Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 testing with Windows Server 2016 toggling kernel VA Shadow for Meltdown mitigation.
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Windows Server 2016 VA vs. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Mitigations
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 testing with Windows Server 2016 toggling kernel VA Shadow for Meltdown mitigation.
No Mitigations:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998), Memory: 2 x 8192 MB 2133MHz Micron 9ASF1G72AZ-2G3A1, Disk: 238GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Microsoft Basic Display, Network: ASIX AX88772B USB2.0 to Fast + Microsoft ISATAP
OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Essentials Build 14393, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 10.0.14393.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
Kernel VA Shadow:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998), Memory: 2 x 8192 MB 2133MHz Micron 9ASF1G72AZ-2G3A1, Disk: 238GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Microsoft Basic Display, Network: ASIX AX88772B USB2.0 to Fast + Microsoft ISATAP
OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Essentials Build 14393, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 10.0.14393.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
Ubuntu 18.04 - Stock:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) v1.0 (2.90 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) v1.0 (2.90 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti + spectre_v2=off:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) v1.0 (2.90 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) v1.0 (2.90 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.16.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180328, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) v1.0 (2.90 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: llvmpipe 16000MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.16.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180328, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti + spectre_v2=off:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) v1.0 (2.90 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.16.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180328, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
GIMP 2.8.22
Test: unsharp-mask
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti + spectre_v2=off .............. 9.93 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 .......................... 10.83 |===================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti .................. 10.03 |==================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti + spectre_v2=off . 9.93 |=================
GIMP 2.8.22
Test: auto-levels
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti + spectre_v2=off .............. 5.33 |==================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 .......................... 5.78 |====================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti .................. 5.40 |===================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti + spectre_v2=off . 5.37 |===================
GIMP 2.8.22
Test: resize
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti + spectre_v2=off .............. 2.74 |==================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 .......................... 3.06 |====================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti .................. 2.85 |===================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti + spectre_v2=off . 2.75 |==================
OSBench
Test: Memory Allocations
Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better
No Mitigations ..................................... 75.67 |=================
Kernel VA Shadow ................................... 83.45 |===================
Ubuntu 18.04 - Stock ............................... 76.30 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti ............................... 72.58 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti + spectre_v2=off .............. 72.55 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 .......................... 75.09 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti .................. 72.46 |================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti + spectre_v2=off . 72.38 |================
OSBench
Test: Launch Programs
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
No Mitigations ..................................... 494.21 |=================
Kernel VA Shadow ................................... 523.81 |==================
Ubuntu 18.04 - Stock ............................... 40.29 |=
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti ............................... 37.05 |=
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti + spectre_v2=off .............. 36.61 |=
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 .......................... 39.83 |=
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti .................. 37.24 |=
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti + spectre_v2=off . 36.76 |=
OSBench
Test: Create Files
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
No Mitigations ..................................... 248.63 |=================
Kernel VA Shadow ................................... 266.72 |==================
Ubuntu 18.04 - Stock ............................... 13.55 |=
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti ............................... 12.80 |=
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti + spectre_v2=off .............. 11.25 |=
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 .......................... 13.30 |=
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti .................. 12.40 |=
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti + spectre_v2=off . 11.03 |=
PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
No Mitigations ..................................... 335634 |=========
Kernel VA Shadow ................................... 317611 |=========
Ubuntu 18.04 - Stock ............................... 645778 |==================
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti ............................... 647880 |==================
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti + spectre_v2=off .............. 645293 |==================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 .......................... 640013 |==================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti .................. 652306 |==================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti + spectre_v2=off . 645987 |==================
PyBench 2018-02-16
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
No Mitigations ..................................... 1395 |===================
