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Windows 10: No Mitigations: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.81GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (1.A0 BIOS), Memory: 4 x 4096 MB 3000MHz, Disk: 238GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 550 2GB, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 17763, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 22.19.677.257, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2442.9), File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.81GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (1.A0 BIOS), Memory: 4 x 4096 MB 3000MHz, Disk: 238GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 550 2GB, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 17763, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 22.19.677.257, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2442.9), Compiler: GCC 7.1.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.81GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (1.A0 BIOS), Memory: 4 x 4096 MB 3000MHz, Disk: 238GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 550 2GB, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 17763, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 22.19.677.257, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2442.9), Compiler: GCC 7.1.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (1.A0 BIOS), Memory: 4 x 4096 MB, Disk: 238GB NVMe INTEL SSDPEKKW25, Graphics: Microsoft Basic Display, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + ASIX AX88772B USB2.0 to Fast + Microsoft ISATAP + LAN7500 USB 2.0 to 10/100/1000 OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro Build 9600, Kernel: 6.3 (x86_64), Display Driver: 6.3.9600.16384, Compiler: GCC 7.1.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (1.A0 BIOS), Memory: 4 x 4096 MB, Disk: 238GB NVMe INTEL SSDPEKKW25, Graphics: Microsoft Basic Display, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + ASIX AX88772B USB2.0 to Fast + Microsoft ISATAP + LAN7500 USB 2.0 to 10/100/1000 OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro Build 9600, Kernel: 6.3 (x86_64), Display Driver: 6.3.9600.16384, Compiler: GCC 7.1.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Windows 8: No Mitigations: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (1.A0 BIOS), Memory: 4 x 4096 MB, Disk: 238GB NVMe INTEL SSDPEKKW25, Graphics: Microsoft Basic Display, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + ASIX AX88772B USB2.0 to Fast + Microsoft ISATAP + LAN7500 USB 2.0 to 10/100/1000 OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro Build 9600, Kernel: 6.3 (x86_64), Display Driver: 6.3.9600.16384, Compiler: GCC 7.1.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 4413 |================= Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 4401 |================= Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 4677 |================== Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 7394 |============================ Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 6789 |========================== Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 6680 |========================= DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: H2 msec < Lower Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 3794 |============================ Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 3549 |========================== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 3728 |============================ Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 3141 |======================= Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 3337 |========================= Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 3313 |======================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Jython msec < Lower Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 5560 |=========================== Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 5617 |=========================== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 5853 |============================ Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 4016 |=================== Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 4024 |=================== Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 3907 |=================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 12.71 |========================== Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 12.67 |========================== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 13.01 |=========================== Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 9.86 |==================== Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 9.68 |==================== Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 9.68 |==================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 15.28 |========================== Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 15.18 |========================== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 15.57 |=========================== Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 11.23 |=================== Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 11.23 |=================== Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 11.19 |=================== Darktable 2.4.1 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 0.50 |========================== Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 0.54 |============================ Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 0.51 |========================== Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 0.52 |=========================== Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 0.52 |=========================== Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 0.51 |========================== Tesseract OCR v4.0.0.20181030 Time To OCR 7 Images Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 76.88 |======================= Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 80.61 |======================== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 89.08 |=========================== Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 65.84 |==================== Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 54.17 |================ Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 52.84 |================ Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 725 |================= Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 579 |============= Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 500 |=========== Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 843 |=================== Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 1113 |========================== Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 1218 |============================ Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 185500 |=============== Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 148000 |============ Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 127500 |=========== Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 215500 |================== Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 285000 |======================== Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 312000 |========================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Windows AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 3650 |============== Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 3674 |============== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 3556 |============= Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 7318 |============================ Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 7366 |============================ Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 7408 |============================ Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Windows AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 2747 |============= Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 2810 |============== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 2707 |============= Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 5446 |========================== Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 5459 |========================== Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 5797 |============================ Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Windows AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 3565 |============== Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 3647 |============== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 3586 |============== Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 7322 |============================ Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 7373 |============================ Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 7385 |============================ Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Windows AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 2754 |========================== Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 2777 |========================== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 2680 |========================= Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 2923 |=========================== Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 2951 |============================ Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 2979 |============================ IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 1267 |================= Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 1213 |================ Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 895 |============ Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 1293 |================== Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 1878 |========================== Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 2060 |============================ OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 30.31 |====================== Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 30.99 |======================= Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 36.43 |=========================== Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 32.61 |======================== Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 29.64 |====================== Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 28.20 |===================== OSBench Test: Launch Programs us Per Event < Lower Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 2388 |========================= Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 2295 |======================== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 2624 |============================ Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 2051 |====================== Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 1947 |===================== Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 1185 |============= OSBench Test: Memory Allocations Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 125.00 |======================== Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 130.00 |======================== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 138.00 |========================== Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 75.99 |============== Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 73.17 |============== Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 63.45 |============ Ethr 2019-01-02 Server Address: 127.0.0.1 - Protocol: TCP - Test: Latency - Threads: 8 Microseconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 14.33 |================ Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 15.48 |================= Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 23.98 |=========================== Ethr 2019-01-02 Server Address: 127.0.0.1 - Protocol: TCP - Test: Latency - Threads: 16 Microseconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 14.20 |================ Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 15.02 |================= Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 24.06 |=========================== 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 73047 |======================= Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 75399 |======================== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 73105 |======================= Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 82630 |========================== Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 