MDS Core i7 8700K Intel Core i7-8700K testing with a ASUS TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (1802 BIOS) and Intel UHD 630 3GB on Ubuntu 19.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (1802 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 8th Gen Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: Intel UHD 630 3GB (1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.0.2, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 8700K: No Mitigations Off: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (1802 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 8th Gen Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: Intel UHD 630 3GB (1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.0.2, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 74.58 |============================= 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 73.86 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 8447 |============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 8450 |============================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 5425 |============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 5430 |============================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 8478 |============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 8495 |============================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 5379 |============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 5361 |============================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 75.37 |============================= 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 66.70 |========================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 117.77 |============================ 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 80.15 |=================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 1206 |============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 892 |====================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 591 |=============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 558 |============================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 7142 |============================ 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 7654 |============================== MBW 2018-09-08 Test: Memory Copy - Array Size: 4096 MiB MiB/s > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 14948 |============================= 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 14986 |============================= t-test1 2017-01-13 Threads: 2 Seconds < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 5.50 |============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 5.14 |============================ Sockperf 3.4 Test: Throughput Messages Per Second > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 617628 |========================= 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 699902 |============================ Sockperf 3.4 Test: Latency Ping Pong usec < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 2.81 |============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 2.60 |============================ Sockperf 3.4 Test: Latency Under Load usec < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 18.16 |============================= 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 17.19 |=========================== Ethr 2019-01-02 Server Address: localhost - Protocol: TCP - Test: Latency - Threads: 1 Microseconds < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 9.41 |============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 8.74 |============================ Ethr 2019-01-02 Server Address: localhost - Protocol: TCP - Test: Latency - Threads: 32 Microseconds < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 9.27 |============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 8.73 |============================ Timed MAFFT Alignment 7.392 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 2.76 |============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 2.80 |============================== Bork File Encrypter 1.4 File Encryption Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 6.03 |============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 6.01 |============================== LuaJIT 2.1-git Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 1738 |============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 1735 |============================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 83.71 |============================= 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 82.16 |============================ Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 474 |=============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 466 |============================== Y-Cruncher 0.7.7 Calculating 500M Pi Digits Seconds < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 29.31 |============================= 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 29.28 |============================= Node.js Octane Benchmark Score > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 55509 |============================= 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 55808 |============================= dav1d 0.3 Video Input: Summer Nature 4K Seconds < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 32.42 |============================= 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 32.26 |============================= dav1d 0.3 Video Input: Summer Nature 1080p Seconds < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 9.62 |============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 9.58 |============================== Hackbench Count: 32 - Type: Process Seconds < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 122.32 |============================ 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 92.67 |===================== OpenSSL 1.1.1 RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 1980 |============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 1970 |============================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: cos nanoseconds < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 41.93 |============================= 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 42.03 |============================= glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: ffs nanoseconds < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 1.63 |============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 1.52 |============================ glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: sin nanoseconds < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 41.69 |============================= 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 41.66 |============================= glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: ffsll nanoseconds < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 1.63 |============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 1.52 |============================ glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: pthread_once nanoseconds < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 1.63 |============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 1.52 |============================ PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 178547 |========================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 188863 |============================ PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 2457 |============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 2173 |=========================== GIMP 2.10.8 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 7.89 |============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 7.78 |============================== GIMP 2.10.8 Test: rotate Seconds < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 12.14 |============================= 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 11.84 |============================ GIMP 2.10.8 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 13.37 |============================= 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 12.97 |============================ GIMP 2.10.8 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 15.26 |============================= 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 14.90 |============================ Redis 4.0.8 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 3555845 |=========================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 3171909 |======================== Redis 4.0.8 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 2390360 |========================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 2441147 |=========================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Crypto Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 1506 |============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 1506 |============================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Semaphores Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 4539211 |======================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 5006831 |=========================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Vector Math Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 17311 |============================= 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 17307 |============================= Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Memory Copying Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 1820 |============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 1820 |============================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Socket Activity Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 5806 |====================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 8039 |============================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Context Switching Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 3268487 |===================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 4128716 |=========================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: System V Message Passing Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 7278981 |==================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 9891245 |=========================== ctx_clock Context Switch Time Clocks < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 920 |=============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 513 |================= Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Get Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 145526 |========================= 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 160305 |============================ Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Set Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 90215 |============================ 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 93858 |============================= PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 857 |=============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 855 |=============================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 759756 |============================ 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 765052 |============================ Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream 2 - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 81.25 |============================= 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 81.14 |============================= Sunflow Rendering System 0.07.2 Global Illumination + Image Synthesis Seconds < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 1.47 |============================== 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 1.47 |============================== OSBench Test: Create Files us Per Event < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 12.05 |============================= 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 11.43 |============================ OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 10.15 |============================= 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 9.84 |============================ OSBench Test: Launch Programs us Per Event < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 31.91 |============================= 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 29.82 |=========================== OSBench Test: Memory Allocations Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better 8700K: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable . 63.53 |============================= 8700K: No Mitigations Off ................ 61.49 |============================