Linux 5.6 Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 x2 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 testing with a GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS) and llvmpipe 377GB on Ubuntu 20.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Linux 5.5: 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: 378GB, 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 20.04, Kernel: 5.5.0-050500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.7, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.2.4 (LLVM 9.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20200123, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 5.6-rc1: 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: 378GB, 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 20.04, Kernel: 5.6.0-050600rc1-generic (x86_64) 20200209, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.7, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.2.4 (LLVM 9.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20200123, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6 Test: Sequential Fill Op/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 187219 |===================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 192596 |======================================================= DeepSpeech 0.6 Acceleration: CPU Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 140.88 |=================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 152.80 |======================================================= MariaDB 10.3.8 Clients: 256 Queries Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 458 |========================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 460 |========================================================== Renaissance 0.9.0 Test: Savina Reactors.IO ms < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 27800.73 |==================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 28491.58 |===================================================== Renaissance 0.9.0 Test: Akka Unbalanced Cobwebbed Tree ms < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 24118.55 |===================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 22591.77 |================================================== Numpy Benchmark Score > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 312.13 |====================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 320.33 |======================================================= Renaissance 0.9.0 Test: In-Memory Database Shootout ms < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 17906.18 |===================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 17828.76 |===================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 12.0 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 24016.53 |=================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 24805.90 |===================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 12.0 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 594973.45 |================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 616404.08 |==================================================== High Performance Conjugate Gradient 3.1 GFLOP/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 29.06 |======================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 29.03 |======================================================== dav1d 0.5.0 Video Input: Chimera 1080p 10-bit FPS > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 66.44 |======================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 66.66 |======================================================== Blender 2.81 Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 154.71 |======================================================= Linux 5.6-rc1 . 154.49 |======================================================= Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6 Test: Read While Writing Op/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 6728329 |====================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 6502739 |==================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Context Switching Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 22556365.28 |================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 22651797.96 |================================================== Timed GDB GNU Debugger Compilation 9.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 131.43 |======================================================= Linux 5.6-rc1 . 130.71 |======================================================= Ethr 2019-01-02 Server Address: localhost - Protocol: TCP - Test: Latency - Threads: 1 Microseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 21.58 |======================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 20.69 |====================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 5.4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 24.28 |======================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 24.23 |======================================================== Blender 2.81 Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 100.07 |======================================================= Linux 5.6-rc1 . 100.10 |======================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 430267 |===================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 448000 |======================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 1681 |======================================================= Linux 5.6-rc1 . 1750 |========================================================= Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Forking Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 71729.49 |===================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 71777.78 |===================================================== NAMD 2.13b1 ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atoms days/ns < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 0.36248 |====================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 0.36170 |====================================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Tradebeans msec < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 14214 |======================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 13810 |====================================================== Ethr 2019-01-02 Server Address: localhost - Protocol: HTTP - Test: Bandwidth - Threads: 1 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 216547265841.55 |============================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 217349843967.35 |============================================== SQLite Speedtest 3.30 Timed Time - Size 1,000 Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 68.36 |======================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 66.50 |====================================================== RawTherapee Total Benchmark Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 63.54 |======================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 62.37 |======================================================= NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 32180.05 |===================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 31888.87 |===================================================== Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6 Test: Random Fill Sync Op/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 164332 |======================================================= Linux 5.6-rc1 . 151536 |=================================================== John The Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 8147000 |====================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 8117000 |====================================================== Build2 0.12 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 58.52 |======================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 57.92 |======================================================= glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: cos nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 48.22 |======================================================= Linux 5.6-rc1 . 49.43 |======================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 3499.82 |====================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 3521.69 |====================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 5906 |========================================================= Linux 5.6-rc1 . 5952 |========================================================= Timed PHP Compilation 7.4.2 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 41.03 |======================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 40.82 |======================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 25749.03 |===================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 24956.86 |=================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Socket Activity Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 33137.78 |===================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 32573.75 |==================================================== Hackbench Count: 32 - Type: Process Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 40.00 |======================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 36.31 |=================================================== Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 112.31 |======================================================= Linux 5.6-rc1 . 112.17 |======================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 943 |========================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 934 |========================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 1894 |========================================================= Linux 5.6-rc1 . 