KPTI Retpoline Open Porous Media
Intel Core i7-5960X testing with a Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF (F21a BIOS) and AMD FirePro V7800 2048MB on Debian 9.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


KPTI + Retpoline: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF (F21a BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB 2133MHz CMK16GX4M4A2666C16, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7800 2048MB (157/300MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Debian 9.1, Kernel: 4.15.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180114, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.2, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4

KPTI: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF (F21a BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB 2133MHz CMK16GX4M4A2666C16, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7800 2048MB (157/300MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Debian 9.1, Kernel: 4.15.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180114, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.2, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4

No Protections: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF (F21a BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB 2133MHz CMK16GX4M4A2666C16, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7800 2048MB (157/300MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Debian 9.1, Kernel: 4.15.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180114, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.2, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4

KPTI + Full Retpoline: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF (F21a BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB 2133MHz CMK16GX4M4A2666C16, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7800 2048MB (157/300MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Debian 9.1, Kernel: 4.15.0-rc8-retpo-underflow (x86_64) 20180115, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.2, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4


Open Porous Media Git
OPM Benchmark: Flow MPI Extra - Threads: 8
Seconds < Lower Is Better
KPTI + Retpoline ...... 1197.87 |==============================================
KPTI .................. 1201.06 |==============================================
No Protections ........ 1198.61 |==============================================
KPTI + Full Retpoline . 1200.60 |==============================================


Open Porous Media Git
OPM Benchmark: Flow MPI Norne - Threads: 8
Seconds < Lower Is Better
KPTI + Retpoline ...... 201.58 |===============================================
KPTI .................. 201.08 |===============================================
No Protections ........ 201.31 |===============================================
KPTI + Full Retpoline . 201.67 |===============================================


Open Porous Media Git
OPM Benchmark: Flow Ebos Extra - Threads: 8
Seconds < Lower Is Better
KPTI + Retpoline ...... 1199.08 |==============================================
KPTI .................. 1198.46 |==============================================
No Protections ........ 1199.10 |==============================================
KPTI + Full Retpoline . 1201.01 |==============================================


Open Porous Media Git
OPM Benchmark: Flow MPI Extra - Threads: 16
Seconds < Lower Is Better
KPTI + Retpoline ...... 1280.25 |==============================================
KPTI .................. 1274.88 |==============================================
No Protections ........ 1279.58 |==============================================
KPTI + Full Retpoline . 1277.28 |==============================================


Open Porous Media Git
OPM Benchmark: Flow MPI Norne - Threads: 16
Seconds < Lower Is Better
KPTI + Retpoline ...... 243.60 |===============================================
KPTI .................. 243.52 |===============================================
No Protections ........ 244.07 |===============================================
KPTI + Full Retpoline . 242.66 |===============================================


Open Porous Media Git
OPM Benchmark: Flow Ebos Extra - Threads: 16
Seconds < Lower Is Better
KPTI + Retpoline ...... 1278.68 |==============================================
KPTI .................. 1283.22 |==============================================
No Protections ........ 1276.91 |==============================================
KPTI + Full Retpoline . 1280.21 |==============================================