Pre Post Spectre Meltdown Linux Distribution Testing Tests for a future article by Michael Larabel. CentOS 7: Pre: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0606 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek Generic, Network: Intel Connection OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 17.0.1 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.9 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 CentOS 7: Post: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0606 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek Generic, Network: Intel Connection OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 17.0.1 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.9 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Clear Linux: Pre: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0606 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-3000MT/s, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: EFI VGA, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 20190, Kernel: 4.14.12-501.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20171126 + Clang 5.0.1 + LLVM 5.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Clear Linux: Post: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0606 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-3000MT/s, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: EFI VGA, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 20310, Kernel: 4.14.13-508.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20171126 + Clang 5.0.1 + LLVM 5.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Debian 9: Pre: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0606 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek Generic, Network: Intel Connection OS: Debian 9.3, Kernel: 4.9.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.2, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.6 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.9 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Debian 9: Post: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0606 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek Generic, Network: Intel Connection OS: Debian 9.3, Kernel: 4.9.0-5-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.2, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.6 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.9 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 openSUSE 42.3: Pre: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0606 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 16GB Voyager 3.0 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek Generic, Network: Intel Connection OS: openSUSE 42.3, Kernel: 4.4.76-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.8.7, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.0.5 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.8 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 openSUSE 42.3: Post: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0606 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 16GB Voyager 3.0 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: openSUSE 42.3, Kernel: 4.4.104-39-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.8.7, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.0.5 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.8 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Ubuntu 17.10: Pre: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0606 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: EFI VGA, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.2.2 (LLVM 5.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Ubuntu 17.10: Post: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0606 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 16000MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.2.2 (LLVM 5.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 807D (L51 v01.51 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 DRAM, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 1000GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA1, Graphics: Intel Haswell Server 1536MB (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL P2412H, Network: Intel Connection I217-LM OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, 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 CentOS 7: Pre ....... 86.41 |================================================= CentOS 7: Post ...... 88.22 |================================================== Clear Linux: Pre .... 62.88 |==================================== Clear Linux: Post ... 62.65 |==================================== Debian 9: Pre ....... 67.01 |====================================== Debian 9: Post ...... 66.43 |====================================== openSUSE 42.3: Pre .. 63.61 |==================================== openSUSE 42.3: Post . 65.96 |===================================== Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ... 67.98 |======================================= Ubuntu 17.10: Post .. 66.55 |====================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better CentOS 7: Pre ................................... 127.87 |================== CentOS 7: Post .................................. 118.73 |================= Clear Linux: Pre ................................ 147.87 |===================== Clear Linux: Post ............................... 145.50 |===================== Debian 9: Pre ................................... 117.27 |================= Debian 9: Post .................................. 115.20 |================ Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ............................... 116.03 |================ Ubuntu 17.10: Post .............................. 113.53 |================ Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10 . 15.70 |== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better CentOS 7: Pre ................................... 125.34 |================== CentOS 7: Post .................................. 115.03 |================ Clear Linux: Pre ................................ 147.40 |===================== Clear Linux: Post ............................... 145.97 |===================== Debian 9: Pre ................................... 117.17 |================= Debian 9: Post .................................. 114.27 |================ Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ............................... 