Intel Core i9-7960X testing with a MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (1.A0 BIOS) and Microsoft Basic Display on Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro Build 9600 via the Phoronix Test Suite.
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Intel Core i9-7960X testing with a MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (1.A0 BIOS) and Microsoft Basic Display on Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro Build 9600 via the Phoronix Test Suite.
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: build
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 34346415550 |=================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 39105132750 |====================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 41429476600 |=====================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 31407674100 |================
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 31544983900 |================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 31354274300 |================
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 |=========================
Go Benchmarks
Test: json
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 5113328 |========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 5389082 |=========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 5277765 |========================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 3561902 |=================
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 3602255 |=================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 3543035 |================
Go Benchmarks
Test: garbage
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 990452 |==========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 962674 |=========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 993643 |==========================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 784287 |=====================
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 779675 |====================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 782008 |====================
t-test1 2017-01-13
Threads: 1
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 46.41 |=========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 45.46 |========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 50.13 |===========================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 40.83 |======================
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 38.96 |=====================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 38.96 |=====================
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 |=================
Geekbench 4.3.3
Test: Multi Core
Score > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 41084 |===========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 41341 |===========================
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 41760 |===========================
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: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 5256 |============================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 5263 |============================
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 5300 |============================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 5098 |===========================
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 5109 |===========================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 5168 |===========================
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 |========================
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 100 - All Writes - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 4KB
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 67372 |=========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 72249 |===========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 53865 |====================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 687 |
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 669 |
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 692 |
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 |====================
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 6 - Write Requests (Percent): 0 - Read Only - File Size: 1M - Block Size: 4KB
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 30563 |=============
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 32545 |==============
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 30673 |=============
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 40601 |=================
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 38445 |================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 64219 |===========================
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 |===================
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 100 - All Writes - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 4KB
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 263.00 |========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 282.00 |==========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 210.00 |===================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 2.69 |
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 2.62 |
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 2.71 |
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 100 - All Writes - File Size: 1M - Block Size: 4KB
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 281.00 |==========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 268.00 |=========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 197.00 |==================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 2.64 |
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 14.32 |=
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 2.71 |
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 100 - All Writes - File Size: 1M - Block Size: 4KB
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 71941 |===========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 68657 |==========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 50528 |===================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 675 |
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 3666 |=
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 694 |
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 50 - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 2MB
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 482 |==============
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 992 |=============================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 587 |=================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 421 |============
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 665 |===================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 173 |=====
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 50 - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 2MB
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 241.00 |=============
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 496.00 |==========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 293.00 |===============
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 210.00 |===========
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 332.00 |=================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 86.49 |=====
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 100 - All Writes - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 2MB
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 141.00 |========
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 142.00 |========
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 468.00 |==========================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 45.50 |===
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 45.42 |===
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 54.90 |===
Darktable 2.4.1
Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 0.41 |==========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 0.44 |===========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 0.42 |==========================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 0.45 |============================
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 0.43 |===========================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 0.41 |==========================
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 50 - File Size: 1M - Block Size: 4KB
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 103.00 |=================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 160.00 |==========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 89.01 |==============
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 16.65 |===
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 8.83 |=
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 23.14 |====
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 50 - File Size: 1M - Block Size: 4KB
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 26318 |=================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 40892 |===========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 22785 |===============
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 4261 |===
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 2260 |=
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 5924 |====
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 |============================
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 0 - Read Only - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 4KB
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 87026 |======================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 81888 |====================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 63306 |================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 75140 |===================
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 95293 |========================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 103907 |==========================
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 0 - Read Only - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 4KB
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 340 |========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 320 |=======================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 247 |==================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 294 |=====================
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 372 |===========================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 406 |=============================
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 0 - Read Only - File Size: 1M - Block Size: 4KB
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 84721 |===========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 76650 |========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 60686 |===================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 57060 |==================
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 65213 |=====================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 68140 |======================
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 6 - Write Requests (Percent): 100 - All Writes - File Size: 1M - Block Size: 4KB
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 70496 |===========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 66375 |=========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 65949 |=========================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 716 |
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 721 |
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 2455 |=
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 50 - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 4KB
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 82.64 |================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 130.24 |==========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 79.69 |================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 23.09 |=====
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 16.67 |===
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 4.88 |=
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 100 - All Writes - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 2MB
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 283.00 |========
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 284.00 |========
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 936.00 |==========================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 90.99 |===
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 90.83 |===
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 109.79 |===
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 50 - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 4KB
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 21155 |=================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 33340 |===========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 20399 |=================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 5909 |=====
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 4268 |===
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 1250 |=
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 6 - Write Requests (Percent): 0 - Read Only - File Size: 1M - Block Size: 4KB
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 119 |==============
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 127 |===============
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 120 |==============
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 159 |==================
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 150 |=================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 251 |=============================
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 6 - Write Requests (Percent): 100 - All Writes - File Size: 1M - Block Size: 4KB
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 275.00 |==========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 259.00 |========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 258.00 |========================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 2.80 |
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 2.82 |
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 9.59 |=
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 |==========================
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 6 - Write Requests (Percent): 50 - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 2MB
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 244.00 |=====================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 243.00 |=====================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 245.00 |=====================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 86.31 |=======
