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

19 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/basis2020.032020.052020.072020.092020.112021.012021.032021.052021.072021.092021.112022.012022.032022.052022.072022.092022.112023.012023.032023.052023.072023.092023.112024.012024.032024.052024.072024.092024.114K8K12K16K20K
* 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 20 December 2024.
UASTC Level 022.9%UASTC Level 225.0%UASTC Level 328.0%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 1.13

Settings: UASTC Level 3

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 1,144 public results since 12 March 2021 with the latest data as of 14 December 2024.

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)
2 x AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core
100th
3
11
2 x AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
99th
16
11
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
99th
3
11
Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core
98th
3
12
2 x AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core
98th
8
12
2 x AMD EPYC 7663 56-Core
97th
6
12
2 x AMD EPYC 7643 48-Core
96th
5
13
2 x AMD EPYC 75F3 32-Core
96th
14
13
ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core
94th
19
13
2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core
93rd
7
14
2 x AMD EPYC 7543 32-Core
92nd
3
14
2 x AMD EPYC 7513 32-Core
92nd
6
14
2 x AMD EPYC 74F3 24-Core
91st
5
15
AMD EPYC 7773X 64-Core
90th
3
15
AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core
89th
8
15
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core
89th
13
15
2 x AMD EPYC 7443 24-Core
88th
8
15
2 x AMD EPYC 7453 28-Core
87th
6
16
Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H
87th
3
16
AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core
86th
8
16
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
86th
11
16 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 7413 24-Core
85th
3
16
AMD EPYC 7663 56-Core
85th
4
17
AMD EPYC 7643 48-Core
84th
5
18
2 x AMD EPYC 73F3 16-Core
84th
8
18
AMD EPYC 75F3 32-Core
82nd
8
19
2 x AMD EPYC 7343 16-Core
82nd
8
19
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
81st
4
20
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores
80th
4
20
2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
80th
7
20
2 x AMD EPYC 7313 16-Core
80th
4
20
AMD EPYC 7543 32-Core
79th
4
21
2 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core
79th
8
21
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core
78th
6
21 +/- 1
Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
76th
10
23
AMD EPYC 74F3 24-Core
76th
9
23
Mid-Tier
75th
> 23
AMD EPYC 7453 28-Core
75th
4
24
AMD EPYC 7443 24-Core
74th
4
24
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Core
74th
11
24 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core
73rd
8
25
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6254
73rd
4
25
Ampere Altra ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core
72nd
4
26 +/- 3
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
71st
3
28
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
69th
33
29 +/- 1
2 x AMD EPYC 72F3 8-Core
69th
3
29
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24-Core
66th
8
30
AMD EPYC 73F3 16-Core
66th
8
30
AMD EPYC 7343 16-Core
65th
4
31
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core
64th
8
32
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
63rd
3
33
AMD EPYC 7313 16-Core
63rd
3
33
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
63rd
10
34
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core
61st
8
38
Intel Core i9-10980XE
61st
7
39 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 12-Core
61st
3
41
Intel Core i9-7980XE
60th
8
41 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
60th
7
42
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3
57th
18
45
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
57th
7
45
Intel Core i5-12600K
56th
4
46 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-10900K
55th
11
47 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
54th
16
48 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core
53rd
3
48
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
51st
10
50
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
51st
22
51 +/- 3
Median
50th
51
AMD EPYC 72F3 8-Core
48th
18
52
Intel Core i9-11900K
48th
17
52 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core
46th
7
55
Ampere eMAG ARMv8 32-Core
45th
4
56
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
44th
6
57
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core
44th
3
59
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core
43rd
3
60 +/- 3
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
43rd
3
60
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core
43rd
8
60 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
43rd
7
60 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
41st
13
62 +/- 1
Intel Core i9-9900KS
41st
3
64
Intel Core i9-9900K
40th
3
67
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
39th
4
69 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
