Liquorix Kernel Testing Liquorix kernel benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (1001 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB Force MP600 + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1630/945MHz), Audio: AMD Vega 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Realtek Device 8125 + Intel I211 + Intel Device 2723 OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.4.0-6.3-liquorix-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.0.1, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.0-devel (git-b0203b5 2019-12-29 eoan-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 9.0.1), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 5.4.6: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (1001 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB Force MP600 + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1630/945MHz), Audio: AMD Vega 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Realtek Device 8125 + Intel I211 + Intel Device 2723 OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.4.6-050406-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.0.1, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.0-devel (git-b0203b5 2019-12-29 eoan-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 9.0.1), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 5.4.6 low-latency: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (1001 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB Force MP600 + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1630/945MHz), Audio: AMD Vega 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Realtek Device 8125 + Intel I211 + Intel Device 2723 OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.4.6-050406-lowlatency (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.0.1, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.0-devel (git-b0203b5 2019-12-29 eoan-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 9.0.1), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 BioShock Infinite Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... 169.55 |======================================== Linux 5.4.6 ............. 191.98 |============================================= Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . 187.71 |============================================ Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Preset: 2560 x 1440 - High Quality Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... 44.4 |====================================== Linux 5.4.6 ............. 54.5 |=============================================== Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . 54.3 |=============================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... 134.4 |============================================= Linux 5.4.6 ............. 137.0 |============================================== Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . 136.4 |============================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... 112.5 |============================================= Linux 5.4.6 ............. 114.0 |============================================== Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . 114.0 |============================================== F1 2017 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra High - Anti Aliasing: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... 92 |=========================================== Linux 5.4.6 ............. 100 |=============================================== Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . 102 |================================================ HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... 108.10 |============================================ Linux 5.4.6 ............. 109.27 |============================================= Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . 109.46 |============================================= HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Low - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... MIN: 3.9 AVG: 9.3 MAX: 43.9 Linux 5.4.6 ............. MIN: 3.4 AVG: 9.2 MAX: 48.7 Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . MIN: 3.5 AVG: 9.1 MAX: 47.3 HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... 86.05 |============================================= Linux 5.4.6 ............. 87.81 |============================================== Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . 87.96 |============================================== HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... MIN: 3.9 AVG: 11.6 MAX: 57.1 Linux 5.4.6 ............. MIN: 4.1 AVG: 11.4 MAX: 62.3 Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 11.4 MAX: 67.5 HITMAN 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... 94.76 |============================================= Linux 5.4.6 ............. 96.60 |============================================== Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . 97.12 |============================================== HITMAN 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Low - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... MIN: 4.2 AVG: 10.5 MAX: 43.2 Linux 5.4.6 ............. MIN: 4.1 AVG: 10.3 MAX: 30.2 Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . MIN: 4.1 AVG: 10.4 MAX: 33.2 HITMAN 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... 86.54 |============================================= Linux 5.4.6 ............. 88.74 |============================================== Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . 88.68 |============================================== HITMAN 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... MIN: 4.4 AVG: 11.6 MAX: 37.2 Linux 5.4.6 ............. MIN: 4.3 AVG: 11.3 MAX: 38.6 Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . MIN: 4.5 AVG: 11.2 MAX: 37.1 Rise of the Tomb Raider Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Very High - Anti Aliasing: FXAA - Scene: Spine Of The Mountain Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... 138.6 |============================================= Linux 5.4.6 ............. 139.1 |============================================== Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . 140.4 |============================================== Rise of the Tomb Raider Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Very High - Anti Aliasing: FXAA - Scene: Prophets Tomb Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... 104.1 |============================================== Linux 5.4.6 ............. 104.4 |============================================== Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . 104.5 |============================================== Rise of the Tomb Raider Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Very High - Anti Aliasing: FXAA - Scene: Geothermal Valley Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... 98.2 |=============================================== Linux 5.4.6 ............. 98.4 |=============================================== Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . 98.6 |=============================================== Shadow of the Tomb Raider Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Lowest - Anti Aliasing: SMAA Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... 154.9 |============================================== Linux 5.4.6 ............. 155.8 |============================================== Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . 155.5 |============================================== Shadow of the Tomb Raider Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Highest - Anti Aliasing: SMAA Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... 87.8 |=============================================== Linux 5.4.6 ............. 88.3 |=============================================== Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . 88.1 |=============================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... 487.64 |================================== Linux 5.4.6 ............. 624.77 |============================================ Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . 645.57 |============================================= Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... 333.67 |========================================== Linux 5.4.6 ............. 358.77 |============================================= Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . 355.55 |============================================= A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... 79.0 |============================================== Linux 5.4.6 ............. 80.5 |============================================== Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . 81.4 |=============================================== A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... MIN: 8 AVG: 13 MAX: 309 Linux 5.4.6 ............. MIN: 8 AVG: 12 MAX: 309 Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . MIN: 8 AVG: 12 MAX: 317 Total War: Three Kingdoms 1.0.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Low - Scenario: Battle Benchmark Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... 188.4 |============================================== Linux 5.4.6 ............. 190.0 |============================================== Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . 190.1 |============================================== Total War: Three Kingdoms 1.0.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Low - Scenario: Battle Benchmark - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... MIN: 2.6 AVG: 5.3 MAX: 71.8 Linux 5.4.6 ............. MIN: 3.1 AVG: 5.2 MAX: 43.4 Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . MIN: 3.1 AVG: 5.3 MAX: 44.7 Total War: Three Kingdoms 1.0.1 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Low - Scenario: Battle Benchmark Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... 123.5 |============================================= Linux 5.4.6 ............. 125.7 |============================================== Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . 125.1 |============================================== Total War: Three Kingdoms 1.0.1 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Low - Scenario: Battle Benchmark - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... MIN: 4 AVG: 8 MAX: 253 Linux 5.4.6 ............. MIN: 3 AVG: 8 MAX: 45 Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . MIN: 3 AVG: 8 MAX: 45 Total War: Three Kingdoms 1.0.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Scenario: Battle Benchmark Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... 47.9 |=============================================== Linux 5.4.6 ............. 47.8 |=============================================== Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . 48.1 |=============================================== Total War: Three Kingdoms 1.0.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Scenario: Battle Benchmark - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... MIN: 6 AVG: 21 MAX: 64 Linux 5.4.6 ............. MIN: 6 AVG: 21 MAX: 116 Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . MIN: 6 AVG: 21 MAX: 62 Total War: Three Kingdoms 1.0.1 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Scenario: Battle Benchmark Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... 34.7 |=============================================== Linux 5.4.6 ............. 34.8 |=============================================== Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . 34.7 |=============================================== Total War: Three Kingdoms 1.0.1 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Scenario: Battle Benchmark - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... MIN: 6 AVG: 29 MAX: 77 Linux 5.4.6 ............. MIN: 6 AVG: 29 MAX: 237 Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . MIN: 6 AVG: 29 MAX: 80 Total War: WARHAMMER II 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Scenario: Skaven Battle Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... 103.3 |============================================= Linux 5.4.6 ............. 105.8 |============================================== Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . 105.4 |============================================== Total War: WARHAMMER II 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Scenario: Skaven Battle - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Liquorix 5.4.0-6.3 ...... MIN: 5.3 AVG: 9.6 MAX: 42.6 Linux 5.4.6 ............. MIN: 4.6 AVG: 9.4 MAX: 44.9 Linux 5.4.6 low-latency . MIN: 4.5 AVG: 9.5 MAX: 62.9