Lenovo ThinkPad Linux benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1802045-AL-1801112FO24
Linux Laptops Intel KPTI Linux Benchmarks,
"Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: Socket Activity",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",1894.92,1425.59,1580.99,1315.93,1344.54,1397.03
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",1313.42,1019.5,1021.16,1012.68,973.13,1002.97
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",772.1,1071.07,645.15,1080.44,1070.61,1084.76
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",1140.65,445.67,432.16,422.48,433.63,770.07
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",2649.93,1352.91,1353.09,1832.71,1305.45,1346.18
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",1089.99,921.02,982.15,985.97,1818.06,897.49
"A4.15 retpoline ac",634.62,642.49,640.41
"Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: Context Switching",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",841090.73,847977.03,853850.26
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",596819.17,581752.34,598004.15
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",504112.25,505490.19,505969
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",338301.61,344625.52,339792.58
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",964182.86,914938.42,910587.27
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",834278.04,815633.61,801689.37
"A4.15 retpoline ac",306636.96,306272.66,302290.54
"Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: System V Message Passing",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",4270695.11,2208215.55,4415094.57,4382780.57,4373079.79,4280743.44
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",2024616.12,2061698.09,919095.03,2066643.12,1164100.95,913886.27
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",1433354.75,1418828.3,1437495.83
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",818344.68,496424.3,825347.05,805842.19,817746.23,820436.28
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",2635544.93,2480537.38,1417769.41,2347854.86,2685839.18,1761297.77
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",2105804.93,1871824.63,1772292.23,1861302.55,1581336.35,1193974.39
"A4.15 retpoline ac",1448023.51,1410981.12,1540698.38,1373344.54,1414177.6,1361899.24
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",17.1,17.2,17.3
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",17.1,17.2,17.3
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",16.6,16.5,16.4
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",16.5,16.3,16.3
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",37,41.3,42,41.9,41.8,41.7
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",41.3,40.3,40.1
"A4.15 retpoline ac",64.6,64.1,64.2
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",18.3,17.9,16.8,16.3,15.9,15.5
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",18.3,18.1,16.8,16.1,15.9,15.5
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",16.1,15.4,14.8,14.3,13.7,17.5
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",15.9,15.3,14.7,14.2,13.5,17.3
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",41.8,42.3,42.4
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",39.5,39.7,40
"A4.15 retpoline ac",64,64.1,49.1,45.7,45.4,46.2
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 - Operation: Resizing",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",95,94,94
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",127,126,126
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",
"A4.15 retpoline ac",51,55,53,53
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Compile",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",42.8,41.73,41.71
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",42.92,42.41,41.5
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",47.45,47.12,47.58
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",47.52,47.52,47.61
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",311.89,306.07,312.4
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",274.73,274.09,264.24
"A4.15 retpoline ac",407.46,415.01,430.65
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Initial Create",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",64.73,61.05,60.74
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",60.91,56.16,57.12
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",58.66,50.48,51.22
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",50.18,48.96,50.02
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",235.96,245.43,242.56
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",207.09,212.23,217.75
"A4.15 retpoline ac",140.74,145.12,142.55
"Redis 3.0.1 - Test: LPUSH",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",956022.94,966183.62,936329.62
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",802568.19,784929.31,786782.06
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",168123.73,211819.52,163132.14,169462.8,165672.64,166251.05
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",123441.55,105374.08,105887.34,105374.08,104286.16,105842.51
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",1666666.62,1666666.62,1508295.62,1661129.62,1658374.88,1663893.5
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",1515151.5,1533742.25,1533742.25
"A4.15 retpoline ac",382701.88,408997.97,398724.09
"Redis 3.0.1 - Test: GET",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",1326259.88,1310616,1272264.62
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",1127395.62,1094091.88,1112347.12
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",193873.59,194212.47,193348.8
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",115340.25,115620.3,186915.89,116904.38,120048.02,122384.05
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",2433090,2457002.5,2439024.5
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",2150537.5,2232142.75,2114165
