Linux Laptops Intel KPTI Linux Benchmarks Lenovo ThinkPad Linux benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 6459CTO, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M-E, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS72201, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 128MB, Audio: Analog Devices AD1984, Network: Intel 82566MM Gigabit Connection + Intel PRO/Wireless OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-041400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.15, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB FUJITSU MHZ2160B, Graphics: NVA5 1024MB, Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-041400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1: Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW(BIOS: N14ET25W 1.03), Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG MZNTE128, Graphics: Intel HD 5500 3072MB (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-041400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 6459CTO, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M-E, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 100GB Hitachi HTS72201, Graphics: NV86 128MB, Audio: Analog Devices AD1984, Network: Intel 82566MM Gigabit Connection + Intel PRO/Wireless 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: 3.3 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB FUJITSU MHZ2160B, Graphics: NVA5 1024MB, Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline-gcc-retpo (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1: Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW(BIOS: N14ET25W 1.03), Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG MZNTE128, Graphics: Intel HD 5500 3072MB (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-phx-retpoline-gcc-retpo (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 447.25 |=============================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 488.35 |================================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 91.58 |====== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 445.48 |=============================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 538.64 |===================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 93.88 |====== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 16.50 |=============== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 17.20 |================ Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 40.95 |====================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 16.37 |=============== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 17.20 |================ KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 40.57 |====================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 15.30 |============== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 16.78 |=============== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 42.17 |====================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 15.15 |============== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 16.78 |=============== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 39.73 |==================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 47.38 |====== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 42.08 |===== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 310.12 |===================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 47.55 |====== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 42.28 |===== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 271.02 |================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 53.45 |======== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 62.17 |========== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 241.32 |===================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 49.72 |======== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 58.06 |========= KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 212.36 |================================= Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 74630053 |=================================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 47199972 |====================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 44678762 |===================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 74753814 |=================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 47264907 |====================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 44679572 |===================== Go Benchmarks Test: build Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 32195224912 |============================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 28364548603 |=========================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 15560772639 |=============== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 34024344510 |================================ KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 28975972922 |=========================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 15826064487 |=============== Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 15778114 |================================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 8556981 |=================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 8264076 |================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 16135985 |=================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 8578276 |=================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 8414721 |================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 77 |======================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 96 |============================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 126 |======================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 76 |======================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 94 |============================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 126 |======================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 101.08 |=================================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 63.93 |====================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 59.08 |===================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 105.70 |===================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 66.84 |======================= KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 60.13 |===================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 751.35 |==================================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 413.19 |==================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 412.03 |==================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 779.00 |===================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 427.19 |==================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 418.30 |==================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 21.01 |====================================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 12.46 |====================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 7.08 |============= KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 21.10 |====================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 12.64 |======================= KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 7.11 |============= Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Total ms < Lower Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 47510 |================================= Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 48210 |================================= Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 32310 |====================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 55490 |====================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 48190 |================================= KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 34390 |======================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Kernel ms < Lower Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 6760 |===================================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 5620 |=============================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 2670 |=============== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 7040 |======================================= KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 5800 |================================ KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 2740 |=============== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Userspace ms < Lower Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 40750 |================================ Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 42580 |================================= Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 21380 |================= KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 48450 |====================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 42380 |================================= KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 23310 |================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 321.97 |======= Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 338.81 |======== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 1605.59 |==================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 319.61 |======= KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 337.26 |======== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 1581.72 |=================================== Darktable 2.2.5 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 238.80 |===================================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 59.81 |========= Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 44.09 |======= KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 241.42 |===================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 60.05 |========= KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 44.23 |======= Darktable 2.2.5 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 233.43 |==================================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 32.09 |===== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 28.29 |==== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 236.65 |===================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 32.65 |===== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 28.54 |==== Darktable 2.2.5 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 221.50 |===================================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 27.23 |==== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 22.48 |==== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 224.11 |===================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 27.43 |===== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 22.60 |==== GIMP 2.8.20 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 9.44 |================================ Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 8.56 |============================= Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 3.57 |============ KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 11.10 |====================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 10.72 |===================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 3.94 |============= GIMP 2.8.20 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 15.15 |================================= Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 13.33 |============================= Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 6.82 |=============== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 17.19 |====================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 16.08 |==================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 7.30 |================ GIMP 2.8.20 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 30.43 |================================= Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 26.92 |============================= Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 13.50 |=============== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 35.20 |====================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 31.92 |================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 14.65 |================ Redis 3.0.1 Test: LPUSH Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 174076.98 |==== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 952845.39 |=================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 1637504.48 |================================= KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 108367.62 |== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 791426.52 |================ KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 1527545.33 |=============================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 193811.62 |=== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 1303046.83 |================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 2443039.00 |================================= KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 129535.48 |== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 1111278.21 |=============== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 2165615.08 |============================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 165079.92 |=== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 1009039.19 |==================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 1687647.50 |================================= KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 107773.49 |== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 857991.64 |================= KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 1546283.67 |============================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Socket Activity Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 954.02 |===================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 1493.17 |================================= Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 1640.05 |==================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 607.44 |============= KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 1057.14 |======================= KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 1115.78 |======================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Context Switching Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 505190.48 |================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 847639.34 |=============================== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 929902.85 |================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 340906.57 |============ KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 592191.89 |====================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 817200.34 |============================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: System V Message Passing Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 1429892.96 |============ Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 3988434.84 |================================= Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 2221473.92 |================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 764023.46 |====== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 1525006.60 |============= KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 1731089.18 |============== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61 ........ 7331.48 |=========== Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510 ....... 10611.38 |================= Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1 ......... 22448.41 |=================================== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61 .. 6254.06 |========== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510 . 8970.47 |============== KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1 ... 18798.24 |=============================