Ryzen 9 5900X WSL Ubuntu Linux Tests
Benchmarks for a future article


WSL1: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Memory: 16GB, Disk: 931GB

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-19041-Microsoft (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: wslfs, System Layer: wsl

WSL2: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Memory: 14GB, Disk: 2 x 275GB Virtual Disk

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 4.19.128-microsoft-standard (x86_64), Display Server: X Server, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: microsoft

Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (2702 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB, Graphics: llvmpipe, Audio: AMD Device ab28, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-56-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.8, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 20.0.8 (LLVM 10.0.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Ubuntu 20.10: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (2702 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 16GB (2575/1000MHz), Audio: AMD Device ab28, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211

	OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.10.0-051000rc6daily20201205-generic (x86_64) 20201204, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.9, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.0-devel (git-bb46a01 2020-12-05 groovy-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 11.0.0), Vulkan: 1.2.145, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


NAMD 2.14
ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atoms
days/ns < Lower Is Better
WSL1 ............... 1.29507 |================================================
WSL2 ............... 1.31782 |=================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 1.29733 |================================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 1.28677 |================================================


Dolfyn 0.527
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Seconds < Lower Is Better
WSL1 ............... 13.23 |==================================================
WSL2 ............... 12.75 |================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 13.10 |==================================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 13.47 |===================================================


Timed HMMer Search 3.3.1
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
WSL1 ............... 85.83 |===================================================
WSL2 ............... 81.90 |=================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 81.91 |=================================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 80.66 |================================================


LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 29Oct2020
Model: Rhodopsin Protein
ns/day > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 8.975  |=========================================
WSL2 ............... 8.368  |======================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 10.946 |==================================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 10.890 |==================================================


LZ4 Compression 1.9.3
Compression Level: 1 - Compression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 11858.24 |==============================================
WSL2 ............... 12362.61 |================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 12127.82 |===============================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 12184.38 |===============================================


LZ4 Compression 1.9.3
Compression Level: 1 - Decompression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 13195.3 |===============================================
WSL2 ............... 13517.2 |================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 13561.1 |=================================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 13677.5 |=================================================


LZ4 Compression 1.9.3
Compression Level: 9 - Compression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 68.65 |================================================
WSL2 ............... 73.39 |===================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 68.25 |===============================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 69.61 |================================================


LZ4 Compression 1.9.3
Compression Level: 9 - Decompression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 12864.1 |===============================================
WSL2 ............... 12972.9 |================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 13229.5 |=================================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 13348.1 |=================================================


rav1e 0.4 Alpha
Speed: 1
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 0.525 |===================================================
WSL2 ............... 0.529 |===================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 0.507 |=================================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 0.498 |================================================


rav1e 0.4 Alpha
Speed: 5
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 1.405 |=============================================
WSL2 ............... 1.579 |===================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 1.488 |================================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 1.387 |=============================================


rav1e 0.4 Alpha
Speed: 6
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 1.813 |===========================================
WSL2 ............... 2.137 |===================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 1.997 |================================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 1.844 |============================================


rav1e 0.4 Alpha
Speed: 10
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 4.325 |=============================================
WSL2 ............... 4.946 |===================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 4.390 |=============================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 3.927 |========================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 5658.26 |=================================================
WSL2 ............... 5067.25 |============================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 5316.34 |==============================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 5267.07 |==============================================


Stockfish 12
Total Time
Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 34525520 |==============================================
WSL2 ............... 33756880 |=============================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 34757556 |==============================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 36184364 |================================================


asmFish 2018-07-23
1024 Hash Memory, 26 Depth
Nodes/second > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 49090035 |================================================
WSL2 ............... 47407751 |==============================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 49119554 |================================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 49166802 |================================================


Timed LLVM Compilation 10.0
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
WSL1 ............... 483.97 |==================================================
WSL2 ............... 448.02 |==============================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 402.29 |==========================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 416.78 |===========================================


Build2 0.12
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
WSL1 ............... 96.17 |===================================================
WSL2 ............... 74.20 |=======================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 71.53 |======================================


Numpy Benchmark

Score > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 387.55 |===================================
WSL2 ............... 547.78 |==================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 497.98 |=============================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 513.02 |===============================================


Apache CouchDB 3.1.1
Bulk Size: 100 - Inserts: 1000 - Rounds: 24
Seconds < Lower Is Better
WSL1 ............... 206.59 |==================================================
WSL2 ............... 77.41  |===================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 83.65  |====================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 88.99  |======================


GROMACS 2020.3
Water Benchmark
Ns Per Day > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 1.103 |============================================
WSL2 ............... 0.885 |===================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 1.281 |===================================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 1.269 |===================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0
Scaling Factor: 1 - Clients: 1 - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 18714 |=========================
WSL2 ............... 19715 |==========================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 37945 |===================================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 37761 |===================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0
Scaling Factor: 1 - Clients: 1 - Mode: Read Only - Average Latency
ms < Lower Is Better
WSL1 ............... 0.053 |===================================================
WSL2 ............... 0.051 |=================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 0.027 |==========================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 0.027 |==========================


PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0
Scaling Factor: 1 - Clients: 50 - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 95999  |=========
WSL2 ............... 510906 |=================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 516272 |==================================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 517496 |==================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0
Scaling Factor: 1 - Clients: 50 - Mode: Read Only - Average Latency
ms < Lower Is Better
WSL1 ............... 0.525 |===================================================
WSL2 ............... 0.098 |==========
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 0.097 |=========
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 0.096 |=========


Redis 6.0.9
Test: SADD
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 1115788.58 |===================
WSL2 ............... 2649544.92 |==============================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 2517919.00 |============================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 2657263.83 |==============================================


Redis 6.0.9
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 1263897.87 |=================
WSL2 ............... 2774167.42 |======================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 3250725.38 |=============================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 3348893.00 |==============================================


Redis 6.0.9
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 1066944.21 |====================
WSL2 ............... 2482028.83 |==============================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 2438556.50 |=============================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 2388666.78 |============================================


OpenVINO 2021.1
Model: Face Detection 0106 FP16 - Device: CPU
FPS > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 3.23 |====================================================
WSL2 ............... 3.12 |==================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 3.04 |=================================================


OpenVINO 2021.1
Model: Face Detection 0106 FP16 - Device: CPU
ms < Lower Is Better
WSL1 ............... 1848.03 |===============================================
WSL2 ............... 1906.30 |================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 1944.85 |=================================================


OpenVINO 2021.1
Model: Face Detection 0106 FP32 - Device: CPU
FPS > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 3.21 |====================================================
WSL2 ............... 3.10 |==================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 3.02 |=================================================


OpenVINO 2021.1
Model: Face Detection 0106 FP32 - Device: CPU
ms < Lower Is Better
WSL1 ............... 1862.49 |===============================================
WSL2 ............... 1923.62 |================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 1952.99 |=================================================


OpenVINO 2021.1
Model: Person Detection 0106 FP16 - Device: CPU
FPS > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 2.06 |==================================================
WSL2 ............... 2.02 |=================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 2.15 |====================================================


OpenVINO 2021.1
Model: Person Detection 0106 FP16 - Device: CPU
ms < Lower Is Better
WSL1 ............... 2850.35 |================================================
WSL2 ............... 2929.90 |=================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 2770.41 |==============================================


OpenVINO 2021.1
Model: Person Detection 0106 FP32 - Device: CPU
FPS > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 2.04 |=================================================
WSL2 ............... 2.02 |=================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 2.15 |====================================================


OpenVINO 2021.1
Model: Person Detection 0106 FP32 - Device: CPU
ms < Lower Is Better
WSL1 ............... 2870.75 |================================================
WSL2 ............... 2931.73 |=================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 2726.50 |==============================================


OpenVINO 2021.1
Model: Age Gender Recognition Retail 0013 FP16 - Device: CPU
FPS > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 9631.60  |===========================================
WSL2 ............... 8535.68  |======================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 10869.03 |================================================


OpenVINO 2021.1
Model: Age Gender Recognition Retail 0013 FP16 - Device: CPU
ms < Lower Is Better
WSL1 ............... 0.62 |===============================================
WSL2 ............... 0.68 |====================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 0.53 |=========================================


OpenVINO 2021.1
Model: Age Gender Recognition Retail 0013 FP32 - Device: CPU
FPS > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 9675.04  |===========================================
WSL2 ............... 8562.33  |======================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 10829.82 |================================================


OpenVINO 2021.1
Model: Age Gender Recognition Retail 0013 FP32 - Device: CPU
ms < Lower Is Better
WSL1 ............... 0.61 |===============================================
WSL2 ............... 0.68 |====================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 0.53 |=========================================


Apache Cassandra 3.11.4
Test: Writes
Op/s > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 3298   |=
WSL2 ............... 83840  |=============================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 145065 |==================================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 142577 |=================================================


BRL-CAD 7.30.8
VGR Performance Metric
VGR Performance Metric > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 215207 |==================================================
WSL2 ............... 211330 |=================================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 215924 |==================================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 208116 |================================================


InfluxDB 1.8.2
Concurrent Streams: 4 - Batch Size: 10000 - Tags: 2,5000,1 - Points Per Series: 10000
val/sec > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 2030406.9 |=============================================
WSL2 ............... 2132291.9 |===============================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 1816975.8 |========================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 1077426.6 |========================


InfluxDB 1.8.2
Concurrent Streams: 64 - Batch Size: 10000 - Tags: 2,5000,1 - Points Per Series: 10000
val/sec > Higher Is Better
WSL1 ............... 2439085.5 |==============================================
WSL2 ............... 2497600.4 |===============================================
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS . 2175677.3 |=========================================
Ubuntu 20.10 ....... 1725227.0 |================================