This is a benchmark of the WireGuard secure VPN tunnel and Linux networking stack stress test. The test runs on the local host but does require root permissions to run. The way it works is it creates three namespaces. ns0 has a loopback device. ns1 and ns2 each have wireguard devices. Those two wireguard devices send traffic through the loopback device of ns0. The end result of this is that tests wind up testing encryption and decryption at the same time -- a pretty CPU and scheduler-heavy workflow.
To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark system/wireguard.
OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 1,358 public results since 20 April 2020 with the latest data as of 29 November 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.
Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (WireGuard + Linux Networking Stack Stress Test) has an average run-time of 18 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.
Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.9%.
No, based on the automated analysis of the collected public benchmark data, this test / test settings does not 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.
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.
1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
8 x Intel Xeon - QEMU Standard PC - Intel 82G33 Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-89-generic - GCC 11.4.0 |
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1 System - 566 Benchmark Results |
ARMv8 Cortex-A72 - BCM2835 Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 - Broadcom BCM2711 Arch Linux ARM - 6.1.58-2-rpi-ARCH - GCC 12.1.0 + Clang 16.0.6 |
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1 System - 342 Benchmark Results |
4 x Intel Xeon Gold 6240 - Intel 440BX - Intel 440BX CentOS 7.9.2009 - 3.10.0-1160.102.1.el7.x86_64 - X Server |
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1 System - 621 Benchmark Results |
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G - LENOVO 318E - AMD Renoir Arch Linux - 6.1.59-1-lts - GCC 13.2.1 20230801 + Clang 16.0.6 |
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3 Systems - 100 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i9-14900K - ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI - Intel Device 7a27 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.0-9-generic - GNOME Shell 45.0 |
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1 System - 1 Benchmark Result |
Intel Core i7-12700H - LENOVO LNVNB161216 - Intel Device 51ef Ubuntu 21.04 - 5.15.6-adl-ww15bkc - GNOME Shell 3.38.4 |
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1 System - 591 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i7-4790 - ASUS H97M-PLUS - Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM Arch Linux - 6.1.57-1-lts - GCC 13.2.1 20230801 + Clang 16.0.6 |
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1 System - 598 Benchmark Results |
Intel Core i7-4770 - Mouse H87M-S01 v1.0 - Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM Arch Linux - 6.1.55-1-lts - GCC 13.2.1 20230801 + Clang 16.0.6 |
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4 Systems - 632 Benchmark Results |
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2 Systems - 498 Benchmark Results
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AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U - HP 8A78 - AMD Renoir Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.3.0-7-generic - GNOME Shell
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3 Systems - 190 Benchmark Results
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Intel Core i9-13900K - ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI - Intel Device 7a27 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.4.14-060414-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9
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2 Systems - 1 Benchmark Result
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POWER9 - PowerNV T2P9D01 REV 1.00 - 128GB Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.2.0-32-generic - X Server 1.21.1.4
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1 System - 1 Benchmark Result
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POWER9 - PowerNV T2P9D01 REV 1.00 - 128GB Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.2.0-32-generic - X Server 1.21.1.4
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1 System - 1 Benchmark Result
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Intel Core i5-13500 - Gigabyte B760M DS3H DDR4 - Intel Device 7a27 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.2.0-32-generic - 1.3.238
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2 Systems - 670 Benchmark Results
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AMD Ryzen 7 7840U - PHX Ray_PEU - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.3.0-7-generic - GNOME Shell |