Linux Retpoline Spectre Security Benchmark Tests for a future article on Phoronix by Michael Larabel. 8700k_4.9GHz: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.90GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x VisionTek 120GB + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 + 512GB SAMSUNG MZHPV512, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1607/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.82, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080 8700k_stock #1: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x VisionTek 120GB + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 + 512GB SAMSUNG MZHPV512, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (139/405MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.82, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080 8400_stock: Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 @ 4.00GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x VisionTek 120GB + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 + 512GB SAMSUNG MZHPV512, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1607/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.82, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080 1300xStock: Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 1300X @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte AX370-Gaming 5, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 220GB, Graphics: Sapphire Radeon RX 580 (AMD POLARIS10 / DRM 3.10.0 / 4.11.0-13-generic LLVM 5.0.0) 8192MB, Audio: AMD Device aaf0, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.11.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 1500xStock: Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte AX370-Gaming 5, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 220GB, Graphics: Sapphire Radeon RX 580 (AMD POLARIS10 / DRM 3.10.0 / 4.11.0-13-generic LLVM 5.0.0) 8192MB, Audio: AMD Device aaf0, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.11.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 1700X_Stock: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS CROSSHAIR VI HERO, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 234GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11264MB, Audio: NVIDIA GP102 HDMI Audio, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.15, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 8700k_stock #2: Processor: Intel 0000 @ 4.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z370 SLI PLUS (MS-7B46) v2.0, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 234GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11264MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.15, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 noretpoline: EPYC 7601: Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 pocl 1.0 LLVM 5.0.0, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 5.0.0-3 + LLVM 5.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Retpoline: EPYC 7601: Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 pocl 1.0 LLVM 5.0.0, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 5.0.0-3 + LLVM 5.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Retpoline + GCC: EPYC 7601: Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline-gcc-retpo (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 pocl 1.0 LLVM 5.0.0, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 5.0.0-3 + LLVM 5.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 32-bit Ubuntu 17.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG MZNTE128, Graphics: Intel HD 5500 1536MB (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-12-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.0, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.1, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 64-bit Ubuntu 17.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG MZNTE128, Graphics: Intel HD 5500 (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.0, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.1, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GCC 7.2.0: Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 GCC 8.0.0 20171030: Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Compiler: GCC 8.0.0 20171030, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 LLVM Clang 5.0: Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Compiler: Clang 5.0.0-3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 LLVM Clang 6.0 svn316959: Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Compiler: Clang 6.0.0-svn316959-1~exp1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290/390 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Device e0b1 + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.12.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.25.91, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-rc4 (LLVM 4.0.1), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Threadripper: Clear Linux: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 4 x 8192 MB DDR4-3200MT/s, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290/390, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Device e0b1 + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 OS: Clear Linux OS 17650, Kernel: 4.13.0-387.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 4.0.1 + LLVM 4.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: NVE4 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.12.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.25.91, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.0-rc4, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux: Processor: Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-2800MT/s, Disk: 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 17650, Kernel: 4.13.0-387.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 4.0.1 + LLVM 4.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 4.40GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-11-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.0, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.0, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 4.40GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3000MT/s, Disk: 16GB Voyager 3.0 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 17920, Kernel: 4.13.3-393.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20170910 + Clang 5.0.0 + LLVM 5.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Core i9 7980XE: Ubuntu 17.10: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (36 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-11-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.1 (LLVM 5.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i9 7980XE: Clear Linux: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (36 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: 16GB Voyager 3.0 + 240GB Force MP500, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 17960, Kernel: 4.13.3-394.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20170910 + Clang 5.0.0 + LLVM 5.