Basis Universal

Basis Universal is a GPU texture codec. This test times how long it takes to convert sRGB PNGs into Basis Univeral assets with various settings.

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark basis.

Project Site

github.com

Test Created

21 March 2020

Last Updated

6 December 2021

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

System

Average Install Time

15 Seconds

Average Run Time

4 Minutes, 45 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + CMake

Accolades

30k+ Downloads

Supported Platforms


Public Result Uploads *Reported Installs **Reported Test Completions **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsBasis Universal Popularity Statisticspts/basis2020.032020.052020.072020.092020.112021.012021.032021.052021.072021.092021.112022.012022.032022.052022.072022.092022.112023.012023.032023.052023.072023.092023.112024.012024.034K8K12K16K20K
* Uploading of benchmark result data to OpenBenchmarking.org is always optional (opt-in) via the Phoronix Test Suite for users wishing to share their results publicly.
** Data based on those opting to upload their test results to OpenBenchmarking.org and users enabling the opt-in anonymous statistics reporting while running benchmarks from an Internet-connected platform.
*** Test profile page view reporting began March 2021.
Data updated weekly as of 21 April 2024.
UASTC Level 022.8%UASTC Level 225.0%UASTC Level 328.1%ETC1S24.1%Settings Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org

Revision History

pts/basis-1.1.1   [View Source]   Mon, 06 Dec 2021 19:20:51 GMT
Fix install-exit-status handling.

pts/basis-1.1.0   [View Source]   Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:06:17 GMT
Update against Basis Universal 1.13 upstream.

pts/basis-1.0.2   [View Source]   Thu, 12 Nov 2020 09:18:50 GMT
Few changes to enable macOS support for Basis.

pts/basis-1.0.1   [View Source]   Sat, 21 Mar 2020 12:51:41 GMT
Fix RDO post-processing option.

pts/basis-1.0.0   [View Source]   Sat, 21 Mar 2020 12:02:54 GMT
Initial commit of Basis Universal compression benchmark for Windows and Linux.

Suites Using This Test

C/C++ Compiler Tests

Creator Workloads

Texture Compression

Game Development


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Basis Universal 1.12

Settings: UASTC Level 3

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 1,101 public results since 21 March 2020 with the latest data as of 30 December 2023.

Below is an overview of the generalized performance for components where there is sufficient statistically significant data based upon user-uploaded results. It is important to keep in mind particularly in the Linux/open-source space there can be vastly different OS configurations, with this overview intended to offer just general guidance as to the performance expectations.

Component
Percentile Rank
# Compatible Public Results
Seconds (Average)
Mid-Tier
75th
> 26
58th
21
37 +/- 1
Median
50th
46
50th
34
46 +/- 1
40th
15
61 +/- 1
35th
12
74 +/- 1
35th
3
74 +/- 1
30th
7
83 +/- 5
29th
6
86 +/- 3
27th
3
97 +/- 5
27th
3
104
Low-Tier
25th
> 108
24th
8
111 +/- 6
24th
7
112 +/- 2
22nd
5
114 +/- 4
20th
17
119 +/- 6
15th
4
161 +/- 1
13th
7
171 +/- 5
12th
6
174 +/- 3
12th
8
177 +/- 4
10th
4
183 +/- 2
9th
6
205 +/- 13
7th
4
223 +/- 3
6th
6
241 +/- 2
5th
4
310 +/- 21
4th
3
341 +/- 1
2nd
5
396 +/- 3
1st
3
514 +/- 75
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Settings: UASTC Level 31101 Results Range From 11 To 2139 Seconds115710314919524128733337942547151756360965570174779383988593197710231069111511611207125312991345139114371483152915751621166717131759180518511897194319892035208121272173140280420560700

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Basis Universal 1.12 - Settings: UASTC Level 3) has an average run-time of 4 minutes. By default this test profile is set to run at least 3 times but may increase if the standard deviation exceeds pre-defined defaults or other calculations deem additional runs necessary for greater statistical accuracy of the result.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMinutesTime Required To Complete BenchmarkSettings: UASTC Level 3Run-Time510152025Min: 1 / Avg: 3.96 / Max: 21

Does It Scale Well With Increasing Cores?

