Core i9 9900K Spectre Meltdown Mitigations

Spectre and Meltdown benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com

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Core i9 9900K Spectre Meltdown MitigationsProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionDefault MitigationsNo MitigationsIntel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads)ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0506 BIOS)Intel Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM16384MBSamsung SSD 970 EVO 250GBAMD Radeon RX Vega 8GBRealtek ALC1220Acer B286HKIntel ConnectionUbuntu 18.104.19.0-041900-generic (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.30.1X Server 1.20.1amdgpu 18.1.04.5 Mesa 18.2.2 (LLVM 7.0.0)GCC 8.2.0ext43840x2160OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v Disk Details- NONE / errors=remount-ro,relatime,rwProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersavePython Details- Python 2.7.15+ + Python 3.6.7rc1Security Details- Default Mitigations: __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB IBRS_FW + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp - No Mitigations: __user pointer sanitization

Core i9 9900K Spectre Meltdown Mitigationsstress-ng: Socket Activitystress-ng: Context Switchingstress-ng: System V Message Passingcompilebench: Initial Createcompilebench: Read Compiled Treemcperf: Getmcperf: Setnode-express-loadtest: redis: GETredis: SETnginx: Static Web Page Servingnode-octane: pgbench: Buffer Test - Normal Load - Read Onlysystemd-boot-total: Totalhackbench: 16 - Processgimp: resizeosbench: Create Filesosbench: Create Threadsosbench: Launch Programsosbench: Create ProcessesDefault MitigationsNo Mitigations748553711049936007672412816650798846105122926835226587150245540852323333005229.917.2710.398.1424.1217.2386436626411111192687164282187716113223108173236314222470956815542992386492805127.397.299.237.7024.0216.57OpenBenchmarking.org

Stress-NG

Test: Socket Activity

OpenBenchmarking.orgBogo Ops/s, More Is BetterStress-NG 0.07.26Test: Socket ActivityDefault MitigationsNo Mitigations2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 215.89, N = 12SE +/- 124.74, N = 12748586431. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -std=gnu99 -lm -lz -lcrypt -lrt -lpthread -laio -lc

Stress-NG

Test: Context Switching

OpenBenchmarking.orgBogo Ops/s, More Is BetterStress-NG 0.07.26Test: Context SwitchingDefault MitigationsNo Mitigations1.4M2.8M4.2M5.6M7MSE +/- 33548.44, N = 3SE +/- 105875.10, N = 3537110466264111. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -std=gnu99 -lm -lz -lcrypt -lrt -lpthread -laio -lc

Stress-NG

Test: System V Message Passing

OpenBenchmarking.orgBogo Ops/s, More Is BetterStress-NG 0.07.26Test: System V Message PassingDefault MitigationsNo Mitigations2M4M6M8M10MSE +/- 11212.02, N = 3SE +/- 22097.66, N = 39936007111192681. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -std=gnu99 -lm -lz -lcrypt -lrt -lpthread -laio -lc

Compile Bench

Test: Initial Create

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateDefault MitigationsNo Mitigations150300450600750SE +/- 14.31, N = 3SE +/- 17.94, N = 3672716

Compile Bench

Test: Read Compiled Tree

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Read Compiled TreeDefault MitigationsNo Mitigations9001800270036004500SE +/- 20.84, N = 3SE +/- 82.98, N = 341284282

Memcached mcperf

Method: Get

OpenBenchmarking.orgOperations Per Second, More Is BetterMemcached mcperf 1.5.10Method: GetDefault MitigationsNo Mitigations40K80K120K160K200KSE +/- 129.39, N = 3SE +/- 1026.95, N = 31665071877161. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lm -rdynamic

Memcached mcperf

Method: Set

OpenBenchmarking.orgOperations Per Second, More Is BetterMemcached mcperf 1.5.10Method: SetDefault MitigationsNo Mitigations20K40K60K80K100KSE +/- 109.65, N = 3SE +/- 904.52, N = 3988461132231. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lm -rdynamic

Node.js Express HTTP Load Test

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterNode.js Express HTTP Load TestDefault MitigationsNo Mitigations2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 33.95, N = 3SE +/- 70.07, N = 310512108171. Nodejs v8.11.4

Redis

Test: GET

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterRedis 4.0.8Test: GETDefault MitigationsNo Mitigations700K1400K2100K2800K3500KSE +/- 2858.33, N = 3SE +/- 10507.42, N = 3292683532363141. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -ldl -pthread

Redis

Test: SET

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterRedis 4.0.8Test: SETDefault MitigationsNo Mitigations500K1000K1500K2000K2500KSE +/- 3427.92, N = 3SE +/- 70383.70, N = 12226587122247091. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -ldl -pthread

NGINX Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterNGINX Benchmark 1.9.9Static Web Page ServingDefault MitigationsNo Mitigations12K24K36K48K60KSE +/- 79.69, N = 3SE +/- 368.36, N = 350245568151. (CC) gcc options: -lpthread -lcrypt -lcrypto -lz -O3 -march=native

Node.js Octane Benchmark

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterNode.js Octane BenchmarkDefault MitigationsNo Mitigations12K24K36K48K60KSE +/- 223.14, N = 3SE +/- 192.92, N = 354085542991. Nodejs v8.11.4

PostgreSQL pgbench

Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 10.3Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read OnlyDefault MitigationsNo Mitigations50K100K150K200K250KSE +/- 441.71, N = 3SE +/- 310.17, N = 32323332386491. (CC) gcc options: -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -O2 -lpgcommon -lpgport -lpq -lpthread -lrt -lcrypt -ldl -lm

Systemd Total Boot Time

Test: Total

OpenBenchmarking.orgms, Fewer Is BetterSystemd Total Boot TimeTest: TotalDefault MitigationsNo Mitigations6K12K18K24K30K3005228051

Hackbench

Count: 16 - Type: Process

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterHackbenchCount: 16 - Type: ProcessDefault MitigationsNo Mitigations714212835SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 329.9127.391. (CC) gcc options: -lpthread

GIMP

Test: resize

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGIMP 2.10.6Test: resizeDefault MitigationsNo Mitigations246810SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 127.277.29

OSBench

Test: Create Files

OpenBenchmarking.orgus Per Event, Fewer Is BetterOSBenchTest: Create FilesDefault MitigationsNo Mitigations3691215SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 310.399.231. (CC) gcc options: -lm

OSBench

Test: Create Threads

OpenBenchmarking.orgus Per Event, Fewer Is BetterOSBenchTest: Create ThreadsDefault MitigationsNo Mitigations246810SE +/- 0.12, N = 5SE +/- 0.10, N = 128.147.701. (CC) gcc options: -lm

OSBench

Test: Launch Programs

OpenBenchmarking.orgus Per Event, Fewer Is BetterOSBenchTest: Launch ProgramsDefault MitigationsNo Mitigations612182430SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 324.1224.021. (CC) gcc options: -lm

OSBench

Test: Create Processes

OpenBenchmarking.orgus Per Event, Fewer Is BetterOSBenchTest: Create ProcessesDefault MitigationsNo Mitigations48121620SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 317.2316.571. (CC) gcc options: -lm

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