AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Windows vs. Linux vs. FreeBSD Benchmarks
Tests for a future article by Michael Larabel.


Windows 10: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core @ 3.69GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME (0601 BIOS), Memory: 4 x 16384 MB 3600MHz CMT64GX4M4Z3600C16, Disk: 932GB Force MP600, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 580 4GB, Network: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz + Intel I211 Gigabit Connection

	OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 18363, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 26.20.12028.2, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (2841.19), Compiler: GCC 7.1.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Ubuntu 19.10: 

	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: 5.3.0-23-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

Clear Linux 31700: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core @ 3.70GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME (0601 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 1480, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 1000GB Force MP600 + 32GB Flash Disk, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X 8GB (1366/2000MHz), Audio: AMD Ellesmere, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Aquantia AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE + Intel I211 + Intel Device 2723

	OS: Clear Linux OS 31700, Kernel: 5.3.12-871.native (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 20.0.0-devel (LLVM 9.0.0), Vulkan: 1.1.107, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191121 gcc-9-branch@278551 + Clang 9.0.0 + LLVM 9.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126: 

	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 + 32GB Flash Disk, Graphics: 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 Wi-Fi 6 AX200

	OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126, Kernel: 5.3.12-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.17.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.1.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.6 (LLVM 9.0.0), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20190903 [gcc-9-branch revision 275330], File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Fedora Workstation 31: 

	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 Wi-Fi 6 AX200

	OS: Fedora 31, Kernel: 5.3.7-301.fc31.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.6 (LLVM 9.0.0), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20190827, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

CentOS 8: 

	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 + 32GB Flash Disk, 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: CentOS Linux 8, Kernel: 4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.1 (LLVM 7.0.1), Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20180905, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

FreeBSD 12.1: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core @ 3.70GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME, Chipset: AMD [AMD], Memory: 65536MB, Disk: Force MP600, Audio: ATI (0xaaf0) HDA

	OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 12.1-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 8.0.1 (SVN 366581), File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

FreeBSD 12.1 + GCC 9.2: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core @ 3.70GHz (64 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME, Chipset: AMD [AMD], Memory: 65536MB, Disk: Force MP600, Audio: ATI (0xaaf0) HDA

	OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 12.1-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 9.2.0 + clang (FreeBSD Ports Collection) 9.2.0, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768


Go Benchmarks
Test: http
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 ................... 6242  |=====
Ubuntu 19.10 ................. 7860  |======
Clear Linux 31700 ............ 7378  |======
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126 . 7970  |======
Fedora Workstation 31 ........ 7940  |======
CentOS 8 ..................... 6630  |=====
FreeBSD 12.1 ................. 54595 |=========================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: json
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 ................... 1608735 |===============
Ubuntu 19.10 ................. 1522388 |===============
Clear Linux 31700 ............ 1295385 |============
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126 . 1511093 |==============
Fedora Workstation 31 ........ 1298445 |============
CentOS 8 ..................... 1564979 |===============
FreeBSD 12.1 ................. 4065534 |=======================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: build
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 ................... 27254208133 |===================================
Ubuntu 19.10 ................. 19613930977 |=========================
Clear Linux 31700 ............ 19044454409 |========================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126 . 18725895344 |========================
Fedora Workstation 31 ........ 19660377642 |=========================
CentOS 8 ..................... 19452989390 |=========================
FreeBSD 12.1 ................. 19411120350 |=========================


Go Benchmarks
Test: garbage
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 ................... 476916  |===========
Ubuntu 19.10 ................. 593147  |==============
Clear Linux 31700 ............ 573043  |=============
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126 . 598439  |==============
Fedora Workstation 31 ........ 609601  |==============
CentOS 8 ..................... 459635  |===========
FreeBSD 12.1 ................. 1679786 |=======================================


DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1
Java Test: H2
msec < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 ................... 3102 |============================
Ubuntu 19.10 ................. 3836 |===================================
Clear Linux 31700 ............ 3502 |================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126 . 3621 |=================================
Fedora Workstation 31 ........ 4613 |==========================================
CentOS 8 ..................... 3639 |=================================
FreeBSD 12.1 ................. 3796 |===================================


DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1
Java Test: Jython
msec < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 ................... 4507 |==========================================
Ubuntu 19.10 ................. 3930 |=====================================
Clear Linux 31700 ............ 3418 |================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126 . 3777 |===================================
Fedora Workstation 31 ........ 3740 |===================================
CentOS 8 ..................... 3689 |==================================
FreeBSD 12.1 ................. 3731 |===================================


Renaissance 0.9.0
Test: Savina Reactors.IO
ms < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 ................... 12348.86 |==================================
Ubuntu 19.10 ................. 13037.81 |====================================
Clear Linux 31700 ............ 10532.11 |=============================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126 . 13668.16 |======================================
Fedora Workstation 31 ........ 10996.94 |===============================
CentOS 8 ..................... 12243.82 |==================================
FreeBSD 12.1 ................. 13432.80 |=====================================


Renaissance 0.9.0
Test: Akka Unbalanced Cobwebbed Tree
ms < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 ................... 12565.64 |===============================
Ubuntu 19.10 ................. 12380.46 |===============================
Clear Linux 31700 ............ 10651.81 |===========================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126 . 11577.92 |=============================
Fedora Workstation 31 ........ 11516.33 |=============================
CentOS 8 ..................... 11200.30 |============================
FreeBSD 12.1 ................. 15229.81 |======================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: Rotate
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 ................... 367 |=================
Ubuntu 19.10 ................. 716 |================================
Clear Linux 31700 ............ 856 |=======================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126 . 871 |=======================================
Fedora Workstation 31 ........ 737 |=================================
CentOS 8 ..................... 915 |=========================================
FreeBSD 12.1 ................. 803 |====================================
FreeBSD 12.1 + GCC 9.2 ....... 956 |===========================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: Enhanced
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 ................... 469 |=========================
Ubuntu 19.10 ................. 730 |=======================================
Clear Linux 31700 ............ 765 |=========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126 . 754 |========================================
Fedora Workstation 31 ........ 732 |=======================================
CentOS 8 ..................... 770 |=========================================
FreeBSD 12.1 ................. 802 |===========================================
FreeBSD 12.1 + GCC 9.2 ....... 797 |===========================================


x264 2018-09-25
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 ................... 250.24 |========================================
Ubuntu 19.10 ................. 211.35 |==================================
Clear Linux 31700 ............ 228.49 |=====================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126 . 215.46 |==================================
Fedora Workstation 31 ........ 223.11 |====================================
FreeBSD 12.1 ................. 237.47 |======================================
FreeBSD 12.1 + GCC 9.2 ....... 240.41 |======================================


7-Zip Compression 16.02
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 ................... 195176 |====================================
Ubuntu 19.10 ................. 200051 |=====================================
Clear Linux 31700 ............ 213043 |========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126 . 209286 |=======================================
Fedora Workstation 31 ........ 199977 |=====================================
CentOS 8 ..................... 214629 |========================================
FreeBSD 12.1 + GCC 9.2 ....... 154245 |=============================


Stockfish 9
Total Time
Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 ................... 95641792  |==================================
Ubuntu 19.10 ................. 94636083  |==================================
Clear Linux 31700 ............ 95684187  |==================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126 . 102222784 |=====================================
Fedora Workstation 31 ........ 98736347  |===================================
CentOS 8 ..................... 103220571 |=====================================
FreeBSD 12.1 ................. 102987365 |=====================================
FreeBSD 12.1 + GCC 9.2 ....... 102672286 |=====================================


