Intel Memory Latency Checker

Intel Memory Latency Checker (MLC) is a binary-only system memory bandwidth and latency benchmark. If the download fails you may need to manually download the file from https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/tool/intelr-memory-latency-checker.html and place it in your PTS download cache. On some systems root privileges are needed to run the MLC tester.

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

Project Site

software.intel.com

Test Created

22 April 2021

Last Updated

17 December 2022

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Memory

Average Install Time

4 Seconds

Average Run Time

15 Minutes, 57 Seconds

Accolades

20k+ Downloads

Supported Platforms

Supported Architectures

x86_64

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* 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.
Data updated weekly as of 8 October 2024.
Max Bandwidth43.7%Peak Injection Bandwidth47.6%Idle Latency8.7%Test Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org

Revision History

pts/intel-mlc-1.1.0   [View Source]   Sat, 17 Dec 2022 10:21:58 GMT
Update against Intel MLC 3.10 upstream.

pts/intel-mlc-1.0.0   [View Source]   Thu, 22 Apr 2021 17:27:00 GMT
Initial commit of Intel MLC.


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Intel Memory Latency Checker 3.10

Test: Peak Injection Bandwidth - All Reads

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 270 public results since 17 December 2022 with the latest data as of 19 September 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
MB/s (Average)
95th
3
114362 +/- 382
83rd
6
81338 +/- 11266
81st
4
74968 +/- 8
Mid-Tier
75th
< 61712
74th
7
59678 +/- 5158
54th
81
48181 +/- 1126
Median
50th
47917
36th
4
42624 +/- 202
33rd
3
40323 +/- 1322
29th
3
38046 +/- 349
Low-Tier
25th
< 36117
23rd
3
31528 +/- 15
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Test: Peak Injection Bandwidth - All Reads270 Results Range From 7361 To 770067 MB/s7361226163787153126683818363698891114146129401144656159911175166190421205676220931236186251441266696281951297206312461327716342971358226373481388736403991419246434501449756465011480266495521510776526031541286556541571796587051602306617561632816648071663326678581693836709091724346739601754856770111306090120150

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Intel Memory Latency Checker 3.10 - Test: Peak Injection Bandwidth - All Reads) has an average run-time of 2 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 BenchmarkTest: Peak Injection Bandwidth - All ReadsRun-Time246810Min: 1 / Avg: 1.21 / Max: 5

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.4%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsTest: Peak Injection Bandwidth - All ReadsDeviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.37 / 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.
 
CVTSI2SD DIVSD UCOMISD CVTTSD2SI CVTSS2SD SUBSD MOVAPD MOVDQA MOVNTDQ MULSD ADDSD CLFLUSH
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Sandy Bridge (2011).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

 
VZEROUPPER
Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX512)
Used by default on supported hardware.
 
(ZMM REGISTER USE)
Last automated analysis: 23 December 2022

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libpthread.so.0, 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)

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