Ubuntu 18.04 WSL Core i9 7980XE Intel Core i9-7980XE testing on Ubuntu 18.04 Windows WSL for a future article. Ubuntu 18.04: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: NV134 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 16.04 WSL: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 2.59GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 238GB OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-17134-Microsoft (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: WSLFS Ubuntu 18.04 WSL: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 2.59GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 238GB OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-17134-Microsoft (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: wslfs SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 15.71 |======== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 96.42 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 101.71 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 . 70.33 |========================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 . 17667 |========================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 . 247 |=========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 . 63200 |========================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 . 302 |=========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 . 77200 |========================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 . 256 |=========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 . 65533 |========================================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 132.12 |==================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 104.15 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 97.25 |====================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 122.47 |==================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 111.43 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 109.90 |=============================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 70.93 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 85.73 |===================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 81.43 |================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 942.61 |==================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 59.58 |=== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 57.51 |=== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 631.85 |==================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 4.32 | Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 3.99 | PolyBench-C 4.2 Test: Covariance Computation Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 5.78 |===================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 5.83 |====================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 5.85 |====================================================== PolyBench-C 4.2 Test: Correlation Computation Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 5.75 |===================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 5.83 |====================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 5.84 |====================================================== PolyBench-C 4.2 Test: 3 Matrix Multiplications Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 3.20 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 3.44 |====================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 3.26 |=================================================== FFTE 6.0 Test: N=256, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 . 8292.91 |======================================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 7.392 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 2.63 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 3.89 |====================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 3.69 |=================================================== BLAKE2 20170307 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 4.02 |====================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 3.53 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 4.01 |====================================================== Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 5992 |=========== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 20075 |===================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 28752 |===================================================== Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 3157444 |========================= Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 6529590 |=================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 3207189 |========================= Go Benchmarks Test: build Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 17449812478 |========================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 23234995817 |=================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 31523758000 |=============================================== Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 709471 |======================================= Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 935698 |==================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 785001 |============================================ Java Gradle Build 1.0 Gradle Build: Reactor Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 21.35 |================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 33.51 |===================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 33.42 |===================================================== Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 13955.33 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 14544.87 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 14481.03 |================================================== CacheBench Test: Read MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 3538.71 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 3710.87 |=================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 3694.10 |=================================================== CacheBench Test: Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 28894.26 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 16301.48 |========================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 30963.72 |================================================== CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 30736.55 |============================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 50520.31 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 32461.87 |================================ SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 658.75 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 491.86 |===================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 696.70 |==================================================== Botan 2.6.0 Test: KASUMI - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 92.85 |==================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 92.85 |==================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 94.02 |===================================================== Botan 2.6.0 Test: KASUMI - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 . 89.08 |========================================================= Botan 2.6.0 Test: AES-256 - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 3932.49 |=================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 831.79 |=========== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 1711.52 |====================== Botan 2.6.0 Test: AES-256 - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 . 3964.72 |======================================================= Botan 2.6.0 Test: Twofish - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 365.36 |==================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 339.63 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 338.07 |================================================ Botan 2.6.0 Test: Twofish - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 . 360.01 |======================================================== Botan 2.6.0 Test: Blowfish - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 287.21 |==================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 273.21 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 272.24 |================================================= Botan 2.6.0 Test: Blowfish - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 . 287.70 |======================================================== Botan 2.6.0 Test: CAST-256 - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 140.35 |==================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 134.16 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 139.73 |==================================================== Botan 2.6.0 Test: CAST-256 - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 . 140.77 |======================================================== x264 2018-02-05 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 124.82 |==================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 113.30 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 113.83 |=============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.28 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 239 |======================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 177 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 197 |============================================= Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 46639153 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 44878786 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 45597858 |================================================= ebizzy 0.3 Records/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 604534 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 632736 |==================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 632516 |==================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 37.30 |======================= Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 72.94 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 86.21 |===================================================== Timed PHP Compilation 7.1.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 45.66 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 69.43 |===================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 64.49 |================================================= POV-Ray 3.7.0.7 Trace Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 32.13 |=================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 33.17 |===================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 31.88 |=================================================== Y-Cruncher 0.7.5.9481 Calculating 500M Pi Digits Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 14.81 |===================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 14.86 |===================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 14.91 |===================================================== FFmpeg 3.4.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 13.69 |===================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 12.85 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 13.27 |=================================================== R Benchmark Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 . 0.6681 |======================================================== libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.3 Test: Decompression Throughput Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 173.63 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 182.57 |==================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 181.70 |==================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 511903.82 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 158087.71 |=============== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 166581.10 |================ PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 10302.00 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 2569.51 |============ Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 2785.34 |============== Redis 4.0.8 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 . 2475603.88 |==================================================== Redis 4.0.8 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 . 1734301.62 |==================================================== PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 1233 |===================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 1252 |====================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 1172 |=================================================== NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 . 43794.05 |====================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 . 31582.83 |====================================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 679355 |==================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 531966 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 659391 |================================================== Git Time To Complete Common Git Commands Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 5.38 |============== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 19.87 |===================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 19.04 |=================================================== OSBench Test: Create Files us Per Event < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 12.84 | Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 2042.07 |=================================================== OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 17.27 |========= Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 98.73 |===================================================== OSBench Test: Launch Programs us Per Event < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 28.34 |== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 759.82 |==================================================== OSBench Test: Create Processes us Per Event < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 26.93 |== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 696.31 |==================================================== OSBench Test: Memory Allocations Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 72.14 |================================= Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 114.25 |==================================================== Numpy Benchmark Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 4702047 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 4756270 |=================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 4602104 |================================================= Scikit-Learn 0.17.1 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04 ..... 157.05 |==================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 151.43 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 147.63 |================================================= Botan 2.6.0 Test: KASUMI - Encrypt - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 76.45 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 91.24 |===================================================== Botan 2.6.0 Test: AES-256 - Encrypt - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 831.66 |========================= Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 1718.27 |=================================================== Botan 2.6.0 Test: Twofish - Encrypt - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 276.16 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 336.36 |==================================================== Botan 2.6.0 Test: Blowfish - Encrypt - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 230.11 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 272.65 |==================================================== Botan 2.6.0 Test: CAST-256 - Encrypt - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 WSL . 112.98 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.04 WSL . 140.23 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