39th
4
69 +/- 3
Intel Xeon E-2288G
39th
3
70 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-11600K
39th
6
70 +/- 2
Apple M2
38th
9
72 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 6-Core
37th
6
76
Intel Core i7-1280P
36th
6
77 +/- 7
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core
36th
4
78 +/- 1
Intel Core i5-10600K
35th
9
79
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3
34th
3
80
Apple M1
34th
8
80 +/- 1
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
33rd
13
83 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-8086K
32nd
6
84
Intel Core i7-8700K
31st
3
85
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core
31st
3
86
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
30th
3
94 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-5960X
30th
3
94
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
30th
7
97 +/- 3
Intel Core i5-9400F
27th
7
106
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 4-Core
26th
6
108
Intel Core i5-8400
26th
6
109
Intel Core i7-10700T
26th
9
109
Low-Tier
25th
> 109
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
25th
7
110 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-4960X
24th
3
113
Intel Core i7-6800K
24th
3
113
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 4-Core
23rd
4
114
Intel Core i7-9850H
23rd
6
115 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-7740K
23rd
3
117
Intel Core i7-7700K
22nd
4
120 +/- 4
Intel Core i7-9750H
22nd
3
125
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
22nd
5
127 +/- 6
Intel Core i3-10100
22nd
8
128
AMD EPYC 7543P 32-Core
21st
5
130 +/- 6
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6
20th
7
133
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
19th
9
134 +/- 2
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
17th
7
144
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
16th
8
148 +/- 1
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5
15th
4
151
Intel Xeon W-2123
15th
3
152 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-1185G7
15th
3
155 +/- 1
Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
15th
3
159
Intel Core i7-5775C
15th
3
159
Intel Core i7-4770K
14th
4
162
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3
14th
3
164 +/- 2
Intel Core i7-3770K
13th
3
167
Intel Core i3-8100
13th
3
170
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
13th
3
172
Intel Core i7-1165G7
12th
3
173
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
12th
6
174 +/- 2
Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
12th
6
175 +/- 13
Intel Core i5-4670
11th
3
180
Intel Core i5-6500
11th
7
184
Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
10th
3
191
Intel Core i7-8565U
9th
3
195 +/- 8
Intel Core i7-8550U
9th
5
199 +/- 18
Intel Core i7-2700K
9th
6
204 +/- 14
Intel Core i7-1065G7
8th
4
215 +/- 7
Intel Core i5-6500T
8th
3
216 +/- 5
Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5
7th
6
226 +/- 1
Intel Core i3-7100
6th
3
263
Intel Celeron G6900
6th
3
263
AMD PRO A12-9800 R7 12 COMPUTE CORES 4C
5th
8
289 +/- 13
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
5th
3
338 +/- 1
Intel Core i3-4130
4th
3
342
Intel Core i7-5600U
4th
3
386 +/- 2
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core
3rd
3
389
Intel Core i5-10500
2nd
22
485 +/- 4
Detailed Performance Overview
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Settings: UASTC Level 31144 Results Range From 9 To 4236 Seconds9941792643494345196046897748599441029111411991284136914541539162417091794187919642049213422192304238924742559264427292814289929843069315432393324340934943579366437493834391940044089417442592004006008001000

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Basis Universal 1.13 - Settings: UASTC Level 3) has an average run-time of 5 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-Time612182430Min: 1 / Avg: 4.3 / Max: 27

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.1%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsSettings: UASTC Level 3Deviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.07 / Max: 2

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.

IntelAMDOpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To BaseBasis Universal CPU Core ScalingSettings: UASTC Level 3246812162432486412848121620

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
Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
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
Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
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)
RISC-V 64-bit
riscv64
SiFive RISC-V
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8, ARMv8 Cortex-A53 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 32-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 64-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 8-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 80-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core, Ampere Altra ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core, Ampere eMAG ARMv8 32-Core, Apple M1, Apple M2, HiSilicon TSV110

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