"A4.15 retpoline ac",557103.06,518672.22,506842.34,551267.94,526870.38,540832.88
"Redis 3.0.1 - Test: SET",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",1021450.5,966183.62,1038421.62,1010101
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",867302.69,822368.44,897666.12,865800.88,836820.06
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",167392.03,163238.66,164609.06
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",106655.29,107411.38,109253.8
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",1715265.88,1655629.25,1692047.38
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",1560062.5,1577287,1501501.5
"A4.15 retpoline ac",382263,391696.06,401445.22
"Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 - Static Web Page Serving",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",10746.21,10598.39,10489.53
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",8961.44,8999.42,8950.54
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",7336.66,7318.93,7338.84
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",6255.34,6266.22,6240.61
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",23094.38,22087.92,22162.94
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",19145.29,18646.97,18602.47
"PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0 - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",337.711774,332.866817,345.858176
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",335.531268,333.515887,342.720103
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",321.243776,322.928092,321.73688
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",320.573759,321.292933,316.954304
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",1550.185601,1652.895057,1613.69258
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",1538.75568,1619.284972,1587.11307
"A4.15 retpoline ac",1439.90284,1434.406752,1435.300062
"Systemd Total Boot Time - Test: Total",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",
"A4.15 retpoline ac",
"Systemd Total Boot Time - Test: Kernel",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",
"A4.15 retpoline ac",
"Systemd Total Boot Time - Test: Userspace",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",
"A4.15 retpoline ac",
"Go Benchmarks - Test: json",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",47164991,47176722,47258202
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",47160361,47330591,47303770
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",74708738,74650461,74530959
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",74882205,74717518,74661718
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",41783320,41979268,45661302,46250701,46164548,46233432
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",41917501,42028045,45655004,46184542,46154062,46138280
"A4.15 retpoline ac",57644924,57401446,57267476
"Go Benchmarks - Test: build",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",33065458850,27391336561,27902934740,27560431259,27280974989,26986155221
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",33635029874,28024352903,27973677348,28097178437,27978454905,28147144065
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",35786330164,31493242743,31641882757,31213709696,31739438135,31296745975
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",36939522349,33627766633,32869340841,33570568809,33466045159,33672823267
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",15765342619,15433783032,15483192266
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",16020342027,15657987617,15799863816
"A4.15 retpoline ac",48642329746,48243088131,47167709735
"Go Benchmarks - Test: garbage",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",8545495,8566841,8558607
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",8566113,8585440,8583275
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",15676054,15680888,15977400
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",16015169,16119842,16272944
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",7977480,8262974,8551773
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",8010957,8225055,8602449,8638329,8596815
"A4.15 retpoline ac",12674081,12731837,12643821
"SQLite 3.8.10.2 - Test Target: Default Test Directory",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",498.44151496887,486.66182184219,479.93184399605
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",654.73284697533,520.90025901794,512.66146993637,502.84990787506,519.62568378448,521.0476140976
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",494.15498209,434.41251301765,427.9222638607,433.05460906029,440.22955513,453.70990300179
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",454.69666600227,443.73492789268,438.00298500061
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",91.65167093277,91.233138084412,91.866656064987
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",94.193297147751,94.071037054062,93.375235080719
"A4.15 retpoline ac",93.029584884644,92.954016923904,93.18722319603
"Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",63.735695838928,64.128951072693,63.924736976624
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",66.740849018097,66.478583812714,67.308566093445
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",100.86788105965,101.23627400398,101.1372821331
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",105.61051797867,105.9020190239,105.58269619942
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",57.941931962967,59.601428031921,59.7073969841
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",59.071218013763,60.709235906601,60.609694004059
"Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",416.4126958847,412.41720294952,410.74099206924
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",430.90115094185,425.81859493256,424.84006214142
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",754.69934296608,749.17848992348,750.18694591522