116.13 |================= Ubuntu 17.10: Post .............................. 114.20 |================ Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10 . 15.87 |== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better CentOS 7: Pre ................................... 1285.82 |========== CentOS 7: Post .................................. 1175.49 |========= Clear Linux: Pre ................................ 2534.75 |==================== Clear Linux: Post ............................... 2380.94 |=================== Debian 9: Pre ................................... 1569.26 |============ Debian 9: Post .................................. 1575.99 |============ openSUSE 42.3: Pre .............................. 1549.18 |============ openSUSE 42.3: Post ............................. 1406.99 |=========== Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ............................... 1561.36 |============ Ubuntu 17.10: Post .............................. 1545.41 |============ Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10 . 489.42 |==== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better CentOS 7: Pre ................................... 244.31 |======= CentOS 7: Post .................................. 194.47 |====== Clear Linux: Pre ................................ 705.84 |===================== Clear Linux: Post ............................... 641.04 |=================== Debian 9: Pre ................................... 641.33 |=================== Debian 9: Post .................................. 610.66 |================== openSUSE 42.3: Pre .............................. 406.16 |============ openSUSE 42.3: Post ............................. 333.14 |========== Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ............................... 699.29 |===================== Ubuntu 17.10: Post .............................. 662.20 |==================== Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10 . 290.71 |========= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS 7: Pre ................................... 132.62 |======== CentOS 7: Post .................................. 132.68 |======== Clear Linux: Pre ................................ 45.59 |=== Clear Linux: Post ............................... 45.54 |=== Debian 9: Pre ................................... 101.67 |====== Debian 9: Post .................................. 101.76 |====== openSUSE 42.3: Pre .............................. 102.52 |====== openSUSE 42.3: Post ............................. 103.36 |====== Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ............................... 107.36 |======= Ubuntu 17.10: Post .............................. 108.03 |======= Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10 . 334.81 |===================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS 7: Pre ................................... 38.40 |========= CentOS 7: Post .................................. 38.02 |========= Clear Linux: Pre ................................ 29.69 |======= Clear Linux: Post ............................... 29.73 |======= Debian 9: Pre ................................... 28.94 |======= Debian 9: Post .................................. 29.06 |======= openSUSE 42.3: Pre .............................. 38.15 |========= openSUSE 42.3: Post ............................. 38.71 |========= Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ............................... 29.59 |======= Ubuntu 17.10: Post .............................. 29.55 |======= Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10 . 94.83 |====================== Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better CentOS 7: Pre ................................... 8034144 |========= CentOS 7: Post .................................. 8014876 |========= Clear Linux: Pre ................................ 7453168 |======== Clear Linux: Post ............................... 7474093 |======== Debian 9: Pre ................................... 7643710 |========= Debian 9: Post .................................. 7645634 |========= openSUSE 42.3: Pre .............................. 7588759 |========= openSUSE 42.3: Post ............................. 7585730 |========= Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ............................... 7926889 |========= Ubuntu 17.10: Post .............................. 7941966 |========= Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10 . 16854176 |=================== Go Benchmarks Test: build Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better CentOS 7: Pre ................................... 10442909166 |=========== CentOS 7: Post .................................. 10741740856 |=========== Clear Linux: Pre ................................ 10405807806 |=========== Clear Linux: Post ............................... 10505521927 |=========== Debian 9: Pre ................................... 9476598061 |========== Debian 9: Post .................................. 9663695381 |========== openSUSE 42.3: Pre .............................. 9400836351 |========== openSUSE 42.3: Post ............................. 9935141827 |========== Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ............................... 10487660741 |=========== Ubuntu 17.10: Post .............................. 10604300844 |=========== Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10 . 15476014165 |================ Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better CentOS 7: Pre ................................... 1564183 |======= CentOS 7: Post .................................. 1562719 |======= Clear Linux: Pre ................................ 1551403 |======= Clear Linux: Post ............................... 1548153 |======= Debian 9: Pre ................................... 1626242 |======= Debian 9: Post .................................. 1627257 |======= openSUSE 42.3: Pre .............................. 1600830 |======= openSUSE 42.3: Post ............................. 1621668 |======= Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ............................... 1553381 |======= Ubuntu 17.10: Post .............................. 1552980 |======= Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10 . 4495633 |==================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better CentOS 7: Pre ................................... 12654 |===================== CentOS 7: Post .................................. 