20180118-general-baseline Benchmark after VM 11, Meltdown and Spectre upgrades. Baseline: Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 107GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-31-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware VM Version 11: Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 107GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-31-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware VM11 + Meltdown: Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 107GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-109-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre: Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 107GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-111-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware Meltdown + Spectre: Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 107GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-111-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware Meltdown: Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 107GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-109-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Baseline .................. 636.41 |=========================================== VM Version 11 ............. 312.14 |===================== VM11 + Meltdown ........... 294.41 |==================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 319.59 |====================== Meltdown + Spectre ........ 300.48 |==================== Meltdown .................. 293.97 |==================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Baseline .................. 159099 |=========================================== VM Version 11 ............. 78031 |===================== VM11 + Meltdown ........... 73599 |==================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 79893 |====================== Meltdown + Spectre ........ 75116 |==================== Meltdown .................. 73488 |==================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Baseline .................. 280.29 |========================================== VM Version 11 ............. 285.13 |========================================== VM11 + Meltdown ........... 288.89 |=========================================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 278.24 |========================================= Meltdown + Spectre ........ 280.24 |========================================== Meltdown .................. 280.77 |========================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Baseline .................. 70069 |=========================================== VM Version 11 ............. 71278 |=========================================== VM11 + Meltdown ........... 72219 |============================================ VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 69555 |========================================== Meltdown + Spectre ........ 70055 |=========================================== Meltdown .................. 70188 |=========================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Baseline .................. 146.68 |===================================== VM Version 11 ............. 142.49 |==================================== VM11 + Meltdown ........... 144.20 |==================================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 136.46 |================================== Meltdown + Spectre ........ 132.86 |================================= Meltdown .................. 171.68 |=========================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Baseline .................. 36668 |====================================== VM Version 11 ............. 35620 |===================================== VM11 + Meltdown ........... 36046 |===================================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 34113 |=================================== Meltdown + Spectre ........ 33212 |================================== Meltdown .................. 42917 |============================================ Loopback TCP Network Performance Time To Transfer 10GB Via Loopback Seconds < Lower Is Better Baseline .................. 16.07 |==================== VM Version 11 ............. 14.11 |================== VM11 + Meltdown ........... 32.38 |======================================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 33.87 |========================================== Meltdown + Spectre ........ 35.27 |============================================ Meltdown .................. 35.41 |============================================ Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Baseline .................. 20.10 |============================================ VM Version 11 ............. 20.15 |============================================ VM11 + Meltdown ........... 20.10 |============================================ VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 20.12 |============================================ Meltdown + Spectre ........ 20.15 |============================================ Meltdown .................. 20.14 |============================================ Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Baseline .................. 388.40 |=========================================== VM Version 11 ............. 388.51 |=========================================== VM11 + Meltdown ........... 388.96 |=========================================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 388.90 |=========================================== Meltdown + Spectre ........ 388.86 |=========================================== Meltdown .................. 389.37 |=========================================== lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Zstd 1 - Process: Compression MB/s > Higher Is Better Baseline .................. 253 |============================================== VM Version 11 ............. 253 |============================================== VM11 + Meltdown ........... 252 |============================================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 252 |============================================== Meltdown + Spectre ........ 252 |============================================== Meltdown .................. 252 |============================================== lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Zstd 1 - Process: Decompression MB/s > Higher Is Better Baseline .................. 712 |============================================== VM Version 11 ............. 712 |============================================== VM11 + Meltdown ........... 712 |============================================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 712 |============================================== Meltdown + Spectre ........ 710 |============================================== Meltdown .................. 712 |============================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Baseline .................. 3295 |============================================= VM Version 11 ............. 3297 |============================================= VM11 + Meltdown ........... 3290 |============================================= VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 3295 |============================================= Meltdown + Spectre ........ 3290 |============================================= Meltdown .................. 3292 |============================================= ebizzy 0.3 Records/s > Higher Is Better Baseline .................. 100136 |=========================================== VM Version 11 ............. 100181 |=========================================== VM11 + Meltdown ........... 99983 |=========================================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 100159 |=========================================== Meltdown + Spectre ........ 99691 |=========================================== Meltdown .................. 99966 |=========================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Baseline .................. 41.88 |====================================== VM Version 11 ............. 41.38 |====================================== VM11 + Meltdown ........... 46.68 |=========================================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 48.02 |============================================ Meltdown + Spectre ........ 46.38 |========================================== Meltdown .................. 45.98 |========================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Baseline .................. 215.80 |====================================== VM Version 11 ............. 211.81 |===================================== VM11 + Meltdown ........... 242.04 |=========================================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 243.47 |=========================================== Meltdown + Spectre ........ 237.06 |========================================== Meltdown .................. 235.76 |========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Baseline .................. 41.11 |============================================ VM Version 11 ............. 40.80 |=========================================== VM11 + Meltdown ........... 41.32 |============================================ VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 41.10 |============================================ Meltdown + Spectre ........ 41.15 |============================================ Meltdown .................. 41.25 |============================================ PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better Baseline .................. 42755.38 |========================================= VM Version 11 ............. 42384.19 |========================================= VM11 + Meltdown ........... 38186.37 |===================================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 37104.95 |==================================== Meltdown + Spectre ........ 38255.22 |===================================== Meltdown .................. 38292.55 |===================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Baseline .................. 4295.78 |======================================== VM Version 11 ............. 4521.73 |========================================== VM11 + Meltdown ........... 3822.94 |==================================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 3612.82 |================================== Meltdown + Spectre ........ 3772.69 |=================================== Meltdown .................. 3798.23 |=================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: LPOP Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Baseline .................. 1645086.19 |===================================== VM Version 11 ............. 1727381.25 |======================================= VM11 + Meltdown ........... 1249046.96 |============================ VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 1282797.35 |============================= Meltdown + Spectre ........ 1211754.63 |=========================== Meltdown .................. 1270135.10 |============================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Baseline .................. 1508887.11 |====================================== VM Version 11 ............. 1536158.42 |======================================= VM11 + Meltdown ........... 1184312.23 |============================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 1175113.42 |============================== Meltdown + Spectre ........ 1155302.41 |============================= Meltdown .................. 1239681.25 |=============================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Baseline .................. 1164228.71 |======================================= VM Version 11 ............. 1178050.10 |======================================= VM11 + Meltdown ........... 983957.39 |================================= VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 951810.71 |================================ Meltdown + Spectre ........ 903377.79 |============================== Meltdown .................. 943310.98 |=============================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Baseline .................. 14402.73 |========================================= VM Version 11 ............. 14228.70 |========================================= VM11 + Meltdown ........... 11061.33 |=============================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 10924.55 |=============================== Meltdown + Spectre ........ 9846.94 |============================ Meltdown .................. 10884.74 |===============================