AMD Epyc Benchmark - I need your feedback!

Miguel · February 16, 2018, 1:31am

Hello,

Thanks to @HIVELOCITY for the opportunity to test a server properly that a lot have been waiting for.

Specs of this monster:

AMD EPYC 16-Core 7351P @ 2.4Ghz
128GB DDR4
4x960GB NVMe

I will be running benchmarks and then will open a new thread with the full benchmark sponsored by Hivelocity.net

For now, I would need you guys to tell me what sort of Benchmarks / scripts you would like me to run to test this server extensively.

Following this, as benchmarking servers and desktops is something I love to do, I will also post this on a new blog I am developing. Expect this to be posted somewhere else as well.

So what tests would you like me to run other than the normal Geekbench, ServerScope etc?

Miguel · February 16, 2018, 1:33am

Server is installed but I am going to reinstall it with:

Latest Debian 64bit
SW RAID 10
Minimal installation

Harambe · February 16, 2018, 1:33am

Monero mining hashrate

Miguel · February 16, 2018, 1:34am

Lets get serious guys!

HIVELOCITY · February 16, 2018, 1:37am

These systems support 128 PCIe lanes so I know the drive speeds will post impressive results.

Harambe · February 16, 2018, 1:39am

fio tests for those drives
geekbench
network tests (up & down)

All I can really think of right now that I’d want to see

WSS · February 16, 2018, 1:47am

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/zero

Miguel · February 16, 2018, 1:50am

Initial tests indeed show this is a beast.

willie · February 16, 2018, 2:11am

ffmpeg compilation is one of the first I like to try. also gcc compilation, though that doesn’t parallelize nearly as well.

Stockfish nodes/sec could be another interesting test.

Miguel · February 16, 2018, 2:12am

Any special parameters needed or just default?

willie · February 16, 2018, 3:03am

I just use the defaults. Make sure to specify the number of threads to use, of course. I guess I’d start with 32 for that processor since it’s the number of hardware threads.

Miguel · February 16, 2018, 5:31am

Already done many benchmarks. Review should be posted tomorrow.

willie · February 16, 2018, 6:18am

Cool. I’d be interested to know what applications anyone would run on a server like this. Splitting it into a pile of VMs seems to miss the point. I have occasionally wished for a huge server but most heavy compute stuff I do these days parallelizes ok to multiple smaller servers.

Miguel · February 16, 2018, 1:25pm

This server is very, very impressive I must say. Damn.

fynn · February 16, 2018, 1:27pm

Could you run Geekbench?

Miguel · February 16, 2018, 1:30pm

Of course! Already have!

HIVELOCITY · February 17, 2018, 3:56am

I can’t wait to hear the results.

Miguel · February 17, 2018, 3:56am

Update, still running benchmarks. Should be ready tomorrow.

Aidan · February 19, 2018, 7:21am

Morning, Miguel.

Miguel · February 19, 2018, 7:29am

Morning Aidan. This has not been forgotten. I have completed the benchmarks and will be posting these today.