SiFive RISC-V HiFive Unmatched Benchmarks
SiFive RISC-V HiFive Unmatched Ubuntu Linux benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.


HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04: 

	Processor: SiFive RISC-V (4 Cores), Motherboard: SiFive HiFive Unmatched A00, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 980 1TB + 32GB SC32G, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6770, Audio: AMD Juniper HDMI Audio, Monitor: LG Ultra HD

	OS: Ubuntu 21.04, Kernel: 5.11.0-1018-generic (riscv64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.4, Display Server: X Server, Compiler: GCC 10.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10: 

	Processor: SiFive RISC-V (4 Cores), Motherboard: SiFive HiFive Unmatched A00, Chipset: SiFive FU740-C000 RISC-V SoC, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 980 1TB + 32GB SC32G, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6770, Audio: AMD Juniper HDMI Audio, Monitor: LG Ultra HD

	OS: Ubuntu 21.10, Kernel: 5.13.0-1002-generic (riscv64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 40.2, Display Server: X Server, Compiler: GCC 11.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Test1 - Unplugged: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-1165G7 @ 4.70GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: SAMSUNG NP930QDB-KD1US (P08AKH.021.210730.KS BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device a0ef, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 512GB SAMSUNG MZVLQ512HALU-000 + 512GB SN512, Graphics: Intel Xe TGL GT2 3GB (1300MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC298, Network: Intel Device 2725

	OS: Zorin 16, Kernel: 5.14.9-051409-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.11, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.3, Vulkan: 1.2.145, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Coremark 1.0
CoreMark Size 666 - Iterations Per Second
Iterations/Sec > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 13032.58  |===
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 15995.45  |====
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 133598.47 |==================================


OpenSSL 3.0
Algorithm: SHA256
byte/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 67880263   |=
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 78055297   |=
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 2806549303 |=================================


OpenSSL 3.0
Algorithm: RSA4096
sign/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 27.2  |=
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 32.4  |=
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 828.7 |======================================


OpenSSL 3.0
Algorithm: RSA4096
verify/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 1990.5  |=
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 2365.5  |==
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 51686.2 |====================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: MMAP
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 1.39  |=
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 1.62  |==
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 36.81 |======================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: MEMFD
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 6.76   |=
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 7.49   |=
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 228.61 |=====================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Atomic
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 46799.94  |=======
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 55091.23  |=========
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 217115.79 |==================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Crypto
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 75.48  |====
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 90.34  |=====
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 624.24 |=====================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Malloc
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 1415782.10  |=
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 1559514.06  |==
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 32183920.19 |================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Forking
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 2341.23  |===
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 3000.70  |====
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 26385.18 |===================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: SENDFILE
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 5664.00  |===
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 7439.65  |====
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 59069.79 |===================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: CPU Cache
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 12.64 |=======
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 16.64 |=========
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 73.46 |======================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: CPU Stress
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 169.24  |=
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 206.98  |=
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 5875.11 |====================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Semaphores
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 109226.27 |======
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 118296.13 |=======
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 607656.05 |==================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Matrix Math
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 518.49   |=
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 618.44   |=
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 14694.10 |===================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Vector Math
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 368.51   |=
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 447.42   |=
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 11513.45 |===================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Memory Copying
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 30.91   |=
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 35.11   |=
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 1284.07 |====================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Socket Activity
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 166.81  |=
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 177.82  |=
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 5552.92 |====================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Context Switching
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 107998.16  |===
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 139323.38  |====
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 1118228.89 |=================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Glibc C String Functions
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 14526.61  |=
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 17541.67  |=
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 400830.29 |==================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Glibc Qsort Data Sorting
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 4.85  |====
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 5.69  |====
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 50.98 |======================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: System V Message Passing
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 260082.91  |==
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 396600.51  |===
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 4446320.37 |=================================


Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99.6
WAV To APE
Seconds < Lower Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 514.78 |=====================================
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 416.02 |==============================
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 12.42  |=


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 438.153 |====================================
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 366.640 |==============================
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 8.402   |=


WavPack Audio Encoding 5.3
WAV To WavPack
Seconds < Lower Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 838.98 |=====================================
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 704.99 |===============================
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 14.14  |=


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 128 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 583.85 |=====================================
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 488.39 |===============================
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 31.34  |==


eSpeak-NG Speech Engine 20200907
Text-To-Speech Synthesis
Seconds < Lower Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 390.02 |=====================================
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 322.08 |===============================
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 32.00  |===


RNNoise 2020-06-28

Seconds < Lower Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 216.38 |=====================================
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 180.07 |===============================
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 24.81  |====


Google SynthMark 20201109
Test: VoiceMark_100
Voices > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 52.46  |==
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 63.12  |===
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 900.46 |=====================================


