Alder Lake Linux 5.18
Benchmarks for a future article.


Linux 5.15: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-12900K (16 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-E GAMING WIFI (1003 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 7aa7, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 + 2000GB, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB (2575/1000MHz), Audio: Intel Device 7ad0, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Intel I225-V + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411

	OS: Ubuntu 21.10, Kernel: 5.15.0-051500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 40.5, Display Server: X Server 1.20.13 + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.0-devel (git-ae710f3 2022-03-26 impish-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 13.0.1 DRM 3.42), Vulkan: 1.3.207, Compiler: GCC 11.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Linux 5.16: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-12900K @ 5.20GHz (16 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-E GAMING WIFI (1003 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 7aa7, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 + 2000GB, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB (2575/1000MHz), Audio: Intel Device 7ad0, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Intel I225-V + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411

	OS: Ubuntu 21.10, Kernel: 5.16.0-051600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 40.5, Display Server: X Server 1.20.13 + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.0-devel (git-ae710f3 2022-03-26 impish-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 13.0.1 DRM 3.44), Vulkan: 1.3.207, Compiler: GCC 11.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Linux 5.17: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-12900K @ 5.20GHz (16 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-E GAMING WIFI (1003 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 7aa7, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 + 2000GB, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB (2575/1000MHz), Audio: Intel Device 7ad0, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Intel I225-V + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411

	OS: Ubuntu 21.10, Kernel: 5.17.0-051700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 40.5, Display Server: X Server 1.20.13 + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.0-devel (git-ae710f3 2022-03-26 impish-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 13.0.1 DRM 3.44), Vulkan: 1.3.207, Compiler: GCC 11.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Linux 5.18 30 March: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-12900K @ 5.20GHz (16 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-E GAMING WIFI (1003 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 7aa7, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 + 2000GB, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB (2575/1000MHz), Audio: Intel Device 7ad0, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Intel I225-V + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411

	OS: Ubuntu 21.10, Kernel: 5.17.0-phx (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 40.5, Display Server: X Server 1.20.13 + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.0-devel (git-ae710f3 2022-03-26 impish-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 13.0.1 DRM 3.46), Vulkan: 1.3.207, Compiler: GCC 11.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


Selenium
Benchmark: Kraken - Browser: Google Chrome
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 890.0 |==================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 422.5 |========================
Linux 5.17 .......... 423.1 |========================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 422.5 |========================


Selenium
Benchmark: StyleBench - Browser: Google Chrome
Runs / Minute > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 39.26 |============================
Linux 5.16 .......... 69.00 |==================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 69.60 |==================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 68.85 |=================================================


Selenium
Benchmark: Jetstream 2 - Browser: Google Chrome
Score > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 79.71  |===============
Linux 5.16 .......... 263.62 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 265.49 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 265.98 |=================================================


Selenium
Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Google Chrome
Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 86.2  |==============
Linux 5.16 .......... 307.0 |==================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 310.0 |==================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 310.0 |==================================================


Selenium
Benchmark: PSPDFKit WASM - Browser: Google Chrome
Score < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.16 .......... 2535 |===================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 2546 |===================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 2510 |==================================================


Selenium
Benchmark: WASM imageConvolute - Browser: Google Chrome
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 107.33 |=================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 17.60  |========
Linux 5.17 .......... 17.56  |========
Linux 5.18 30 March . 17.45  |========


Selenium
Benchmark: WASM collisionDetection - Browser: Google Chrome
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 994.65 |=================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 206.95 |==========
Linux 5.17 .......... 206.90 |==========
Linux 5.18 30 March . 207.09 |==========


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: MMAP
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 283.02 |=======================
Linux 5.16 .......... 597.23 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 577.83 |===============================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 588.20 |================================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: NUMA
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 120.32 |============
Linux 5.16 .......... 502.64 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 504.94 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 36.52  |====


