20180122-2699v4-vm11
Benchmark after VM Version 11, Meltdown and Spectre updates.


VM Version 11: 

	Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 @ 2.19GHz (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 E5-2699 v4 @ 2.19GHz (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 E5-2699 v4 @ 2.19GHz (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

Baseline: 

	Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 @ 2.19GHz (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 E5-2699 v4 @ 2.19GHz (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 E5-2699 v4 @ 2.19GHz (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
VM Version 11 ............. 49671.50 |========================================
VM11 + Meltdown ........... 50540.59 |=========================================
VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 50040.56 |=========================================
Baseline .................. 49634.87 |========================================
Meltdown .................. 45680.64 |=====================================
Meltdown + Spectre ........ 44744.79 |====================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
VM Version 11 ............. 5385.45 |==========================================
VM11 + Meltdown ........... 4649.34 |====================================
VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 4695.48 |=====================================
Baseline .................. 5357.64 |==========================================
Meltdown .................. 4393.41 |==================================
Meltdown + Spectre ........ 4328.25 |==================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: LPOP
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
VM Version 11 ............. 1778346.31 |=======================================
VM11 + Meltdown ........... 1707073.66 |=====================================
VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 1642871.58 |====================================
Baseline .................. 1549888.25 |==================================
Meltdown .................. 1288221.75 |============================
Meltdown + Spectre ........ 1258479.25 |============================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
VM Version 11 ............. 1762363.90 |=======================================
VM11 + Meltdown ........... 1580273.37 |===================================
VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 1624388.63 |====================================
Baseline .................. 1568116.13 |===================================
Meltdown .................. 1190686.33 |==========================
Meltdown + Spectre ........ 1170997.34 |==========================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
VM Version 11 ............. 1272948.54 |=======================================
VM11 + Meltdown ........... 1249014.21 |======================================
VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 1200283.59 |=====================================
Baseline .................. 1132355.71 |===================================
Meltdown .................. 946125.10  |=============================
Meltdown + Spectre ........ 943521.42  |=============================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
VM Version 11 ............. 17775.41 |=======================================
VM11 + Meltdown ........... 16785.00 |=====================================
VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 15827.28 |===================================
Baseline .................. 18529.16 |=========================================
Meltdown .................. 12806.73 |============================
Meltdown + Spectre ........ 13082.69 |=============================