Stream

This is a benchmark of Stream, the popular system memory (RAM) benchmark.

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

Project Site

cs.virginia.edu

Test Created

6 December 2010

Last Updated

7 November 2022

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Memory

Average Install Time

2 Seconds

Average Run Time

1 Minute, 45 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain

Accolades

300k+ Downloads + 40k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms


Public Result Uploads *Reported Test Completions **Reported Installs **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsStream Popularity Statisticspts/stream2010.122011.052011.102012.032012.082013.012013.062013.112014.042014.092015.022015.072015.122016.052016.102017.032017.082018.012018.062018.112019.042019.092020.022020.072020.122021.052021.102022.032022.082023.012023.062023.1150K100K150K200K250K
* 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 3 December 2023.
Scale20.5%Triad20.9%Add20.8%Copy37.8%Type Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org

Revision History

pts/stream-1.3.4   [View Source]   Mon, 07 Nov 2022 14:50:10 GMT
Compile with -mcmodel=medium flag added if first build fails. Closes: https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/pull/257

pts/stream-1.3.3   [View Source]   Tue, 16 Nov 2021 16:55:33 GMT
Fix install-exit-status handling with newer distros like Ubuntu 21.10.

pts/stream-1.3.2   [View Source]   Sat, 24 Apr 2021 09:17:21 GMT
Allow Stream to use larger STREAM_ARRAY_SIZE on todays larger cache systems.

pts/stream-1.3.1   [View Source]   Thu, 25 Aug 2016 13:45:50 GMT
Update CFLAGS handling

pts/stream-1.3.0   [View Source]   Tue, 31 May 2016 10:25:02 GMT
Increase array size, other minor adjustments

pts/stream-1.2.0   [View Source]   Thu, 05 Dec 2013 11:54:00 GMT
Update against latest upstream STREAM memory benchmark.

pts/stream-1.1.0   [View Source]   Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:22:16 GMT
Initial import into OpenBenchmarking.org

Suites Using This Test

Memory Test Suite

CPU Massive

Server CPU Tests


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Stream 2013-01-17

Type: Copy

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 6,042 public results since 31 May 2016 with the latest data as of 3 December 2023.

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)
100th
4
257627 +/- 2148
100th
10
236233 +/- 10097
100th
3
231477 +/- 3454
99th
5
146479 +/- 20566
99th
3
133078 +/- 227
97th
4
127355 +/- 9631
97th
3
119746 +/- 5641
95th
10
107886 +/- 16156
92nd
19
88066 +/- 11208
90th
3
83646 +/- 12007
89th
9
80267 +/- 25
87th
5
74281 +/- 6763
83rd
4
65265 +/- 6864
83rd
3
64539 +/- 38
83rd
4
64178 +/- 125
82nd
5
62972 +/- 988
79th
64
61512 +/- 1391
79th
171
61271 +/- 1629
78th
8
59106 +/- 5496
76th
4
55728 +/- 50
Mid-Tier
75th
< 53427
74th
3
52417 +/- 137
70th
3
50270 +/- 319
62nd
3
46705 +/- 789
56th
3
43715 +/- 238
53rd
3
42383 +/- 6038
Median
50th
40820
45th
6
33556 +/- 278
45th
3
33228 +/- 278
42nd
5
30967 +/- 115
39th
8
29986 +/- 1279
36th
15
29444 +/- 914
33rd
12
28914 +/- 1342
32nd
4
28346 +/- 3909
31st
3
28085 +/- 574
30th
3
27280 +/- 3679
30th
7
27219 +/- 2990
29th
3
26550 +/- 1312
28th
3
25493 +/- 796
27th
5
24848 +/- 3548
27th
5
24658 +/- 127
26th
27
23617 +/- 2953
Low-Tier
25th
< 23585
24th
4
22365 +/- 2500
22nd
5
20318 +/- 2788
22nd
3
19621 +/- 111
21st
10
18960 +/- 631
20th
11
18646 +/- 1096
17th
5
16401 +/- 1369
15th
3
15706 +/- 1007
13th
3
14376 +/- 610
12th
6
13243 +/- 159
12th
7
13190 +/- 1293
10th
6
12617 +/- 1215
9th
4
12214 +/- 802
7th
3
10786 +/- 546
5th
8
9743 +/- 562
5th
3
9624 +/- 500
5th
5
9608 +/- 298
5th
7
9562 +/- 1184
5th
7
9546 +/- 1192
5th
7
9250 +/- 226
4th
9
8974 +/- 150
4th
15
8124 +/- 798
4th
3
6988 +/- 16
3rd
5
6392 +/- 300
3rd
4
6385 +/- 255
2nd
4
4310 +/- 12
2nd
4
4014 +/- 332
2nd
6
3634 +/- 397
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Type: Copy6042 Results Range From 21 To 669206 MB/s211340526789401735355766941803259370910709312047713386114724516062917401318739720078121416522754924093325431726770128108529446930785332123733462134800536138937477338815740154141492542830944169345507746846148184549522950861352199753538154876556214957553358891760230161568562906964245365583766922130060090012001500

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Stream 2013-01-17 - Type: Copy) 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 BenchmarkType: CopyRun-Time1530456075Min: 1 / Avg: 3.3 / Max: 76

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 RunsType: CopyDeviation3691215Min: 0 / Avg: 0.39 / Max: 7

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).

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

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

 
VFMADD132SD VFMADD213PD VFMADD132PD VFMADD213SD
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: 17 November 2022

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libgomp.so.1, 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)
MIPS 64-bit
mips64
Loongson-3A R4
Loongson LoongArch 64-bit
loongarch64
Loongson-3C5000LL
Intel / AMD x86 32-bit
i686
(Many Processors)
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 64-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 64-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 80-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N2 2-Core, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core, Ampere Altra ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 160-Core, Ampere Altra ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 64-Core, Ampere Altra ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 80-Core, Ampere eMAG ARMv8 32-Core, Cavium ThunderX, HUAWEI Kunpeng 920, Phytium FT-2000, Phytium FT2000A 4-Core, Phytium S2500

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