Tachyon

This is a test of the threaded Tachyon, a parallel ray-tracing system, measuring the time to ray-trace a sample scene. The sample scene used is the Teapot scene ray-traced to 8K x 8K with 32 samples.

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark tachyon.

Project Site

jedi.ks.uiuc.edu

Test Created

6 December 2010

Last Updated

14 January 2022

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

Processor

Average Install Time

3 Seconds

Average Run Time

1 Minute, 50 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain

Accolades

200k+ Downloads

Supported Platforms

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Public Result Uploads *Reported Test Completions **Reported Installs **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsTachyon Popularity Statisticspts/tachyon2010.122011.052011.102012.032012.082013.012013.062013.112014.042014.092015.022015.072015.122016.052016.102017.032017.082018.012018.062018.112019.042019.092020.022020.072020.122021.052021.102022.032022.082023.012023.062023.112024.042024.093K6K9K12K15K
* Uploading of benchmark result data to OpenBenchmarking.org is always optional (opt-in) via the Phoronix Test Suite for users wishing to share their results publicly.
** Data based on those opting to upload their test results to OpenBenchmarking.org and users enabling the opt-in anonymous statistics reporting while running benchmarks from an Internet-connected platform.
*** Test profile page view reporting began March 2021.
Data updated weekly as of 7 November 2024.

Revision History

pts/tachyon-1.3.0   [View Source]   Fri, 14 Jan 2022 16:18:00 GMT
Update against upstream Tachyon 0.99.2... A new release at last.

pts/tachyon-1.2.1   [View Source]   Sat, 21 Aug 2021 16:38:25 GMT
Update download mirror as main Tachyon download location no longer resolves.

pts/tachyon-1.2.0   [View Source]   Wed, 19 Feb 2020 13:38:48 GMT
Update against upstream (albeit still old beta) and increase intensity for newer CPUs.

pts/tachyon-1.1.3   [View Source]   Wed, 19 Feb 2020 12:22:26 GMT
Build update.

pts/tachyon-1.1.2   [View Source]   Sun, 12 May 2019 18:41:07 GMT
Update download link.

pts/tachyon-1.1.1   [View Source]   Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:53:44 GMT
Tachyon runs on BSD operating systems.

pts/tachyon-1.1.0   [View Source]   Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:56:45 GMT
Update against Tachyon upstream 0.98.9.

pts/tachyon-1.0.0   [View Source]   Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:23:33 GMT
Initial import into OpenBenchmarking.org

Suites Using This Test

C/C++ Compiler Tests

Multi-Core

Raytracing

CPU Massive

Creator Workloads

Renderers


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

Tachyon 0.99.2

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 846 public results since 14 January 2022 with the latest data as of 21 October 2024.

Below is an overview of the generalized performance for components where there is sufficient statistically significant data based upon user-uploaded results. It is important to keep in mind particularly in the Linux/open-source space there can be vastly different OS configurations, with this overview intended to offer just general guidance as to the performance expectations.

Component
Percentile Rank
# Compatible Public Results
Seconds (Average)
83rd
13
16 +/- 1
78th
13
20 +/- 1
Mid-Tier
75th
> 23
Median
50th
69
38th
5
106 +/- 1
38th
3
109 +/- 1
35th
4
128 +/- 4
30th
3
148 +/- 4
28th
6
153 +/- 10
26th
3
163 +/- 1
Low-Tier
25th
> 164
25th
7
165 +/- 1
23rd
4
179 +/- 6
22nd
3
181 +/- 1
21st
6
203 +/- 1
20th
6
204 +/- 14
14th
4
261 +/- 11
14th
3
283 +/- 1
13th
5
316 +/- 5
12th
5
327 +/- 4
11th
4
347 +/- 5
11th
3
360 +/- 1
10th
3
365 +/- 2
10th
3
391 +/- 2
10th
6
394 +/- 11
7th
3
480 +/- 3
6th
3
541 +/- 32
6th
3
559 +/- 11
5th
6
575 +/- 1
4th
4
661 +/- 1
3rd
7
692 +/- 4
2nd
4
1024 +/- 5
1st
4
1449 +/- 69
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Total Time846 Results Range From 6 To 1545 Seconds6458412316220124027931835739643547451355259163066970874778682586490394298110201059109811371176121512541293133213711410144914881527156680160240320400

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (Tachyon 0.99.2 - Total Time) has an average run-time of 6 minutes. By default this test profile is set to run at least 3 times but may increase if the standard deviation exceeds pre-defined defaults or other calculations deem additional runs necessary for greater statistical accuracy of the result.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMinutesTime Required To Complete BenchmarkTotal TimeRun-Time1122334455Min: 1 / Avg: 6.05 / Max: 54

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.2%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsTotal TimeDeviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.18 / Max: 2

Does It Scale Well With Increasing Cores?

Yes, based on the automated analysis of the collected public benchmark data, this test / test settings does generally scale well with increasing CPU core counts. Data based on publicly available results for this test / test settings, separated by vendor, result divided by the reference CPU clock speed, grouped by matching physical CPU core count, and normalized against the smallest core count tested from each vendor for each CPU having a sufficient number of test samples and statistically significant data.

AMDIntelOpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To BaseTachyon CPU Core ScalingTotal Time4681012141624326496128816243240

Tested CPU Architectures

This benchmark has been successfully tested on the below mentioned architectures. The CPU architectures listed is where successful OpenBenchmarking.org result uploads occurred, namely for helping to determine if a given test is compatible with various alternative CPU architectures.

CPU Architecture
Kernel Identifier
Verified On
Intel / AMD x86 64-bit
x86_64
(Many Processors)
ARMv8 64-bit
arm64
Apple M1, Apple M1 Pro
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core