Kernel VA Shadow ................................... 1480 |====================
Ubuntu 18.04 - Stock ............................... 1289 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti ............................... 1290 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti + spectre_v2=off .............. 1286 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 .......................... 1287 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti .................. 1287 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti + spectre_v2=off . 1284 |=================
WinSAT
Test: Disk
MB/s > Higher Is Better
No Mitigations ... 114.27 |====================================================
Kernel VA Shadow . 111.83 |===================================================
Redis 3.2.1
Test: LPUSH
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
No Mitigations ... 905651.27 |=================================================
Kernel VA Shadow . 880130.04 |================================================
GIMP 2.9.8
Test: unsharp-mask
Seconds < Lower Is Better
No Mitigations ... 20.65 |===================================================
Kernel VA Shadow . 21.30 |=====================================================
GIMP 2.9.8
Test: auto-levels
Seconds < Lower Is Better
No Mitigations ... 14.57 |====================================================
Kernel VA Shadow . 14.82 |=====================================================
GIMP 2.9.8
Test: resize
Seconds < Lower Is Better
No Mitigations ... 12.49 |=====================================================
Kernel VA Shadow . 12.39 |=====================================================
Timed LLVM Compilation 4.0.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
No Mitigations ..................................... 929.71 |==================
Kernel VA Shadow ................................... 934.84 |==================
Ubuntu 18.04 - Stock ............................... 741.02 |==============
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti ............................... 735.34 |==============
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti + spectre_v2=off .............. 734.00 |==============
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 .......................... 739.77 |==============
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti .................. 736.10 |==============
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti + spectre_v2=off . 735.33 |==============
ebizzy 0.3
Records/s > Higher Is Better
No Mitigations ..................................... 5359 |
Kernel VA Shadow ................................... 4768 |
Ubuntu 18.04 - Stock ............................... 271051 |==================
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti ............................... 260938 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti + spectre_v2=off .............. 256322 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 .......................... 261753 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti .................. 257575 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti + spectre_v2=off . 276381 |==================
CacheBench
Test: Read / Modify / Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
No Mitigations ..................................... 45636.52 |================
Kernel VA Shadow ................................... 42855.85 |===============
Ubuntu 18.04 - Stock ............................... 28912.57 |==========
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti ............................... 29269.20 |==========
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti + spectre_v2=off .............. 28987.52 |==========
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 .......................... 29447.19 |==========
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti .................. 28703.97 |==========
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti + spectre_v2=off . 29291.52 |==========
CacheBench
Test: Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
No Mitigations ..................................... 28034.53 |================
Kernel VA Shadow ................................... 26327.81 |===============
Ubuntu 18.04 - Stock ............................... 27691.79 |================
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti ............................... 27992.60 |================
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti + spectre_v2=off .............. 27073.39 |===============
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 .......................... 28015.94 |================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti .................. 27374.16 |================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti + spectre_v2=off . 27660.01 |================
CacheBench
Test: Read
MB/s > Higher Is Better
No Mitigations ..................................... 7577.06 |=================
Kernel VA Shadow ................................... 7095.36 |================
Ubuntu 18.04 - Stock ............................... 3331.04 |=======
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti ............................... 3347.09 |========
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti + spectre_v2=off .............. 3361.62 |========
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 .......................... 3349.48 |========
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti .................. 3349.24 |========
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti + spectre_v2=off . 3370.85 |========
Java SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation
Mflops > Higher Is Better
No Mitigations ..................................... 1546.06 |=================
Kernel VA Shadow ................................... 1415.71 |================
Ubuntu 18.04 - Stock ............................... 1438.30 |================
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti ............................... 1453.62 |================
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti + spectre_v2=off .............. 1443.71 |================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 .......................... 1437.85 |================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti .................. 1449.41 |================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti + spectre_v2=off . 1454.86 |================
Java SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization
Mflops > Higher Is Better
No Mitigations ..................................... 5942.70 |================
Kernel VA Shadow ................................... 5351.16 |===============
