20180122-2680v3
Benchmark after Meltdown and Spectre updates.


Baseline: 

	Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 @ 2.49GHz (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

Meltdown: 

	Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 @ 2.49GHz (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

Meltdown + Spectre: 

	Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 @ 2.49GHz (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

VM Version 11: 

	Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 @ 2.49GHz (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 v3 @ 2.49GHz (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 v3 @ 2.49GHz (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


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
Baseline .................. 49833.63 |=========================================
Meltdown .................. 44487.13 |=====================================
Meltdown + Spectre ........ 43583.24 |====================================
VM Version 11 ............. 49288.57 |=========================================
VM11 + Meltdown ........... 49475.89 |=========================================
VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 47785.66 |=======================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Baseline .................. 4840.98 |=========================================
Meltdown .................. 4137.47 |===================================
Meltdown + Spectre ........ 4098.00 |===================================
VM Version 11 ............. 4900.95 |==========================================
VM11 + Meltdown ........... 4677.45 |========================================
VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 4483.77 |======================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: LPOP
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Baseline .................. 1594903.88 |======================================
Meltdown .................. 1275026.58 |==============================
Meltdown + Spectre ........ 1204349.96 |=============================
VM Version 11 ............. 1637344.44 |=======================================
VM11 + Meltdown ........... 1568259.33 |=====================================
VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 1526446.33 |====================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Baseline .................. 1585274.88 |======================================
Meltdown .................. 1187769.08 |=============================
Meltdown + Spectre ........ 1166443.67 |============================
VM Version 11 ............. 1606925.88 |=======================================
VM11 + Meltdown ........... 1441577.08 |===================================
VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 1416523.92 |==================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Baseline .................. 1153166.92 |=======================================
Meltdown .................. 943057.04  |===============================
Meltdown + Spectre ........ 926521.08  |===============================
VM Version 11 ............. 1167963.54 |=======================================
VM11 + Meltdown ........... 1127728.12 |======================================
VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 1092402.92 |====================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Baseline .................. 16472.34 |========================================
Meltdown .................. 12347.23 |==============================
Meltdown + Spectre ........ 11906.93 |=============================
VM Version 11 ............. 16848.42 |=========================================
VM11 + Meltdown ........... 16757.25 |=========================================
VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 15357.72 |=====================================