12717 |===================== Clear Linux: Pre ................................ 12145 |==================== Clear Linux: Post ............................... 12139 |==================== Debian 9: Pre ................................... 13334 |====================== Debian 9: Post .................................. 13320 |====================== openSUSE 42.3: Pre .............................. 12667 |===================== openSUSE 42.3: Post ............................. 12673 |===================== Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ............................... 12745 |===================== Ubuntu 17.10: Post .............................. 12732 |===================== Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10 . 3953 |======= x264 2017-09-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better CentOS 7: Pre ....... 308.00 |=============================================== CentOS 7: Post ...... 307.01 |=============================================== Clear Linux: Pre .... 316.68 |================================================ Clear Linux: Post ... 315.66 |================================================ Debian 9: Pre ....... 316.42 |================================================ Debian 9: Post ...... 312.55 |================================================ openSUSE 42.3: Pre .. 320.10 |================================================= openSUSE 42.3: Post . 312.64 |================================================ Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ... 316.32 |================================================ Ubuntu 17.10: Post .. 313.44 |================================================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better CentOS 7: Pre ................................... 2995.55 |=================== CentOS 7: Post .................................. 2983.48 |=================== Clear Linux: Pre ................................ 3134.35 |=================== Clear Linux: Post ............................... 3078.27 |=================== Debian 9: Pre ................................... 3175.60 |==================== Debian 9: Post .................................. 3202.30 |==================== openSUSE 42.3: Pre .............................. 2993.84 |=================== openSUSE 42.3: Post ............................. 3003.20 |=================== Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ............................... 3225.04 |==================== Ubuntu 17.10: Post .............................. 3085.09 |=================== Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10 . 1698.39 |=========== FFmpeg 3.3.3 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS 7: Pre ................................... 4.14 |=========== CentOS 7: Post .................................. 4.15 |=========== Clear Linux: Pre ................................ 4.10 |=========== Clear Linux: Post ............................... 4.13 |=========== Debian 9: Pre ................................... 3.86 |========== Debian 9: Post .................................. 3.97 |========== openSUSE 42.3: Pre .............................. 3.88 |========== openSUSE 42.3: Post ............................. 3.92 |========== Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ............................... 4.27 |=========== Ubuntu 17.10: Post .............................. 4.24 |=========== Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10 . 8.76 |======================= Perl Benchmarks Test: Pod2html seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS 7: Pre ................................... 0.11199861 |============== CentOS 7: Post .................................. 0.13012807 |================= Clear Linux: Pre ................................ 0.10254018 |============= Clear Linux: Post ............................... 0.10442820 |============= Debian 9: Pre ................................... 0.10547122 |============= Debian 9: Post .................................. 0.10371142 |============= openSUSE 42.3: Pre .............................. 0.10652177 |============== openSUSE 42.3: Post ............................. 0.10829974 |============== Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ............................... 0.10102962 |============= Ubuntu 17.10: Post .............................. 0.10362485 |============= Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10 . 0.13310515 |================= Perl Benchmarks Test: Interpreter seconds < Lower Is Better CentOS 7: Pre ................................... 0.00091138 |==== CentOS 7: Post .................................. 0.00124165 |====== Clear Linux: Pre ................................ 0.00080885 |==== Clear Linux: Post ............................... 0.00082242 |==== Debian 9: Pre ................................... 0.00261971 |============= Debian 9: Post .................................. 0.00223628 |=========== openSUSE 42.3: Pre .............................. 0.00291647 |============== openSUSE 42.3: Post ............................. 0.00290721 |============== Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ............................... 0.00197847 |========== Ubuntu 17.10: Post .............................. 0.00344969 |================= Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10 . 0.00112743 |====== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better CentOS 7: Pre ................................... 4179.06 |=============== CentOS 7: Post .................................. 3907.14 |============== Clear Linux: Pre ................................ 5674.79 |==================== Clear Linux: Post ............................... 5667.42 |==================== Debian 9: Pre ................................... 4017.78 |============== Debian 9: Post .................................. 4021.09 |============== openSUSE 42.3: Pre .............................. 3931.91 |============== openSUSE 42.3: Post ............................. 4038.45 |============== Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ............................... 4603.23 |================ Ubuntu 17.10: Post .............................. 4592.03 |================ Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10 . 204.65 |= Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better CentOS 7: Pre ................................... 2697872.33 |============ CentOS 7: Post .................................. 