Ubuntu 18.04 - Stock ............................... 5974.44 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti ............................... 6086.79 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti + spectre_v2=off .............. 6050.75 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 .......................... 6094.48 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti .................. 6130.97 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti + spectre_v2=off . 6125.33 |=================
Java SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply
Mflops > Higher Is Better
No Mitigations ..................................... 2286.30 |=================
Kernel VA Shadow ................................... 2098.07 |================
Ubuntu 18.04 - Stock ............................... 2269.93 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti ............................... 2293.98 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti + spectre_v2=off .............. 2136.40 |================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 .......................... 2290.97 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti .................. 2292.72 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti + spectre_v2=off . 2292.47 |=================
Java SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform
Mflops > Higher Is Better
No Mitigations ..................................... 1589.15 |=================
Kernel VA Shadow ................................... 1475.70 |================
Ubuntu 18.04 - Stock ............................... 1512.16 |================
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti ............................... 1536.05 |================
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti + spectre_v2=off .............. 1542.49 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 .......................... 1510.99 |================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti .................. 1531.46 |================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti + spectre_v2=off . 1512.96 |================
Java SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Monte Carlo
Mflops > Higher Is Better
No Mitigations ..................................... 981.59 |==================
Kernel VA Shadow ................................... 895.75 |================
Ubuntu 18.04 - Stock ............................... 973.04 |==================
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti ............................... 983.51 |==================
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti + spectre_v2=off .............. 969.73 |==================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 .......................... 980.15 |==================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti .................. 983.51 |==================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti + spectre_v2=off . 983.17 |==================
Java SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
No Mitigations ..................................... 2469.16 |=================
Kernel VA Shadow ................................... 2247.28 |===============
Ubuntu 18.04 - Stock ............................... 2433.57 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti ............................... 2470.79 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti + spectre_v2=off .............. 2428.62 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 .......................... 2462.89 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti .................. 2477.61 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti + spectre_v2=off . 2473.76 |=================
IOzone 3.465
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
No Mitigations ..................................... 559.59 |=========
Kernel VA Shadow ................................... 549.44 |=========
Ubuntu 18.04 - Stock ............................... 1018.52 |=================
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti ............................... 796.15 |=============
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti + spectre_v2=off .............. 889.23 |===============
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 .......................... 866.19 |==============
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti .................. 823.60 |==============
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti + spectre_v2=off . 905.01 |===============
Diskspd 2.0.17
Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 0 - Read Only - File Size: 1M - Block Size: 4KB
IOPS > Higher Is Better
No Mitigations ... 89570.14 |==================================================
Kernel VA Shadow . 85559.17 |================================================
Diskspd 2.0.17
Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 0 - Read Only - File Size: 1M - Block Size: 4KB
MB/s > Higher Is Better
No Mitigations ... 349.89 |====================================================
Kernel VA Shadow . 334.21 |==================================================
Diskspd 2.0.17
Threads Per Target: 6 - Write Requests (Percent): 50 - File Size: 1M - Block Size: 4KB
IOPS > Higher Is Better
No Mitigations ... 997.52 |====================================================
Kernel VA Shadow . 960.34 |==================================================
Diskspd 2.0.17
Threads Per Target: 6 - Write Requests (Percent): 50 - File Size: 1M - Block Size: 4KB
MB/s > Higher Is Better
No Mitigations ... 3.90 |======================================================
Kernel VA Shadow . 3.75 |====================================================
Diskspd 2.0.17
Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 50 - File Size: 1M - Block Size: 4KB
IOPS > Higher Is Better
No Mitigations ... 954.71 |====================================================
Kernel VA Shadow . 916.62 |==================================================
Diskspd 2.0.17
Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 50 - File Size: 1M - Block Size: 4KB
MB/s > Higher Is Better
No Mitigations ... 3.73 |======================================================
Kernel VA Shadow . 3.58 |====================================================
SQLite 3.22
Timed SQLite Insertions
Seconds < Lower Is Better
No Mitigations ..................................... 108.31 |=================
Kernel VA Shadow ................................... 114.04 |==================
Ubuntu 18.04 - Stock ............................... 71.83 |===========
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti ............................... 66.57 |===========
Ubuntu 18.04 - nopti + spectre_v2=off .............. 76.25 |============
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 .......................... 74.53 |============
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti .................. 64.23 |==========
Ubuntu 18.04 + Linux 4.16 - nopti + spectre_v2=off . 63.85 |==========