Stargate Digital Audio Workstation

Stargate is an open-source, cross-platform digital audio workstation (DAW) software package with "a unique and carefully curated experience" with scalability from old systems up through modern multi-core systems. Stargate is GPLv3 licensed and makes use of Qt5 (PyQt5) for its user-interface.

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

Source Repository

github.com

Test Created

31 October 2021

Last Updated

23 November 2022

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

44 Seconds

Average Run Time

3 Minutes, 47 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + Python + FFTW + Libtool + PortAudio + Python Numpy + Qt5 + Vorbis

Accolades

30k+ Downloads

Supported Platforms

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Public Result Uploads *Reported Installs **Reported Test Completions **Test Profile Page ViewsOpenBenchmarking.orgEventsStargate Digital Audio Workstation Popularity Statisticspts/stargate2021.102021.112021.122022.012022.022022.032022.042022.052022.062022.072022.082022.092022.102022.112022.122023.012023.022023.032023.042023.052023.062023.072023.082023.092023.102023.112023.122024.012024.022024.032K4K6K8K10K
* 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 18 March 2024.
19200028.3%4410024.8%48000021.0%9600025.9%Sample Rate Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org
51247.3%102452.7%Buffer Size Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org

Revision History

pts/stargate-1.1.0   [View Source]   Wed, 23 Nov 2022 07:18:05 GMT
Update against 22.11.5 upstream. Closes: https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/pull/260

pts/stargate-1.0.1   [View Source]   Sat, 06 Nov 2021 05:42:55 GMT
Use $NUM_CPU_PHYSICAL_CORES rather than $NUM_CPU_CORES

pts/stargate-1.0.0   [View Source]   Sun, 31 Oct 2021 19:10:53 GMT
Initial commit of Stargate digital audio workstation benchmark.

Suites Using This Test

Audio Encoding

Encoding

Creator Workloads


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Stargate Digital Audio Workstation 22.11.5

Sample Rate: 192000 - Buffer Size: 1024

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 448 public results since 23 November 2022 with the latest data as of 11 March 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
Render Ratio (Average)
99th
15
3.811 +/- 0.062
94th
10
3.657 +/- 0.119
90th
5
3.163 +/- 0.004
88th
5
3.106 +/- 0.002
84th
8
2.931 +/- 0.131
82nd
16
2.875 +/- 0.137
82nd
8
2.869 +/- 0.071
81st
13
2.840 +/- 0.199
76th
8
2.752 +/- 0.007
Mid-Tier
75th
< 2.743
75th
13
2.733 +/- 0.162
73rd
4
2.657 +/- 0.012
70th
6
2.577 +/- 0.008
70th
5
2.571 +/- 0.014
65th
3
2.259 +/- 0.024
64th
4
2.167 +/- 0.003
62nd
5
2.119 +/- 0.050
60th
13
2.077 +/- 0.007
58th
4
2.064 +/- 0.009
57th
5
2.038 +/- 0.094
56th
3
1.975 +/- 0.069
54th
3
1.936 +/- 0.051
53rd
4
1.854 +/- 0.005
51st
4
1.830 +/- 0.001
Median
50th
1.829
49th
4
1.802 +/- 0.012
47th
9
1.697 +/- 0.064
46th
6
1.657 +/- 0.054
43rd
6
1.573 +/- 0.092
37th
11
1.490 +/- 0.001
35th
6
1.461 +/- 0.059
35th
3
1.435 +/- 0.002
33rd
7
1.330 +/- 0.058
31st
12
1.283 +/- 0.176
26th
8
1.137 +/- 0.057
Low-Tier
25th
< 1.123
25th
7
1.110 +/- 0.030
21st
11
1.004 +/- 0.017
19th
3
0.975 +/- 0.006
18th
3
0.869 +/- 0.002
17th
4
0.825 +/- 0.065
14th
3
0.728 +/- 0.006
14th
5
0.722 +/- 0.012
14th
4
0.713 +/- 0.024
12th
3
0.684 +/- 0.005
10th
3
0.612 +/- 0.006
10th
6
0.595 +/- 0.045
10th
4
0.560 +/- 0.006
8th
3
0.468 +/- 0.001
7th
3
0.464 +/- 0.001
5th
3
0.393 +/- 0.012
2nd
3
0.165 +/- 0.002
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Sample Rate: 192000 - Buffer Size: 1024448 Results Range From 0 To 5 Render Ratio0.4170.8341.2511.6682.0852.5022.9193.3363.7534.174.5875.0041632486480

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Stargate Digital Audio Workstation 22.11.5 - Sample Rate: 192000 - Buffer Size: 1024) has an average run-time of 8 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 BenchmarkSample Rate: 192000 - Buffer Size: 1024Run-Time714212835Min: 2 / Avg: 7.37 / Max: 33

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.2%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsSample Rate: 192000 - Buffer Size: 1024Deviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.21 / Max: 3

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 BaseStargate Digital Audio Workstation CPU Core ScalingSample Rate: 192000 - Buffer Size: 102446812161.10632.21263.31894.42525.5315

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
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Sandy Bridge (2011).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

 
VZEROUPPER VBROADCASTSS VINSERTF128 VEXTRACTF128 VPERM2F128 VMASKMOVPS
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Excavator (2016).

 
VINSERTI128 VPBROADCASTQ VGATHERQPS VPGATHERDQ VPBROADCASTD VEXTRACTI128
FMA (FMA)
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

 
VFMADD132PS VFMADD132SD VFMADD132SS VFMADD231SS VFNMADD231SS VFNMADD132SD VFMADD213SD VFMADD213SS VFMADD231PD VFMADD231PS VFMADD213PD VFMADD231SD VFMSUB231SS VFMSUB132SS VFNMADD132SS VFNMADD132PS VFNMADD213SS
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: 5 December 2022

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libportmidi.so.0, libportaudio.so.2, libsndfile.so.1, libfftw3f.so.3, libm.so.6, libc.so.6, libpthread.so.0, libasound.so.2, libjack.so.0, libFLAC.so.8, libvorbis.so.0, libvorbisenc.so.2, libopus.so.0, libogg.so.0, libdb-5.3.so.

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)
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core, Apple M2, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core, rk1-mainline-emmc, rk1-rok-emmc

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