Releases: phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite
Phoronix Test Suite 9.0 Milestone 1
Phoronix Test Suite 9.0.0 Milestone 1
25 July 2019
pts-core: Add 'expat' as possible external dependency
pts-core: Various PDF report improvements
pts-core: User-config syntax change LoadModules -> AutoLoadModules
pts-core: Also dynamically increase run count if any results outside 3-sigma limit
pts-core: Add compare-results-two-way sub-command
pts-core: Improve MultiMatch in test result parser
pts-core: Add IGNORE_RUNS environment variable
pts-core: Add result-file-confidence sub-command
pts_Graph: Add side-by-side 2-way comparison graph
pts_Graph: Fix for displaying line graphs with very small values
phodevi: Support reading sys.power via IPMI PS1_Input_Power/PS2_Input_Power
phodevi: More robust Arm CPU model detection improvements
phodevi: Much faster CPU usage reading on large core count systems
Phoronix Test Suite 8.8.1
Just some minor fixes/tweaks, particularly around improved CPU mitigation reporting to be more universal in light of MDS/Zombieload.
Phoronix Test Suite 8.8.1-Hvaler
30 May 2019
pts-core: Various minor tweaks/fixes
phodevi: Fix Linux CPU thread detection in some scenarios where inner-cores may be offlined
phodevi: More robust CPU vulnerability reporting
Phoronix Test Suite 8.8.0
Phoronix Test Suite 8.8
Release Date: 13 May 2019 | Codename: Hvaler
- Initial work on new result viewer (to be completed next cycle)
- Phodevi improvements: AVX-512 VNNI detection, Intel Node Manager power reporting, OpenJDK/Java version detection improvements, RAM temperature reporting for some ARM SBCs, AMDGPU mem_busy_poercent handling, other hardware/software detection improvements
- New sub-commands: remove-run-from-result-file, remove-results-from-result-file, strict-run/strict-benchmark, result-file-raw-to-csv
- Continued Microsoft Windows support improvements
Phoronix Test Suite 8.8.0-Hvaler
13 May 2019
pts-core: Report on the POWER SMT setting in notes
pts-core: Add new/updated suite reporting
pts-core: In build-suite allow not binding test profile versions
pts-core: For list-suites, only show suites that have been updated within the past four years
pts_Graph: Report N on horizontal bar graphs
phodevi: Intel Node Manager power_meter support for sys.power sensor
Phoronix Test Suite 8.8.0 Milestone 3
9 May 2019
pts-core: Add experimental dynamic-result-viewer
pts-core: Allow marking of test profile download files as optional
pts-core: Add "everything" virtual suite
pts-core: Set MESA_VK_WSI_PRESENT_MODE=immediate by default to work around possible 60 FPS RADV bug
pts-core: Rename remove-from-result-file to remove-run-from-result-file
pts-core: Add remove-results-from-result-file sub-command
phodevi: Detect AVX-512 VNNI
phodevi: Fix OpenJDK Java version detection
phodevi: Expand memory temperature sensor to work for some ARM SBCs
phodevi: Multi-monitor detection improvements
phodevi: Add support for gpu.memory-usage sensor with new AMDGPU mem_busy_percent sysfs interface
system_monitor: Add PERFORMANCE_PER_SENSOR= support for performance-per-(arbitrary sensor) rather than just supporting perf-per-Watt
ob_auto_compare: Show other results in result file on box plot
Phoronix Test Suite 8.8.0 Milestone 2
27 March 2019
pts-core: On new installs set 3.00% as deviation for increasing dynamic run count rather than 3.50%
pts-core: Add FORCE_MIN_TIMES_TO_RUN_CUTOFF= environment variable to toggle cutoff for FORCE_MIN_TIMES_TO_RUN behavior
pts-core: Add FORCE_TIMES_TO_RUN_MULTIPLE
pts-core: Add strict-benchmark option for enabling various options to ensure stricter behavior about the number of times to run each benchmark
pts-core: Add cpu-physical-threads / cpu-threads / auto-executable auto test run options
phodevi: CPU-therm reporting via sysfs for CPU core temp
