Not sure what is causing it, but my Haswell system has started to freeze up when running “wspy –config topdown.config”. This started happening after I updated the system and started running benchmarks after a month on the road. Some additional … Continue reading →
Phoronix posted an article comparing Intel and AMD desktops on the Linux 4.18 kernel. The article says 100+ benchmarks were measured, though only half a dozen are displayed as part of the article. I haven’t done these benchmarks on 4.18, … Continue reading →
As June is coming to a close, useful to take stock of what is completed and what still remains. During June, the following were done: Phoronix benchmark list: I finished going through ~120 Phoronix benchmarks to at least do a … Continue reading →
Phoronix posted an article comparing POWER vs x86 on CPU benchmarks. This post looks at some of the workloads and adds comments.
Continue reading →The openssl Phoronix benchmark is interesting because the IPC on Intel Haswell system (1.66) is considerably higher than the IPC on AMD Ryzen (1.12). In this post, I’ll explore to look for causes.
Continue reading →Phoronix posted an article comparing hyperthreading on/off on an Intel i7. This post reviews some of the workloads and add comments.
Continue reading →I have added support to wspy for the –memstats option.
Continue reading →I’ve analyzed the OpenFOAM CFD application using the motorbike tutorial page and created an analysis page for the results as well as added it to the overall workload summary. This post describes a few high-level takeaways I have from the … Continue reading →
OpenFOAM is free CFD software. While one can build it from source, there are also prebuilt Ubuntu repositories that I used in my testing.
Continue reading →I’ve analyzed the gromacs computational chemistry application using three sample workloads and created an analysis page for the results as well as added them to the overall workload summary. This post describes a few higher-level takeaways I have from the … Continue reading →