Linux 4.20 Intel STIBP Impact Linux 4.20 Spectre/Meltdown mitigation impact. Tests by Michael Larabel. Linux 4.20 Git: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.20GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1503 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP510, Graphics: NV120 12GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.20.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20181115, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.2.2, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.20GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1503 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP510, Graphics: NV120 12GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.20.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20181115, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.2.2, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 230 |=================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 247 |====================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 1183 |================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 1281 |===================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 598 |============================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 751 |====================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 2602 |============================ Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 3493 |===================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 654 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 668 |====================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP LBM Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 72.90 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 73.08 |==================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP CUTCP Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 2.39 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 2.41 |===================================== Parboil 2.5 Test: OpenMP Stencil Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 7.07 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 7.06 |===================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 26.08 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 20.36 |============================ Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 11.63 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 11.44 |=================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 14.41 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 14.10 |=================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 12.58 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 8.78 |========================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 7.392 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 2.55 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 2.49 |==================================== Bork File Encrypter 1.4 File Encryption Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 6.88 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 6.59 |=================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: H2 msec < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 7263 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 6824 |=================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Jython msec < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 4881 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 3233 |========================= DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Eclipse msec < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 18307 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 16709 |================================= DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Tradesoap msec < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 4665 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 4455 |=================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Tradebeans msec < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 7623 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 7220 |=================================== LuaJIT 2.0.5 Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 1620 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 1616 |===================================== LuaJIT 2.0.5 Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 551 |====================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 550 |====================================== LuaJIT 2.0.5 Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 634 |====================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 620 |===================================== LuaJIT 2.0.5 Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 1412 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 1412 |===================================== LuaJIT 2.0.5 Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 3850 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 3843 |===================================== LuaJIT 2.0.5 Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 1653 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 1652 |===================================== Crafty 25.2 Elapsed Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 8707447 |================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 8789119 |================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 29021 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 29031 |==================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 99151333 |================================= Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 99502667 |================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 888278 |=================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 901065 |=================================== Node.js Express HTTP Load Test Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 9738 |=============================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 11173 |==================================== x264 2018-09-25 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 124 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 128 |====================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Swirl Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 227 |====================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 229 |====================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Rotate Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 261 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 269 |====================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 181 |====================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 182 |====================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Enhanced Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 207 |====================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 209 |====================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 255 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 259 |====================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Noise-Gaussian Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 170 |=================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 182 |====================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 269 |====================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 270 |====================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 3085 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 3061 |===================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 48.91 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 44.80 |================================= Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 242 |====================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 223 |=================================== Timed PHP Compilation 7.1.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 56.64 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 53.07 |================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 42.58 |============== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 106.24 |=================================== Rust Mandelbrot Time To Complete Serial/Parallel Mandelbrot Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 43.87 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 43.84 |==================================== Rust Prime Benchmark Prime Number Test To 200,000,000 Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 8.20 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 8.20 |===================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 128 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 56.72 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 55.69 |=================================== Node.js Octane Benchmark Score > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 39390 |=============================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 45262 |==================================== Zstd Compression 1.3.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19 Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 10.48 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 10.52 |==================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 27.52 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 27.07 |=================================== m-queens 1.2 Time To Solve Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 48.76 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 48.79 |==================================== OpenCV Benchmark 3.3.0 Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 82.85 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 80.72 |=================================== R Benchmark Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 0.6548 |=================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 0.6462 |=================================== OpenSSL 1.1.1 RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 4660 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 4679 |===================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 450756 |============================= Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 537152 |=================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 10733 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 9326 |=============================== Darktable 2.4.4 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 8.22 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 8.21 |===================================== Darktable 2.4.4 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 3.92 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 3.88 |===================================== Darktable 2.4.4 Test: Server Rack - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 0.13 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 0.13 |===================================== Darktable 2.4.4 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 2.61 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 2.59 |===================================== GIMP 2.10.6 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 12.01 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 10.97 |================================= GIMP 2.10.6 Test: rotate Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 17.01 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 15.70 |================================= GIMP 2.10.6 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 18.72 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 17.43 |================================== GIMP 2.10.6 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 24.51 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 22.54 |================================= Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Crypto Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 3570 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 3574 |===================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Forking Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 108185 |================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 112064 |=================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: CPU Stress Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 7854 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 7923 |===================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Semaphores Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 3084725 |================================= Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 3174031 |================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Memory Copying Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 3272 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 3266 |===================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Socket Activity Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 16182 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 15991 |==================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Context Switching Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 17886560 |====================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 26522953 |================================= Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: System V Message Passing Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 8094692 |================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 8014998 |================================== IndigoBench 4.0.64 Scene: Bedroom M samples/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 2.42 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 2.48 |===================================== IndigoBench 4.0.64 Scene: Supercar M samples/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 5.72 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 5.94 |===================================== Blender 2.79a Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 124 |====================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 116 |==================================== Blender 2.79a Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 182 |====================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 172 |==================================== Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Add Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 56176 |======================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 84336 |==================================== Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Get Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 116920 |============================ Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 147159 |=================================== Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Set Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 57430 |========================= Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 84342 |==================================== Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Append Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 70380 |=========================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 94793 |==================================== Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Delete Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 115755 |============================ Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 146074 |=================================== Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Prepend Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 70906 |=========================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 94521 |==================================== Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Replace Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 71630 |=========================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 95311 |==================================== PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 1310 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 948 |=========================== Numenta Anomaly Benchmark 2018-11-09 Time To Completion Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 169 |====================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 162 |==================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 491411 |========================= Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 700397 |=================================== Scikit-Learn 0.17.1 Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 146 |====================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 146 |====================================== Sunflow Rendering System 0.07.2 Global Illumination + Image Synthesis Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 0.93 |===================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 0.94 |===================================== Chaos Group V-RAY 1.1.0 Mode: CPU Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.20 Git .................... 43.46 |==================================== Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled . 41.53 |==================================