Linux 4.20 Spectre/Meltdown mitigation impact. Tests by Michael Larabel.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1811175-SK-LINUX420I77
Linux 4.20 Intel STIBP Impact,
"PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",10741.793053,8310.632475,9207.202017,9918.720179,10991.307074,11743.255151,11392.712861,11292.479399,11183.15069,10997.008027,11796.37563,11220.386825
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",10225.420193,8921.230338,8294.123792,10221.359938,9855.456666,10186.631394,5140.17635,10739.4916,10348.934534
"Numenta Anomaly Benchmark 2018-11-09 - Time To Completion",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",168.5927541256,167.45023488998,170.17090797424
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",163.47510480881,162.24300718307,160.64832496643
"Scikit-Learn 0.17.1 - ",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",146.20630121231,145.93899202347,145.97375297546
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",146.11698198318,145.88041591644,145.91903591156
"R Benchmark - ",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",0.65419576746468,0.65479160863029,0.65545192578941
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",0.64773934848839,0.6445082844029,0.64628371225975
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Compile",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",1064.04,1257.56,1236.97,1175.09,1213.53,1122.48,1159.27,1185.26,1189.2,1190.89,1170.39,1235.92
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",1271.52,1338.87,1490.89,1475.92,1215.06,1401.29,1256.39,1240.01,1208.4,1217.71,1054.29,1207.3
"Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",52.341875076294,48.399286031723,48.439450979233,47.996935129166,48.128139019012,48.136406898499
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",47.459151983261,44.100479841232,44.201369047165,44.105955123901,44.152471065521
"OpenCV Benchmark 3.3.0 - ",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",83.06863617897,82.655411958694,82.831089019775
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",81.028931856155,80.868372917175,80.259521961212
"PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",453897.671719,450231.924672,448139.006864
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",538671.931959,534417.337159,538367.59812
"Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",242.3134059906
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",223.19870996475
"Parboil 2.5 - Test: OpenMP LBM",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",72.8339,72.92041,72.941422
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",73.469566,72.92112,72.862381
"C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",42.589,42.585,42.571
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",108.285,106.536,103.897
"FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",185.7,221.5,261.4,227.7,229.8,212.8,205.6,219,231.2,260.1,239.1,272
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",140.3,262,271.8,258.7,271.1,240.8,232.3,244.2,274.5,270.8
"IndigoBench 4.0.64 - Scene: Bedroom",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",2.424,2.422,2.422
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",2.479,2.479,2.479
"IndigoBench 4.0.64 - Scene: Supercar",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",5.706,5.724,5.724
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",5.944,5.943,5.934
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 - Operation: Sharpen",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 - Operation: Noise-Gaussian",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",168,170,171
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",183,182,181
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 - Operation: Swirl",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",228,227,227
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 - Operation: Rotate",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",260,263,259
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 - Operation: Resizing",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",260,259,259
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 - Operation: Enhanced",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 - Operation: HWB Color Space",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",270,268,269
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",269,269,271
"Blender 2.79a - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",
"DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 - Java Test: Tradebeans",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",7632,7574,7611,7674
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",7214,7181,7220,7263
"Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 - Method: Add",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",57146.1,60876.5,53460.3,51386.2,57517.6,52665,55030.2,54241.6,59061.9,59319.3,56852.6,56552.1
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",85354.1,83482.2,84171.6
"Smallpt 1.0 - Global Illumination Renderer; 128 Samples",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",55.883664131165,57.120347976685,57.141546010971
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",55.434477090836,55.920547962189,55.708560943604
"Timed PHP Compilation 7.1.9 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",56.730634212494,56.469567060471,56.726867198944
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",52.9395840168,53.1146941185,53.148792982101
"m-queens 1.2 - Time To Solve",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",48.746876955032,48.756986856461,48.775031089783
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",48.78515291214,48.789009094238,48.794312953949
"Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 - Method: Append",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",63411.4,72640.5,69420.4,70311.7,72298.1,70692.9,72413.3,67724.2,69804.2,70748.1,72525.2,72566.7
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",95106.7,95987.3,93285.8
"Rust Mandelbrot - Time To Complete Serial/Parallel Mandelbrot",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",43.869051933289,43.89271903038,43.861829996109
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",43.851719856262,43.870054960251,43.810891151428
"Chaos Group V-RAY 1.1.0 - Mode: CPU",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",43.501545190811,43.393221139908,43.473820924759
