Intel Core i7-7740K testing with a Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming-CF (F2d BIOS) and MSI NVIDIA GP108 2048MB on Ubuntu 17.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1801187-FO-UBUNTU17158
Ubuntu 17.10 Kernel Testing,
"Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 - Static Web Page Serving",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",48058.14,47889.48,46990.02
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",46596.91,46085.69,46127.44
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",45268.01,44841.61,44737.94
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Compile",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",846.83,709.89,662.7,805.4,891.12,743.09
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",791.79,714.99,690.59,842.21,724.58,687.91
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",867.33,645.79,642.35,842.94,858.07,812.53
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Initial Create",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",527.84,530.87,417.04
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",593.41,489.32,406.66
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",463.68,510.57,376.73
"Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 - Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",435.07,434.063,434.01
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",363.63,363.579,363.531
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",395.087,395.124,395.015
"Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 - Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",108764,108512,108499
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",90904,90891,90879
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",98768,98777,98750
"Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 - Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",283.996,296.863,289.35
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",463.536,401.712,279.913,294.107,329.681,291.852
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",287.796,289.071,285.189
"Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 - Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",70995,74212,72334
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",115880,100424,69975,73523,82417,72959
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",71945,72264,71294
"Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",568.026,568.043,568.02
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",533.974,533.891,533.982
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",526.504,526.547,526.575
"Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",142003,142007,142001
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",133490,133469,133492
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",131622,131633,131640
"Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",287.447,322.896,345.056,336.765,344.34,304.429
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",288.892,288.08,288.559
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",289.703,289.12,292.278
"Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",71858,80720,86260,84188,86081,76104
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",72219,72016,72136
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",72422,72276,73066
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",187.3,222.7,199.8,224.2,179.4,206.9
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",214.9,218.7,215.7
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",162.1,244.1,155.8,228,162.4,189.9
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",186.7,178.5,187.1
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",223.2,234,211.2,196.6,174.9,175
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",174.6,255.6,221,212.5,251.8,173.3
"Gzip Compression - 2GB File Compression",
Lower Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",8.496994972229,8.5393438339233,8.3811688423157
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",8.4921760559082,8.3835451602936,8.4660460948944
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",8.3950390815735,8.5566580295563,8.3852958679199
"Hackbench - Count: 4 - Type: Thread",
Lower Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",16.164,16.395,16.355
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",16.806,16.93,16.854
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",14.17,14.214,14.198
"Hackbench - Count: 8 - Type: Thread",
Lower Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",30.806,30.853,30.648
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",29.548,31.556,31.66,31.951,31.433
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",28.492,28.439,28.623
"Hackbench - Count: 16 - Type: Thread",
Lower Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",53.804,54.239,54.282
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",56.161,61.885,58.025,56.506,55.561,56.023
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",60.465,61.125,55.998,59.992,56.042,56.124
"Hackbench - Count: 4 - Type: Process",
Lower Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",16.083,15.555,15.169
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",15.614,15.947,16.003
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",13.706,13.747,13.723
"Hackbench - Count: 8 - Type: Process",
Lower Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",29.424,29.469,29.312
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",30.531,30.289,29.911
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",27.856,27.686,27.899
"Hackbench - Count: 16 - Type: Process",
Lower Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",52.26,51.352,52.636
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",54.55,54.265,54.587
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",54.776,54.661,62.497,55.282,55.074,54.981
"LZMA Compression - 256MB File Compression",
Lower Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",224.16011786461,221.39802503586,221.32096290588
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",226.71919298172,224.02423000336,234.36738681793
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",221.89179587364,221.91735315323,221.95418190956
"NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9 - Static Web Page Serving",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",52017.66,51638.63,52228.36
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",49876.73,51210.27,50745.6
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",49470.97,49382.63,48997.73
"PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0 - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",148651.642488,147822.066815,148162.486075
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",148408.285972,148337.625252,147788.722166
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",144970.182193,145513.839965,145545.270862
"PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0 - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",12970.421939,11449.152659,8737.637882,10522.176344,10306.9242,10889.402916
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",11828.764125,11908.385593,9885.626372,10793.992575,9409.394324,13035.179681
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",11528.580435,11365.27318,8741.319168,10103.869182,10666.138736,11590.901172
"PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0 - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Only",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",143021.129916,142787.377539,143660.206095
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",143075.170294,142025.273618,139256.452872
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",141331.857706,141738.511587,141278.631869
"PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0 - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",10091.520045,9785.395082,9710.440535
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",9970.046307,10623.254012,11260.475973,9969.601457,10496.410886,10321.315767
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",12277.845823,11786.470348,11171.651409,11864.412494,12074.893781,11052.92523
"Redis 3.0.1 - Test: LPOP",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",3787878.75,3703703.5,3759398.5
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",2785515.25,2816901.5,2762431
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",2739726,2732240.5,2762431
"Redis 3.0.1 - Test: SADD",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",2785515.25,2915452,2915452
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",2785515.25,2801120.5,2801120.5
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",2739726,2816901.5,2777777.75
"Redis 3.0.1 - Test: LPUSH",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",2475247.5,2336448.5,2500000,2531645.5
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",2331002.5,2352941,2409638.5
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",2347417.75,2380952.5,2314814.75
"Redis 3.0.1 - Test: GET",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",3584229.25,3636363.5,3558719
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",3246753.25,3194888.25,3236246
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",3194888.25,3164556.75,3267974
"Redis 3.0.1 - Test: SET",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",2570694,2564102.75,2450980.5
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",2469135.75,2409638.5,2506265.75
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",2481389.5,2518891.5,2557544.75
"SQLite 3.8.10.2 - Test Target: Default Test Directory",
Lower Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",27.69510102272,31.399435043335,17.134036064148,18.487993001938,28.598532915115,17.464799880981
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",20.774413108826,28.711428880692,28.613294124603,29.271958827972,31.239495992661,25.636786937714
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",22.57851099968,24.891088962555,17.91047501564,22.843641996384,31.340449094772,18.432085990906
"Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: Crypto",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",1028.02,1028.27,1026.62
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",1027.16,1026.49,1022.85
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",1027.92,1028.41,1028.51
"Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: CPU Stress",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",2200.95,2188.45,2176.95
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",2181.18,2192.64,2185.93
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",2193.21,2195.88,2189.17
"Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: Semaphores",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",6212262.41,6240862.53,6229219.48
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",6288966.53,6218126.52,6184982.48
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",6261471.96,6159132.38,6223349.98
"Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: Socket Activity",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",6181.11,6248.05,6241.69
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",6204.18,6276.56,6317.77
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",3846.01,4114.18,4134.24,4038.97
"Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: Context Switching",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",3293508.5,3291871.98,3321695.69
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",3068976.11,3003773.43,3362637.66,3185427.61,3018853.51,3133350.66
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",2988429.12,3000774.64,2952281.41
"Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: System V Message Passing",
Higher Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",6085432.56,7805629.16,6154381.78,6643234.2,6084056.92,6947905.62
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",4514455.02,7373218.65,6223351.49,6456512.96,6507660.77,6184737.12
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",8957501.2,8893881.25,8294956.24,8765279.96
"Systemd Total Boot Time - Test: Total",
Lower Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",
"Systemd Total Boot Time - Test: Kernel",
Lower Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",
"Systemd Total Boot Time - Test: Loader",
Lower Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",
"Systemd Total Boot Time - Test: Firmware",
Lower Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",
"Systemd Total Boot Time - Test: Userspace",
Lower Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",
"Timed GCC Compilation 7.2 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",911.3135099411,905.98025918007,902.86607003212
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",914.43349599838,905.65150403976,900.4708969593
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",904.28016805649,902.7283411026,899.70029306412
"Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-25 KPTI",107.77379703522,104.96249699593,105.38450813293
"i9-7740X: 4.13.0-30 KPTI + IBPB IBRS",107.82245993614,106.01246500015,106.30653715134
"i9-7740X: 4.15-rc8 KPTI + Full Retpo",109.39702510834,106.02665805817,105.63557696342