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: MEMFD
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 575.31  |===============
Linux 5.16 .......... 1843.28 |================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 1721.49 |=============================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 1719.91 |=============================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Atomic
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 49878.29  |=======
Linux 5.16 .......... 309181.93 |==============================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 290204.62 |===========================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 293708.86 |============================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Crypto
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 2689.43 |===========================
Linux 5.16 .......... 4711.51 |================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 4707.04 |================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 4628.52 |===============================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Malloc
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 93368797.02  |=========================
Linux 5.16 .......... 161493321.57 |===========================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 161599871.73 |===========================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 161697199.57 |===========================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: RdRand
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 82456.48 |===============================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 82778.40 |===============================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 82749.36 |===============================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 82804.08 |===============================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Forking
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 43583.94  |=================
Linux 5.16 .......... 118275.39 |=============================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 117528.49 |=============================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 120229.30 |==============================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: IO_uring
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 127364.54 |=================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 178043.75 |==============================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 179902.50 |==============================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 178805.37 |==============================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: SENDFILE
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 244945.53 |========================
Linux 5.16 .......... 438039.00 |===========================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 464969.17 |==============================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 433359.12 |===========================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: CPU Cache
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 10.02  |====
Linux 5.16 .......... 135.33 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 134.33 |================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 136.43 |=================================================


Warsow 2.5 Beta
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 368.8 |===================
Linux 5.16 .......... 964.5 |==================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 961.9 |==================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 964.9 |==================================================


Warsow 2.5 Beta
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 443.9 |=======================
Linux 5.16 .......... 951.5 |==================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 946.0 |==================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 945.0 |==================================================


Unvanquished 0.52.1
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 155.0 |==================
Linux 5.16 .......... 421.9 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 433.2 |==================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 393.9 |=============================================


Unvanquished 0.52.1
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 66.8  |=======
Linux 5.16 .......... 432.9 |================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 447.9 |==================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 432.7 |================================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: CPU Stress
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 18091.66 |==========================
Linux 5.16 .......... 32119.01 |===============================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 32038.45 |===============================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 32193.08 |===============================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Semaphores
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 1376368.41 |===============================
Linux 5.16 .......... 1576108.39 |====================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 1994784.40 |=============================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 1987520.19 |=============================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Matrix Math
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 36893.18 |====================
Linux 5.16 .......... 87556.66 |===============================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 87686.71 |===============================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 86198.28 |==============================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Vector Math
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 43564.38 |=========================
Linux 5.16 .......... 82950.61 |===============================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 82959.88 |===============================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 82134.67 |===============================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Memory Copying
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 3680.81 |===============================
Linux 5.16 .......... 5662.19 |================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 5664.30 |================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 5660.30 |================================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Socket Activity
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 8271.12  |==================
Linux 5.16 .......... 21409.93 |===============================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 20994.99 |==============================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 20848.28 |==============================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Context Switching
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 1520820.39 |==================
Linux 5.16 .......... 3676321.56 |============================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 3798435.02 |=============================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 3477899.60 |=========================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Glibc C String Functions
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 1426652.58 |=======================
Linux 5.16 .......... 2783068.81 |============================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 2823922.73 |=============================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 2686064.15 |===========================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Glibc Qsort Data Sorting
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 170.33 |==========================
Linux 5.16 .......... 322.00 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 323.37 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 307.50 |===============================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: System V Message Passing
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 3096689.08  |===========
Linux 5.16 .......... 10637375.93 |======================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 10533751.61 |======================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 12157920.17 |============================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.3
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 126.40 |=================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 10.14  |====
Linux 5.17 .......... 10.11  |====
Linux 5.18 30 March . 10.12  |====


libjpeg-turbo tjbench 2.1.0
Test: Decompression Throughput
Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 21.33  |====
Linux 5.16 .......... 277.94 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 278.12 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 277.73 |=================================================


Ngspice 34
Circuit: C2670
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 741.69 |=================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 72.47  |=====
Linux 5.17 .......... 72.36  |=====
Linux 5.18 30 March . 72.15  |=====


Ngspice 34
Circuit: C7552
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 625.54 |=================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 65.43  |=====
Linux 5.17 .......... 65.29  |=====
Linux 5.18 30 March . 65.24  |=====


OpenJPEG 2.4
Encode: NASA Curiosity Panorama M34
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 322071 |=================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 73923  |===========
Linux 5.17 .......... 70590  |===========
Linux 5.18 30 March . 71003  |===========


RawTherapee
Total Benchmark Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 249.28 |=================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 36.41  |=======
Linux 5.17 .......... 36.25  |=======
Linux 5.18 30 March . 36.38  |=======


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 373.06 |==================
Linux 5.16 .......... 991.81 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 992.19 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 990.70 |=================================================


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 331.96 |==================
Linux 5.16 .......... 900.70 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 895.45 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 899.48 |=================================================


