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phoronix-test-suite benchmark 2311204-NE-THREADRIP82 Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Kernel Notes: Transparent Huge Pages: madviseCompiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-bootstrap --enable-cet --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++,m2 --enable-libphobos-checking=release --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-link-serialization=2 --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-defaulted --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none=/build/gcc-13-XYspKM/gcc-13-13.2.0/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,amdgcn-amdhsa=/build/gcc-13-XYspKM/gcc-13-13.2.0/debian/tmp-gcn/usr --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-build-config=bootstrap-lto-lean --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib=auto --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -vProcessor Notes: Scaling Governor: amd-pstate-epp performance (EPP: performance) - CPU Microcode: 0xa108105Python Notes: Python 3.11.6Security Notes: gather_data_sampling: Not affected + itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + mmio_stale_data: Not affected + retbleed: Not affected + spec_rstack_overflow: Mitigation of safe RET + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Enhanced / Automatic IBRS IBPB: conditional STIBP: always-on RSB filling PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 NZXT Kraken 360 Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores @ 8.21GHz (64 Cores / 128 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS Pro WS TRX50-SAGE WIFI (0217 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14a4, Memory: 128GB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB (2025/1249MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Aquantia Device 04c0 + Intel I226-LM + MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI
OS: Ubuntu 23.10, Kernel: 6.5.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 45.0, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.7 + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3 (LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.54), Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
AMD Threadripper 7980X Cooling OpenBenchmarking.org Phoronix Test Suite AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores @ 8.21GHz (64 Cores / 128 Threads) ASUS Pro WS TRX50-SAGE WIFI (0217 BIOS) AMD Device 14a4 128GB 1000GB Western Digital WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB (2025/1249MHz) Realtek ALC1220 ASUS MG28U Aquantia Device 04c0 + Intel I226-LM + MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Ubuntu 23.10 6.5.0-9-generic (x86_64) GNOME Shell 45.0 X Server 1.21.1.7 + Wayland 4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3 (LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.54) GCC 13.2.0 ext4 3840x2160 Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution AMD Threadripper 7980X Cooling Benchmarks System Logs - Transparent Huge Pages: madvise - --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-bootstrap --enable-cet --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++,m2 --enable-libphobos-checking=release --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-link-serialization=2 --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-defaulted --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none=/build/gcc-13-XYspKM/gcc-13-13.2.0/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,amdgcn-amdhsa=/build/gcc-13-XYspKM/gcc-13-13.2.0/debian/tmp-gcn/usr --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-build-config=bootstrap-lto-lean --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib=auto --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v - Scaling Governor: amd-pstate-epp performance (EPP: performance) - CPU Microcode: 0xa108105 - Python 3.11.6 - gather_data_sampling: Not affected + itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + mmio_stale_data: Not affected + retbleed: Not affected + spec_rstack_overflow: Mitigation of safe RET + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Enhanced / Automatic IBRS IBPB: conditional STIBP: always-on RSB filling PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 NZXT Kraken 360 Result Overview Phoronix Test Suite 100% 101% 103% 104% OSPRay Studio LuxCoreRender Timed Gem5 Compilation OpenFOAM Radiance Benchmark Timed Linux Kernel Compilation Tachyon AOBench Blender C-Ray TTSIOD 3D Renderer Primesieve Timed ImageMagick Compilation QuadRay Timed Erlang/OTP Compilation Kvazaar VVenC uvg266 Timed CPython Compilation 7-Zip Compression rays1bench Timed Godot Game Engine Compilation Timed Wasmer Compilation Timed Mesa Compilation SVT-AV1 Timed PHP Compilation Timed Node.js Compilation Y-Cruncher Timed Apache Compilation Timed FFmpeg Compilation Timed GDB GNU Debugger Compilation Timed LLVM Compilation Timed Eigen Compilation Timed GCC Compilation
Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 NZXT Kraken 360 Per Watt Result Overview Phoronix Test Suite 100% 102% 104% 106% TTSIOD 3D Renderer LuxCoreRender VVenC uvg266 SVT-AV1 Kvazaar 7-Zip Compression rays1bench Meta Performance Per Watts QuadRay P.W.G.M P.W.G.M P.W.G.M P.W.G.M P.W.G.M P.W.G.M P.W.G.M P.W.G.M P.W.G.M P.W.G.M
AMD Threadripper 7980X Cooling quadray: 1 - 4K quadray: 2 - 4K quadray: 5 - 4K quadray: 3 - 4K quadray: 1 - 1080p quadray: 2 - 1080p quadray: 3 - 1080p quadray: 5 - 1080p ttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping kvazaar: Bosphorus 4K - Slow kvazaar: Bosphorus 4K - Medium kvazaar: Bosphorus 1080p - Slow kvazaar: Bosphorus 1080p - Medium kvazaar: Bosphorus 4K - Very Fast kvazaar: Bosphorus 4K - Super Fast kvazaar: Bosphorus 4K - Ultra Fast kvazaar: Bosphorus 1080p - Very Fast kvazaar: Bosphorus 1080p - Super Fast kvazaar: Bosphorus 1080p - Ultra Fast svt-av1: Preset 4 - Bosphorus 4K svt-av1: Preset 8 - Bosphorus 4K svt-av1: Preset 12 - Bosphorus 4K svt-av1: Preset 13 - Bosphorus 4K svt-av1: Preset 4 - Bosphorus 1080p svt-av1: Preset 8 - Bosphorus 1080p svt-av1: Preset 12 - Bosphorus 1080p svt-av1: Preset 13 - Bosphorus 1080p uvg266: Bosphorus 4K - Slow uvg266: Bosphorus 4K - Medium uvg266: Bosphorus 1080p - Slow uvg266: Bosphorus 1080p - Medium uvg266: Bosphorus 4K - Very Fast uvg266: Bosphorus 4K - Super Fast uvg266: Bosphorus 1080p - Very Fast uvg266: Bosphorus 4K - Ultra Fast uvg266: Bosphorus 1080p - Super Fast vvenc: Bosphorus 1080p - Fast uvg266: Bosphorus 1080p - Ultra Fast vvenc: Bosphorus 4K - Fast vvenc: Bosphorus 4K - Faster vvenc: Bosphorus 1080p - Faster luxcorerender: DLSC - CPU luxcorerender: Danish Mood - CPU luxcorerender: Orange Juice - CPU luxcorerender: LuxCore Benchmark - CPU luxcorerender: Rainbow Colors and Prism - CPU compress-7zip: Compression Rating compress-7zip: Decompression Rating rays1bench: Large Scene ospray-studio: 1 - 4K - 1 - Path Tracer - CPU ospray-studio: 3 - 4K - 1 - Path Tracer - CPU ospray-studio: 1 - 4K - 16 - Path Tracer - CPU ospray-studio: 1 - 4K - 32 - Path Tracer - CPU ospray-studio: 3 - 4K - 16 - Path Tracer - CPU ospray-studio: 3 - 4K - 32 - Path Tracer - CPU ospray-studio: 1 - 1080p - 1 - Path Tracer - CPU ospray-studio: 3 - 1080p - 1 - Path Tracer - CPU ospray-studio: 1 - 1080p - 16 - Path Tracer - CPU ospray-studio: 1 - 1080p - 32 - Path Tracer - CPU ospray-studio: 3 - 1080p - 16 - Path Tracer - CPU ospray-studio: 3 - 1080p - 32 - Path Tracer - CPU openfoam: drivaerFastback, Small Mesh Size - Mesh Time openfoam: drivaerFastback, Small Mesh Size - Execution Time openfoam: drivaerFastback, Medium Mesh Size - Mesh Time openfoam: drivaerFastback, Medium Mesh Size - Execution Time build-apache: Time To Compile build-ffmpeg: Time To Compile build-gcc: Time To Compile build-gdb: Time To Compile build-gem5: Time To Compile build-godot: Time To Compile build-imagemagick: Time To Compile build-linux-kernel: defconfig build-linux-kernel: allmodconfig build-llvm: Ninja build-llvm: Unix Makefiles build-mesa: Time To Compile build-nodejs: Time To Compile build-php: Time To Compile build-python: Default build-python: Released Build, PGO + LTO Optimized c-ray: Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel primesieve: 1e12 primesieve: 1e13 y-cruncher: 1B y-cruncher: 10B y-cruncher: 500M aobench: 2048 x 2048 - Total Time build-eigen: Time To Compile build-erlang: Time To Compile build-wasmer: Time To Compile radiance: SMP Parallel tachyon: Total Time blender: BMW27 - CPU-Only blender: Classroom - CPU-Only blender: Fishy Cat - CPU-Only blender: Barbershop - CPU-Only blender: Pabellon Barcelona - CPU-Only Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 NZXT Kraken 360 33.12 15.16 5.13 13.49 182.24 65.32 57.61 21.18 977.838 35.49 36.63 167.40 172.31 81.81 95.99 99.75 347.78 