20180123-2690v4-vm11 Benchmark after VM Version 11, Meltdown and Spectre updates. VM Version 11: Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.59GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 107GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-31-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware VM11 + Meltdown: Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.59GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 107GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-109-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre: Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.59GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 107GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-111-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware Baseline: Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.59GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 107GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-31-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware Meltdown: Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.59GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 107GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-109-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware Meltdown + Spectre: Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.59GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 107GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-111-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better VM Version 11 ............. 5314.35 |========================================== VM11 + Meltdown ........... 4826.05 |====================================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 4767.55 |====================================== Baseline .................. 5131.15 |========================================= Meltdown .................. 4296.09 |================================== Meltdown + Spectre ........ 4197.21 |================================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: LPOP Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better VM Version 11 ............. 1681340.54 |======================================= VM11 + Meltdown ........... 1644799.04 |====================================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 1562393.29 |==================================== Baseline .................. 1444587.00 |================================== Meltdown .................. 1215559.50 |============================ Meltdown + Spectre ........ 1164830.03 |=========================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better VM Version 11 ............. 1692014.92 |======================================= VM11 + Meltdown ........... 1450025.46 |================================= VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 1451640.17 |================================= Baseline .................. 1427925.00 |================================= Meltdown .................. 1133607.92 |========================== Meltdown + Spectre ........ 1103054.42 |========================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better VM Version 11 ............. 1152627.46 |======================================= VM11 + Meltdown ........... 1129607.00 |====================================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 1120892.90 |====================================== Baseline .................. 1050444.15 |==================================== Meltdown .................. 875966.87 |============================== Meltdown + Spectre ........ 903416.98 |=============================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better VM Version 11 ............. 17580.64 |========================================= VM11 + Meltdown ........... 16329.41 |====================================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 16062.68 |===================================== Baseline .................. 16996.40 |======================================== Meltdown .................. 12437.17 |============================= Meltdown + Spectre ........ 12937.42 |==============================