Early Linux 5.5 Cascade Lake Xeon Scalable
Cascade Lake Linux 5.5 benchmarks by Michael Larabel.


Linux 5.4.0: 

	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: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.4.0-050400-generic (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 19.2.1 (LLVM 9.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Linux 5.5 Git: 

	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: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20191127, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.2.1 (LLVM 9.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4
Test / Class: BT.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 136585.27 |====================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 136783.57 |====================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4
Test / Class: EP.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 6153.99 |======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 6025.52 |=====================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4
Test / Class: EP.D
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 6433.13 |====================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 6706.33 |======================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4
Test / Class: FT.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 48121.13 |=====================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 47915.89 |=====================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4
Test / Class: LU.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 140860.95 |====================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 140165.43 |====================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4
Test / Class: MG.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 69921.57 |=====================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 69516.46 |=====================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4
Test / Class: SP.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 70739.37 |=====================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 70769.64 |=====================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 1.279461 |=====================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 1.039209 |===========================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 491.68 |=======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 485.78 |======================================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP LavaMD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 7.133 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 6.701 |=====================================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 7.308 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 5.595 |===========================================


NAMD 2.13b1
ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atoms
days/ns < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 0.36097 |======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 0.36161 |======================================================


Pennant 1.0.1
Test: sedovbig
Hydro Cycle Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 73.15 |==================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 81.31 |========================================================


Pennant 1.0.1
Test: leblancbig
Hydro Cycle Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 66.22 |===================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 73.19 |========================================================


Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.2.7
Primate Phylogeny Analysis
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 140.33 |=======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 140.68 |=======================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: Swirl
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 1504 |=========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 1485 |========================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: Rotate
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 640 |==========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 598 |======================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 549 |==========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 545 |==========================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: Enhanced
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 806 |==========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 812 |==========================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 1117 |=========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 1026 |====================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: Noise-Gaussian
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 473 |==========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 477 |==========================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 754 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 784 |==========================================================


dav1d 0.5.0
Video Input: Summer Nature 4K
FPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 206.36 |=======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 203.35 |======================================================


dav1d 0.5.0
Video Input: Chimera 1080p 10-bit
FPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 66.19 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 65.79 |========================================================


Embree 3.6.1
Binary: Pathtracer - Model: Crown
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 45.57 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 45.32 |========================================================


Embree 3.6.1
Binary: Pathtracer ISPC - Model: Crown
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 53.11 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 52.57 |=======================================================


SVT-HEVC 1.4.1
1080p 8-bit YUV To HEVC Video Encode
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 158.80 |=======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 156.76 |======================================================


SVT-VP9 0.1
Tuning: Visual Quality Optimized - Input: Bosphorus 1080p
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 227.83 |=======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 219.60 |=====================================================


Intel Open Image Denoise 1.0.0
Scene: Memorial
Images / Sec > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 34.72 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 34.57 |========================================================


Coremark 1.0
CoreMark Size 666 - Iterations Per Second
Iterations/Sec > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 1671775.92 |==================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 1712047.81 |===================================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 3523.20 |======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 3520.45 |======================================================


Timed GCC Compilation 8.2
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 903.80 |=======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 861.38 |====================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 5.4
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 24.88 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 24.54 |=======================================================


Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 116.72 |=======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 114.54 |======================================================


Build2 0.12
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 59.26 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 58.59 |=======================================================


Hackbench
Count: 16 - Type: Thread
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 29.74 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 24.68 |==============================================


Hackbench
Count: 16 - Type: Process
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 28.32 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 18.00 |====================================


Hackbench
Count: 32 - Type: Process
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 48.77 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 38.10 |============================================


ASKAP 2018-11-10
Test: tConvolve MPI - Gridding
Million Grid Points Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 6764.11 |======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 6804.24 |======================================================


ASKAP 2018-11-10
Test: tConvolve MPI - Degridding
Million Grid Points Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 9632.00 |======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 9638.24 |======================================================


ASKAP 2018-11-10
Test: tConvolve OpenMP - Gridding
Million Grid Points Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 8563.99 |======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 8280.47 |====================================================


ASKAP 2018-11-10
Test: tConvolve OpenMP - Degridding
Million Grid Points Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 11844.00 |=====================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 11258.12 |==================================================


Cryptsetup 2.2.0
PBKDF2-sha512
Iterations Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 1629067 |======================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 1631604 |======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 1629083 |======================================================


