Ref Run Intel Core i9-7960X testing with a MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (1.A0 BIOS) and AMD Radeon RX 550 2GB on Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 17763 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Balanced Power: 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: ASIX AX88772B USB2.0 + Intel Connection I219-V 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 Balanced Power: Default 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: ASIX AX88772B USB2.0 + Intel Connection I219-V 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 High Performance: 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: ASIX AX88772B USB2.0 + Intel Connection I219-V 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 High Performance: Default 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: ASIX AX88772B USB2.0 + Intel Connection I219-V 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 Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Windows AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 2057 |============================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 2277 |================================= High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 2276 |================================= High Performance: Default Mitigations . 2277 |================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Windows AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 282 |=========== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 283 |=========== High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 902 |================================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 344 |============= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Windows AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 2297 |================================= Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 2304 |================================= High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 2294 |================================= High Performance: Default Mitigations . 2317 |================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Windows AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 282 |====================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 444 |================================== High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 285 |====================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 285 |====================== Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Text Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 17529 |============================ Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 17019 |=========================== High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 19974 |================================ High Performance: Default Mitigations . 18226 |============================= Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Image Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 2456946 |============================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 2216121 |=========================== High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 2112000 |========================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 2103655 |========================== t-test1 2017-01-13 Threads: 2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 186 |====================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 282 |================================== High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 166 |==================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 270 |================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 10.12 |================================ Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 9.83 |=============================== High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 9.55 |============================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 9.71 |=============================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 11.87 |================================ Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 11.30 |============================== High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 11.23 |============================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 11.28 |============================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Pod2html Seconds < Lower Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 0.16976536 |=========================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 0.16827675 |=========================== High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 0.15830763 |========================= High Performance: Default Mitigations . 0.16695761 |=========================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Interpreter Seconds < Lower Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 0.01261817 |======================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 0.01414444 |=========================== High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 0.01132863 |====================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 0.01300660 |========================= AppTimer Time To Launch: Inkscape Seconds < Lower Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 0.6707900 |=========================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 0.6953700 |============================ High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 0.6215200 |========================= High Performance: Default Mitigations . 0.6886400 |============================ AppTimer Time To Launch: FileZilla Seconds < Lower Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 0.0648100 |====================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 0.0840800 |============================ High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 0.0587150 |==================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 0.0746800 |========================= AppTimer Time To Launch: LibreOffice Seconds < Lower Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 0.3831313 |========================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 0.4147000 |============================ High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 0.3528400 |======================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 0.3886600 |========================== AppTimer Time To Launch: Blender 2.79 Seconds < Lower Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 0.0173400 |====================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 0.0216467 |============================ High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 0.0154600 |==================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 0.0154000 |==================== AppTimer Time To Launch: File Explorer Seconds < Lower Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 0.0420200 |===================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 0.0548550 |============================ High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 0.0388400 |==================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 0.0414825 |===================== AppTimer Time To Launch: VLC Media Player Seconds < Lower Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 0.1229200 |======================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 0.1410400 |============================ High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 0.1059900 |===================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 0.1211300 |======================== AppTimer Time To Launch: Visual Studio Code Seconds < Lower Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 0.5669600 |============================ Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 0.5752734 |============================ High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 0.5251598 |========================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 0.5492066 |=========================== AppTimer Time To Launch: Shotcut Video Editor Seconds < Lower Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 0.7965100 |========================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 0.8721900 |============================ High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 0.7789800 |========================= High Performance: Default Mitigations . 0.8564300 |=========================== AppTimer Time To Launch: Pencil2D Animation Software Seconds < Lower Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 0.2218550 |======================= Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 0.2722425 |============================ High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 0.2028300 |===================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 0.2631833 |=========================== Blender 2.79a Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 155 |================================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 153 |================================== High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 152 |================================= High Performance: Default Mitigations . 153 |================================== Geekbench 4.3.3 Test: Multi Core Score > Higher Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 41238 |=============================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 40734 |=============================== High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 42159 |================================ High Performance: Default Mitigations . 40981 |=============================== Geekbench 4.3.3 Test: Single Core Score > Higher Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 5021 |================================ Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 5198 |================================= High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 5252 |================================= High Performance: Default Mitigations . 5199 |================================= Novabench Test: CPU CPU Score > Higher Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 538 |============================ Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 637 |================================== High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 643 |================================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 636 |================================== Novabench Test: RAM RAM Score > Higher Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 250 |================================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 247 |================================== High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 248 |================================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 247 |================================== Novabench Test: RAM MB/s > Higher Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 21021 |================================ Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 20414 |=============================== High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 20503 |=============================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 20354 |=============================== Selenium Benchmark: ARES-6 - Browser: Google Chrome ms < Lower Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 19.07 |================================ Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 19.10 |================================ High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 18.48 |=============================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 18.66 |=============================== Selenium Benchmark: Octane - Browser: Google Chrome Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 46036 |=============================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 46235 |=============================== High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 46981 |================================ High Performance: Default Mitigations . 46443 |================================ Selenium Benchmark: WebXPRT - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 237 |================================= Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 235 |================================ High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 247 |================================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 243 |================================= Selenium Benchmark: Basemark - Browser: Google Chrome Overall Score > Higher Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 949 |=============================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 961 |=============================== High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 1018 |================================= High Performance: Default Mitigations . 1010 |================================= Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 217 |================================= Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 217 |================================= High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 227 |================================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 223 |================================= Selenium Benchmark: CanvasMark - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 14872 |============================= Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 15162 |============================== High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 16286 |================================ High Performance: Default Mitigations . 15975 |=============================== Selenium Benchmark: MotionMark - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 262 |=============================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 244 |============================= High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 269 |================================ High Performance: Default Mitigations . 283 |================================== Selenium Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Google Chrome Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 115 |================================= Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 116 |================================= High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 118 |================================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 117 |================================== Git Time To Complete Common Git Commands Seconds < Lower Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 9.52 |=========================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 11.09 |================================ High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 10.14 |============================= High Performance: Default Mitigations . 10.76 |=============================== Sunflow Rendering System 0.07.2 Global Illumination + Image Synthesis Seconds < Lower Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 1.05 |================================= Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 1.03 |================================ High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 1.03 |================================ High Performance: Default Mitigations . 1.03 |================================ Tesseract OCR v4.0.0.20181030 Time To OCR 7 Images Seconds < Lower Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 56.42 |======================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 74.99 |================================ High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 53.80 |======================= High Performance: Default Mitigations . 74.64 |================================ OSBench Test: Create Files us Per Event < Lower Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 693 |=============================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 768 |================================== High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 685 |============================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 732 |================================ OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 26.60 |=========================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 31.01 |================================ High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 26.11 |=========================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 31.27 |================================ OSBench Test: Launch Programs us Per Event < Lower Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 1255 |=========================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 1514 |================================= High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 1238 |=========================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 1359 |============================== OSBench Test: Memory Allocations Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better Balanced Power: No Mitigations ........ 84.57 |============================== Balanced Power: Default Mitigations ... 90.29 |================================ High Performance: No Mitigations ...... 76.65 |=========================== High Performance: Default Mitigations . 90.77 |================================