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",41.631689071655,41.483426094055,41.487937927246
"DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 - Java Test: H2",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",7518,7363,6927,6896,7334,6982,7581,7457,6746,7326,7382,7454,7335,7312,7328
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",6835,6967,6802,6691
"Blender 2.79a - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",
"John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 - Test: Traditional DES",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",99274000,99142000,99038000
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",99687000,99289000,99532000
"Himeno Benchmark 3.0 - Poisson Pressure Solver",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",3098.123709,3059.77035,3097.030425
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",3071.219752,3040.369562,3070.932892
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: EP.C",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",551.44,660.31,662.15,660.22,665.94,662.29,665.8,660.89,663.84,663.18,666.59,664.61
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",667.64,667.78,667.84
"LuaJIT 2.0.5 - Test: Composite",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",1620.9,1621.13,1617.79
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",1614.95,1617.32,1614.28
"Node.js Octane Benchmark - ",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",39258,39443,39470
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",45211,45338,45238
"Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: CPU Stress",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",7859.09,7850.55,7851.75
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",7923.91,7919.01,7926.69
"Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: System V Message Passing",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",8100436.05,8100250.72,8083388.79
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",8003255.3,8021433.22,8020305.04
"Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: Context Switching",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",17922778.99,17847175.95,17889724
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",26534164.58,26503610.15,26531082.8
"Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: Crypto",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",3576.61,3569.89,3564.05
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",3572.28,3572.34,3576.3
"Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: Semaphores",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",3102113.84,3007501.49,3144558.57
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",3163671.66,3223478.49,3134941.41
"Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: Forking",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",107834.69,108801.01,107920.63
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",112360.48,112548.25,111284.5
"Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: Socket Activity",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",16035.46,16293.33,16217.26
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",15911.78,15886.64,16173.49
"Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: Memory Copying",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",3287.7,3261.32,3266.82
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",3265.86,3256.34,3277.02
"LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 - WAV To MP3",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",27.532589912415,27.526077032089,27.513771057129
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",27.026475906372,27.088647842407,27.083993196487
"DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 - Java Test: Eclipse",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",18147,18245,18323,18511
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",16737,16797,16616,16684
"PyBench 2018-02-16 - Total For Average Test Times",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",1313,1317,1301
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",946,949,948
"Rodinia 2.4 - Test: OpenMP Streamcluster",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",14.124650001526,14.236295938492,15.08358502388,13.911932945251,14.964779138565,14.124949932098
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",14.81435918808,13.897165060043,13.927198171616,13.760119915009
"GIMP 2.10.6 - Test: unsharp-mask",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",24.507807970047,24.462239027023,24.572073936462
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",22.359402894974,22.649940013885,22.599031925201
"Rodinia 2.4 - Test: OpenMP LavaMD",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",26.081254959106,26.077525854111,26.087004184723
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",20.320741176605,20.331484079361,20.418262958527
"Crafty 25.2 - Elapsed Time",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",8731386,8707493,8683461
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",8789004,8770398,8807955
"Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 - Method: Set",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",58306.2,55309.3,58674.8
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",85035.2,84825.7,83166.4
"John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 - Test: Blowfish",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",29080,28998,28985
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",29080,29014,28998
"John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 - Test: MD5",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",889142,887500,888192
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",902707,897696,902793
"OpenSSL 1.1.1 - RSA 4096-bit Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",4654.7,4658.2,4667.2
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",4671.1,4691.2,4675.4
"Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 - Method: Prepend",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",71224.7,69755.9,71736
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",95198.5,94965.6,93398.8
"Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 - Method: Replace",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",69161.2,72709.4,73020.2
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",97368.9,95967.5,92596.3