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Core i3 7100: noretpoline: Processor: Intel Core i3-7100 @ 3.90GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte B250M-DS3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th + B250, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Western Digital WDS250G1B0A-, Graphics: Intel HD 630 3072MB (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i3 7100: Retpoline: Processor: Intel Core i3-7100 @ 3.90GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte B250M-DS3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th + B250, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Western Digital WDS250G1B0A-, Graphics: Intel HD 630 3072MB (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i3 7100: Retpoline + GCC: Processor: Intel Core i3-7100 @ 3.90GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte B250M-DS3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th + B250, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Western Digital WDS250G1B0A-, Graphics: Intel HD 630 (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline-gcc-retpo (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4 Core i7 8700K: noretpoline: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NV132 11264MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i7 8700K: Retpoline: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NV132 11264MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i7 8700K: Retpoline + GCC: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NV132 11264MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline-gcc-retpo (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i9 7980XE: noretpoline: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: NV137 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i9 7980XE: Retpoline: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: NV137 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i9 7980XE: Retpoline + GCC: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: NV137 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline-gcc-retpo (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 2 x Xeon Gold 6138: noretpoline: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (40 Cores / 80 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 2 x Xeon Gold 6138: Retpoline: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (40 Cores / 80 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 2 x Xeon Gold 6138: Retpoline + GCC: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 3.70GHz (40 Cores / 80 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN S7106, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 96256MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM1 + 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel I210 Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline-gcc-retpo (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ryzen 7 1800X: noretpoline: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 560 4096MB, Audio: AMD Device aae0, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.4.0-devel (git-6a36bfc64d) (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ryzen 7 1800X: Retpoline: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 560 4096MB, Audio: AMD Device aae0, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.4.0-devel (git-6a36bfc64d) (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ryzen 7 1800X: Retpoline + GCC: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 560 4096MB, Audio: AMD Device aae0, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline-gcc-retpo (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.4.0-devel (git-6a36bfc64d) (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 EPYC 7601: noretpoline: Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 pocl 1.0 LLVM 5.0.0, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 5.0.0-3 + LLVM 5.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 EPYC 7601: Retpoline: Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 pocl 1.0 LLVM 5.0.0, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 5.0.0-3 + LLVM 5.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 EPYC 7601: Retpoline + GCC: Processor: AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: TYAN B8026T70AE24HR, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Monitor: VE228, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline-gcc-retpo (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 pocl 1.0 LLVM 5.0.0, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 5.0.0-3 + LLVM 5.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel NUC i5: Processor: Intel Core i5-7260U @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel NUC7i5BNB, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-2400MT/s CMSX16GX4M2A2400C16, Disk: 442GB, Graphics: Intel Device 5926, Audio: Realtek ALC283, Monitor: PA279, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better 8700k_4.9GHz ........................ 2663 |================ 8700k_stock #1 ...................... 3086 |================== 8400_stock .......................... 3301 |==================== 1300xStock .......................... 3880 |======================= 1500xStock .......................... 3784 |======================= 1700X_Stock ......................... 3807 |======================= 8700k_stock #2 ...................... 3060 |================== noretpoline: EPYC 7601 .............. 4507 |=========================== Retpoline: EPYC 7601 ................ 4507 |=========================== Retpoline + GCC: EPYC 7601 .......... 4501 |=========================== 32-bit Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 5843 |=================================== 64-bit Ubuntu 17.10 ................. 4209 |========================= GCC 7.2.0 ........................... 4485 |=========================== GCC 8.0.0 20171030 .................. 4500 |=========================== LLVM Clang 5.0 ...................... 4356 |========================== LLVM Clang 6.0 svn316959 ............ 4429 |=========================== Threadripper: Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 3638 |====================== Threadripper: Clear Linux ........... 3450 |===================== Core i9 7900X: Ubuntu 17.10 ......... 2844 |================= Core i9 7900X: Clear Linux .......... 2613 |================ Core i9 7960X: Ubuntu 17.10 ......... 3210 |=================== Core i9 7960X: Clear Linux .......... 2783 |================= Core i9 7980XE: Ubuntu 17.10 ........ 2837 |================= Core i9 7980XE: Clear Linux ......... 2695 |================ Core i3 7100: noretpoline ........... 3390 |==================== Core i3 7100: Retpoline ............. 3381 |==================== Core i3 7100: Retpoline + GCC ....... 3380 |==================== Core i7 8700K: noretpoline .......... 2773 |================= Core i7 8700K: Retpoline ............ 2758 |================= Core i7 8700K: Retpoline + GCC ...... 2760 |================= Core i9 7980XE: noretpoline ......... 3212 |=================== Core i9 7980XE: Retpoline ........... 2997 |================== Core i9 7980XE: Retpoline + GCC ..... 2809 |================= 2 x Xeon Gold 6138: noretpoline ..... 3437 |===================== 2 x Xeon Gold 6138: Retpoline ....... 3654 |====================== 2 x Xeon Gold 6138: Retpoline + GCC . 3613 |====================== Ryzen 7 1800X: noretpoline .......... 3540 |===================== Ryzen 7 1800X: Retpoline ............ 3533 |===================== Ryzen 7 1800X: Retpoline + GCC ...... 3526 |===================== EPYC 7601: noretpoline .............. 4507 |=========================== EPYC 7601: Retpoline ................ 4507 |=========================== EPYC 7601: Retpoline + GCC .......... 4501 |=========================== Intel NUC i5 ........................ 4020 |========================