ASUS Sets Most World Records for Single-Socket and Dual-Socket Server Performance on SPEC.org

2020/03/11

ASUS scores 578 records for top performance across multiple architectures and platforms in intensive computing workloads



KEY POINTS
  • ASUS holds a total of 578 top performance benchmarks across Intel and AMD platforms for single-socket and dual-socket servers
  • ASUS leads the SPEC CPU 2017 benchmark pack as of March 4, 2020, with more world records than any competitor
  • ASUS achieves 102 #1 records with AMD EPYC 7002 processors, putting it in the leading position
  • ASUS scores 290 #1 records with 1st and 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, again claiming the lead position


TAIPEI, Taiwan, March 9, 2020 ASUS, a leading server systems, server motherboards, and workstations provider, today announced that ASUS servers continue to dominate computing performance with a total of 578 new world-record benchmark results confirmed by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC, www.spec.org). ASUS holds 30% more #1 results than any other server vendor, ranking as the most world record holder on the SPEC CPU® 2017 benchmark in single-socket (1P) and dual-socket (2P). These world records are set by servers running across Intel® and AMD® platforms, including the 1st and 2nd Gen Intel Xeon® Scalable processors, Intel Xeon E-2200 processors and AMD EPYC™ 7002 processors and workloads ranging from general business infrastructure, software-defined deployment, data analytics, AI, and HPC (High Performance Computing). These results are correct as of March 4, 2020.


ASUS RS500A-E10 and RS700A-E9 V2 rack servers with AMD EPYC 7002 processors

ASUS servers with AMD EPYC 7002 processors currently hold an incredible 102 world records. This total consists of 64 #1 results for single-socket performance, plus 38 #1 results for dual-socket performance across all SPEC CPU 2017 benchmarks, including integer rate, floating-point rate, integer speed and floating-point speed.

All these latest world records are set on ASUS RS500A-E10 and RS700A-E9 V2 series servers equipped with the EPYC 7002 processors that deliver 2x performance and 4x floating-point capacity versus the previous 7001 generation, with support for up to 64 cores, 128 threads, 8-channel DDR4 3200 and 128 PCIe® 4.0 lanes, and ideal for AI inference, virtualization, VDI, analytics and software-defined deployments.

RS500A-E10 and RS700A-E9 V2 single-socket and dual-socket rack servers are designed with a unique power supply, storage capability and networking expansion options to suit various workloads and applications.


ASUS ESC8000 G4 scores the highest results with Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L processor

ASUS ESC8000 G4 is a GPU-density server with 1st and 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, which now holds 192 #1 world records on SPEC CPU 2017 benchmarks. It achieves the highest results with the Intel Xeon Scalable Platinum 8280L processor, and supports a vast memory capacity of up to 4.5 TB.

By supporting Intel Optane™ persistent memory designed specifically for data-center workloads with high capacity, affordability and persistence, ESC8000 G4 boosts the performance of data-intensive applications such as in-memory analytics, databases, content delivery networks and HPC. Its patented adaptable-topology design also allows it to automatically switch to single-root or dual-root topologies through A