Ubuntu 22.04 SiFive RISC-V HiFive Unmatched Benchmarks
SiFive RISC-V HiFive Unmatched Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Linux benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.


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

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: 

	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: MX279

	OS: Ubuntu 22.04, Kernel: 5.15.0-1011-generic (riscv64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 42.0, Display Server: X Server, Compiler: GCC 11.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Coremark 1.0
CoreMark Size 666 - Iterations Per Second
Iterations/Sec > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 13032.58 |=========================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 15995.45 |==================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 16034.21 |==================================================


OpenSSL 3.0
Algorithm: SHA256
byte/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 67880263 |===========================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 78055297 |==================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 78267060 |==================================================


OpenSSL 3.0
Algorithm: RSA4096
sign/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 27.2 |=============================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 32.4 |======================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 32.4 |======================================================


OpenSSL 3.0
Algorithm: RSA4096
verify/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 1990.5 |============================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 2365.5 |====================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 2364.4 |====================================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Atomic
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 46799.94 |==========================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 55091.23 |==================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 55017.45 |==================================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Crypto
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 75.48 |============================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 90.34 |====================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 91.61 |=====================================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Malloc
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 1415782.10 |===========================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 1559514.06 |===============================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 1594105.25 |================================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: CPU Cache
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 12.64 |========================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 16.64 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 16.73 |=====================================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: CPU Stress
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 169.24 |==========================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 206.98 |===================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 209.58 |====================================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Semaphores
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 109226.27 |=============================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 118296.13 |=================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 119120.94 |=================================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Matrix Math
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 518.49 |============================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 618.44 |====================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 617.41 |====================================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Vector Math
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 368.51 |===========================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 447.42 |====================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 445.95 |====================================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Memory Copying
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 30.91 |=============================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 35.11 |===================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 36.41 |=====================================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Context Switching
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 107998.16 |======================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 139323.38 |=================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 139627.63 |=================================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: Glibc Qsort Data Sorting
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 4.85 |=============================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 5.69 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 5.77 |======================================================


Stress-NG 0.13.02
Test: System V Message Passing
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 260082.91 |======================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 396600.51 |==================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 575729.83 |=================================================


Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99.6
WAV To APE
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 514.78 |====================================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 416.02 |==========================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 417.40 |==========================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 438.15 |====================================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 366.64 |============================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 364.41 |===========================================


WavPack Audio Encoding 5.3
WAV To WavPack
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 838.98 |====================================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 704.99 |============================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 711.67 |============================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 128 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 583.85 |====================================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 488.39 |===========================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 486.04 |===========================================


eSpeak-NG Speech Engine 20200907
Text-To-Speech Synthesis
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 390.02 |====================================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 322.08 |===========================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 324.95 |===========================================


RNNoise 2020-06-28

Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 216.38 |====================================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 180.07 |===========================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 179.72 |===========================================


Google SynthMark 20201109
Test: VoiceMark_100
Voices > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 52.46 |============================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 63.12 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 63.12 |=====================================================


SecureMark 1.0.4
Benchmark: SecureMark-TLS
marks > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 16655 |===========================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 20389 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 20296 |=====================================================


Dolfyn 0.527
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 842.22 |====================================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 593.21 |=====================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 587.08 |====================================


WebP Image Encode 1.1
Encode Settings: Default
Encode Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 39.75 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 34.03 |=============================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 33.12 |============================================


WebP Image Encode 1.1
Encode Settings: Quality 100
Encode Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 51.58 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 43.38 |=============================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 42.92 |============================================


WebP Image Encode 1.1
Encode Settings: Quality 100, Lossless
Encode Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 255.98 |====================================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 215.38 |============================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 214.09 |===========================================


WebP Image Encode 1.1
Encode Settings: Quality 100, Highest Compression
Encode Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 92.30 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 78.85 |=============================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 78.18 |=============================================


LZ4 Compression 1.9.3
Compression Level: 1 - Compression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 113.69 |==============================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 127.34 |====================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 127.33 |====================================================


LZ4 Compression 1.9.3
Compression Level: 1 - Decompression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 110.4 |================================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 121.5 |====================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 122.7 |=====================================================


LZ4 Compression 1.9.3
Compression Level: 3 - Compression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 3.23 |==============================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 3.81 |======================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 3.83 |======================================================


LZ4 Compression 1.9.3
Compression Level: 3 - Decompression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 109.9 |================================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 122.2 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 122.3 |=====================================================


LZ4 Compression 1.9.3
Compression Level: 9 - Compression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 3.10 |=============================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 3.70 |======================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 3.70 |======================================================


LZ4 Compression 1.9.3
Compression Level: 9 - Decompression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 109.9 |================================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 122.3 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 122.5 |=====================================================


Zstd Compression 1.5.0
Compression Level: 3 - Compression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 36.8 |==================================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 39.7 |======================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 39.4 |======================================================


Zstd Compression 1.5.0
Compression Level: 3 - Decompression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 76.0 |==============================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 87.8 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 89.3 |======================================================


Zstd Compression 1.5.0
Compression Level: 8 - Compression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 8.12 |==================================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 8.84 |======================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 8.84 |======================================================


Zstd Compression 1.5.0
Compression Level: 8 - Decompression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 77.9 |==============================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 89.4 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 91.4 |======================================================


Zstd Compression 1.5.0
Compression Level: 19 - Compression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 1.13 |=============================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 1.35 |======================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 1.34 |======================================================


Zstd Compression 1.5.0
Compression Level: 19 - Decompression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 70.6 |==============================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 81.8 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 83.1 |======================================================


Zstd Compression 1.5.0
Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Compression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 0.92 |============================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 1.09 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 1.12 |======================================================


Zstd Compression 1.5.0
Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Decompression Speed
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 72.4 |==============================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 83.9 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 85.0 |======================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: Swirl
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 9  |==================================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 10 |========================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 10 |========================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 7 |==================================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 8 |=========================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 8 |=========================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 20 |=============================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 25 |========================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 25 |========================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: Noise-Gaussian
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 6 |=================================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 7 |=========================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 7 |=========================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 21 |=================================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 24 |========================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 24 |========================================================


7-Zip Compression 16.02
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 1432 |===============================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 1605 |====================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 1652 |======================================================


Gzip Compression
Linux Source Tree Archiving To .tar.gz
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 449.73 |====================================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 377.31 |============================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 372.21 |===========================================


PyBench 2018-02-16
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 24919 |=====================================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 21056 |=============================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 21879 |===============================================


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 33113 |=========================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 41058 |===================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 43009 |=====================================================


Timed GDB GNU Debugger Compilation 10.2
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 2114.52 |===================================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 1909.29 |==============================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 1958.54 |===============================================


Geometric Mean Of All Test Results
Result Composite - Ubuntu 22.04 SiFive RISC-V HiFive Unmatched Benchmarks
Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 21.04 ..... 39.59 |============================================
Ubuntu 21.10 ..... 46.84 |====================================================
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS . 47.42 |=====================================================