[BENCHMARK] 2.5.47{-mm1} with contest

Con Kolivas (conman@kolivas.net)
Tue, 12 Nov 2002 10:31:38 +1100


Here are the latest contest (http://contest.kolivas.net) benchmarks up to and
including 2.5.47.

Note:
2.5.46-mm1 and later kernels tested now include preempt (previous ones didn't)
These tests were run on a system that uses reiserFS so the new changes are relevant.

noload:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.4.18 [5] 71.7 93 0 0 1.00
2.4.19 [5] 69.0 97 0 0 0.97
2.5.46 [2] 74.1 92 0 0 1.04
2.5.46-mm1 [5] 74.0 93 0 0 1.04
2.5.47 [3] 73.5 93 0 0 1.03
2.5.47-mm1 [5] 73.6 93 0 0 1.03

cacherun:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.4.18 [2] 66.6 99 0 0 0.93
2.4.19 [2] 68.0 99 0 0 0.95
2.5.46 [2] 67.9 99 0 0 0.95
2.5.46-mm1 [5] 68.9 99 0 0 0.96
2.5.47 [3] 68.3 99 0 0 0.96
2.5.47-mm1 [5] 68.4 99 0 0 0.96

process_load:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.4.18 [3] 109.5 57 119 44 1.53
2.4.19 [3] 106.5 59 112 43 1.49
2.5.46 [1] 92.9 74 36 29 1.30
2.5.46-mm1 [5] 82.7 82 21 21 1.16
2.5.47 [3] 83.4 82 22 21 1.17
2.5.47-mm1 [5] 83.0 83 21 20 1.16

ctar_load:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.4.18 [3] 117.4 63 1 7 1.64
2.4.19 [2] 106.5 70 1 8 1.49
2.5.46 [1] 98.3 80 1 7 1.38
2.5.46-mm1 [5] 95.3 80 1 5 1.33
2.5.47 [3] 93.9 80 1 5 1.32
2.5.47-mm1 [5] 94.0 81 1 5 1.32

xtar_load:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.4.18 [3] 150.8 49 2 8 2.11
2.4.19 [1] 132.4 55 2 9 1.85
2.5.46 [1] 113.5 67 1 8 1.59
2.5.46-mm1 [5] 227.1 34 3 7 3.18
2.5.47 [3] 167.1 45 2 7 2.34
2.5.47-mm1 [5] 118.5 64 1 7 1.66

Of note here is that 2.5.47 takes longer cf 2.5.46 despite adding preempt. Also
2.5.47-mm1 is substantially shorter than 2.5.46-mm1 (both include preempt).

io_load:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.4.18 [3] 474.1 15 36 10 6.64
2.4.19 [3] 492.6 14 38 10 6.90
2.5.46 [1] 600.5 13 48 12 8.41
2.5.46-mm1 [5] 134.3 58 6 8 1.88
2.5.47 [3] 165.9 46 9 9 2.32
2.5.47-mm1 [5] 126.3 61 5 8 1.77

Very nice. Further improvement in 2.5.47-mm1 (note the big change in 2.5.46-47
is consistent with the preempt addition as mentioned in a previous thread)

read_load:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.4.18 [3] 102.3 70 6 3 1.43
2.4.19 [2] 134.1 54 14 5 1.88
2.5.46 [1] 103.5 75 7 4 1.45
2.5.46-mm1 [5] 103.2 74 6 4 1.45
2.5.47 [3] 103.4 74 6 4 1.45
2.5.47-mm1 [5] 100.6 76 7 4 1.41

The improvement in 2.5.47-mm1 although small is actually statistically significant.

list_load:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.4.18 [3] 90.2 76 1 17 1.26
2.4.19 [1] 89.8 77 1 20 1.26
2.5.46 [1] 96.8 74 2 22 1.36
2.5.46-mm1 [5] 101.4 70 1 22 1.42
2.5.47 [3] 100.2 71 1 20 1.40
2.5.47-mm1 [5] 102.4 69 1 19 1.43

mem_load:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.4.18 [3] 103.3 70 32 3 1.45
2.4.19 [3] 100.0 72 33 3 1.40
2.5.46 [3] 148.0 51 34 2 2.07
2.5.46-mm1 [5] 180.5 41 35 1 2.53
2.5.47 [3] 151.1 49 35 2 2.12
2.5.47-mm1 [5] 127.0 58 29 2 1.78

Again very nice.

I refuse to speculate on what part of the kernel is responsible for these
changes, but to me the -mm1 results are encouraging to say the least.

Well done.

Con
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