Xonotic 0.8.2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 163.38 |=================
Linux 5.16 .......... 456.95 |================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 463.56 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 449.57 |================================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.29
Type: Random Read - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 378  |======
Linux 5.16 .......... 3177 |===================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 2569 |=========================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 2568 |=========================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.29
Type: Random Read - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 96813  |======
Linux 5.16 .......... 813333 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 657667 |========================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 657333 |========================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.29
Type: Random Read - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 282  |======
Linux 5.16 .......... 2401 |================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 2572 |===================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 2568 |===================================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.29
Type: Random Read - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 72200  |=====
Linux 5.16 .......... 614583 |==============================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 658333 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 657333 |=================================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.29
Type: Random Read - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 194  |=====
Linux 5.16 .......... 2049 |===================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 1732 |===========================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 1755 |============================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.29
Type: Random Read - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 49500  |=====
Linux 5.16 .......... 524333 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 443667 |=========================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 449000 |==========================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.29
Type: Random Write - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 466  |========
Linux 5.16 .......... 2820 |===================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 2710 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 2704 |=================================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.29
Type: Random Write - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 119275 |========
Linux 5.16 .......... 722000 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 693667 |===============================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 692333 |===============================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.29
Type: Random Read - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 802  |====================
Linux 5.16 .......... 2052 |===================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 1733 |===========================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 1758 |============================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.29
Type: Random Read - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 205347 |===================
Linux 5.16 .......... 525000 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 443667 |=========================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 450000 |==========================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.29
Type: Random Write - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 326  |======
Linux 5.16 .......... 2856 |===================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 2727 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 2692 |================================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.29
Type: Random Write - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 83442  |======
Linux 5.16 .......... 731000 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 698333 |===============================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 689333 |==============================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.29
Type: Random Write - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 305  |=========
Linux 5.16 .......... 1748 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 1795 |==================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 1826 |===================================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.29
Type: Random Write - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 78087  |========
Linux 5.16 .......... 447667 |===============================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 459667 |================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 467333 |=================================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.29
Type: Random Write - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 312  |=========
Linux 5.16 .......... 1745 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 1781 |==================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 1823 |===================================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.29
Type: Random Write - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 79827  |========
Linux 5.16 .......... 446667 |===============================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 455667 |================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 466667 |=================================================


QuantLib 1.21

MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.16 .......... 4712.8 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 4686.0 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 4698.3 |=================================================


GPAW 22.1
Input: Carbon Nanotube
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 2244.67 |================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 261.49  |======
Linux 5.17 .......... 261.54  |======
Linux 5.18 30 March . 260.61  |======


OSBench
Test: Create Files
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 85.301803 |==============================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 7.838724  |====
Linux 5.17 .......... 7.770200  |====
Linux 5.18 30 March . 7.683972  |====


OSBench
Test: Create Threads
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 77.811718 |==============================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 7.672310  |=====
Linux 5.17 .......... 8.249283  |=====
Linux 5.18 30 March . 7.960797  |=====


OSBench
Test: Launch Programs
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 96.39 |==================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 23.22 |============
Linux 5.17 .......... 23.42 |============
Linux 5.18 30 March . 23.35 |============


OSBench
Test: Create Processes
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 116.89 |=================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 14.49  |======
Linux 5.17 .......... 15.61  |=======
Linux 5.18 30 March . 15.46  |======


OSBench
Test: Memory Allocations
Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 347.30 |=================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 43.45  |======
Linux 5.17 .......... 42.81  |======
Linux 5.18 30 March . 42.65  |======


perf-bench
Benchmark: Epoll Wait
ops/sec > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 22188 |===============
Linux 5.16 .......... 73574 |==================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 72504 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 72185 |=================================================


perf-bench
Benchmark: Futex Hash
ops/sec > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 3092024 |========================
Linux 5.16 .......... 6253143 |================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 6248424 |================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 6242797 |================================================


perf-bench
Benchmark: Memcpy 1MB
GB/sec > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 2.690566  |====
Linux 5.16 .......... 34.141054 |=============================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 34.878738 |==============================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 34.528410 |==============================================


perf-bench
Benchmark: Memset 1MB
GB/sec > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 5.573931  |====
Linux 5.16 .......... 69.230353 |============================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 72.355913 |==============================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 71.703098 |==============================================


perf-bench
Benchmark: Sched Pipe
ops/sec > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 50105  |======
Linux 5.16 .......... 393492 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 378887 |===============================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 384345 |================================================


perf-bench
Benchmark: Futex Lock-Pi
ops/sec > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 541 |================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 590 |====================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 585 |====================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 584 |===================================================


perf-bench
Benchmark: Syscall Basic
ops/sec > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 1639964  |====
Linux 5.16 .......... 20774971 |===============================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 20817218 |===============================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 20511381 |==============================================