359.79 361.62 7.325 122.750 218.023 215.238 18.401 191.757 678.034 804.707 26.00 29.33 98.58 110.16 73.23 74.73 247.83 77.27 247.99 25.340 243.70 9.308 16.469 43.871 14.07 10.76 19.32 11.58 34.75 401325 564292 514.98 1286 1527 20664 45235 24585 52909 326 385 5223 10388 6186 12309 21.489307 39.141929 124.09789 660.26578 14.599 12.005 654.854 35.580 144.508 87.382 10.086 28.198 223.395 125.889 180.285 15.088 112.904 28.987 11.838 179.317 7.824 2.248 26.831 11.469 136.500 5.537 24.239 51.444 60.338 27.832 111.757 18.5691 17.32 43.80 22.21 159.65 53.98 33.28 15.30 5.24 13.65 183.20 65.74 58.22 21.46 989.372 35.66 36.81 167.51 172.55 81.97 95.91 100.68 347.57 352.37 356.80 7.348 123.052 216.514 219.788 18.387 192.894 677.262 802.010 26.13 29.50 98.75 110.50 73.46 75.34 247.34 77.31 247.78 25.582 243.54 9.356 16.464 44.579 14.31 10.92 20.59 11.91 35.71 401178 571754 518.14 1272 1507 20467 44728 24244 52406 322 380 5153 10257 6110 12194 20.681827 38.676427 116.68901 659.66119 14.588 11.981 651.932 35.634 144.845 86.904 9.980 28.168 225.077 125.118 180.610 15.010 112.594 28.893 11.864 179.378 7.755 2.224 26.510 11.448 136.309 5.521 24.467 51.402 60.993 27.912 112.304 18.3418 17.08 43.23 22.04 159.72 53.38 32.84 15.08 5.19 13.51 181.70 65.32 57.66 21.47 987.334 35.26 36.34 166.97 172.49 81.60 96.26 99.62 341.43 345.45 354.05 7.307 123.094 216.220 212.868 18.359 193.599 678.491 797.911 26.03 29.21 98.71 110.40 72.74 74.57 244.09 76.42 245.93 25.333 240.74 9.308 16.359 43.965 14.06 10.83 19.29 11.56 35.94 401084 565685 518.26 1286 1527 20757 45230 24557 52703 327 385 5226 10400 6204 12324 21.725069 39.036206 116.10005 660.49035 14.569 11.986 653.795 35.590 140.718 87.045 10.054 27.711 219.904 125.973 179.275 15.026 113.178 29.038 11.962 180.055 7.849 2.228 26.839 11.471 136.689 5.537 24.605 51.396 60.896 27.981 109.394 18.6245 17.35 43.93 22.20 160.92 54.25 OpenBenchmarking.org
CPU Temperature Monitor OpenBenchmarking.org Celsius CPU Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring NZXT Kraken 360 Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 20 40 60 80 100 Min: 32.25 / Avg: 62.07 / Max: 92 Min: 35.5 / Avg: 61.1 / Max: 92.38 Min: 35 / Avg: 58.73 / Max: 85.13
CPU Peak Freq (Highest CPU Core Frequency) Monitor OpenBenchmarking.org Megahertz CPU Peak Freq (Highest CPU Core Frequency) Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring NZXT Kraken 360 Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 Min: 545 / Avg: 4465.34 / Max: 5513 Min: 545 / Avg: 4468.25 / Max: 5466 Min: 545 / Avg: 4488.71 / Max: 5478
CPU Power Consumption Monitor OpenBenchmarking.org Watts CPU Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring NZXT Kraken 360 Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 70 140 210 280 350 Min: 29.19 / Avg: 238.33 / Max: 364.31 Min: 29.98 / Avg: 238.69 / Max: 366.3 Min: 31.44 / Avg: 237.41 / Max: 371.69
QuadRay OpenBenchmarking.org FPS Per Watt, More Is Better QuadRay 2022.05.25 Scene: 1 - Resolution: 4K NZXT Kraken 360 Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 0.0374 0.0748 0.1122 0.1496 0.187 0.166 0.164 0.166
OpenBenchmarking.org FPS Per Watt, More Is Better QuadRay 2022.05.25 Scene: 2 - Resolution: 4K NZXT Kraken 360 Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 0.014 0.028 0.042 0.056 0.07 0.062 0.062 0.062
OpenBenchmarking.org FPS Per Watt, More Is Better QuadRay 2022.05.25 Scene: 3 - Resolution: 4K NZXT Kraken 360 Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 0.0124 0.0248 0.0372 0.0496 0.062 0.055 0.054 0.055
OpenBenchmarking.org FPS Per Watt, More Is Better QuadRay 2022.05.25 Scene: 5 - Resolution: 4K NZXT Kraken 360 Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 0.0043 0.0086 0.0129 0.0172 0.0215 0.019 0.019 0.019
OpenBenchmarking.org FPS Per Watt, More Is Better QuadRay 2022.05.25 Scene: 5 - Resolution: 1080p NZXT Kraken 360 Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 0.0169 0.0338 0.0507 0.0676 0.0845 0.075 0.074 0.075
OpenBenchmarking.org FPS Per Watt, More Is Better QuadRay 2022.05.25 Scene: 1 - Resolution: 1080p NZXT Kraken 360 Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 0.1622 0.3244 0.4866 0.6488 0.811 0.706 0.707 0.721
OpenBenchmarking.org FPS Per Watt, More Is Better QuadRay 2022.05.25 Scene: 2 - Resolution: 1080p NZXT Kraken 360 Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 0.0531 0.1062 0.1593 0.2124 0.2655 0.235 0.234 0.236