Yes, based on the automated analysis of the collected public benchmark data, this test / test settings does generally scale well with increasing CPU core counts. Data based on publicly available results for this test / test settings, separated by vendor, result divided by the reference CPU clock speed, grouped by matching physical CPU core count, and normalized against the smallest core count tested from each vendor for each CPU having a sufficient number of test samples and statistically significant data.

AMDIntelOpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To BaseBasis Universal CPU Core ScalingSettings: UASTC Level 34681216182432486412848121620

Notable Instruction Set Usage

Notable instruction set extensions supported by this test, based on an automatic analysis by the Phoronix Test Suite / OpenBenchmarking.org analytics engine.

Instruction Set
Support
Instructions Detected
SSE2 (SSE2)
Used by default on supported hardware.
 
MOVDQU MOVD ADDSD MOVDQA CVTSS2SD MOVAPD MULSD PUNPCKLQDQ CVTSI2SD DIVSD CVTSD2SS COMISD CVTTSD2SI PSHUFD PADDQ PSRLDQ UCOMISD CVTTPS2DQ PMULUDQ SUBSD ANDPD MAXSD SQRTSD UNPCKLPD CVTPS2PD MULPD CVTPD2PS CVTDQ2PS MINSD XORPD SHUFPD
Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: skylake, tigerlake, cascadelake, znver2, znver3).
Found on Intel processors since Sandy Bridge (2011).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

 
VBROADCASTSS VZEROUPPER
Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: skylake, tigerlake, cascadelake, znver2, znver3).
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Excavator (2016).

 
VPBROADCASTD VPERMQ VPERM2I128
The test / benchmark does honor compiler flag changes.
Last automated analysis: 9 May 2021

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libpthread.so.0, libm.so.6, libc.so.6.

Tested CPU Architectures

This benchmark has been successfully tested on the below mentioned architectures. The CPU architectures listed is where successful OpenBenchmarking.org result uploads occurred, namely for helping to determine if a given test is compatible with various alternative CPU architectures.

CPU Architecture
Kernel Identifier
Verified On
Intel / AMD x86 64-bit
x86_64
(Many Processors)
IBM POWER (PowerPC) 64-bit
ppc64le
POWER9 4-Core, POWER9 44-Core
ARMv7 32-bit
armv7l
ARMv7 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv7 rev 3 4-Core
ARMv8 64-bit
arm64
Apple M1 Max
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8, ARMv8 Cortex-A53 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 64-Core, ARMv8 rev 1 4-Core, Ampere Altra ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A53 4-Core

Recent Test Results

OpenBenchmarking.org Results Compare

20 Systems - 119 Benchmark Results

2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8375C - Supermicro X12DPi-N6 v1.00 - Intel Device 0998

Ubuntu 19.10 - 5.3.0-64-generic - GNOME Shell 3.34.1

19 Systems - 119 Benchmark Results

Intel Xeon Platinum 8259L - ASRockRack EP2C621D16-4LP - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers

Ubuntu 19.10 - 5.3.0-64-generic - GNOME Shell 3.34.1

18 Systems - 119 Benchmark Results

2 x AMD EPYC 7V13 64-Core - Supermicro H12DSi-N6 v1.02 - AMD Starship

Ubuntu 19.10 - 5.3.0-64-generic - GNOME Shell 3.34.1

17 Systems - 119 Benchmark Results

AMD EPYC 7K83 64-Core - Supermicro H12SSL-i v1.01 - AMD Starship

Ubuntu 19.10 - 5.3.0-64-generic - GNOME Shell 3.34.1

17 Systems - 119 Benchmark Results

AMD EPYC 7K83 64-Core - Supermicro H12SSL-i v1.01 - AMD Starship

Ubuntu 19.10 - 5.3.0-64-generic - GNOME Shell 3.34.1

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