WireGuard + Linux Networking Stack Stress Test

Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 671.20 |=================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 118.72 |=========
Linux 5.17 .......... 109.05 |========
Linux 5.18 30 March . 116.51 |=========


Timed GDB GNU Debugger Compilation 10.2
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 168.02 |=================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 43.41  |=============
Linux 5.17 .......... 44.46  |=============
Linux 5.18 30 March . 45.18  |=============


Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.5
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 54.31 |==================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 18.73 |=================
Linux 5.17 .......... 18.80 |=================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 19.04 |==================


Stockfish 13
Total Time
Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 25577543 |========================
Linux 5.16 .......... 48560311 |==============================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 49110046 |===============================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 47907942 |==============================================


7-Zip Compression 21.06
Test: Compression Rating
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 21804  |========
Linux 5.16 .......... 132007 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 132733 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 132816 |=================================================


7-Zip Compression 21.06
Test: Decompression Rating
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 10405 |=====
Linux 5.16 .......... 97809 |==================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 97985 |==================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 97447 |==================================================


Zstd Compression 1.5.0
Compression Level: 3 - Compression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 1264.9 |=============
Linux 5.16 .......... 4717.0 |================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 4702.2 |================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 4799.2 |=================================================


Zstd Compression 1.5.0
Compression Level: 3 - Decompression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 2854.3 |===========================
Linux 5.16 .......... 5176.5 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 5189.0 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 5181.5 |=================================================


Zstd Compression 1.5.0
Compression Level: 19 - Compression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 16.2 |================
Linux 5.16 .......... 52.9 |===================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 53.1 |===================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 53.1 |===================================================


Zstd Compression 1.5.0
Compression Level: 19 - Decompression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 3104.2 |================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 4681.5 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 4677.9 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 4703.1 |=================================================


Zstd Compression 1.5.0
Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Compression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 9.87  |===========
Linux 5.16 .......... 46.20 |==================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 45.70 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 45.20 |=================================================


Zstd Compression 1.5.0
Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Decompression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 3751.2 |======================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 4813.5 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 4811.0 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 4842.0 |=================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 5.16
Build: defconfig
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 117.67 |=================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 47.24  |====================
Linux 5.17 .......... 47.26  |====================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 47.78  |====================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 5.16
Build: allmodconfig
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 1192.17 |================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 579.12  |=======================
Linux 5.17 .......... 581.20  |=======================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 603.95  |========================


VP9 libvpx Encoding 1.10.0
Speed: Speed 5 - Input: Bosphorus 4K
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 2.81  |======
Linux 5.16 .......... 22.31 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 22.47 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 22.81 |==================================================


SVT-VP9 0.3
Tuning: PSNR/SSIM Optimized - Input: Bosphorus 1080p
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 81.64  |==========
Linux 5.16 .......... 412.22 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 410.82 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 409.88 |=================================================


SVT-VP9 0.3
Tuning: Visual Quality Optimized - Input: Bosphorus 1080p
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 53.14  |========
Linux 5.16 .......... 336.47 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 336.03 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 336.61 |=================================================


SVT-AV1 0.9
Encoder Mode: Preset 10 - Input: Bosphorus 4K
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 30.18  |=============
Linux 5.16 .......... 112.39 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 111.37 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 111.80 |=================================================


SVT-AV1 0.9
Encoder Mode: Preset 12 - Input: Bosphorus 4K
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 37.46  |===========
Linux 5.16 .......... 162.73 |================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 164.60 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 162.13 |================================================


x265 3.4
Video Input: Bosphorus 4K
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 5.04  |=========
Linux 5.16 .......... 29.16 |==================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 29.12 |==================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 28.81 |=================================================


SVT-HEVC 1.5.0
Tuning: 7 - Input: Bosphorus 1080p
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 43.84  |=========
Linux 5.16 .......... 235.97 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 235.85 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 235.20 |=================================================


SVT-HEVC 1.5.0
Tuning: 10 - Input: Bosphorus 1080p
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 95.59  |=========
Linux 5.16 .......... 499.03 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 497.24 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 498.34 |=================================================


