Linux 5.5 Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core testing with a ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME (0601 BIOS) and MSI AMD Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590 8GB on Ubuntu 19.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Linux 5.5 Git: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core @ 3.70GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME (0601 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 1000GB Force MP600, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590 8GB (1366/2000MHz), Audio: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Aquantia AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE + Intel I211 + Intel Device 2723

	OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20191128, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Linux 5.4.0: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core @ 3.70GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME (0601 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 1000GB Force MP600, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590 8GB (1366/2000MHz), Audio: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Aquantia AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE + Intel I211 + Intel Device 2723

	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: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.1 (LLVM 9.0.0), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP Stencil
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 4.790583 |====================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 7.056725 |=====================================================


Stress-NG 0.07.26
Test: System V Message Passing
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 17975485.05 |===================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 25789767.59 |==================================================


OSBench
Test: Create Processes
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 33.77 |===============================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 39.82 |========================================================


Hackbench
Count: 16 - Type: Process
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 14.69 |================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 17.16 |========================================================


Hackbench
Count: 32 - Type: Process
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 29.17 |==================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 32.62 |========================================================


OSBench
Test: Create Threads
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 17.99 |===================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 19.74 |========================================================


Hackbench
Count: 16 - Type: Thread
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 15.76 |====================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 16.95 |========================================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 7.567 |========================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 7.060 |====================================================


OSBench
Test: Launch Programs
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 44.34 |=====================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 47.27 |========================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Random Fill Sync
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 33121 |======================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 34634 |========================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 0.936290 |===================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 0.964699 |=====================================================


Redis 5.0.5
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 1908302.52 |==================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 1963182.08 |===================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Random Read
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 177950987 |===================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 182711784 |====================================================


Stress-NG 0.07.26
Test: Socket Activity
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 22067.71 |====================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 22474.53 |=====================================================


Memcached mcperf 1.5.10
Method: Set
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 45285.5 |======================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 44697.3 |=====================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Random Fill
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 1155213 |======================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 1141225 |=====================================================


Apache Cassandra 3.11.4
Test: Writes
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 279306 |======================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 282491 |=======================================================


OSBench
Test: Create Files
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 11.00 |========================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 10.91 |========================================================


OSBench
Test: Memory Allocations
Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 66.81 |========================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 67.31 |========================================================


Memcached mcperf 1.5.10
Method: Get
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 75920.7 |======================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 76486.3 |======================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Sequential Fill
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 1215273 |======================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 1206319 |======================================================


Stress-NG 0.07.26
Test: Semaphores
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 3382057.24 |===================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 3375083.63 |===================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP LBM
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 42.29 |========================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 42.22 |========================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 57.94 |========================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 58.03 |========================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Read While Writing
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 6209392 |======================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 6215797 |======================================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP LavaMD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 7.958 |========================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 7.952 |========================================================


Stress-NG 0.07.26
Test: Context Switching
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 20326454.93 |==================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 20246779.44 |==================================================


Redis 5.0.5
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5 Git . 2757281.02 |===================================================
Linux 5.4.0 ... 2436504.72 |=============================================