SecureMark 1.0.4
Benchmark: SecureMark-TLS
marks > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 16655  |==
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 20389  |===
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 248717 |=====================================


Dolfyn 0.527
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Seconds < Lower Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 842.22 |=====================================
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 593.21 |==========================
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 18.05  |=


WebP Image Encode 1.1
Encode Settings: Default
Encode Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 39.747 |=====================================
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 34.028 |================================
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 1.463  |=


WebP Image Encode 1.1
Encode Settings: Quality 100
Encode Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 51.583 |=====================================
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 43.377 |===============================
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 2.196  |==


WebP Image Encode 1.1
Encode Settings: Quality 100, Lossless
Encode Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 255.98 |=====================================
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 215.38 |===============================
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 17.39  |===


WebP Image Encode 1.1
Encode Settings: Quality 100, Highest Compression
Encode Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 92.302 |=====================================
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 78.853 |================================
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 6.971  |===


LZ4 Compression 1.9.3
Compression Level: 1 - Compression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 113.69  |
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 127.34  |
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 9644.10 |====================================


LZ4 Compression 1.9.3
Compression Level: 1 - Decompression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 110.4   |
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 121.5   |
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 10446.1 |====================================


LZ4 Compression 1.9.3
Compression Level: 3 - Compression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 3.23  |==
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 3.81  |===
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 50.76 |======================================


LZ4 Compression 1.9.3
Compression Level: 3 - Decompression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 109.9   |
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 122.2   |
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 10207.0 |====================================


LZ4 Compression 1.9.3
Compression Level: 9 - Compression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 3.10  |==
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 3.70  |===
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 52.29 |======================================


LZ4 Compression 1.9.3
Compression Level: 9 - Decompression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 109.9   |
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 122.3   |
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 10193.6 |====================================


Zstd Compression 1.5.0
Compression Level: 3 - Compression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 36.8   |=
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 39.7   |=
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 2168.6 |=====================================


Zstd Compression 1.5.0
Compression Level: 3 - Decompression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 76.0   |=
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 87.8   |=
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 3473.3 |=====================================


Zstd Compression 1.5.0
Compression Level: 8 - Compression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 8.12   |=
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 8.84   |=
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 425.80 |=====================================


Zstd Compression 1.5.0
Compression Level: 8 - Decompression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 77.9   |=
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 89.4   |=
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 3488.0 |=====================================


Zstd Compression 1.5.0
Compression Level: 19 - Compression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 1.13  |==
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 1.35  |===
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 19.30 |======================================


Zstd Compression 1.5.0
Compression Level: 19 - Decompression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 70.6   |=
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 81.8   |=
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 2925.3 |=====================================


Zstd Compression 1.5.0
Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Compression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 0.92  |==
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 1.09  |===
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 15.80 |======================================


Zstd Compression 1.5.0
Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Decompression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 72.4   |=
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 83.9   |=
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 3122.6 |=====================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: Swirl
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 9   |==
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 10  |==
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 163 |========================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: Rotate
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 25  |=
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 28  |=
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 925 |========================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 7  |======
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 8  |=======
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 46 |=========================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: Enhanced
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 3  |==
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 3  |==
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 64 |=========================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 20  |==
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 25  |===
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 335 |========================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: Noise-Gaussian
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 6  |===
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 7  |===
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 85 |=========================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 21  |==
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 24  |==
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 539 |========================================


x265 3.4
Video Input: Bosphorus 4K
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 0.11 |=
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 5.23 |=======================================


7-Zip Compression 16.02
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 1432  |===
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 1605  |===
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 21318 |======================================


libavif avifenc 0.9.0
Encoder Speed: 6
Seconds < Lower Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 1552.06 |====================================
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 27.66   |=


Gzip Compression
Linux Source Tree Archiving To .tar.gz
Seconds < Lower Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 449.73 |=====================================
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 377.31 |===============================
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 32.26  |===


OCRMyPDF 10.3.1+dfsg
Processing 60 Page PDF Document
Seconds < Lower Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 1189.98 |====================================
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 1008.57 |===============================


GNU Octave Benchmark 6.1.1~hg.2021.01.26

Seconds < Lower Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 264.85 |=====================================


PyBench 2018-02-16
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 24919 |======================================
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 21056 |================================
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 864   |=


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 33113  |==
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 41058  |==
Test1 - Unplugged ............... 751463 |=====================================


Timed GDB GNU Debugger Compilation 10.2
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.04 . 2114.52 |====================================
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 1909.29 |=================================


GNU Octave Benchmark 6.2.0

Seconds < Lower Is Better
HiFive Unmatched - Ubuntu 21.10 . 230.74 |=====================================