Blender 3.0
Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 158.70 |=================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 75.07  |=======================
Linux 5.17 .......... 75.06  |=======================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 78.59  |========================


Blender 3.0
Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 235.76 |=================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 110.07 |=======================
Linux 5.17 .......... 110.31 |=======================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 115.31 |========================


Timed Godot Game Engine Compilation 3.2.3
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 185.59 |=================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 62.64  |=================
Linux 5.17 .......... 62.50  |=================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 63.40  |=================


OSPray 2.9
Benchmark: particle_volume/ao/real_time
Items Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 13.39 |======================
Linux 5.16 .......... 29.80 |==================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 29.64 |==================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 28.56 |================================================


OSPray 2.9
Benchmark: particle_volume/pathtracer/real_time
Items Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 109.33 |=================
Linux 5.16 .......... 323.52 |=================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 323.63 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 322.46 |=================================================


OSPray 2.9
Benchmark: gravity_spheres_volume/dim_512/ao/real_time
Items Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 1.93499 |=======================
Linux 5.16 .......... 4.05485 |================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 4.01092 |===============================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 3.89796 |==============================================


OSPray 2.9
Benchmark: gravity_spheres_volume/dim_512/pathtracer/real_time
Items Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 2.41711 |=====================
Linux 5.16 .......... 5.50696 |================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 5.49890 |================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 5.26689 |==============================================


OSPray Studio 0.10
Camera: 1 - Resolution: 1080p - Samples Per Pixel: 1 - Renderer: Path Tracer
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 3396 |===================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 1536 |=======================
Linux 5.17 .......... 1544 |=======================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 1589 |========================


OSPray Studio 0.10
Camera: 3 - Resolution: 1080p - Samples Per Pixel: 1 - Renderer: Path Tracer
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 4034 |===================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 1848 |=======================
Linux 5.17 .......... 1850 |=======================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 1908 |========================


OSPray Studio 0.10
Camera: 1 - Resolution: 1080p - Samples Per Pixel: 32 - Renderer: Path Tracer
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 137552 |=================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 49426  |==================
Linux 5.17 .......... 49526  |==================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 51664  |==================


OSPray Studio 0.10
Camera: 3 - Resolution: 1080p - Samples Per Pixel: 32 - Renderer: Path Tracer
ms < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 167662 |=================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 62429  |==================
Linux 5.17 .......... 62427  |==================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 63604  |===================


Timed Gem5 Compilation 21.2
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 863.65 |=================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 235.03 |=============
Linux 5.17 .......... 235.42 |=============
Linux 5.18 30 March . 236.04 |=============


Timed Wasmer Compilation 2.2
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 191.67 |=================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 46.08  |============
Linux 5.17 .......... 46.05  |============
Linux 5.18 30 March . 46.40  |============


Unigine Superposition 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Low - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 98.4  |==============
Linux 5.16 .......... 358.1 |==================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 360.2 |==================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 361.3 |==================================================


Unigine Superposition 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 96.0  |===========================
Linux 5.16 .......... 177.0 |==================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 176.3 |==================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 177.2 |==================================================


Unigine Superposition 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Medium - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 114.9 |========================
Linux 5.16 .......... 242.1 |==================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 241.1 |==================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 242.3 |==================================================


Facebook RocksDB 7.0.1
Test: Random Read
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 77653066  |==========================
Linux 5.16 .......... 134591204 |==============================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 135090609 |==============================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 129180925 |============================================


Facebook RocksDB 7.0.1
Test: Update Random
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 275424 |===================
Linux 5.16 .......... 693463 |================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 704498 |=================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 695148 |================================================


Facebook RocksDB 7.0.1
Test: Read While Writing
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 2816824 |=======================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 3349041 |==============================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 3510485 |================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 3372327 |==============================================


Facebook RocksDB 7.0.1
Test: Read Random Write Random
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 1314234 |=====================
Linux 5.16 .......... 2960688 |================================================
Linux 5.17 .......... 2973583 |================================================
Linux 5.18 30 March . 2941333 |===============================================


SQLite Speedtest 3.30
Timed Time - Size 1,000
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 420.83 |=================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 35.65  |====
Linux 5.17 .......... 34.63  |====
Linux 5.18 30 March . 34.61  |====


PyBench 2018-02-16
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 5.15 .......... 6516 |===================================================
Linux 5.16 .......... 497  |====
Linux 5.17 .......... 499  |====
Linux 5.18 30 March . 497  |====