TinyRex Ethernet Performance
kwebster83 , 10-31-2016, 08:50 AM
Hi,
I'm just wondering whether any performance testing has been done on the TinyRex gigabit ethernet?
I'd be really interested to see what the maximum throughput achieved was and over what length of cable.
Regards,
Kevin
robertferanec , 10-31-2016, 09:42 AM
Hi Kevin,
I do not have the perfect setup, but I hope this will help you. This is what I run this morning. OpenRex is similar to TinyRex (they both use iMX6).
Connection: My computer (virtual machine 192.168.0.245) -> 2m cable -> Mikrotik router -> 2m cable -> OpenRex (192.168.0.251)
Note: There may be some limitations on my virtual machine settings.
Server receives / OpenRex sendsCode:
root@ubuntu-imx6:~/iperf# iperf3 -c 192.168.0.245 -t 60 -i 10Connecting to host 192.168.0.245, port 5201[ 4] local 192.168.0.251 port 51350 connected to 192.168.0.245 port 5201[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr Cwnd[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 509 MBytes 427 Mbits/sec 192 918 KBytes[ 4] 10.00-20.00 sec 505 MBytes 424 Mbits/sec 177 551 KBytes[ 4] 20.00-30.00 sec 502 MBytes 422 Mbits/sec 20 378 KBytes[ 4] 30.00-40.00 sec 501 MBytes 420 Mbits/sec 1 433 KBytes[ 4] 40.00-50.00 sec 499 MBytes 418 Mbits/sec 31 434 KBytes[ 4] 50.00-60.00 sec 495 MBytes 415 Mbits/sec 0 574 KBytes- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr[ 4] 0.00-60.00 sec 2.94 GBytes 421 Mbits/sec 421 sender[ 4] 0.00-60.00 sec 2.94 GBytes 421 Mbits/sec receiveriperf Done.root@ubuntu-imx6:~/iperf#
Code:
root@ubuntu-imx6:~/iperf# iperf3 -c 192.168.0.245 -t 60 -i 10 -RConnecting to host 192.168.0.245, port 5201Reverse mode, remote host 192.168.0.245 is sending[ 4] local 192.168.0.251 port 51354 connected to 192.168.0.245 port 5201[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 146 MBytes 123 Mbits/sec[ 4] 10.00-20.00 sec 143 MBytes 120 Mbits/sec[ 4] 20.00-30.00 sec 142 MBytes 119 Mbits/sec[ 4] 30.00-40.00 sec 140 MBytes 118 Mbits/sec[ 4] 40.00-50.00 sec 144 MBytes 121 Mbits/sec[ 4] 50.00-60.00 sec 144 MBytes 121 Mbits/sec- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr[ 4] 0.00-60.00 sec 860 MBytes 120 Mbits/sec 27108 sender[ 4] 0.00-60.00 sec 860 MBytes 120 Mbits/sec receiveriperf Done.root@ubuntu-imx6:~/iperf#
Some time ago we also tested PCIE Ethernet:
http://www.imx6rex.com/software/imx6...on-tests/#pcieand also a Wifi card (but performance depends on distance and antenna):
http://www.imx6rex.com/software/imx6...sts/#wifi_4965kwebster83 , 10-31-2016, 10:09 AM
Hi Robert,
Thanks for the figures. So I guess roughly speaking, I'd expect to get about 420Mbit send, 120Mbit receive.
I wonder why there is such a difference between the send and receive? Also, the re-transmissions for the first couple of OpenRex sends was quite high - do you know if this is always the case?
I'm looking at integrating TinyRex as a server in an embedded application which primarily has ethernet devices (a couple of very high data rate sensors) so hence I'm keen to know how the module performs.
Kind regards,
Kevin
robertferanec , 10-31-2016, 10:57 AM
Yes, I noticed that difference between transmit / receive too. That is interesting.
The numbers may be influenced by my setup. It was a very quick test setup e.g. I am not really sure how the router is set and also using virtual machine as a server is not probably the best (virtual machine could cause re-transmissions). Maybe the best would be try two boards opposite of each other running nothing else just the iperf, but that would take me more time to setup and play with it. When I have some time in coming weeks, I could try it. With this quick answer I only wanted to give you an idea about the numbers - I hope, that helped a little bit too.
kwebster83 , 10-31-2016, 01:21 PM
Hi Robert,
Your information has been very helpful, thank you. It gives me a very good idea of the baselines that will be achieved and also gives me hope that a lot more performance can be gained - especially on the receive side.
I'd be very keen to hear of any TinyRex to TinyRex performance testing as this is something that I'm also looking at. Almost like a master-slave type setup - maybe with a quad core as the master and a solo/dual as the slaves.
Kind regards,
Kevin
robertferanec , 10-31-2016, 01:30 PM
I will double check with Pavol from VOIPAC if they can try it. I do not have TinyRex here (I moved to US and took only some boards - mostly OpenRex). So, shall I ask them to try "TinyRex QUAD <-> TinyRex SOLO", direct connection, iperf application, transfer both directions?
kwebster83 , 10-31-2016, 01:36 PM
Hi Robert,
Those sound like perfect tests, thank you.
Kind regards,
Kevin
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