BIOS Release Notice for RADXA X4

DarkevilPT · August 12, 2024, 3:45pm

I have read a few guides and it seems the board suffers from high temperatures meaning that the current case/fan options dont do its justice. I feel this is crtitic.. Do you guys have been trough the same ? Will there be an solution?

Guess this was the wildest ive seen.

github.com/geerlingguy/sbc-reviews

Radxa X4

opened 03:09AM - 20 Jul 24 UTC

geerlingguy

testing complete

![radxa-x4](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/dfa684a7-0862-4a0c-8941-8…5d825d78713) ## Basic information - Board URL (official): https://radxa.com/products/x/x4 ([docs](https://docs.radxa.com/en/x/x4)) - Board purchased from: Arace - Board purchase date: July 19, 2024 - Board specs (as tested): 8GB - Board price (as tested): $79.90 (+ $14.90 heatsink+fan) ## Linux/system information ``` # output of `screenfetch` ./+o+- jgeerling@radxa-x4 yyyyy- -yyyyyy+ OS: Ubuntu 24.04 noble ://+//////-yyyyyyo Kernel: x86_64 Linux 6.8.0-39-generic .++ .:/++++++/-.+sss/` Uptime: 3m .:++o: /++++++++/:--:/- Packages: 1594 o:+o+:++.`..```.-/oo+++++/ Shell: bash 5.2.21 .:+o:+o/. `+sssoo+/ Disk: 9.3G / 938G (2%) .++/+:+oo+o:` /sssooo. CPU: Intel N100 @ 4x 3.4GHz [49.0°C] /+++//+:`oo+o /::--:. GPU: UHD Graphics \+/+o+++`o++o ++////. RAM: 1399MiB / 7716MiB .++.o+++oo+:` /dddhhh. .+.o+oo:. `oddhhhh+ \+.++o+o``-````.:ohdhhhhh+ `:o+++ `ohhhhhhhhyo++os: .o:`.syhhhhhhh/.oo++o` /osyyyyyyo++ooo+++/ ````` +oo+++o\: `oo++. # output of `uname -a` Linux radxa-x4 6.8.0-39-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Jul 5 21:49:14 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ``` ## Benchmark results ### CPU - Geekbench 6: (1185 single / 2658 multi - https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/7127802) - 37.224 Gflops at 2.33 Gflops/W ([geerlingguy/top500-benchmark](https://github.com/geerlingguy/top500-benchmark) [HPL result](https://github.com/geerlingguy/top500-benchmark/issues/38)) ### Power - Idle power draw (at wall): 9.1 W - Maximum simulated power draw (`stress-ng --matrix 0`): 18.5 W - During Geekbench multicore benchmark: 21.2 W - During `top500` HPL benchmark: 16 W ### Disk #### Kioxia BG6 2230 1TB NVMe SSD (KBG40ZNS1T02) [comment]: # (Run `lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,LABEL,MOUNTPOINT,SIZE,MODEL` to get model) | Benchmark | Result | | -------------------------- | ------ | | iozone 4K random read | 60.17 MB/s | | iozone 4K random write | 227.78 MB/s | | iozone 1M random read | 1679.58 MB/s | | iozone 1M random write | 1506.50 MB/s | | iozone 1M sequential read | 1701.32 MB/s | | iozone 1M sequential write | 1527.16 MB/s | ``` wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/geerlingguy/pi-cluster/master/benchmarks/disk-benchmark.sh chmod +x disk-benchmark.sh sudo MOUNT_PATH=/ TEST_SIZE=1g ./disk-benchmark.sh ``` Run benchmark on any attached storage device (e.g. eMMC, microSD, NVMe, SATA) and add results under an additional heading. Also consider running [PiBenchmarks.com script](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2023/using-pibenchmarkscom-sbc-disk-performance-testing). ### Network `iperf3` results: #### Built-in 2.5 Gbps Ethernet (Intel I226-V) - `iperf3 -c $SERVER_IP`: 2.35 Gbps - `iperf3 -c $SERVER_IP --reverse`: 1.77 Gbps - `iperf3 -c $SERVER_IP --bidir`: 2.34 Gbps up, 1.77 Gbps down #### Built-in Realtek WiFi 6 (RTL8852BE) - `iperf3 -c $SERVER_IP`: 651 Mbps - `iperf3 -c $SERVER_IP --reverse`: 319 Mbps - `iperf3 -c $SERVER_IP --bidir`: 596 Mbps up, 88 Mbps down ## GPU `glmark2-es2` results: ``` ======================================================= glmark2 2023.01 ======================================================= OpenGL Information GL_VENDOR: Intel GL_RENDERER: Mesa Intel(R) Graphics (ADL-N) GL_VERSION: OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 24.0.9-0ubuntu0.1 Surface Config: buf=32 r=8 g=8 b=8 a=8 depth=24 stencil=0 samples=0 Surface Size: 800x600 windowed ======================================================= [build] use-vbo=false: FPS: 2512 FrameTime: 0.398 ms [build] use-vbo=true: FPS: 2623 FrameTime: 0.381 ms [texture] texture-filter=nearest: FPS: 2532 FrameTime: 0.395 ms [texture] texture-filter=linear: FPS: 2495 FrameTime: 0.401 ms [texture] texture-filter=mipmap: FPS: 2507 FrameTime: 0.399 ms [shading] shading=gouraud: FPS: 1958 FrameTime: 0.511 ms [shading] shading=blinn-phong-inf: FPS: 1939 FrameTime: 0.516 ms [shading] shading=phong: FPS: 3638 FrameTime: 0.275 ms [shading] shading=cel: FPS: 3646 FrameTime: 0.274 ms [bump] bump-render=high-poly: FPS: 2344 FrameTime: 0.427 ms [bump] bump-render=normals: FPS: 4118 FrameTime: 0.243 ms [bump] bump-render=height: FPS: 2491 FrameTime: 0.402 ms [effect2d] kernel=0,1,0;1,-4,1;0,1,0;: FPS: 2842 FrameTime: 0.352 ms [effect2d] kernel=1,1,1,1,1;1,1,1,1,1;1,1,1,1,1;: FPS: 1348 FrameTime: 0.742 ms [pulsar] light=false:quads=5:texture=false: FPS: 4415 FrameTime: 0.227 ms [desktop] blur-radius=5:effect=blur:passes=1:separable=true:windows=4: FPS: 1216 FrameTime: 0.823 ms [desktop] effect=shadow:windows=4: FPS: 2335 FrameTime: 0.428 ms [buffer] columns=200:interleave=false:update-dispersion=0.9:update-fraction=0.5:update-method=map: FPS: 655 FrameTime: 1.528 ms [buffer] columns=200:interleave=false:update-dispersion=0.9:update-fraction=0.5:update-method=subdata: FPS: 1187 FrameTime: 0.843 ms [buffer] columns=200:interleave=true:update-dispersion=0.9:update-fraction=0.5:update-method=map: FPS: 621 FrameTime: 1.610 ms [ideas] speed=duration: FPS: 2410 FrameTime: 0.415 ms [jellyfish] <default>: FPS: 2134 FrameTime: 0.469 ms [terrain] <default>: FPS: 204 FrameTime: 4.914 ms [shadow] <default>: FPS: 3225 FrameTime: 0.310 ms [refract] <default>: FPS: 508 FrameTime: 1.969 ms [conditionals] fragment-steps=0:vertex-steps=0: FPS: 3842 FrameTime: 0.260 ms [conditionals] fragment-steps=5:vertex-steps=0: FPS: 3708 FrameTime: 0.270 ms [conditionals] fragment-steps=0:vertex-steps=5: FPS: 3697 FrameTime: 0.271 ms [function] fragment-complexity=low:fragment-steps=5: FPS: 3447 FrameTime: 0.290 ms [function] fragment-complexity=medium:fragment-steps=5: FPS: 3307 FrameTime: 0.302 ms [loop] fragment-loop=false:fragment-steps=5:vertex-steps=5: FPS: 3047 FrameTime: 0.328 ms [loop] fragment-steps=5:fragment-uniform=false:vertex-steps=5: FPS: 3273 FrameTime: 0.306 ms [loop] fragment-steps=5:fragment-uniform=true:vertex-steps=5: FPS: 3566 FrameTime: 0.280 ms ======================================================= glmark2 Score: 2538 ======================================================= ``` Note: This benchmark requires an active display on the device. Not all devices may be able to run `glmark2-es2`, so in that case, make a note and move on! TODO: See [this issue](https://github.com/geerlingguy/sbc-reviews/issues/2) for discussion about a full suite of standardized GPU benchmarks. ## Memory `tinymembench` results: <details> <summary>Click to expand memory benchmark result</summary> ``` tinymembench v0.4.10 (simple benchmark for memory throughput and latency) ========================================================================== == Memory bandwidth tests == == == == Note 1: 1MB = 1000000 bytes == == Note 2: Results for 'copy' tests show how many bytes can be == == copied per second (adding together read and writen == == bytes would have provided twice higher numbers) == == Note 3: 2-pass copy means that we are using a small temporary buffer == == to first fetch data into it, and only then write it to the == == destination (source -> L1 cache, L1 cache -> destination) == == Note 4: If sample standard deviation exceeds 0.1%, it is shown in == == brackets == ========================================================================== C copy backwards : 5373.3 MB/s (0.2%) C copy backwards (32 byte blocks) : 5372.2 MB/s C copy backwards (64 byte blocks) : 5372.9 MB/s C copy : 5456.5 MB/s C copy prefetched (32 bytes step) : 4020.8 MB/s C copy prefetched (64 bytes step) : 4143.6 MB/s (0.2%) C 2-pass copy : 5217.0 MB/s (0.1%) C 