20180119-2680v1
Benchmark after Meltdown and Spectre updates.


Baseline: 

	Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 0 @ 2.70GHz (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 0 @ 2.70GHz (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 0 @ 2.70GHz (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 0 @ 2.70GHz (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 0 @ 2.70GHz (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 0 @ 2.70GHz (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 .................. 40274.19 |========================================
Meltdown .................. 35309.60 |===================================
Meltdown + Spectre ........ 35673.76 |====================================
VM Version 11 ............. 40829.36 |=========================================
VM11 + Meltdown ........... 39708.84 |========================================
VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 39396.26 |========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Baseline .................. 4058.52 |========================================
Meltdown .................. 3565.03 |===================================
Meltdown + Spectre ........ 3507.33 |===================================
VM Version 11 ............. 4250.27 |==========================================
VM11 + Meltdown ........... 3872.13 |======================================
VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 3827.55 |======================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: LPOP
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Baseline .................. 1302727.53 |==================================
Meltdown .................. 1118689.08 |=============================
Meltdown + Spectre ........ 1032359.60 |===========================
VM Version 11 ............. 1486937.81 |=======================================
VM11 + Meltdown ........... 1384232.50 |====================================
VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 1323131.13 |===================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Baseline .................. 1418045.29 |======================================
Meltdown .................. 1033820.79 |============================
Meltdown + Spectre ........ 959746.64  |==========================
VM Version 11 ............. 1465798.63 |=======================================
VM11 + Meltdown ........... 1277632.35 |==================================
VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 1254175.44 |=================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Baseline .................. 1032413.17 |======================================
Meltdown .................. 820068.77  |==============================
Meltdown + Spectre ........ 794104.94  |=============================
VM Version 11 ............. 1062892.06 |=======================================
VM11 + Meltdown ........... 974222.94  |====================================
VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 972907.60  |====================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Baseline .................. 12476.36 |=====================================
Meltdown .................. 10111.21 |==============================
Meltdown + Spectre ........ 8969.57  |==========================
VM Version 11 ............. 13964.18 |=========================================
VM11 + Meltdown ........... 12218.39 |====================================
VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 12454.87 |=====================================