pmbench Pmbench is a Linux paging and virtual memory benchmark. This test profile will report the average page latency of the system.
To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite , the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark pmbench .
Test Created 18 February 2020
Test Type Memory
Test Dependencies C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + UUID + Libxml2
Accolades 10k+ Downloads Public Result Uploads * Reported Installs ** Reported Test Completions ** Test Profile Page Views *** OpenBenchmarking.org Events pmbench Popularity Statistics pts/pmbench 2020.02 2020.04 2020.06 2020.08 2020.10 2020.12 2021.02 2021.04 2021.06 2021.08 2021.10 2021.12 2022.02 2022.04 2022.06 2022.08 2022.10 2022.12 2023.02 2023.04 2023.06 2023.08 2023.10 2023.12 2024.02 2024.04 12K 24K 36K 48K 60K
* 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.
2 10.1% 1 30.8% 4 28.7% 8 5.8% 16 24.6% Concurrent Worker Threads Option Popularity OpenBenchmarking.org
50% 25.0% 100% Reads 24.9% 80% Reads 20% Writes 25.1% 100% Writes 25.0% Read-Write Ratio Option Popularity OpenBenchmarking.org
Revision Historypts/pmbench-1.0.2 [View Source ] Tue, 18 Feb 2020 10:13:16 GMT Add libxml2 dependency.
pts/pmbench-1.0.1 [View Source ] Tue, 18 Feb 2020 06:56:18 GMT Add UUID as external dependency.
pts/pmbench-1.0.0 [View Source ] Tue, 18 Feb 2020 06:54:09 GMT Initial commit of pmbench Linux paging / virtual memory benchmark.
Performance MetricsAnalyze Test Configuration: pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 1 - Read-Write Ratio: 100% Writes pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 1 - Read-Write Ratio: 80% Reads 20% Writes pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 1 - Read-Write Ratio: 100% Reads pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 1 - Read-Write Ratio: 50% pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 4 - Read-Write Ratio: 80% Reads 20% Writes pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 4 - Read-Write Ratio: 50% pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 4 - Read-Write Ratio: 100% Writes pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 4 - Read-Write Ratio: 100% Reads pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 16 - Read-Write Ratio: 50% pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 16 - Read-Write Ratio: 80% Reads 20% Writes pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 16 - Read-Write Ratio: 100% Reads pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 16 - Read-Write Ratio: 100% Writes pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 2 - Read-Write Ratio: 50% pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 2 - Read-Write Ratio: 80% Reads 20% Writes pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 2 - Read-Write Ratio: 100% Writes pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 2 - Read-Write Ratio: 100% Reads pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 8 - Read-Write Ratio: 100% Writes pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 8 - Read-Write Ratio: 80% Reads 20% Writes pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 8 - Read-Write Ratio: 100% Reads pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 8 - Read-Write Ratio: 50% pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 32 - Read-Write Ratio: 80% Reads 20% Writes pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 32 - Read-Write Ratio: 100% Writes pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 32 - Read-Write Ratio: 50% pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 32 - Read-Write Ratio: 100% Reads pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 48 - Read-Write Ratio: 80% Reads 20% Writes pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 48 - Read-Write Ratio: 50% pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 48 - Read-Write Ratio: 100% Reads pts/pmbench-1.0.x - Concurrent Worker Threads: 48 - Read-Write Ratio: 100% Writes pmbench Concurrent Worker Threads: 8 - Read-Write Ratio: 100% Reads OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 88 public results since 18 February 2020 with the latest data as of 12 April 2024 .
Additional benchmark metrics will come after OpenBenchmarking.org has collected a sufficient data-set.
OpenBenchmarking.org Distribution Of Public Results - Concurrent Worker Threads: 8 - Read-Write Ratio: 100% Reads 88 Results Range From 0 To 1 us - Average Page Latency 0.083 0.166 0.249 0.332 0.415 0.498 0.581 0.664 0.747 0.83 0.913 0.996 20 40 60 80 100
Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (pmbench - Concurrent Worker Threads: 8 - Read-Write Ratio: 100% Reads ) has an average run-time of 7 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.org Minutes Time Required To Complete Benchmark Concurrent Worker Threads: 8 - Read-Write Ratio: 100% Reads Run-Time 4 8 12 16 20 Min: 3 / Avg: 6.47 / Max: 16
Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 1.6% .
OpenBenchmarking.org Percent, Fewer Is Better Average Deviation Between Runs Concurrent Worker Threads: 8 - Read-Write Ratio: 100% Reads Deviation 3 6 9 12 15 Min: 0 / Avg: 1.62 / Max: 9
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.
CVTSS2SD DIVSD COMISD CVTTSD2SI SUBSD CVTSI2SD MOVAPD ADDSD MOVDQU MULSD UCOMISD SQRTSD
Last automated analysis: 18 January 2022
This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libm.so.6, libuuid.so.1, libxml2.so.2, libc.so.6, libicuuc.so.67, libz.so.1, liblzma.so.5, libicudata.so.67 .
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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