XZ Compression 5.2.4
Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 ................... 19.34 |=========================================
Ubuntu 19.10 ................. 18.46 |=======================================
Clear Linux 31700 ............ 16.37 |===================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126 . 16.50 |===================================
Fedora Workstation 31 ........ 18.14 |======================================
CentOS 8 ..................... 16.40 |===================================
FreeBSD 12.1 ................. 16.75 |====================================
FreeBSD 12.1 + GCC 9.2 ....... 16.93 |====================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 ................... 7.814 |===================================
Ubuntu 19.10 ................. 7.777 |===================================
Clear Linux 31700 ............ 7.312 |=================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126 . 7.735 |==================================
Fedora Workstation 31 ........ 7.671 |==================================
CentOS 8 ..................... 7.807 |===================================
FreeBSD 12.1 ................. 9.205 |=========================================
FreeBSD 12.1 + GCC 9.2 ....... 7.590 |==================================


m-queens 1.2
Time To Solve
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 ................... 18.34 |======================================
Ubuntu 19.10 ................. 17.74 |=====================================
Clear Linux 31700 ............ 17.89 |=====================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126 . 17.72 |=====================================
Fedora Workstation 31 ........ 17.97 |=====================================
CentOS 8 ..................... 17.49 |====================================
FreeBSD 12.1 ................. 19.88 |=========================================
FreeBSD 12.1 + GCC 9.2 ....... 17.77 |=====================================


libjpeg-turbo tjbench 2.0.2
Test: Decompression Throughput
Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 ................... 216.35 |=======================================
Ubuntu 19.10 ................. 219.96 |========================================
Clear Linux 31700 ............ 214.71 |=======================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126 . 220.35 |========================================
Fedora Workstation 31 ........ 221.58 |========================================
CentOS 8 ..................... 220.07 |========================================
FreeBSD 12.1 ................. 211.00 |======================================
FreeBSD 12.1 + GCC 9.2 ....... 212.66 |======================================


Optcarrot
Optimized Benchmark
FPS > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 ................... 133.72 |===================================
Ubuntu 19.10 ................. 104.65 |===========================
Clear Linux 31700 ............ 124.70 |================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126 . 132.96 |==================================
Fedora Workstation 31 ........ 123.35 |================================
CentOS 8 ..................... 102.47 |==========================
FreeBSD 12.1 ................. 154.83 |========================================


PyBench 2018-02-16
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 ................... 1400 |===================================
Ubuntu 19.10 ................. 969  |========================
Clear Linux 31700 ............ 953  |========================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126 . 1275 |===============================
Fedora Workstation 31 ........ 1263 |===============================
CentOS 8 ..................... 1366 |==================================
FreeBSD 12.1 ................. 1701 |==========================================


Git
Time To Complete Common Git Commands
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 ................... 9.324 |=========================================
Ubuntu 19.10 ................. 4.844 |=====================
Clear Linux 31700 ............ 4.632 |====================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126 . 4.883 |=====================
Fedora Workstation 31 ........ 4.900 |======================
CentOS 8 ..................... 4.879 |=====================
FreeBSD 12.1 ................. 5.351 |========================


OSBench
Test: Create Threads
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 ................... 29.67 |==========================
Ubuntu 19.10 ................. 20.95 |==================
Clear Linux 31700 ............ 16.94 |===============
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126 . 19.97 |=================
Fedora Workstation 31 ........ 19.89 |=================
CentOS 8 ..................... 19.32 |=================
FreeBSD 12.1 ................. 46.48 |========================================
FreeBSD 12.1 + GCC 9.2 ....... 47.50 |=========================================


OSBench
Test: Memory Allocations
Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 ................... 92.99 |=========================================
Ubuntu 19.10 ................. 68.08 |==============================
Clear Linux 31700 ............ 55.34 |========================
openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191126 . 67.77 |==============================
Fedora Workstation 31 ........ 68.60 |==============================
CentOS 8 ..................... 65.22 |=============================
FreeBSD 12.1 ................. 29.36 |=============
FreeBSD 12.1 + GCC 9.2 ....... 29.40 |=============