phodevi: GPU-therm reporting via sysfs for GPU core temp
Phoronix Test Suite 8.8.0 Milestone 1
16 March 2019
pts-core: Allow FORCE_TIMES_TO_RUN to override debug-run/debug-benchmark single run behavior
pts-core: Various fallbacks/workarounds for those wanting to (unofficially) use PTS on Windows 8.1
pts-core: Other small tweaks and optimizations
pts-core: Fixes an odd scenario where on Windows after 2 runs, further runs of that test profile for current run could fail in select (random) instances
pts-core: Write out system notes for each system when generating PDF result output
pts-core: CSV output improvements
pts-core: Add result-file-raw-to-csv for dumping the raw/individual benchmark result run data
pts_Graph: Condensing improvements for large graphs
pts_Graph: Various formatting improvements
phodevi: Intel GPU reporting improvements
phodevi: BIOS version reporting support extended to Windows
phodevi: ipmitool DMCI power sensor reporting for at least some POWER servers
Phoronix Test Suite 8.8.0 Milestone 3
Phoronix Test Suite 8.8.0 Milestone 3
9 May 2019
pts-core: Add experimental dynamic-result-viewer
pts-core: Allow marking of test profile download files as optional
pts-core: Add "everything" virtual suite
pts-core: Set MESA_VK_WSI_PRESENT_MODE=immediate by default to work around possible 60 FPS RADV bug
pts-core: Rename remove-from-result-file to remove-run-from-result-file
pts-core: Add remove-results-from-result-file sub-command
phodevi: Detect AVX-512 VNNI
phodevi: Fix OpenJDK Java version detection
phodevi: Expand memory temperature sensor to work for some ARM SBCs
phodevi: Multi-monitor detection improvements
phodevi: Add support for gpu.memory-usage sensor with new AMDGPU mem_busy_percent sysfs interface
system_monitor: Add PERFORMANCE_PER_SENSOR= support for performance-per-(arbitrary sensor) rather than just supporting perf-per-Watt
ob_auto_compare: Show other results in result file on box plot
Phoronix Test Suite 8.8.0 Milestone 2
Phoronix Test Suite 8.8.0 Milestone 2
27 March 2019
pts-core: On new installs set 3.00% as deviation for increasing dynamic run count rather than 3.50%
pts-core: Add FORCE_MIN_TIMES_TO_RUN_CUTOFF= environment variable to toggle cutoff for FORCE_MIN_TIMES_TO_RUN behavior
pts-core: Add FORCE_TIMES_TO_RUN_MULTIPLE
pts-core: Add strict-benchmark option for enabling various options to ensure stricter behavior about the number of times to run each benchmark
pts-core: Add cpu-physical-threads / cpu-threads / auto-executable auto test run options
phodevi: CPU-therm reporting via sysfs for CPU core temp
phodevi: GPU-therm reporting via sysfs for GPU core temp
Phoronix Test Suite 8.8.0 Milestone 1
Phoronix Test Suite 8.8.0 Milestone 1
16 March 2019
pts-core: Allow FORCE_TIMES_TO_RUN to override debug-run/debug-benchmark single run behavior
pts-core: Various fallbacks/workarounds for those wanting to (unofficially) use PTS on Windows 8.1
pts-core: Other small tweaks and optimizations
pts-core: Fixes an odd scenario where on Windows after 2 runs, further runs of that test profile for current run could fail in select (random) instances
pts-core: Write out system notes for each system when generating PDF result output
pts-core: CSV output improvements
pts-core: Add result-file-raw-to-csv for dumping the raw/individual benchmark result run data
pts_Graph: Condensing improvements for large graphs
pts_Graph: Various formatting improvements
phodevi: Intel GPU reporting improvements
phodevi: BIOS version reporting support extended to Windows
phodevi: ipmitool DMCI power sensor reporting for at least some POWER servers
Phoronix Test Suite 8.6.1
Phoronix Test Suite 8.6.1 is a minor update to v8.6.0 released earlier this month. Phoronix Test Suite 8.6.1 has just a few small fixes/enhancements.
