Before kpti fix Benchmark system before the new kernel with meltdown fix nokpti: Processor: Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI H61M-P25 (MS-7680) v5.0, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0 + 500GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BC14 + 500GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 1024MB, Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Monitor: ASUS VH242H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Fedora 26, Kernel: 4.14.8-200.fc26.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.2.4 (LLVM 4.0.1), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better nokpti . 11857 |=============================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better nokpti . 253.80 |============================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.5 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better nokpti . 14.38 |===============================================================