KPTI
Intel Core i7-6900K testing with a ASUS X99-A II and eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB on Arch rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite.


4.14.10-1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6900K @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS X99-A II, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 500GB Samsung SSD 850 + 480GB SanDisk SDSSDHII + 2 x Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1265/3505MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: VE248, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.14.10-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: NVIDIA 387.34, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20171128 + Clang 5.0.1 + CUDA 9.1, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 5760x2160

4.14.11-1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6900K @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS X99-A II, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 500GB Samsung SSD 850 + 480GB SanDisk SDSSDHII + 2 x Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1265/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VE248, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.14.11-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: NVIDIA 387.34, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20171128 + Clang 5.0.1 + CUDA 9.1, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 5760x2160

Ubuntu-4.4.0-104: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock B75 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB M4-CT064M4SSD2 + 6001GB Western Digital WD60EZRX-00M, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-104-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Intel Core i5-2500K: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock B75 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB M4-CT064M4SSD2 + 6001GB Western Digital WD60EZRX-00M, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-109-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Blur
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
4.14.10-1 ........... 170 |====================================================
4.14.11-1 ........... 170 |====================================================
Ubuntu-4.4.0-104 .... 91  |============================
Intel Core i5-2500K . 96  |=============================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
4.14.10-1 ........... 171 |===================================================
4.14.11-1 ........... 175 |====================================================
Ubuntu-4.4.0-104 .... 47  |==============
Intel Core i5-2500K . 48  |==============


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
4.14.10-1 ........... 208 |==================================================
4.14.11-1 ........... 215 |====================================================
Ubuntu-4.4.0-104 .... 122 |==============================
Intel Core i5-2500K . 125 |==============================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
4.14.10-1 ........... 219 |==================================================
4.14.11-1 ........... 228 |====================================================
Ubuntu-4.4.0-104 .... 158 |====================================
Intel Core i5-2500K . 160 |====================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
4.14.10-1 ........... 99  |==================================================
4.14.11-1 ........... 102 |====================================================
Ubuntu-4.4.0-104 .... 75  |======================================
Intel Core i5-2500K . 86  |============================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
4.14.10-1 ........... 72.48  |================
4.14.11-1 ........... 73.14  |=================
Ubuntu-4.4.0-104 .... 212.46 |================================================
Intel Core i5-2500K . 215.27 |=================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
4.14.10-1 ........... 11.46 |=================
4.14.11-1 ........... 11.47 |=================
Ubuntu-4.4.0-104 .... 33.73 |==================================================
Intel Core i5-2500K . 33.84 |==================================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
4.14.10-1 ........... 5.81 |==================================
4.14.11-1 ........... 5.81 |==================================
Ubuntu-4.4.0-104 .... 8.73 |===================================================
Intel Core i5-2500K . 8.74 |===================================================


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
4.14.10-1 ........... 1447.53 |================================================
4.14.11-1 ........... 1446.70 |================================================
Intel Core i5-2500K . 419.60  |==============