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 86.51 |========
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 299.86 |==========================
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 |================
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 6 - Write Requests (Percent): 50 - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 4KB
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 72915 |===========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 65610 |========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 54896 |====================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 1254 |
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 1236 |
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 2939 |=
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 6 - Write Requests (Percent): 50 - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 2MB
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 488 |========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 487 |========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 490 |========================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 173 |========
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 173 |========
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 600 |=============================
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 6 - Write Requests (Percent): 50 - File Size: 1M - Block Size: 4KB
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 67834 |===========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 61558 |=========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 61912 |=========================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 1347 |=
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 1221 |
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 1205 |
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 6 - Write Requests (Percent): 50 - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 4KB
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 285.00 |==========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 256.00 |=======================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 214.00 |====================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 4.90 |
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 4.83 |
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 11.48 |=
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 6 - Write Requests (Percent): 50 - File Size: 1M - Block Size: 4KB
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 265.00 |==========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 240.00 |========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 242.00 |========================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 5.26 |=
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 4.78 |
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 4.71 |
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 6 - Write Requests (Percent): 0 - Read Only - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 2MB
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 1039 |============================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 972 |==========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 980 |==========================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 652 |==================
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 639 |=================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 674 |==================
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 6 - Write Requests (Percent): 0 - Read Only - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 2MB
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 2079 |============================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 1945 |==========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 1961 |==========================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 1303 |==================
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 1278 |=================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 1347 |==================
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 0 - Read Only - File Size: 1M - Block Size: 4KB
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 331 |=============================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 299 |==========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 237 |=====================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 223 |====================
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 255 |======================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 266 |=======================
GIMP 2.10.0
Test: unsharp-mask
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 59.55 |===========================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 62.18 |============================
Windows 8: No Mitigations ................. 58.20 |==========================
GIMP 2.10.0
Test: resize
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 15.87 |===========================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 16.56 |============================
Windows 8: No Mitigations ................. 15.34 |==========================
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 |=========================
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 6 - Write Requests (Percent): 0 - Read Only - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 4KB
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 30191 |===============
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 28610 |==============
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 30870 |===============
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 54110 |===========================
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 39656 |====================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 48299 |========================
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 |=========================
Euler3D
CFD Cycle Frequency
Hz > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 16.72 |==================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 17.51 |===================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 17.59 |===================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 23.34 |=========================
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 24.39 |==========================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 25.49 |===========================
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 6 - Write Requests (Percent): 100 - All Writes - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 2MB
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 141.00 |=====================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 142.00 |======================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 143.00 |======================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 43.35 |=======
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 132.19 |====================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 171.05 |==========================
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 6 - Write Requests (Percent): 100 - All Writes - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 2MB
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 282.00 |=====================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 285.00 |======================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 286.00 |======================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 86.69 |=======
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 264.38 |====================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 342.10 |==========================
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 6 - Write Requests (Percent): 100 - All Writes - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 4KB
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 70209 |==========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 63246 |========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 72096 |===========================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 695 |
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 1261 |
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 2849 |=
GIMP 2.10.0
Test: rotate
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 24.81 |===========================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 26.14 |============================
Windows 8: No Mitigations ................. 24.37 |==========================
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 6 - Write Requests (Percent): 0 - Read Only - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 4KB
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 118 |================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 112 |===============
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 121 |=================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 211 |=============================
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 155 |=====================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 189 |==========================
Darktable 2.4.1
Test: Server Rack - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 0.34 |============================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 0.31 |==========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 0.31 |==========================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 0.34 |============================
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 0.33 |===========================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 0.33 |===========================
Diskspd 2.0.21
Threads Per Target: 6 - Write Requests (Percent): 100 - All Writes - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 4KB
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 274.00 |=========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 247.00 |=======================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 282.00 |==========================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 2.72 |
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 4.93 |
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 11.13 |=
Darktable 2.4.1
Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 0.49 |==========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 0.53 |============================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 0.51 |===========================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 0.52 |===========================
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 0.51 |===========================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 0.51 |===========================
GIMP 2.10.0
Test: auto-levels
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 38.21 |===========================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 39.56 |============================
Windows 8: No Mitigations ................. 37.68 |===========================
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: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 251 |======================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 252 |======================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 244 |=====================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 330 |=============================
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 255 |======================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 249 |======================
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 Files
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 1015 |==========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 981 |=========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 1086 |============================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 801 |=====================
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 869 |======================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 924 |========================
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 |===========================
Ethr 2019-01-02
Server Address: 127.0.0.1 - Protocol: TCP - Test: Bandwidth - Threads: 8
Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 62855 |====================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 85486 |===========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 68608 |======================
Ethr 2019-01-02
Server Address: 127.0.0.1 - Protocol: TCP - Test: Bandwidth - Threads: 16
Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 49732 |===========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 46777 |=========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 48204 |==========================
Ethr 2019-01-02
Server Address: 127.0.0.1 - Protocol: HTTP - Test: Bandwidth - Threads: 16
Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 102 |============================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 104 |=============================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 101 |============================
Ethr 2019-01-02
Server Address: localhost - Protocol: TCP - Test: Bandwidth - Threads: 16
Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 32274 |===========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 28672 |========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 29077 |========================
Ethr 2019-01-02
Server Address: localhost - Protocol: HTTP - Test: Bandwidth - Threads: 16
Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 57.73 |===========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 58.04 |===========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 55.91 |==========================
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 |===========================
Zstd Compression 1.3.4
Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10: No Mitigations ................. 11.97 |==========================
Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations ........... 11.77 |==========================
Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations . 12.35 |===========================
Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations .. 10.70 |=======================
Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations ............ 10.64 |=======================
Windows 8: No Mitigations .................. 10.57 |=======================
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 |==========================
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 |=======================
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: 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: 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 |============
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 |======================