8700K WSL microsoft testing on Ubuntu 18.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Ubuntu WSL1: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 3.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 119GB OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-18917-Microsoft (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.4.0, File-System: wslfs, System Layer: wsl Ubuntu WSL2: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 275GB Virtual Disk OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.19.43-microsoft-standard (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.4.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: microsoft FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 81.80 |===================================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 89.73 |========================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 111 |=========================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 249 |============================================================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 81.90 |================================================ Ubuntu WSL2 . 98.40 |========================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync Files/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 759 |================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 2510 |=========================================================== IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 970 |========== Ubuntu WSL2 . 5715 |=========================================================== IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 355 |============================================================ Ubuntu WSL2 . 254 |=========================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 234 |================ Ubuntu WSL2 . 903 |============================================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 13.74 |== Ubuntu WSL2 . 389.13 |========================================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 93.27 |== Ubuntu WSL2 . 2897.62 |======================================================== Ethr 2019-01-02 Server Address: localhost - Protocol: TCP - Test: Latency - Threads: 1 Microseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 46.40 |================================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 54.06 |========================================================== Ethr 2019-01-02 Server Address: localhost - Protocol: HTTP - Test: Bandwidth - Threads: 1 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 1041 |=========================================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 234 |============= Ethr 2019-01-02 Server Address: localhost - Protocol: TCP - Test: Connections/s - Threads: 1 Connections/sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 7475 |=========================================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 7526 |=========================================================== Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 18885 |========================================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 17597 |====================================================== Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 7521220 |================================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 8504397 |======================================================== Go Benchmarks Test: build Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 21147870607 |==================================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 12614591123 |=============================== Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 1593273 |=========================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 2088925 |======================================================== MKL-DNN 2019-04-16 Harness: Convolution Batch conv_alexnet - Data Type: f32 ms < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 446 |======================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 661 |============================================================ MKL-DNN 2019-04-16 Harness: Convolution Batch conv_googlenet_v3 - Data Type: f32 ms < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 191 |========================================= Ubuntu WSL2 . 279 |============================================================ SVT-AV1 0.5 1080p 8-bit YUV To AV1 Video Encode Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 25.85 |========================================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 21.98 |================================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 183 |============================================================ Ubuntu WSL2 . 110 |==================================== Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 693 |=========================================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 709 |============================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 113 |======================================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 122 |============================================================ XZ Compression 5.2.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 35.41 |================================================= Ubuntu WSL2 . 42.07 |========================================================== Zstd Compression 1.3.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 26.05 |======================================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 27.15 |========================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 8.18 |======================================================= Ubuntu WSL2 . 8.75 |=========================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 25.60 |========================================================= Ubuntu WSL2 . 25.86 |========================================================== libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.3 Test: Decompression Throughput Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 196 |============================================================ Ubuntu WSL2 . 195 |============================================================ Chaos Group V-RAY 4.10.03 Mode: CPU Ksamples > Higher Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 11205 |========================================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 8389 |=========================================== Blender 2.79a Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 270 |================================================ Ubuntu WSL2 . 338 |============================================================ Blender 2.79a Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 1321 |========================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 1875 |=========================================================== PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 902 |========================================================= Ubuntu WSL2 . 956 |============================================================ NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 8188 |=================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 25057 |========================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 8637 |========================================= Ubuntu WSL2 . 12341 |========================================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 654542 |=================================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 726987 |========================================================= Git Time To Complete Common Git Commands Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 27.43 |========================================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 4.80 |========== OSBench Test: Create Files us Per Event < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 732.43 |========================================================= Ubuntu WSL2 . 17.03 |= OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 68.30 |========================================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 23.61 |==================== OSBench Test: Launch Programs us Per Event < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 3115.05 |======================================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 36.84 |= OSBench Test: Create Processes us Per Event < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 2132.77 |======================================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 31.96 |= OSBench Test: Memory Allocations Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 109.69 |========================================================= Ubuntu WSL2 . 72.11 |===================================== SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 10.60 |==== Ubuntu WSL2 . 137.10 |========================================================= DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: H2 msec < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 2887 |========================================================= Ubuntu WSL2 . 2968 |=========================================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Jython msec < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 3894 |=========================================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 3661 |======================================================= DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Tradesoap msec < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 5333 |================================================= Ubuntu WSL2 . 6455 |=========================================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Tradebeans msec < Lower Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 3646 |=========================================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 3640 |=========================================================== Node.js Express HTTP Load Test Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 4942 |========================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 7024 |=========================================================== x265 3.0 H.265 1080p Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 40.15 |========================================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 34.68 |================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Semaphores Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 4443387 |================================================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 4955117 |======================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Socket Activity Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu WSL1 . 1020 |================== Ubuntu WSL2 . 3401 |===========================================================