20180123-2683v4 Benchmark after VM Version 11, Meltdown and Spectre updates. VM Version 11: Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 @ 2.10GHz (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 E5-2683 v4 @ 2.10GHz (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 E5-2683 v4 @ 2.10GHz (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 E5-2683 v4 @ 2.10GHz (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 E5-2683 v4 @ 2.10GHz (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 E5-2683 v4 @ 2.10GHz (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 ............. 4391.03 |========================================== VM11 + Meltdown ........... 3951.43 |====================================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 3877.50 |===================================== Baseline .................. 4265.76 |========================================= Meltdown .................. 3552.19 |================================== Meltdown + Spectre ........ 3397.18 |================================ Redis 3.0.1 Test: LPOP Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better VM Version 11 ............. 1358767.46 |======================================= VM11 + Meltdown ........... 1315647.59 |====================================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 1328135.46 |====================================== Baseline .................. 1201827.33 |================================== Meltdown .................. 990458.52 |============================ Meltdown + Spectre ........ 956348.87 |=========================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better VM Version 11 ............. 1385020.42 |======================================= VM11 + Meltdown ........... 1250005.25 |=================================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 1191710.25 |================================== Baseline .................. 1184643.00 |================================= Meltdown .................. 920871.44 |========================== Meltdown + Spectre ........ 899847.41 |========================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better VM Version 11 ............. 952542.33 |======================================== VM11 + Meltdown ........... 914810.31 |====================================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 924919.48 |======================================= Baseline .................. 855360.56 |==================================== Meltdown .................. 737679.56 |=============================== Meltdown + Spectre ........ 724643.42 |============================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better VM Version 11 ............. 13271.11 |======================================== VM11 + Meltdown ........... 13186.44 |======================================== VM11 + Meltdown + Spectre . 11857.48 |==================================== Baseline .................. 13481.87 |========================================= Meltdown .................. 10284.21 |=============================== Meltdown + Spectre ........ 10807.60 |=================================