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",784.5136179924,776.32360291481,776.17668294907
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",413.38539195061,411.272742033,411.42327594757
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",419.7025949955,417.56383800507,417.64108514786
"A4.15 retpoline ac",566.53381609917,626.90773797035,703.78846716881,702.79894089699,704.51432394981,701.9638209343
"FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 - WAV To FLAC",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",11.460041999817,13.029976129532,12.637611865997,12.171967029572,12.996563911438,11.959002971649,13.289921998978,12.417417049408,11.998659133911,12.667854070663
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",12.631649017334,12.893522977829,12.666388988495,13.565108776093,12.181457042694,12.253705024719,12.478626012802,12.43418097496
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",21.105984926224,20.957312107086,21.03134894371,20.963563919067,20.980855941772
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",21.173614025116,21.070633888245,21.072299003601,21.064600229263,21.105458021164
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",7.0761778354645,7.0871210098267,7.0723960399628,7.0795459747314,7.0658538341522
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",7.1232399940491,7.0936200618744,7.0917339324951,7.1065518856049,7.1261780261993
"A4.15 retpoline ac",30.637240171432,30.759541988373,30.589924097061,30.451891899109,31.181036949158
"Darktable 2.2.5 - Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",59.765,59.8,59.857
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",59.95,60.141,60.054
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",238.922,238.783,238.697
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",241.445,241.2,241.628
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",42.67,44.738,44.859
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",42.901,44.837,44.958
"Darktable 2.2.5 - Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",32.005,32.053,32.203
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",32.704,32.6,32.637
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",233.379,233.404,233.512
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",236.72,236.675,236.545
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",28.239,28.34,28.282
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",28.533,28.542,28.555
"Darktable 2.2.5 - Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",27.223,27.226,27.249
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",27.353,27.385,27.54
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",221.372,221.515,221.619
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",224.03,224.152,224.136
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",22.444,22.401,22.586
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",22.688,22.556,22.549
"GIMP 2.8.20 - Test: resize",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",12.292857170105,7.6487529277802,7.8548481464386,7.6098039150238,8.059002161026,7.9224138259888
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",14.23023891449,9.6170909404755,9.867908000946,10.492473125458,10.165414810181,9.9636089801788
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",11.91020488739,8.9935190677643,9.0522649288177,8.7099869251251,9.0467591285706,8.9206819534302
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",13.818042039871,10.64862704277,10.694592952728,10.608962059021,10.201026916504,10.656613111496
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",3.6728940010071,3.5190510749817,3.5047850608826
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",4.1125659942627,3.9020190238953,3.8306970596313,3.8975389003754
"GIMP 2.8.20 - Test: auto-levels",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",13.3321621418,13.196221828461,13.472446918488
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",16.143697023392,16.180809020996,15.924996852875
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",15.188668966293,15.096493959427,15.170696973801
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",17.19713306427,17.185863018036,17.187815904617
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",6.8168318271637,6.8361148834229,6.8177402019501
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",7.2602159976959,7.3088750839233,7.3415930271149
"GIMP 2.8.20 - Test: unsharp-mask",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",27.370417118073,26.622163057327,26.778239011765
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",31.811319112778,32.298224925995,31.659833908081
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",30.196115016937,30.542820930481,30.537511110306
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",34.767216205597,35.411197185516,35.435029983521
"Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",13.457445144653,13.574328899384,13.462099075317
"KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",14.52906703949,14.673861026764,14.756199836731
"Darktable 2.2.1 - Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only",
Lower Results Are Better
"A4.15 retpoline ac",144.299,146.274,147.457
"Darktable 2.2.1 - Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only",
Lower Results Are Better
"A4.15 retpoline ac",102.923,98.059,100.727
"Darktable 2.2.1 - Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only",
Lower Results Are Better
"A4.15 retpoline ac",89.283,88.766,87.527
"GIMP 2.8.18 - Test: resize",
Lower Results Are Better
"A4.15 retpoline ac",15.720800876617,15.477478027344,15.117580890656
"GIMP 2.8.18 - Test: auto-levels",
Lower Results Are Better
"A4.15 retpoline ac",27.175873994827,27.300402879715,27.457252979279
"GIMP 2.8.18 - Test: unsharp-mask",
Lower Results Are Better
"A4.15 retpoline ac",73.330627202988,71.945880889893,73.285962104797