openfoam notes
OpenFOAM is free CFD software. While one can build it from source, there are also prebuilt Ubuntu repositories that I used in my testing.
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gromacs – summary
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 →
gromacs 5.1.5, Ryzen build issues (use -DGMX_SIMD)
I downloaded and built gromacs from www.gromacs.org and used the 5.1.5 version because some of the tutorials/benchmarks still refer to this older version. This post documents steps I used to run gromacs 5.1.5 on a Ryzen processor.
Continue reading →gromacs – setup notes
This post documents steps I used to build, install and run gromacs. gromacs is a molecular dynamics package for simulating proteins, lipids and nucleic acids. It seems to be one of the more common HPC applications. My interest is less … Continue reading →
Phoronix benchmarks – new Ryzen processors; looking @ the workloads
AMD released new Ryzen processors today. Phoronix published an article that benchmarked these processors. Anand Tech also published a review. TechReport also wrote a review. The posting is *not* measured on these new processors. Instead, it looks at dissecting the … Continue reading →
geekbench – a quick look
Geekbench is a system benchmark that I see frequently in comparing Android devices such as tablets or mobile phones. The benchmark is also available for PC processors running Windows and Linux. Geekbench is developed and sold by Primate Labs. I … Continue reading →
Three basic metrics to assess a workload
This article summarizes three overall metrics to assess performance of a workload running on a microprocessor. These metrics provide an overall picture of what determines the performance and provide clues on where to dig for a deeper understanding. Following the … Continue reading →
Phoronix analysis – Benchmarks used in April 4th article
There was an article posted on phoronix comparing several Linux servers including POWER9, Intel and AMD EPYX. Analysis for this article was minimal; so in this post I dug in a bit more on characteristics of the benchmarks of what … Continue reading →
Phoronix test suite, quick run through many tests
I kicked off a quick run through >100 Phoronix tests to get a quick profile and overall assessment, results from table below. A few items noted: Some of the tests didn’t run, most likely because they didn’t completely install or … Continue reading →
Phoronix test suite CPU tests, priming the pump
Below is a table that summarizes installation and run status of the Phoronix Test Suite CPU suite. Some background context of how this fits and where I hope to head from here… Where I’d like to head is comparing micro-architectural … Continue reading →