83332 |=========================== Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 84503 |=========================== Blender 2.79a Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 203 |============================ Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 211 |============================= Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 206 |============================ Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 153 |===================== Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 152 |===================== Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 153 |===================== Maxon Cinebench 15.038 Test: Multi-Core Test pts > Higher Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 3226 |============================ Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 1452 |============= Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 1205 |========== Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 3199 |============================ Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 3220 |============================ Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 3212 |============================ Maxon Cinebench 15.038 Test: Single-Core Test pts > Higher Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 194 |============================= Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 130 |=================== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 127 |=================== Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 194 |============================= Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 193 |============================= Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 194 |============================= BlogBench 1.1 Test: Read Final Score > Higher Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 8162 |=========================== Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 8504 |============================ Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 7549 |========================= Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 7246 |======================== Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 7693 |========================= Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 7955 |========================== BlogBench 1.1 Test: Write Final Score > Higher Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 258 |============================= Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 261 |============================= Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 228 |========================= Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 211 |======================= Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 226 |========================= Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 230 |========================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 218575 |=============== Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 216597 |=============== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 212225 |=============== Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 362516 |========================== Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 367800 |========================== Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 361923 |========================== SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 62.58 |================== Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 50.52 |=============== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 66.55 |=================== Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 93.48 |=========================== Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 93.97 |=========================== Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 75.96 |====================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Interpreter Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 0.01298367 |=================== Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 0.01363817 |==================== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 0.01507877 |====================== Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 0.01310041 |=================== Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 0.01134052 |================= Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 0.01090204 |================ Git Time To Complete Common Git Commands Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 12.09 |========================== Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 12.42 |========================== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 12.76 |=========================== Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 10.92 |======================= Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 10.23 |====================== Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 10.32 |====================== t-test1 2017-01-13 Threads: 2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 180 |=================== Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 197 |==================== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 280 |============================= Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 221 |======================= Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 174 |================== Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 160 |================= Diskspd 2.0.21 Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 0 - Read Only - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 2MB MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 1725 |====================== Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 1717 |====================== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 1699 |====================== Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 1360 |================= Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 1375 |================== Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 2182 |============================ Diskspd 2.0.21 Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 0 - Read Only - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 2MB IOPS > Higher Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 862 |====================== Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 858 |====================== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 849 |====================== Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 680 |================= Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 688 |================== Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 1091 |============================ OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 134 |===================== Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 134 |===================== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 131 |===================== Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 182 |============================= Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 181 |============================= Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 181 |============================= Redis 3.2.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 715377 |=============== Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 711781 |=============== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 655496 |============== Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 1083465 |======================= Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 1134436 |========================= Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 1154135 |========================= Redis 3.2.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 992663 |================ Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 983980 |================ Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 897465 |=============== Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 1406604 |======================= Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 1537879 |========================= Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 1543296 |========================= AppTimer Time To Launch: LibreOffice Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 0.76 |===================== Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 0.89 |========================= Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 0.99 |============================ Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 0.90 |========================= Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 0.42 |============ Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 0.41 |============ AppTimer Time To Launch: Blender 2.79 Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 0.04 |============================ Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 0.03 |===================== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 0.04 |============================ Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 0.03 |===================== Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 0.03 |===================== Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 0.03 |===================== AppTimer Time To Launch: File Explorer Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 0.09 |============================ Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 0.07 |====================== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 0.09 |============================ Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 0.07 |====================== Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 0.07 |====================== Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 0.06 |=================== AppTimer Time To Launch: VLC Media Player Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 0.15 |========================== Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 0.15 |========================== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 0.16 |============================ Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 0.12 |===================== Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 0.13 |======================= Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 0.13 |======================= Geekbench 4.3.3 Test: Multi Core Score > Higher Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 41760 |=========================== Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 41341 |=========================== Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 41084 |=========================== Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 38725 |========================= Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 39265 |========================= Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 39378 |========================= Geekbench 4.3.3 Test: Single Core Score > Higher Is Better Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 5300 |============================ Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 5263 |============================ Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 5256 |============================ Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 5098 |=========================== Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 5109 |=========================== Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 5168 |=========================== GIMP 2.10.0 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 62.18 |============================ Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 59.55 |=========================== Windows 8: No Mitigations ................. 58.20 |========================== GIMP 2.10.0 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 16.56 |============================ Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 15.87 |=========================== Windows 8: No Mitigations ................. 15.34 |========================== GIMP 2.10.0 Test: rotate Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 26.14 |============================ Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 24.81 |=========================== Windows 8: No Mitigations ................. 24.37 |========================== GIMP 2.10.0 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 39.56 |============================ Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 38.21 |=========================== Windows 8: No Mitigations ................. 37.68 |===========================