KPTI + Retpoline Ubuntu Linux Benchmarks Comparison

Tests by Michael Larabel.

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Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i9-7980XE
January 08 2018
 
KPTI + Retpoline: i9-7980XE
January 08 2018
 
Linux 4.14.0 Stock: E3-1280 v5
January 08 2018
 
KPTI + Retpoline: E3-1280 v5
January 08 2018
 
Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i7-6800K
January 09 2018
 
KPTI + Retpoline: i7-6800K
January 09 2018
 
KPTI + Retpo + New ucode: i9-7980XE
January 10 2018
 
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KPTI + Retpoline Ubuntu Linux Benchmarks Comparison Tests by Michael Larabel. Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i9-7980XE: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: NV137 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-041400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 KPTI + Retpoline: i9-7980XE: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: NV137 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline-gcc-retpo (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.14.0 Stock: E3-1280 v5: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-041400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.4.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 KPTI + Retpoline: E3-1280 v5: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline-gcc-retpo (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.4.0-devel- padoka PPA (), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i7-6800K: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NV120 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-041400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 KPTI + Retpoline: i7-6800K: Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.80GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150, Graphics: NV120 12288MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline-gcc-retpo (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 KPTI + Retpo + New ucode: i9-7980XE: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (BIOS: 0802), Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: NV137 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline-gcc-retpo (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i9-7980XE ....... 1728.79 |================================ KPTI + Retpoline: i9-7980XE ......... 1617.36 |============================== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: E3-1280 v5 ...... 1025.74 |=================== KPTI + Retpoline: E3-1280 v5 ........ 890.30 |================ Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i7-6800K ........ 673.16 |============ KPTI + Retpoline: i7-6800K .......... 625.73 |============ KPTI + Retpo + New ucode: i9-7980XE . 1610.15 |============================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i9-7980XE ....... 768.95 |================================= KPTI + Retpoline: i9-7980XE ......... 652.25 |============================ Linux 4.14.0 Stock: E3-1280 v5 ...... 564.61 |======================== KPTI + Retpoline: E3-1280 v5 ........ 502.70 |====================== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i7-6800K ........ 437.86 |=================== KPTI + Retpoline: i7-6800K .......... 341.72 |=============== KPTI + Retpo + New ucode: i9-7980XE . 619.26 |=========================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i9-7980XE ....... 3341.51 |============================== KPTI + Retpoline: i9-7980XE ......... 2901.76 |========================== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: E3-1280 v5 ...... 3554.88 |================================ KPTI + Retpoline: E3-1280 v5 ........ 2940.48 |========================== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i7-6800K ........ 2873.76 |========================== KPTI + Retpoline: i7-6800K .......... 2462.60 |====================== KPTI + Retpo + New ucode: i9-7980XE . 2940.08 |========================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i9-7980XE ....... 753.24 |================================= KPTI + Retpoline: i9-7980XE ......... 684.15 |============================== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: E3-1280 v5 ...... 663.83 |============================= KPTI + Retpoline: E3-1280 v5 ........ 560.53 |========================= Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i7-6800K ........ 287.04 |============= KPTI + Retpoline: i7-6800K .......... 75.00 |=== KPTI + Retpo + New ucode: i9-7980XE . 522.29 |======================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i9-7980XE ....... 726.28 |================================= KPTI + Retpoline: i9-7980XE ......... 687.38 |=============================== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: E3-1280 v5 ...... 730.54 |================================= KPTI + Retpoline: E3-1280 v5 ........ 728.60 |================================= Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i7-6800K ........ 431.81 |==================== KPTI + Retpoline: i7-6800K .......... 432.22 |==================== KPTI + Retpo + New ucode: i9-7980XE . 696.15 |=============================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i9-7980XE ....... 224.93 |================================= KPTI + Retpoline: i9-7980XE ......... 185.13 |=========================== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: E3-1280 v5 ...... 99.97 |=============== KPTI + Retpoline: E3-1280 v5 ........ 68.10 |========== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i7-6800K ........ 61.43 |========= KPTI + Retpoline: i7-6800K .......... 47.93 |======= KPTI + Retpo + New ucode: i9-7980XE . 191.47 |============================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i9-7980XE ....... 673.93 |================================= KPTI + Retpoline: i9-7980XE ......... 500.60 |========================= Linux 4.14.0 Stock: E3-1280 v5 ...... 111.47 |===== KPTI + Retpoline: E3-1280 v5 ........ 83.87 |==== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i7-6800K ........ 51.73 |=== KPTI + Retpoline: i7-6800K .......... 50.13 |== KPTI + Retpo + New ucode: i9-7980XE . 495.53 |======================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i9-7980XE ....... 366.08 |================================= KPTI + Retpoline: i9-7980XE ......... 264.50 |======================== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: E3-1280 v5 ...... 59.40 |===== KPTI + Retpoline: E3-1280 v5 ........ 56.73 |===== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i7-6800K ........ 42.63 |==== KPTI + Retpoline: i7-6800K .......... 42.63 |==== KPTI + Retpo + New ucode: i9-7980XE . 332.45 |============================== Timed GCC Compilation 7.2 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i9-7980XE ....... 761.83 |====================== KPTI + Retpoline: i9-7980XE ......... 817.09 |======================== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: E3-1280 v5 ...... 