1875 |======================================================== iPerf 3.7 Server Address: localhost - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 30 Seconds - Test: TCP - Parallel: 20 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 32481 |======================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 32456 |======================================================== iPerf 3.7 Server Address: localhost - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 30 Seconds - Test: UDP - 1000Mbit Objective - Parallel: 20 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 20000 |======================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 19999 |======================================================== iPerf 3.7 Server Address: localhost - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 30 Seconds - Test: UDP - Parallel: 20 Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 21.0 |========================================================= Linux 5.6-rc1 . 21.0 |========================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 440 |======================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 456 |========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 887 |======================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 919 |========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 443 |========================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 445 |========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 894 |========================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 896 |========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 497 |======================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 513 |========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 1002 |======================================================= Linux 5.6-rc1 . 1033 |========================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 207667 |====================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 209667 |======================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 812 |========================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 818 |========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 209667 |====================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 213667 |======================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 820 |========================================================= Linux 5.6-rc1 . 833 |========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 59600 |====================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 61333 |======================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 234 |======================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 241 |========================================================== Ethr 2019-01-02 Server Address: localhost - Protocol: TCP - Test: Connections/s - Threads: 1 Connections/sec > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 6088 |========================================================= Linux 5.6-rc1 . 6133 |========================================================= John The Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 83957 |======================================================= Linux 5.6-rc1 . 85069 |======================================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Semaphores Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 2192970.09 |=================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 2096059.26 |================================================= Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: System V Message Passing Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 6270599.53 |======================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 8035893.13 |=================================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.41 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 25.01 |======================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 24.77 |======================================================= PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 1084 |========================================================= Linux 5.6-rc1 . 1085 |========================================================= Timed FFmpeg Compilation 4.2.2 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 22.60 |======================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 22.57 |======================================================== BenchmarkMutex Benchmark: Mutex Lock Unlock std::mutex ns < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 20.2 |========================================================= Linux 5.6-rc1 . 20.2 |========================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: BT.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 136685.30 |==================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 136202.57 |==================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: EP.D Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 6561.94 |====================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 6601.66 |====================================================== BenchmarkMutex Benchmark: Semaphore Release And Acquire ns < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 17.1 |========================================================= Linux 5.6-rc1 . 17.1 |========================================================= dav1d 0.5.0 Video Input: Summer Nature 4K FPS > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 202.02 |======================================================= Linux 5.6-rc1 . 202.20 |======================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: LU.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 139285.21 |==================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 139704.90 |==================================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 650576 |======================================================= Linux 5.6-rc1 . 656394 |======================================================= SVT-AV1 0.8 Encoder Mode: Enc Mode 8 - Input: 1080p Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 55.59 |======================================================= Linux 5.6-rc1 . 56.42 |======================================================== Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 11.63 |======================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 11.49 |======================================================= glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: log2 nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 7.75881 |====================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 7.72838 |====================================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: pthread_once nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 1.69329 |====================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 1.69752 |====================================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: ffs nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 1.68254 |====================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 1.67914 |====================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: FT.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 48096.59 |===================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 47905.86 |===================================================== OSBench Test: Launch Programs us Per Event < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 42.63 |======================================================= Linux 5.6-rc1 . 43.70 |======================================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Jython msec < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 4673 |======================================================= Linux 5.6-rc1 . 4833 |========================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: SP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 70966.59 |===================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 70578.08 |===================================================== OSBench Test: Create Files us Per Event < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 14.12 |====================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 14.57 |======================================================== OSBench Test: Memory Allocations Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 88.48 |======================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 88.45 |======================================================== OSBench Test: Create Processes us Per Event < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 32.73 |======================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 32.26 |======================================================= OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 18.16 |======================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 18.12 |======================================================== rays1bench 2020-01-09 Large Scene mrays/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 254.15 |======================================================= Linux 5.6-rc1 . 254.77 |======================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: MG.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 68587.66 |===================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 68444.92 |===================================================== LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 9Jan2020 Model: Rhodopsin Protein ns/day > Higher Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 25.64 |======================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 24.65 |====================================================== ctx_clock Context Switch Time Clocks < Lower Is Better Linux 5.5 ..... 135 |========================================================== Linux 5.6-rc1 . 135 |==========================================================