WavPack Audio Encoding

This test times how long it takes to encode a sample WAV file to WavPack format with very high quality settings.

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

Project Site

wavpack.com

Source Repository

github.com

Test Created

6 December 2010

Last Updated

1 March 2024

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Average Install Time

5 Seconds

Average Run Time

1 Minute, 3 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + CMake

Accolades

200k+ Downloads

Supported Platforms

Reported Test Completions **Reported Installs **Public Result Uploads *Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsWavPack Audio Encoding Popularity Statisticspts/encode-wavpack2010.122011.052011.102012.032012.082013.012013.062013.112014.042014.092015.022015.072015.122016.062016.112017.042017.092018.022018.072018.122019.052019.102020.032020.082021.012021.062021.112022.042022.092023.022023.072023.122024.052024.107K14K21K28K35K
* 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 26 November 2024.

Revision History

pts/encode-wavpack-1.5.0   [View Source]   Fri, 01 Mar 2024 13:56:33 GMT
Update against WavPack 5.7, enable new multi-threaded support.

pts/encode-wavpack-1.4.1   [View Source]   Sun, 20 Dec 2020 16:53:52 GMT
Enable Windows build.

pts/encode-wavpack-1.4.0   [View Source]   Sat, 19 Dec 2020 15:33:36 GMT
Update against latest upstream.

pts/encode-wavpack-1.3.2   [View Source]   Sun, 27 Sep 2020 10:42:12 GMT
Deprecate test profile.

pts/encode-wavpack-1.3.0   [View Source]   Mon, 03 Apr 2017 11:07:22 GMT
Update against latest upstream

pts/encode-wavpack-1.2.1   [View Source]   Tue, 03 Nov 2015 11:22:35 GMT
Update download links.

pts/encode-wavpack-1.2.0   [View Source]   Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:41:49 GMT
Initial import into OpenBenchmarking.org

Suites Using This Test

Audio Encoding

Encoding

Creator Workloads


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

WavPack Audio Encoding 5.7

WAV To WavPack

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 191 public results since 1 March 2024 with the latest data as of 22 November 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)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core
99th
5
4
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX 24-Cores
94th
7
4
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-Cores
94th
5
4
Intel Core i9-14900K
91st
3
4
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core
90th
3
4
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores
87th
4
4
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core
84th
6
5
AMD Ryzen 5 8400F 6-Core
78th
7
5
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
77th
3
5
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core
77th
7
5
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
76th
3
5
Mid-Tier
75th
> 5
2 x AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core
71st
4
5
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core
69th
3
5
Intel Core i5-12600K
63rd
3
6
AMD EPYC 8534P 64-Core
62nd
3
6
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
59th
4
6
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
59th
3
6 +/- 1
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
58th
7
6
Intel Core i7-1280P
53rd
4
6
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
52nd
5
6 +/- 1
2 x Intel Xeon Max 9480
51st
5
6
Median
50th
6
AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
47th
4
6
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
47th
4
6
Intel Core i5-14400F
42nd
7
7
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U
40th
4
7
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
34th
3
7
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
31st
3
8
Intel Core i9-10980XE
30th
3
8
Intel Core i7-5960X
28th
3
9
Low-Tier
25th
> 11
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
25th
3
11
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core
24th
3
13
Intel Core i7-1165G7
20th
4
14
Intel Core i7-8565U
19th
4
15
ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 72-Core
16th
3
15
Intel Core i7-1185G7
14th
3
16
Intel Core i7-1065G7
14th
4
16 +/- 2
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
13th
3
16
2 x INTEL XEON PLATINUM 8592
9th
4
21
ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core
8th
3
25
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - WAV To WavPack191 Results Range From 3 To 817 Seconds33261901191481772062352642933223513804094384674965255545836126416706997287577868158444080120160200

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (WavPack Audio Encoding 5.7 - WAV To WavPack) has an average run-time of 4 minutes. By default this test profile is set to run at least 5 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 BenchmarkWAV To WavPackRun-Time714212835Min: 1 / Avg: 4.11 / Max: 33

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.3%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsWAV To WavPackDeviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.33 / Max: 3

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.
 
CVTSD2SS CVTSI2SD MOVAPD DIVSD SUBSD MULSD ADDSD COMISD UCOMISD CVTTSD2SI CVTSS2SD ANDPD MOVD
Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: sandybridge, skylake, tigerlake, cascadelake, sapphirerapids, alderlake, znver2, znver3).
Found on Intel processors since Sandy Bridge (2011).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).
 
VBROADCASTSS VINSERTF128 VEXTRACTF128 VZEROUPPER VPERM2F128
Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: skylake, tigerlake, cascadelake, sapphirerapids, alderlake, znver2, znver3).
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Excavator (2016).
 
VPBROADCASTD VPERMQ VEXTRACTI128 VINSERTI128 VPERM2I128 VPMASKMOVD VPSRAVD VPGATHERDD VPBROADCASTW VPBROADCASTB
FMA (FMA)
Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: skylake, tigerlake, cascadelake, sapphirerapids, alderlake, znver2, znver3).
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).
 
VFMADD132SD VFNMADD132SD VFMADD213SD VFMADD231SD VFMADD132SS
Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX512)
Requires passing a supported compiler/build flag (verified with targets: cascadelake, sapphirerapids).
 
(ZMM REGISTER USE)
The test / benchmark does honor compiler flag changes.
Last automated analysis: 2 March 2024

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries 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
rv64imafdc_zicntr_zicsr_zifencei_zihpm_xtheadvector, rv64imafdcv, rv64imafdcvsu
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 72-Core

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