AVG: 186 MAX: 222 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 127 AVG: 187 MAX: 219 OSBench System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 62.0 AVG: 63.7 MAX: 65.0 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 59.0 AVG: 63.0 MAX: 70.0 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 55.0 AVG: 58.0 MAX: 60.0 Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. 502.14 |===================================================== Linux 4.16.2 ... 500.97 |===================================================== Linux 4.17 Git . 513.88 |====================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. 2.86 |================================================= Linux 4.16.2 ... 2.91 |================================================== Linux 4.17 Git . 3.26 |======================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 56.0 AVG: 59.9 MAX: 75.0 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 56.0 AVG: 58.8 MAX: 61.0 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 45.0 AVG: 49.5 MAX: 55.0 Compile Bench 0.6 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 101 AVG: 176 MAX: 221 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 107 AVG: 172 MAX: 213 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 114 AVG: 157 MAX: 207 Compile Bench 0.6 System Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 56.0 AVG: 61.2 MAX: 74.0 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 57.0 AVG: 61.4 MAX: 72.0 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 45.0 AVG: 54.5 MAX: 65.0 Meta Performance Per Watt Performance Per Watt Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better Linux 4.15.17 .. 434926.02 |============================================== Linux 4.16.2 ... 479286.02 |=================================================== Linux 4.17 Git . 482355.18 |=================================================== CPU Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 51 AVG: 67 MAX: 91 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 43 AVG: 64 MAX: 84 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 44 AVG: 61 MAX: 82 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 101 AVG: 226 MAX: 407 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 101 AVG: 219 MAX: 403 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 100 AVG: 191 MAX: 372 System Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius Linux 4.15.17 .. MIN: 52 AVG: 70 MAX: 91 Linux 4.16.2 ... MIN: 42 AVG: 66 MAX: 89 Linux 4.17 Git . MIN: 45 AVG: 64 MAX: 91