OpenBenchmarking.org FPS Per Watt, More Is Better QuadRay 2022.05.25 Scene: 3 - Resolution: 1080p NZXT Kraken 360 Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 0.0466 0.0932 0.1398 0.1864 0.233 0.207 0.204 0.207
TTSIOD 3D Renderer OpenBenchmarking.org FPS Per Watt, More Is Better TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3b Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping NZXT Kraken 360 Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 0.8579 1.7158 2.5737 3.4316 4.2895 3.709 3.538 3.813
QuadRay VectorChief's QuadRay is a real-time ray-tracing engine written to support SIMD across ARM, MIPS, PPC, and x86/x86_64 processors. QuadRay supports SSE/SSE2/SSE4 and AVX/AVX2/AVX-512 usage on Intel/AMD CPUs. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
TTSIOD 3D Renderer A portable GPL 3D software renderer that supports OpenMP and Intel Threading Building Blocks with many different rendering modes. This version does not use OpenGL but is entirely CPU/software based. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
uvg266 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second Per Watt, More Is Better uvg266 0.4.1 Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p - Video Preset: Ultra Fast NZXT Kraken 360 Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 0.3618 0.7236 1.0854 1.4472 1.809 1.608 1.555 1.576
Kvazaar This is a test of Kvazaar as a CPU-based H.265/HEVC video encoder written in the C programming language and optimized in Assembly. Kvazaar is the winner of the 2016 ACM Open-Source Software Competition and developed at the Ultra Video Group, Tampere University, Finland. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
VVenC OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second Per Watt, More Is Better VVenC 1.9 Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Fast NZXT Kraken 360 Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 0.009 0.018 0.027 0.036 0.045 0.040 0.039 0.040
OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second Per Watt, More Is Better VVenC 1.9 Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Faster NZXT Kraken 360 Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 0.0158 0.0316 0.0474 0.0632 0.079 0.069 0.069 0.070
OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second Per Watt, More Is Better VVenC 1.9 Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p - Video Preset: Faster NZXT Kraken 360 Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 0.0538 0.1076 0.1614 0.2152 0.269 0.233 0.232 0.239
Kvazaar This is a test of Kvazaar as a CPU-based H.265/HEVC video encoder written in the C programming language and optimized in Assembly. Kvazaar is the winner of the 2016 ACM Open-Source Software Competition and developed at the Ultra Video Group, Tampere University, Finland. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
uvg266 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second Per Watt, More Is Better uvg266 0.4.1 Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p - Video Preset: Very Fast NZXT Kraken 360 Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 0.331 0.662 0.993 1.324 1.655 1.459 1.444 1.471
OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second Per Watt, More Is Better uvg266 0.4.1 Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p - Video Preset: Super Fast NZXT Kraken 360 Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 0.3411 0.6822 1.0233 1.3644 1.7055 1.504 1.485 1.516
VVenC OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second Per Watt, More Is Better VVenC 1.9 Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p - Video Preset: Fast NZXT Kraken 360 Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 0.0277 0.0554 0.0831 0.1108 0.1385 0.120 0.119 0.123
Kvazaar This is a test of Kvazaar as a CPU-based H.265/HEVC video encoder written in the C programming language and optimized in Assembly. Kvazaar is the winner of the 2016 ACM Open-Source Software Competition and developed at the Ultra Video Group, Tampere University, Finland. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
uvg266 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second Per Watt, More Is Better uvg266 0.4.1 Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Ultra Fast NZXT Kraken 360 Noctua NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 0.0743 0.1486 0.2229 0.2972 0.3715 0.318 0.323 0.330