"GIMP 2.10.6 - Test: auto-levels",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",18.941831827164,18.632151126862,18.597011089325
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",17.454910993576,17.390810966492,17.429892063141
"PHPBench 0.8.1 - PHP Benchmark Suite",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",491656,486616,495961
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",695830,703531,701831
"GIMP 2.10.6 - Test: rotate",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",16.997185945511,17.06139588356,16.971164941788
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",15.90789604187,15.649390935898,15.538228034973
"DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 - Java Test: Tradesoap",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",4542,4648,4801,4667
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",4412,4412,4390,4606
"Bork File Encrypter 1.4 - File Encryption Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",7.2074649333954,6.8417429924011,6.722815990448,6.7292909622192
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",7.0822978019714,6.503396987915,6.477814912796,6.4695727825165,6.8587899208069,6.4697279930115,6.5003519058228,6.4752688407898,6.5092830657959
"Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 - Method: Delete",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",116244.9,114987.6,116031.9
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",144649.4,149936.9,143636.1
"Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 - Method: Get",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",116815.5,117648,116295
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",147522.1,146389.8,147566.3
"Rodinia 2.4 - Test: OpenMP CFD Solver",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",11.657670021057,11.598190069199,11.643613100052
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",11.428349971771,11.479145050049,11.417235851288
"GIMP 2.10.6 - Test: resize",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",12.346078872681,11.869291067123,11.823807001114
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",11.238435983658,10.896503925323,10.78373503685
"Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 - Pfam Database Search",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",12.800801038742,12.516297101974,12.42396903038
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",9.0379810333252,8.6745500564575,8.6270477771759
"Zstd Compression 1.3.4 - Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",10.55314207077,10.474586963654,10.408305883408
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",10.699216127396,10.465323925018,10.40466094017
"Node.js Express HTTP Load Test - ",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",9783,9690,9742
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",11164,11296,11058
"Sunflow Rendering System 0.07.2 - Global Illumination + Image Synthesis",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",0.951,0.901,0.936
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",0.951,0.914,0.963
"Darktable 2.4.4 - Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",8.213,8.24,8.211
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",8.218,8.234,8.169
"Parboil 2.5 - Test: OpenMP Stencil",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",7.05554,7.05375,7.112428
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",7.117034,7.009685,7.046152
"DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 - Java Test: Jython",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",4814,4913,4987,4810
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",3242,3208,3245,3236
"Rust Prime Benchmark - Prime Number Test To 200,000,000",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",8.1982209682465,8.1945691108704,8.1951830387115
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",8.1955690383911,8.2236979007721,8.193244934082
"x264 2018-09-25 - H.264 Video Encoding",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",121.1,125.43,125.65
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",124.93,127.7,130.39
"Darktable 2.4.4 - Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",3.927,3.942,3.892
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",3.884,3.889,3.881
"Darktable 2.4.4 - Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",2.604,2.623,2.593
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",2.568,2.59,2.609
"Timed MAFFT Alignment 7.392 - Multiple Sequence Alignment",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",2.5409910678864,2.5520761013031,2.5535459518433
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",2.4896600246429,2.4884970188141,2.4918539524078
"Parboil 2.5 - Test: OpenMP CUTCP",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",2.378254,2.385318,2.394194
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",2.404907,2.406034,2.41193
"Darktable 2.4.4 - Test: Server Rack - Acceleration: CPU-only",
Lower Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",0.127,0.127,0.127
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",0.127,0.125,0.126
"LuaJIT 2.0.5 - Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",1654.07,1650.8,1654.26
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",1650.43,1652.73,1651.61
"LuaJIT 2.0.5 - Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",3855.16,3856.73,3839.16
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",3838.74,3848.7,3842.01
"LuaJIT 2.0.5 - Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",1411.03,1413.61,1410.71
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",1414.35,1414.77,1407.62
"LuaJIT 2.0.5 - Test: Fast Fourier Transform",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",633.67,633.6,633.81
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",620.71,620.13,620.32
"LuaJIT 2.0.5 - Test: Monte Carlo",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",550.58,550.93,551
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",550.49,550.3,549.83
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Read Compiled Tree",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",2660.38,2513.53,2633.55
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",3565.73,3476.54,3436.72
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Initial Create",
Higher Results Are Better
"Linux 4.20 Git",595.52,586.65,612.02
"Linux 4.20 - Mitigations Disabled",764.04,738.37,750.58