1069.58 |=============================== KPTI + Retpoline: E3-1280 v5 ........ 1095.89 |================================ Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i7-6800K ........ 1043.44 |============================== KPTI + Retpoline: i7-6800K .......... 1067.35 |=============================== KPTI + Retpo + New ucode: i9-7980XE . 824.22 |======================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i9-7980XE ....... 37.95 |========== KPTI + Retpoline: i9-7980XE ......... 39.23 |========== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: E3-1280 v5 ...... 129.07 |================================ KPTI + Retpoline: E3-1280 v5 ........ 131.39 |================================= Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i7-6800K ........ 98.92 |========================= KPTI + Retpoline: i7-6800K .......... 100.28 |========================= KPTI + Retpo + New ucode: i9-7980XE . 39.07 |========== NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i9-7980XE ....... 54668.12 |=============================== KPTI + Retpoline: i9-7980XE ......... 42867.70 |======================== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: E3-1280 v5 ...... 39061.22 |====================== KPTI + Retpoline: E3-1280 v5 ........ 29838.35 |================= Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i7-6800K ........ 44577.66 |========================= KPTI + Retpoline: i7-6800K .......... 32738.39 |=================== KPTI + Retpo + New ucode: i9-7980XE . 43395.84 |========================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i9-7980XE ....... 51621.45 |=============================== KPTI + Retpoline: i9-7980XE ......... 35205.88 |===================== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: E3-1280 v5 ...... 32278.00 |=================== KPTI + Retpoline: E3-1280 v5 ........ 25399.47 |=============== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i7-6800K ........ 39258.74 |======================== KPTI + Retpoline: i7-6800K .......... 29046.81 |================= KPTI + Retpo + New ucode: i9-7980XE . 35704.57 |===================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: LPOP Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i9-7980XE ....... 2114991.47 |=================== KPTI + Retpoline: i9-7980XE ......... 1876687.36 |================= Linux 4.14.0 Stock: E3-1280 v5 ...... 3174795.25 |============================= KPTI + Retpoline: E3-1280 v5 ........ 2198334.67 |==================== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i7-6800K ........ 2736121.25 |========================= KPTI + Retpoline: i7-6800K .......... 2157675.11 |==================== KPTI + Retpo + New ucode: i9-7980XE . 2571985.21 |======================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: SADD Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i9-7980XE ....... 2334920.58 |============================ KPTI + Retpoline: i9-7980XE ......... 2162591.79 |========================== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: E3-1280 v5 ...... 2445696.92 |============================= KPTI + Retpoline: E3-1280 v5 ........ 2212974.50 |========================== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i7-6800K ........ 2153727.13 |========================== KPTI + Retpoline: i7-6800K .......... 1997466.83 |======================== KPTI + Retpo + New ucode: i9-7980XE . 2164885.69 |========================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: LPUSH Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i9-7980XE ....... 2227561.19 |============================= KPTI + Retpoline: i9-7980XE ......... 1920204.67 |========================= Linux 4.14.0 Stock: E3-1280 v5 ...... 2044989.17 |=========================== KPTI + Retpoline: E3-1280 v5 ........ 1809081.16 |======================== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i7-6800K ........ 1927479.21 |========================= KPTI + Retpoline: i7-6800K .......... 1749531.25 |======================= KPTI + Retpo + New ucode: i9-7980XE . 1907426.04 |========================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i9-7980XE ....... 2722404.67 |=========================== KPTI + Retpoline: i9-7980XE ......... 2428046.71 |======================== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: E3-1280 v5 ...... 2882051.00 |============================= KPTI + Retpoline: E3-1280 v5 ........ 2553195.25 |========================== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i7-6800K ........ 2436558.69 |========================= KPTI + Retpoline: i7-6800K .......... 2276820.75 |======================= KPTI + Retpo + New ucode: i9-7980XE . 2529291.13 |========================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i9-7980XE ....... 2229753.79 |============================= KPTI + Retpoline: i9-7980XE ......... 2005842.48 |========================== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: E3-1280 v5 ...... 2109357.27 |=========================== KPTI + Retpoline: E3-1280 v5 ........ 1919907.83 |========================= Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i7-6800K ........ 1986985.08 |========================== KPTI + Retpoline: i7-6800K .......... 1790310.78 |======================= KPTI + Retpo + New ucode: i9-7980XE . 2021055.25 |========================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i9-7980XE ....... 7756.95 |================ KPTI + Retpoline: i9-7980XE ......... 6594.40 |============== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: E3-1280 v5 ...... 2251.69 |===== KPTI + Retpoline: E3-1280 v5 ........ 2231.11 |===== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i7-6800K ........ 2487.20 |===== KPTI + Retpoline: i7-6800K .......... 2515.03 |===== KPTI + Retpo + New ucode: i9-7980XE . 15067.00 |=============================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i9-7980XE ....... 188306 |================================= KPTI + Retpoline: i9-7980XE ......... 171034 |============================== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: E3-1280 v5 ...... 165953 |============================= KPTI + Retpoline: E3-1280 v5 ........ 140128 |========================= Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i7-6800K ........ 71757 |============= KPTI + Retpoline: i7-6800K .......... 18747 |=== KPTI + Retpo + New ucode: i9-7980XE . 130570 |======================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i9-7980XE ....... 181566 |================================= KPTI + Retpoline: i9-7980XE ......... 171841 |=============================== Linux 4.14.0 Stock: E3-1280 v5 ...... 182631 |================================= KPTI + Retpoline: E3-1280 v5 ........ 182147 |================================= Linux 4.14.0 Stock: i7-6800K ........ 107948 |==================== KPTI + Retpoline: i7-6800K .......... 108050 |==================== KPTI + Retpo + New ucode: i9-7980XE . 174034 |===============================