Cryptsetup
PBKDF2-whirlpool
Iterations Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 691977 |=======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 686339 |=======================================================


libjpeg-turbo tjbench 2.0.2
Test: Decompression Throughput
Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 176.77 |=======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 175.53 |=======================================================


GROMACS 2019.4
Water Benchmark
Ns Per Day > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 5.795 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 5.776 |========================================================


MariaDB 10.3.8
Clients: 256
Queries Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 441 |=======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 463 |==========================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 12.0
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 905606.95 |====================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 600606.20 |==================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 12.0
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 23915.90 |===================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 24886.82 |=====================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 12.0
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 882705.87 |====================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 852177.36 |==================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 12.0
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 23678.84 |===================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 24844.28 |=====================================================


SQLite Speedtest 3.30
Timed Time - Size 1,000
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 65.64 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 65.67 |========================================================


Darktable 2.6.0
Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 3.969 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 3.894 |=======================================================


Darktable 2.6.0
Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 4.770 |=======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 4.845 |========================================================


Darktable 2.6.0
Test: Server Rack - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 0.085 |====================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 0.091 |========================================================


Darktable 2.6.0
Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 1.858 |=======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 1.902 |========================================================


GIMP 2.10.8
Test: resize
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 12.36 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 12.34 |========================================================


GIMP 2.10.8
Test: rotate
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 18.17 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 18.29 |========================================================


GIMP 2.10.8
Test: auto-levels
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 23.11 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 23.31 |========================================================


GIMP 2.10.8
Test: unsharp-mask
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 29.02 |======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 30.26 |========================================================


LibreOffice
Test: 20 Documents To PDF
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 8.280 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 8.273 |========================================================


Memtier_benchmark 1.2.17
Protocol: Redis
Ops/sec > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 3828922.67 |=================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 3981511.61 |===================================================


Redis 5.0.5
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 2233410.80 |=================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 2319283.75 |===================================================


Redis 5.0.5
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 1759067.83 |===============================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 1897592.59 |===================================================


Stress-NG 0.07.26
Test: Forking
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 72472.51 |=====================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 65989.27 |================================================


Stress-NG 0.07.26
Test: Semaphores
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 2138951.87 |==================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 2185830.23 |===================================================


Stress-NG 0.07.26
Test: Socket Activity
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 31010.05 |===============================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 34945.60 |=====================================================


Stress-NG 0.07.26
Test: Context Switching
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 15994739.84 |==================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 14308958.55 |=============================================


Stress-NG 0.07.26
Test: System V Message Passing
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 8207922.23 |===================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 6238839.17 |=======================================


ctx_clock
Context Switch Time
Clocks < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 133 |==========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 133 |==========================================================


Apache Cassandra 3.11.4
Test: Writes
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 152849 |=======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 144359 |====================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Random Fill
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 191829 |=======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 188301 |======================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Random Read
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 244473895 |====================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 243684177 |====================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Sequential Fill
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 192661 |=======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 189612 |======================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Random Fill Sync
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 164689 |=====================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 170512 |=======================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Read While Writing
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 6366302 |===================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 6698878 |======================================================


Blender 2.81
Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 38.38 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 38.61 |========================================================


Blender 2.81
Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 100.23 |=======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 100.25 |=======================================================


Blender 2.81
Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 64.68 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 64.76 |========================================================


Blender 2.81
Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 154.45 |=======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 155.17 |=======================================================


Blender 2.81
Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 127.62 |=======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 128.06 |=======================================================


Memcached mcperf 1.5.10
Method: Get
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 109584.7 |=====================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 74126.3  |====================================


Memcached mcperf 1.5.10
Method: Set
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 63365.9 |======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 63292.2 |======================================================


PyBench 2018-02-16
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 1096 |=========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 1095 |=========================================================


NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 35573.00 |=====================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 32365.88 |================================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.29
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 24021.39 |==================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 25428.34 |=====================================================


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 643031 |=======================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 644348 |=======================================================


OSBench
Test: Create Files
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 14.01 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 14.10 |========================================================


OSBench
Test: Create Threads
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 20.16 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 17.55 |=================================================


OSBench
Test: Launch Programs
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 56.15 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 42.74 |===========================================


OSBench
Test: Create Processes
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 45.59 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 32.28 |========================================


OSBench
Test: Memory Allocations
Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.4.0 ... 89.20 |========================================================
Linux 5.5 Git . 89.79 |========================================================


Cryptsetup 2.2.0
PBKDF2-whirlpool
Iterations Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 690463 |=======================================================