2-pass copy prefetched (32 bytes step) : 3174.1 MB/s C 2-pass copy prefetched (64 bytes step) : 3175.5 MB/s (0.1%) C fill : 7946.8 MB/s C fill (shuffle within 16 byte blocks) : 7943.5 MB/s C fill (shuffle within 32 byte blocks) : 7946.5 MB/s C fill (shuffle within 64 byte blocks) : 7944.3 MB/s (0.2%) --- standard memcpy : 8138.6 MB/s standard memset : 7968.4 MB/s --- MOVSB copy : 5436.5 MB/s MOVSD copy : 5275.4 MB/s (2.6%) SSE2 copy : 4847.0 MB/s SSE2 nontemporal copy : 7660.0 MB/s (0.8%) SSE2 copy prefetched (32 bytes step) : 4677.2 MB/s (0.3%) SSE2 copy prefetched (64 bytes step) : 4690.3 MB/s (0.2%) SSE2 nontemporal copy prefetched (32 bytes step) : 6329.2 MB/s (0.3%) SSE2 nontemporal copy prefetched (64 bytes step) : 6597.4 MB/s SSE2 2-pass copy : 4644.6 MB/s (1.5%) SSE2 2-pass copy prefetched (32 bytes step) : 3697.0 MB/s (0.7%) SSE2 2-pass copy prefetched (64 bytes step) : 3767.6 MB/s SSE2 2-pass nontemporal copy : 2722.4 MB/s (1.2%) SSE2 fill : 7329.0 MB/s (0.5%) SSE2 nontemporal fill : 16293.2 MB/s ========================================================================== == Memory latency test == == == == Average time is measured for random memory accesses in the buffers == == of different sizes. The larger is the buffer, the more significant == == are relative contributions of TLB, L1/L2 cache misses and SDRAM == == accesses. For extremely large buffer sizes we are expecting to see == == page table walk with several requests to SDRAM for almost every == == memory access (though 64MiB is not nearly large enough to experience == == this effect to its fullest). == == == == Note 1: All the numbers are representing extra time, which needs to == == be added to L1 cache latency. The cycle timings for L1 cache == == latency can be usually found in the processor documentation. == == Note 2: Dual random read means that we are simultaneously performing == == two independent memory accesses at a time. In the case if == == the memory subsystem can't handle multiple outstanding == == requests, dual random read has the same timings as two == == single reads performed one after another. == ========================================================================== block size : single random read / dual random read, [MADV_NOHUGEPAGE] 1024 : 0.0 ns / 0.0 ns 2048 : 0.0 ns / 0.0 ns 4096 : 0.0 ns / 0.0 ns 8192 : 0.0 ns / 0.0 ns 16384 : 0.0 ns / 0.0 ns 32768 : 0.0 ns / 0.0 ns 65536 : 2.5 ns / 3.7 ns 131072 : 3.8 ns / 4.7 ns 262144 : 5.1 ns / 6.0 ns 524288 : 6.4 ns / 7.2 ns 1048576 : 7.1 ns / 7.5 ns 2097152 : 8.7 ns / 9.8 ns 4194304 : 14.9 ns / 18.8 ns 8388608 : 34.2 ns / 50.9 ns 16777216 : 89.3 ns / 129.8 ns 33554432 : 125.3 ns / 165.9 ns 67108864 : 145.4 ns / 181.9 ns block size : single random read / dual random read, [MADV_HUGEPAGE] 1024 : 0.0 ns / 0.0 ns 2048 : 0.0 ns / 0.0 ns 4096 : 0.0 ns / 0.0 ns 8192 : 0.0 ns / 0.0 ns 16384 : 0.0 ns / 0.0 ns 32768 : 0.0 ns / 0.0 ns 65536 : 2.5 ns / 3.7 ns 131072 : 3.8 ns / 4.7 ns 262144 : 4.4 ns / 4.9 ns 524288 : 4.7 ns / 5.0 ns 1048576 : 4.9 ns / 5.0 ns 2097152 : 5.2 ns / 5.3 ns 4194304 : 11.3 ns / 14.4 ns 8388608 : 28.9 ns / 43.7 ns 16777216 : 80.1 ns / 114.8 ns 33554432 : 109.6 ns / 140.2 ns 67108864 : 125.3 ns / 148.9 n ``` </details> ## `sbc-bench` results https://0x0.st/XO8j.bin ``` * memcpy: 7292.7 MB/s, memchr: 10791.5 MB/s, memset: 7153.0 MB/s * 16M latency: 145.3 126.3 146.2 126.9 145.9 126.7 119.4 126.5 * 128M latency: 160.6 144.3 162.0 144.5 161.0 171.1 139.2 141.3 * 7-zip MIPS (3 consecutive runs): 7919, 7956, 7971 (7950 avg), single-threaded: 3459 * `aes-256-cbc 891938.02k 1178187.61k 1216253.87k 1227214.51k 1230935.38k 1230744.23k` * `aes-256-cbc 876402.26k 1132943.79k 1217788.42k 1228350.12k 1230916.27k 1230236.33k` ``` ## Phoronix Test Suite Results from [pi-general-benchmark.sh](https://gist.github.com/geerlingguy/570e13f4f81a40a5395688667b1f79af): - pts/encode-mp3: 9.461 sec - pts/x264 4K: 4.43 fps - pts/x264 1080p: 20.22 fps - pts/phpbench: 706245 - pts/build-linux-kernel (defconfig): 1018.833 sec