Clear Linux Cascadelake JCC Microcode Benchmarks for a future article of JCC erratum. Old ucode: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 386048MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA, Graphics: llvmpipe 377GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: Clear Linux OS 31470, Kernel: 5.3.8-854.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.3.0-devel (LLVM 9.0.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191101 gcc-9-branch@277702 + Clang 9.0.0 + LLVM 9.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 New ucode: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 386048MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA, Graphics: llvmpipe 377GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: Clear Linux OS 31470, Kernel: 5.3.8-854.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.3.0-devel (LLVM 9.0.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191101 gcc-9-branch@277702 + Clang 9.0.0 + LLVM 9.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 New ucode + Assembler: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 386048MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA, Graphics: llvmpipe 377GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: Clear Linux OS 31480, Kernel: 5.3.8-854.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.3.0-devel (LLVM 9.0.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191103 gcc-9-branch@277748 + Clang 9.0.0 + LLVM 9.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: EP.D Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 6537.22 |============================================== New ucode ............. 6403.29 |============================================= New ucode + Assembler . 6507.45 |============================================== NAMD 2.13b1 ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atoms days/ns < Lower Is Better Old ucode ............. 0.36203 |============================================== New ucode ............. 0.36580 |============================================== New ucode + Assembler . 0.36380 |============================================== QMCPACK 3.8 Total Execution Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better Old ucode ............. 3879.8 |============================================== New ucode ............. 3924.6 |=============================================== New ucode + Assembler . 3902.3 |=============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: Swirl Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 1587 |================================================= New ucode ............. 1579 |================================================= New ucode + Assembler . 1569 |================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: Rotate Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 719 |================================================== New ucode ............. 674 |=============================================== New ucode + Assembler . 699 |================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 587 |================================================== New ucode ............. 484 |========================================= New ucode + Assembler . 582 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: Enhanced Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 896 |================================================== New ucode ............. 871 |================================================= New ucode + Assembler . 891 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 2095 |================================================= New ucode ............. 2040 |================================================ New ucode + Assembler . 2024 |=============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: Noise-Gaussian Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 664 |================================================== New ucode ............. 663 |================================================== New ucode + Assembler . 643 |================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 1152 |================================================= New ucode ............. 1163 |================================================= New ucode + Assembler . 1056 |============================================ OSPray 1.8.5 Demo: Magnetic Reconnection - Renderer: SciVis FPS > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 76.92 |================================================ New ucode ............. 76.24 |================================================ New ucode + Assembler . 76.01 |=============================================== Embree 3.6.1 Binary: Pathtracer - Model: Asian Dragon Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 60.51 |================================================ New ucode ............. 59.88 |================================================ New ucode + Assembler . 60.10 |================================================ Embree 3.6.1 Binary: Pathtracer ISPC - Model: Asian Dragon Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 71.76 |================================================ New ucode ............. 70.69 |=============================================== New ucode + Assembler . 72.10 |================================================ rav1e 0.1 1080p To AV1 Video Encode Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 0.913 |================================================ New ucode ............. 0.901 |=============================================== New ucode + Assembler . 0.895 |=============================================== SVT-VP9 0.1 Tuning: VMAF Optimized - Input: Bosphorus 1080p Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 343.57 |=============================================== New ucode ............. 340.47 |============================================== New ucode + Assembler . 344.90 |=============================================== SVT-VP9 0.1 Tuning: PSNR/SSIM Optimized - Input: Bosphorus 1080p Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 358.75 |=============================================== New ucode ............. 345.65 |============================================= New ucode + Assembler . 348.87 |============================================== libjpeg-turbo tjbench 2.0.2 Test: Decompression Throughput Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 181.90 |=============================================== New ucode ............. 177.37 |============================================= New ucode + Assembler . 183.40 |=============================================== GROMACS 2019.4 Water Benchmark Ns Per Day > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 5.859 |================================================ New ucode ............. 5.790 |=============================================== New ucode + Assembler . 5.845 |================================================ Redis 5.0.5 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 1880693.73 |=========================================== New ucode ............. 1809059.85 |========================================= New ucode + Assembler . 1819823.37 |========================================== Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6 Test: Random Fill Op/s > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 409287 |=============================================== New ucode ............. 403069 |============================================== New ucode + Assembler . 405800 |=============================================== Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6 Test: Sequential Fill Op/s > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 418776 |=============================================== New ucode ............. 414795 |=============================================== New ucode + Assembler . 415584 |=============================================== Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6 Test: Read While Writing Op/s > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 6196987 |============================================== New ucode ............. 5873021 |============================================ New ucode + Assembler . 5735669 |=========================================== Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Add Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 62995.2 |============================================== New ucode ............. 61271.0 |============================================= New ucode + Assembler . 61713.4 |============================================= Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Get Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 57144.3 |============================================== New ucode ............. 57139.6 |============================================== New ucode + Assembler . 56098.0 |============================================= Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Set Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 62591.3 |============================================== New ucode ............. 61768.3 |============================================= New ucode + Assembler . 62221.6 |============================================== PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Old ucode ............. 1024 |============================================== New ucode ............. 1082 |================================================= New ucode + Assembler . 1033 |=============================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 28072.82 |============================================= New ucode ............. 28149.37 |============================================= New ucode + Assembler . 25832.31 |========================================= PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Old ucode ............. 926891 |=============================================== New ucode ............. 853333 |=========================================== New ucode + Assembler . 880797 |=============================================