Various Tests
Intel Core i7-8700K testing with a ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0607 BIOS) and Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8192MB on Ubuntu 17.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Stock Kernel Config: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0607 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8192MB (1607/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.15.10-041510-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 390.42, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

No PTI Or Retpolines: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0607 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8192MB (1607/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.15.10-041510-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 390.42, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0
Rendering Test: Text Rendering
Units Per Second > Higher Is Better
Stock Kernel Config .. 35790.70 |=============================================
No PTI Or Retpolines . 36517.68 |==============================================


Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0
Rendering Test: Image Rendering
Units Per Second > Higher Is Better
Stock Kernel Config .. 22970371.18 |===========================================
No PTI Or Retpolines . 22319703.98 |==========================================


Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0
Rendering Test: Vector Graphics Rendering
Units Per Second > Higher Is Better
Stock Kernel Config .. 9852285.70 |===========================================
No PTI Or Retpolines . 9966398.03 |============================================


Java SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Stock Kernel Config .. 2823.85 |===============================================
No PTI Or Retpolines . 2793.77 |==============================================


Java SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Monte Carlo
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Stock Kernel Config .. 1141.46 |===============================================
No PTI Or Retpolines . 1153.33 |===============================================


Java SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Stock Kernel Config .. 1669.39 |=============================================
No PTI Or Retpolines . 1751.85 |===============================================


Java SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Stock Kernel Config .. 2531.87 |===============================================
No PTI Or Retpolines . 2312.29 |===========================================


Java SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Stock Kernel Config .. 7110.67 |===============================================
No PTI Or Retpolines . 7041.95 |===============================================


Java SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Stock Kernel Config .. 1690.51 |==============================================
No PTI Or Retpolines . 1709.43 |===============================================


LuaJIT 2.0.5
Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Stock Kernel Config .. 1728.19 |===============================================
No PTI Or Retpolines . 1687.00 |==============================================


LuaJIT 2.0.5
Test: Monte Carlo
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Stock Kernel Config .. 581.95 |================================================
No PTI Or Retpolines . 552.34 |==============================================


LuaJIT 2.0.5
Test: Fast Fourier Transform
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Stock Kernel Config .. 515.37 |================================================
No PTI Or Retpolines . 509.84 |===============================================


LuaJIT 2.0.5
Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Stock Kernel Config .. 1500.48 |===============================================
No PTI Or Retpolines . 1477.27 |==============================================


LuaJIT 2.0.5
Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Stock Kernel Config .. 4275.43 |===============================================
No PTI Or Retpolines . 3972.22 |============================================


LuaJIT 2.0.5
Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Stock Kernel Config .. 1767.71 |===============================================
No PTI Or Retpolines . 1768.96 |===============================================


LLVM Test Suite 6.0.0
Time To Run
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Stock Kernel Config .. 164.61 |===============================================
No PTI Or Retpolines . 167.14 |================================================


Java JMH
Throughput
Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Stock Kernel Config .. 25753043560.17 |========================================
No PTI Or Retpolines . 25742839515.98 |========================================


Git
Time To Complete Common Git Commands
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Stock Kernel Config .. 4.43 |==================================================
No PTI Or Retpolines . 4.47 |==================================================


Sunflow Rendering System 0.07.2
Global Illumination + Image Synthesis
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Stock Kernel Config .. 1.41 |==================================================
No PTI Or Retpolines . 1.41 |==================================================