Linux 5.5-rc3 Benchmarks
2 x AMD EPYC 7742 EARLY LINUX 5.5-RC3 KERNEL BENCHMARKS by Michael Larabel for a future article.


Linux 5.5-rc3: 

	Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core @ 2.25GHz (128 Cores / 256 Threads), Motherboard: AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1001C BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 516096MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA + 256GB Micron_1100_MTFD, Graphics: llvmpipe 504GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710

	OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.5.0-050500rc3-generic (x86_64) 20191222, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 20.0.0-devel (git-2d971cc 2019-12-22 eoan-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 9.0.1 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008 + LLVM 9.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Linux 5.4: 

	Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core @ 2.25GHz (128 Cores / 256 Threads), Motherboard: AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1001C BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 516096MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA + 256GB Micron_1100_MTFD, Graphics: llvmpipe 504GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710

	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 20.0.0-devel (git-2d971cc 2019-12-22 eoan-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 9.0.1 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008 + LLVM 9.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Linux 5.3: 

	Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core @ 2.25GHz (128 Cores / 256 Threads), Motherboard: AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1001C BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 516096MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA + 256GB Micron_1100_MTFD, Graphics: llvmpipe 504GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710

	OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.3.0-050300-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 20.0.0-devel (git-2d971cc 2019-12-22 eoan-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 9.0.1 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008 + LLVM 9.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Hackbench
Count: 32 - Type: Process
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 49.40 |========================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 15.19 |=================
Linux 5.3 ..... 14.96 |=================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4
Test / Class: SP.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 111824.97 |==============================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 127629.53 |====================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 120620.22 |=================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4
Test / Class: FT.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 98209.79  |==============================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 111621.82 |====================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 108278.89 |==================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4
Test / Class: CG.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 44602.11 |================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 49194.44 |=====================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 49010.00 |=====================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Sequential Fill
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 239868 |===================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 253491 |======================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 259987 |=======================================================


MariaDB 10.3.8
Clients: 256
Queries Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 263 |======================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 284 |==========================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 276 |========================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP Stencil
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 4.006220 |==================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 4.205823 |====================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 4.273976 |=====================================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 8.810 |=====================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 9.362 |========================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 8.847 |=====================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4
Test / Class: LU.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 218180.40 |=================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 229372.19 |====================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 229967.23 |====================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4
Test / Class: IS.D
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 4044.65 |===================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 4200.18 |=====================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 4247.19 |======================================================


Build2 0.12
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 56.21 |======================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 55.94 |======================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 57.83 |========================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4
Test / Class: BT.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 237507.09 |==================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 245234.60 |====================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 241252.02 |===================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 178.15 |=======================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 172.76 |=====================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 174.16 |======================================================


NAMD 2.13b1
ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atoms
days/ns < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 0.25855 |=====================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 0.26562 |======================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 0.25951 |=====================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4
Test / Class: MG.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 98364.66  |===================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 100848.68 |====================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 98245.72  |===================================================


ASKAP 2018-11-10
Test: tConvolve MT - Gridding
Million Grid Points Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 4720.03 |======================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 4617.59 |=====================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 4648.26 |=====================================================


IOR 3.2.1
Write Test
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 1198.35 |=====================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 1220.33 |======================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 1202.22 |=====================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Random Read
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 457458869 |====================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 449650388 |===================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 457332576 |====================================================


Apache Cassandra 3.11.4
Test: Writes
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 187273 |=======================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 184284 |======================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 186940 |=======================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4
Test / Class: EP.D
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 8345.80 |=====================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 8442.23 |======================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 8479.05 |======================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 5.4
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 17.92 |=======================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 17.95 |=======================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 18.20 |========================================================


Blender 2.81
Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 94.87 |========================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 94.51 |========================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 93.48 |=======================================================


SQLite Speedtest 3.30
Timed Time - Size 1,000
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 77.04 |========================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 76.21 |=======================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 76.01 |=======================================================


SVT-AV1 0.8
Encoder Mode: Enc Mode 8 - Input: 1080p
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 86.67 |========================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 85.57 |=======================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 86.63 |========================================================


Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 84.68 |========================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 85.17 |========================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 84.24 |=======================================================


Coremark 1.0
CoreMark Size 666 - Iterations Per Second
Iterations/Sec > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 3846712.93 |===================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 3817713.43 |===================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 3813006.81 |===================================================


SVT-AV1 0.8
Encoder Mode: Enc Mode 4 - Input: 1080p
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 9.010 |========================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 8.994 |========================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 8.952 |========================================================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4
Test / Class: EP.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 8167.89 |======================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 8136.17 |======================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 8163.13 |======================================================


IOR 3.2.1
Read Test
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 1879.64 |======================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 1874.38 |======================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 1878.38 |======================================================


ASKAP 2018-11-10
Test: tConvolve MPI - Gridding
Million Grid Points Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 9491.49 |======================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 9504.72 |======================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 9484.45 |======================================================


ASKAP 2018-11-10
Test: tConvolve MPI - Degridding
Million Grid Points Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 12186.3 |======================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 12197.8 |======================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 12202.2 |======================================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.29
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 21607.58 |===============================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 24579.98 |=====================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 23060.29 |==================================================


NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 24794.02 |==================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 26420.10 |=====================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 22587.47 |=============================================


Memcached mcperf 1.5.10
Method: Set
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 26041.1 |==========================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 33663.9 |======================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 30824.2 |=================================================


Memcached mcperf 1.5.10
Method: Get
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 37861.2 |=======================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 51942.0 |======================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 52280.4 |======================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Read While Writing
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 11381657 |=================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 12216816 |====================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 12405108 |=====================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Random Fill Sync
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 175786 |====================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 184239 |=======================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 167168 |==================================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Random Fill
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 218198 |==============================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 258309 |======================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 260855 |=======================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 12.0
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 14020.48 |==============================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 16054.31 |=====================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 14095.63 |===============================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 12.0
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 953623.56 |==================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 965306.05 |===================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 986735.68 |====================================================


ASKAP 2018-11-10
Test: tConvolve OpenMP - Degridding
Million Grid Points Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 4633.28 |======================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 4495.38 |====================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 4069.63 |===============================================


ASKAP 2018-11-10
Test: tConvolve OpenMP - Gridding
Million Grid Points Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 7037.83 |======================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 6758.44 |====================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 6326.04 |=================================================


ASKAP 2018-11-10
Test: tConvolve MT - Degridding
Million Grid Points Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 6820.22 |=====================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 6792.10 |====================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 6993.70 |======================================================


DeepSpeech 0.6
Acceleration: CPU
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 85.95  |============================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 106.46 |=======================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 89.34  |==============================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP Streamcluster
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 9.763  |====================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 9.782  |====================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 10.400 |=======================================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP LavaMD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 4.644 |========================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 4.480 |======================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 4.462 |======================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 0.789627 |===================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 0.803506 |====================================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 0.817961 |=====================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP LBM
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.5-rc3 . 48.44 |========================================================
Linux 5.4 ..... 38.61 |=============================================
Linux 5.3 ..... 38.07 |============================================