The Intel® Integrated Performance Primitives for Linux* Performance Tests

Intel^® Integrated Performance Primitives for Linux* Performance Tests

Introduction

The Intel^® Integrated Performance Primitives (Intel^®IPP) for Linux* Performance Tests are command line programs for testing the performance of each function in the API.

Running the Tests

Each portion of the Intel^®IPP API has its own program to gather performance data. In order to run these tests, the Intel IPP shared objects must be on the system's path. This can be achieved by running the ippvarsem64t.sh file before executing the desired performance test(s). The tests will be valid for that system's processor only.

These programs will run without further input and will output large data files (see below). Command line options for these tests, including restricting which functions and data are tested, can be found by invoking any test with the "-?" option.

Common Command line options:

Groups

Options

Descriptions

1. Adjusting Console Input

-A

Ask parameters before every test from console

-B

Batch mode

2. Managing Output

-r[<file-name>]

Create csv-file and write PS results

-R[<file-name>]

Add test results to csv-file

-H[ONLY]

Add 'Interest' column to table file [and run only hot tests]

-o[<file-name>]

Create txt-file and write console output

-O[<file-name>]

Add console output to txt-file

-L<ERR|WARN|PARM|INFO|TRACE>

Set detail level of the console output

-u[<file-name>]

Create csv-file and write summary table ('_sum' is added to default title name)

-U[<file-name>]

Add summary table to csv-file ('_sum' is added to default title name)

-g[<file-name>]

Create signal file just at the end of the whole testing

-s[-]

Sort or don't sort functions (sort mode is default)

-e

Enumerate tests and exit

3. Selecting Functions for Testing

-f < or-pattern>

Run tests of functions with pattern in name, case sensitive

-f-<not-pattern>

Not test functions with pattern in name, case sensitive

-f+<and-pattern>

Run only tests of functions with pattern in name, case sensitive

-f=< eq-pattern>

Run tests of functions with this full name, case sensitive

-F<func-name>

Start testing from function with this full name, case sensitive

4. Operation with .ini Files

-i[<file-name>]

Read PS parameters from ini-file

-I[<file-name>]

Write PS parameters to ini-file and exit

-P

Read tested function names from ini-file

5. Adjust default directories and file names for input & output

-n<title-name>

Set default title name for ini file and output files

-p<dir-name>

Set default directory for input files i.e. ini & test data files

-l<dir-name>

Set default directory for output files

6. Direct Data Input

-d<name>=<value>

Set PS parameter value

7. Process priority

-Y<HIGH/NORMAL>

Set high or normal process prioritY (normal is default)

8. Tune Intel IPP Libraries

-T<cpu-name>

Call ippInitStaticCpu(ippCpu<cpu-name>)

-N<num-threads>

Call ippSetNumThreads(<num-treads>)

Reading the Data

Each performance test application outputs a large comma-delimited file of data. There is a header describing global data such as the processor and operating system. This is followed by an entry for each test that lists the function, its parameters and the time taken to execute each test.

Other Notes

GNU Compiler Collection version 3.2, or later is required to run any of the performance tests (for libstdc++.so.5).

The data returned by Intel IPP performance testing is sensitive to normal system activities such as CPU power state transitions and background task activity. To achieve results that can be compared across multiple runs, we recommend that you undertake performance testing on systems with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology and C-State transitions disabled and all possible background tasks disabled. Running without these settings may result in console warnings due to variability of the output data.

The performance data in the accompanying CSV files was obtained using computing platforms available at release.

For more updated product and performance information, please refer to http://software.intel.com/intel-ipp.

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Intel^® Integrated Performance Primitives for Linux Performance Tests*

Introduction
Running the Tests
Reading the Data
Other Notes

Introduction

Running the Tests

Common Command line options:

Reading the Data

Other Notes

Disclaimer

Intel® Integrated Performance Primitives for Linux* Performance Tests

Introduction Running the Tests Reading the Data Other Notes

Introduction

Running the Tests

Common Command line options:

Reading the Data

Other Notes

Disclaimer

Intel^® Integrated Performance Primitives for Linux Performance Tests*

Introduction
Running the Tests
Reading the Data
Other Notes