2087996.41 |========= Clear Linux: Pre ................................ 3686050.83 |================ Clear Linux: Post ............................... 3699718.08 |================ Debian 9: Pre ................................... 3265723.00 |============== Debian 9: Post .................................. 2865765.50 |============ openSUSE 42.3: Pre .............................. 3151602.42 |============== openSUSE 42.3: Post ............................. 2427175.92 |=========== Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ............................... 3901502.58 |================= Ubuntu 17.10: Post .............................. 3262545.50 |============== Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10 . 2618539.33 |=========== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better CentOS 7: Pre ................................... 1997466.83 |============ CentOS 7: Post .................................. 1718226.58 |========== Clear Linux: Pre ................................ 2827586.33 |================= Clear Linux: Post ............................... 2609239.75 |================ Debian 9: Pre ................................... 2257359.33 |============== Debian 9: Post .................................. 2219186.67 |============= openSUSE 42.3: Pre .............................. 2288424.83 |============== openSUSE 42.3: Post ............................. 1937080.92 |============ Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ............................... 2666780.50 |================ Ubuntu 17.10: Post .............................. 2518564.33 |=============== Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10 . 1842803.37 |=========== PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better CentOS 7: Pre ................................... 1295 |===================== CentOS 7: Post .................................. 1303 |===================== Clear Linux: Pre ................................ 958 |=============== Clear Linux: Post ............................... 960 |=============== Debian 9: Pre ................................... 1123 |================== Debian 9: Post .................................. 1123 |================== openSUSE 42.3: Pre .............................. 1153 |=================== openSUSE 42.3: Post ............................. 1152 |================== Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ............................... 1028 |================ Ubuntu 17.10: Post .............................. 1030 |================= Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10 . 1433 |======================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better CentOS 7: Pre ................................... 24754.11 |========== CentOS 7: Post .................................. 18323.62 |======= Clear Linux: Pre ................................ 45033.58 |================== Clear Linux: Post ............................... 37896.86 |=============== Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ............................... 48252.42 |=================== Ubuntu 17.10: Post .............................. 45479.59 |================== Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10 . 33274.03 |============= PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better CentOS 7: Pre ................................... 260735 |======= CentOS 7: Post .................................. 261792 |======= Clear Linux: Pre ................................ 773298 |===================== Clear Linux: Post ............................... 768737 |===================== Debian 9: Pre ................................... 588852 |================ Debian 9: Post .................................. 589602 |================ Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ............................... 673049 |================== Ubuntu 17.10: Post .............................. 671051 |================== Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10 . 496798 |============= Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Total ms < Lower Is Better Clear Linux: Pre ................................ 13410.70 |======= Clear Linux: Post ............................... 13491.40 |======= Debian 9: Pre ................................... 25557.00 |============= Debian 9: Post .................................. 25133.00 |============ Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ............................... 38700.00 |=================== Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10 . 6820.00 |=== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Userspace ms < Lower Is Better Clear Linux: Pre ................................ 324.90 | Clear Linux: Post ............................... 395.00 | Debian 9: Pre ................................... 9271.00 |======== Debian 9: Post .................................. 9593.00 |========= Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ............................... 21260.00 |=================== Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10 . 3090.00 |=== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Kernel ms < Lower Is Better Clear Linux: Pre ................................ 737.20 |==== Clear Linux: Post ............................... 742.30 |==== Debian 9: Pre ................................... 1752.00 |========= Debian 9: Post .................................. 1434.00 |======== Ubuntu 17.10: Pre ............................... 2780.00 |=============== Xeon E3-1226 v3 meltdown test with Ubuntu 17.10 . 3720.00 |==================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Loader ms < Lower Is Better Clear Linux: Pre .. 20.10 | Clear Linux: Post . 19.40 | Debian 9: Pre ..... 2216.00 |=============================================== Debian 9: Post .... 1806.00 |====================================== Ubuntu 17.10: Pre . 2360.00 |================================================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Firmware ms < Lower Is Better Clear Linux: Pre .. 12328.50 |================================================= Clear Linux: Post . 12334.60 |================================================= Debian 9: Pre ..... 12316.00 |================================================= Debian 9: Post .... 12299.00 |================================================= Ubuntu 17.10: Pre . 12300.00 |=================================================