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POWER9 altivec supported testing with a PowerNV 0000000000000000 and ASPEED ASPEED Family on Ubuntu 18.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


p9+ubu18+conda2: 

	Processor: POWER9 altivec supported @ 3.80GHz (96 Cores), Motherboard: PowerNV 0000000000000000, Memory: 262144MB, Disk: 960GB MZ7LM960HCHP-000, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit PCIe

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic (ppc64le), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

p9+ubu18+conda2+gcc7+hacks: 

	Processor: POWER9 altivec supported @ 3.80GHz (96 Cores), Motherboard: PowerNV 0000000000000000, Memory: 262144MB, Disk: 960GB MZ7LM960HCHP-000, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit PCIe

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-30-generic (ppc64le), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks: 

	Processor: POWER9 altivec supported @ 3.80GHz (96 Cores), Motherboard: PowerNV 0000000000000000, Memory: 262144MB, Disk: 960GB MZ7LM960HCHP-000, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit PCIe

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-30-generic (ppc64le), Compiler: GCC 7.3.1 20180207, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks_: 

	Processor: POWER9 altivec supported @ 3.80GHz (96 Cores), Motherboard: PowerNV 0000000000000000, Memory: 262144MB, Disk: 960GB MZ7LM960HCHP-000, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit PCIe

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-30-generic (ppc64le), Compiler: GCC 7.3.1 20180207, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks_2: 

	Processor: POWER9 altivec supported @ 3.80GHz (96 Cores), Motherboard: PowerNV 0000000000000000, Memory: 262144MB, Disk: 960GB MZ7LM960HCHP-000, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit PCIe

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-30-generic (ppc64le), Compiler: GCC 7.3.1 20180207, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Romulus Power9 24-core: 

	Processor: POWER9 altivec supported @ 3.80GHz (96 Cores), Motherboard: PowerNV 0000000000000000, Memory: 262144MB, Disk: 960GB MZ7LM960HCHP-000, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit PCIe

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-30-generic (ppc64le), Compiler: GCC 7.3.1 20180207, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768


Tinymembench 2018-05-28
Standard Memcpy
MB/s > Higher Is Better
p9+ubu18+conda2 ............. 12822.20 |=======================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+gcc7+hacks .. 12603.70 |======================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks .. 12594.30 |======================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks_ . 12763.60 |=======================================


Tinymembench 2018-05-28
Standard Memset
MB/s > Higher Is Better
p9+ubu18+conda2 ............. 18197.30 |=======================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+gcc7+hacks .. 17194.40 |=====================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks .. 17212.50 |=====================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks_ . 18193.70 |=======================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP LBM
Seconds < Lower Is Better
p9+ubu18+conda2 ............. 55.34 |==========================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+gcc7+hacks .. 46.34 |===================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks_ . 47.16 |====================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
p9+ubu18+conda2 ............. 7.08 |===========================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+gcc7+hacks .. 3.53 |=====================
p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks_ . 3.45 |=====================


x264 2018-02-05
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
p9+ubu18+conda2 ............. 47.69 |==========================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+gcc7+hacks .. 47.53 |==========================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks_ . 47.41 |==========================================


7-Zip Compression 16.02
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
p9+ubu18+conda2 ............. 116897 |=========================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+gcc7+hacks .. 116610 |=========================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks_ . 115194 |========================================


Stockfish 9
Total Time
Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better
p9+ubu18+conda2 ............. 54194722 |=====================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks_ . 56540242 |=======================================


POV-Ray 3.7.0.7
Trace Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
p9+ubu18+conda2 ............. 32.92 |==========================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks_ . 32.21 |=========================================


Primesieve 6.2
1e12 Prime Number Generation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
p9+ubu18+conda2 ............. 25.84 |==========================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks_ . 18.95 |===============================


Zstd Compression 1.3.4
Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19
Seconds < Lower Is Better
p9+ubu18+conda2 ............. 106.71 |=========================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks_ . 106.28 |=========================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
p9+ubu18+conda2 ............. 48.29 |==========================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks_ . 47.86 |==========================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
p9+ubu18+conda2 ............. 75.46 |==========================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks_ . 15.05 |========


OpenSSL 1.1.0f
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
p9+ubu18+conda2 . 3274.97 |====================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
p9+ubu18+conda2 ............. 431627.92 |======================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks_ . 430502.41 |======================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
p9+ubu18+conda2 ............. 7874.71 |========================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks_ . 7882.91 |========================================


Blender 2.79
Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
p9+ubu18+conda2 ............. 986.71 |=========================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks_ . 962.93 |========================================


Blender 2.79
Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
p9+ubu18+conda2 ............. 1562.87 |========================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks_ . 1568.29 |========================================


PyBench 2018-02-16
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
p9+ubu18+conda2 ............. 4823 |=================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks_ . 6193 |===========================================


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
p9+ubu18+conda2 ............. 164317 |=========================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks_ . 164462 |=========================================


Scikit-Learn 0.17.1

Seconds < Lower Is Better
p9+ubu18+conda2 ............. 28.07 |=========================================
p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks_ . 28.47 |==========================================


Blender 2.79
Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
p9+ubu18+conda2+at11+hacks_2 . 355.48 |========================================
Romulus Power9 24-core ....... 355.15 |========================================


Blender 2.79
Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Romulus Power9 24-core . 156.14 |==============================================


Blender 2.79
Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Romulus Power9 24-core . 488.58 |==============================================


Blender 2.79
Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Romulus Power9 24-core . 257.44 |==============================================


Blender 2.79
Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Romulus Power9 24-core . 708.13 |==============================================