Raptor Blackbird Ubuntu 19.04 vs. 19.10 Benchmarks POWER9 testing with a PowerNV C1P9S01 REV 1.01. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. ,,"Ubuntu 19.04","Ubuntu 19.10" Processor,,POWER9 @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores / 16 Threads),POWER9 @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores / 16 Threads) Motherboard,,PowerNV C1P9S01 REV 1.01,PowerNV C1P9S01 REV 1.01 Memory,,131072MB,131072MB Disk,,1024GB SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L7,1024GB SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HALR-000L7 Graphics,,ASPEED,ASPEED Network,,3 x Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5719 PCIe,3 x Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5719 PCIe OS,,Ubuntu 19.04,Ubuntu 19.10 Kernel,,5.0.0-32-generic (ppc64le),5.3.0-19-generic (ppc64le) Compiler,,GCC 8.3.0,GCC 9.2.1 20191008 File-System,,ext4,ext4 Screen Resolution,,1024x768,1024x768 ,,"Ubuntu 19.04","Ubuntu 19.10" "VP9 libvpx Encoding - vpxenc VP9 1080p Video Encode (FPS)",HIB,6.84,6.90 "rav1e - 1080p To AV1 Video Encode (FPS)",HIB,0.13,0.13 "dav1d - Video Input: Summer Nature 4K (FPS)",HIB,17.12,18.29 "dav1d - Video Input: Chimera 1080p (FPS)",HIB,73.75,77.76 "dav1d - Video Input: Chimera 1080p 10-bit (FPS)",HIB,30.16,30.28 "Timed MrBayes Analysis - Primate Phylogeny Analysis (sec)",LIB,492.30,476.96 "7-Zip Compression - Compress Speed Test (MIPS)",HIB,19394,19338 "Timed Linux Kernel Compilation - Time To Compile (sec)",LIB,377.92,390.00 "TTSIOD 3D Renderer - Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping (FPS)",HIB,153.96,162.69 "Timed LLVM Compilation - Time To Compile (sec)",LIB,1065.85,1151.66 "Stockfish - Total Time (Nodes/s)",HIB,7574635,7530031 "GraphicsMagick - Operation: Sharpen (Iterations/min)",HIB,40,41 "GraphicsMagick - Operation: Swirl (Iterations/min)",HIB,131,131 "libgav1 - Video Input: Summer Nature 1080p (FPS)",HIB,34.56,34.74 "SQLite - Threads / Copies: 1 (sec)",LIB,54.10,58.58 "SQLite - Threads / Copies: 32 (sec)",LIB,245.93,244.34 "QMCPACK - (Execution Time - sec)",LIB,722.51,720.35 "C-Ray - Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel (sec)",LIB,213.84,213.54 "Parboil - Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding (sec)",LIB,183.18,182.51 "SQLite Speedtest - Timed Time - Size 1,000 (sec)",LIB,162.36,164.87 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,2037,2088 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,2007,2076 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,1954,1913 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,635,613 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,2023,2030 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,1932,1850 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (IOPS)",HIB,212067,174600 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,828,682 "Stress-NG - Test: System V Message Passing (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,3767615.52,2532536.29 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (IOPS)",HIB,51153,45507 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,200,178 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (IOPS)",HIB,210000,168533 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,821,658 "SQLite - Threads / Copies: 8 (sec)",LIB,138.80,136.76 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,1475,1459 "Rodinia - Test: OpenMP LavaMD (sec)",LIB,126.94,125.08 "Parboil - Test: OpenMP LBM (sec)",LIB,115.92,116.32 "ASKAP - Test: tConvolve OpenMP - Degridding (Million Grid Points/sec)",HIB,1190.78,1182.06 "ASKAP - Test: tConvolve OpenMP - Gridding (Million Grid Points/sec)",HIB,910.20,896.25 "x265 - H.265 1080p Video Encoding (FPS)",HIB,5.77,5.42 "PyBench - Total For Average Test Times (Milliseconds)",LIB,4051,3876 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,2020,2241 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (IOPS)",HIB,38667,34853 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,151,137 "Stress-NG - Test: Memory Copying (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,5981.94,6644.81 "miniFE - Problem Size: Small (CG Mflops)",HIB,4317.17,4362.37 "AOBench - Size: 2048 x 2048 - Total Time (sec)",LIB,65.23,66.56 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,1816,2242 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,1825,2256 "PHPBench - PHP Benchmark Suite (Score)",HIB,160917,164421 "Rodinia - Test: OpenMP CFD Solver (sec)",LIB,60.12,61.11 "GraphicsMagick - Operation: Noise-Gaussian (Iterations/min)",HIB,57,57 "GraphicsMagick - Operation: Enhanced (Iterations/min)",HIB,53,54 "GraphicsMagick - Operation: Resizing (Iterations/min)",HIB,309,312 "GraphicsMagick - Operation: HWB Color Space (Iterations/min)",HIB,457,465 "GraphicsMagick - Operation: Rotate (Iterations/min)",HIB,721,712 "Himeno Benchmark - Poisson Pressure Solver (MFLOPS)",HIB,1826.11,1820.31 "Redis - Test: GET (Reqs/sec)",HIB,944129.65,898769.14 "Xsbench - (Lookups/s)",HIB,1397974,1278742 "dav1d - Video Input: Summer Nature 1080p (FPS)",HIB,71.20,76.11 "XZ Compression - Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9 (sec)",LIB,48.73,46.93 "x264 - H.264 Video Encoding (FPS)",HIB,12.82,12.94 "Coremark - CoreMark Size 666 - Iterations Per Second (Iterations/Sec)",HIB,86640.11,87100.45 "LAME MP3 Encoding - WAV To MP3 (sec)",LIB,15.31,14.68 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (IOPS)",HIB,136800,120667 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,534,471 "Smallpt - Global Illumination Renderer; 128 Samples (sec)",LIB,39.85,39.93 "Redis - Test: SET (Reqs/sec)",HIB,560739.39,572621.85 "Rodinia - Test: OpenMP Streamcluster (sec)",LIB,34.37,33.92 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,1645,1647 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (IOPS)",HIB,138667,126000 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,542,491 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (IOPS)",HIB,139333,126000 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,545,491 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,1645,1650 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,1648,1645 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (IOPS)",HIB,126667,114333 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,493,447 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,2236,2238 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,2238,2238 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,1650,1655 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (IOPS)",HIB,126667,114000 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,494,445 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (IOPS)",HIB,131333,120667 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,513,472 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (IOPS)",HIB,125667,112667 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,489,440 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (IOPS)",HIB,137333,119333 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,537,466 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (IOPS)",HIB,126000,110000 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,493,431 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (IOPS)",HIB,138000,120667 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,539,471 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (IOPS)",HIB,125000,109667 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,488,429 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (IOPS)",HIB,127000,110667 "Flexible IO Tester - Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory (MB/s)",HIB,495,433 "Stress-NG - Test: CPU Stress (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,1157.28,1152.32 "ASKAP - Test: tConvolve MT - Degridding (Million Grid Points/sec)",HIB,1060.43,1047.63 "ASKAP - Test: tConvolve MT - Gridding (Million Grid Points/sec)",HIB,923.43,922.10 "Stress-NG - Test: Tsearch (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,112.84,118.33 "Stress-NG - Test: Bsearch (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,2506.03,2585.08 "Stress-NG - Test: Crypto (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,902.84,902.19 "Stress-NG - Test: Matrix Math (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,11888.77,15916.53 "Stress-NG - Test: Lsearch (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,19.38,17.95 "Stress-NG - Test: Vector Math (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,8235.82,8584.61 "Stress-NG - Test: Hsearch (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,17086.04,15088.83 "Stress-NG - Test: Glibc Qsort Data Sorting (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,23.97,24.33 "Stress-NG - Test: Glibc C String Functions (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,116148.57,119756.79 "Stress-NG - Test: Context Switching (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,1340372.47,1132304.82 "Stress-NG - Test: Socket Activity (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,3023.17,2713.15 "Stress-NG - Test: Semaphores (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,2274263.02,2061616.54 "Stress-NG - Test: Forking (Bogo Ops/s)",HIB,40666.26,37960.53 "Sudokut - Total Time (sec)",LIB,28.19,28.34 "Zstd Compression - Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19 (sec)",LIB,27.73,27.28 "ASKAP - Test: tConvolve MPI - Degridding (Million Grid Points/sec)",HIB,1059.41,1030.73 "ASKAP - Test: tConvolve MPI - Gridding (Million Grid Points/sec)",HIB,925.04,918.93 "Parboil - Test: OpenMP Stencil (sec)",LIB,19.83,17.18 "OpenSSL - RSA 4096-bit Performance (Signs/sec)",HIB,797.13,825.00 "Parboil - Test: OpenMP CUTCP (sec)",LIB,16.24,16.07 "Optcarrot - Optimized Benchmark (FPS)",HIB,30.36,30.00 "PHP Micro Benchmarks - Test: Zend micro_bench (sec)",LIB,9.99, "libjpeg-turbo tjbench - Test: Decompression Throughput (Megapixels/sec)",HIB,101.95,101.09 "IOR - Read Test (MB/s)",HIB,1328.20,738.24 "IOR - Write Test (MB/s)",HIB,271.08,205.09 "PHP Micro Benchmarks - Test: Zend bench (sec)",LIB,1.85,