Of the changes worth mentioning:
Phoronix Test Suite 8.6.1-Spydeberg
21 February 2019
pts-core: Dynamically honoring the CLI terminal width (no longer cache the value on Linux/BSD/macOS)
pts-core: BSD external dependency updates
ob_auto_compare: Minor formatting updates
Phoronix Test Suite 8.6.0
Phoronix Test Suite 8.6
Release Date: 5 February 2019 | Codename: Spydeberg
- CLI/terminal inline box plot graphing support
- New OpenBenchmarking.org auto-compare view based upon result percentiles from all public data
- New
phoronix-test-suite result-file-statssub-command - New post-run statistics displayed upon test completion
- Various Windows and BSD hardware/support updates, among other Phodevi additions
Phoronix Test Suite 8.6.0-Spydeberg
5 February 2019
pts-core: Other small tweaks and fixes
pts-core: Fix for "/installed" virtual suite not including the proprietary/commercial tests that are installed
ob_auto_compare: Allow showing more results in the embedded percentile graphs
Phoronix Test Suite 8.6.0 Milestone 3
27 January 2019
pts-core: Better handling on Windows when there are space(s) in the paths
pts-core: Add __event_post_run_stats module hook
pts-core: Inline display of result distributions from OpenBenchmarking.org on applicable results
pts-core: Don't try to run tests from result file(s) or suite(s) that were not installed
pts-core: More accurate time reporting when result files are passed to phoronix-test-suite estimate-run-time
phodevi: Better reporting of NVMe drive strings on BSDs
Phoronix Test Suite 8.6.0 Milestone 2
19 January 2019
pts-core: Update Mac OS X to macOS references
pts-core: Add result-file-stats sub-command to show more test result statistics
pts-core: Show geometric mean and harmonic mean data at end of benchmarking process when relevant as part of post-run stats
pts-core: Improved formatting of file download text user interface for downloading of dependencies on Microsoft Windows
pts-core: Fix Loop 'Test i of n' Reporting
pts-core: A few warning fixes for PHP 7.3+
pts-core: External dependency handling support for OpenMandriva Lx 4.0 (transitioned from urpmi to DNF)
phodevi: Report Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to the system layer string
Phoronix Test Suite 8.6.0 Milestone 1
7 January 2019
pts-core: No longer clear test profile identifiers on secondary saved results
pts-core: Add compare-results-to-baseline sub-command for comparing one result file (baseline) against a set of results for text look at relative perf
pts-core: Minor fixes
pts-core: Show wins and losses summary after testing on large result files
pts-core: On two-way result files, after test completion show comparison of current result against previous result (baseline)
pts-core: Add ShowPostRunStatistics user configuration XML option to toggle whether various test statistics are printed at the end of testing
pts-core: Add recently-added-tests sub-command to show newly added test profiles / alternative to openbenchmarking-changes/recently-updated-tests
pts-core: Allow outputting line graphs to terminal interface as basic box plot graphs
phodevi: Improve Linux multiple network device reporting
phodevi: LXQt desktop version reporting
phodevi: Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2019
system_monitor: Allow outputting system monitor graphs to terminal interface inline
Phoronix Test Suite 8.6.0 Milestone 3
Phoronix Test Suite 8.6.0 Milestone 3
27 January 2019
pts-core: Better handling on Windows when there are space(s) in the paths
pts-core: Add __event_post_run_stats module hook
pts-core: Inline display of result distributions from OpenBenchmarking.org on applicable results
pts-core: Don't try to run tests from result file(s) or suite(s) that were not installed
pts-core: More accurate time reporting when result files are passed to phoronix-test-suite estimate-run-time
phodevi: Better reporting of NVMe drive strings on BSDs
Phoronix Test Suite 8.6.0 Milestone 2
Phoronix Test Suite 8.6.0 Milestone 2
19 January 2019
pts-core: Update Mac OS X to macOS references
pts-core: Add result-file-stats sub-command to show more test result statistics
pts-core: Show geometric mean and harmonic mean data at end of benchmarking process when relevant as part of post-run stats
pts-core: Improved formatting of file download text user interface for downloading of dependencies on Microsoft Windows
pts-core: Fix Loop 'Test i of n' Reporting
pts-core: A few warning fixes for PHP 7.3+
pts-core: External dependency handling support for OpenMandriva Lx 4.0 (transitioned from urpmi to DNF)
phodevi: Report Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to the system layer string