Mitigation Cost May 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. 7980XE: mitigations=off: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.20GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1704 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV120 12GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS PB278, 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: 4.3 Mesa 19.0.2, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 7980XE: mitigations=auto: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.20GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1704 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV120 12GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS PB278, 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: 4.3 Mesa 19.0.2, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.20GHz (18 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1704 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV120 12GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS PB278, 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: 4.3 Mesa 19.0.2, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 8700K: 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 8700K: mitigations=auto: 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: mitigations=auto,nosmt: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores), 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 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 38.33 |=================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 38.84 |=================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 38.78 |=================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 71.26 |=================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 77.01 |====================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 78.78 |======================================= 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 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 4920 |==================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 4865 |=================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 4903 |==================================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 5521 |======================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 5365 |======================================= 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 5355 |======================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 201.00 |====================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 191.00 |==================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 191.00 |==================================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 56.27 |=========== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 50.89 |========== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 51.37 |========== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 1668 |======================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 1572 |====================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 1573 |====================================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 957 |======================= 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 870 |===================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 878 |===================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 780 |========================================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 664 |=================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 667 |=================================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 621 |================================= 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 532 |============================ 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 536 |============================ PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 8154 |==================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 6578 |============================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 6578 |============================= 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 9038 |======================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 7142 |================================ 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 7142 |================================ t-test1 2017-01-13 Threads: 2 Seconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 7.37 |================ 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 8.77 |=================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 18.16 |======================================= 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 4.84 |========== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 5.64 |============ 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 5.68 |============ Sockperf 3.4 Test: Throughput Messages Per Second > Higher Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 563034 |========================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 459769 |==================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 461047 |==================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 869948 |====================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 623647 |=========================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 611091 |=========================== Sockperf 3.4 Test: Latency Ping Pong usec < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 3.15 |================================ 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 3.86 |======================================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 3.96 |======================================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 2.16 |====================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 2.75 |============================ 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 2.81 |============================ Sockperf 3.4 Test: Latency Under Load usec < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 29.98 |============================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 37.61 |====================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 38.87 |======================================= 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 17.38 |================= 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 18.39 |================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 20.24 |==================== Ethr 2019-01-02 Server Address: localhost - Protocol: TCP - Test: Latency - Threads: 1 Microseconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 12.81 |============================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 15.47 |===================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 16.43 |======================================= 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 6.88 |================ 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 9.27 |====================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 9.45 |====================== Ethr 2019-01-02 Server Address: localhost - Protocol: TCP - Test: Latency - Threads: 32 Microseconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 12.67 |============================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 15.47 |===================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 16.40 |======================================= 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 6.89 |================ 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 9.24 |====================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 9.51 |======================= Bork File Encrypter 1.4 File Encryption Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 6.03 |==================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 6.38 |====================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 6.67 |======================================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 6.14 |===================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 6.39 |====================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 6.71 |======================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 37.89 |============== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 39.31 |============== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 50.99 |=================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 81.30 |============================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 83.76 |============================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 104.58 |====================================== Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 203 |============== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 196 |============== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 247 |================= 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 467 |================================= 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 467 |================================= 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 586 |========================================= Y-Cruncher 0.7.7 Calculating 500M Pi Digits Seconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 13.81 |================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 13.81 |================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 13.27 |================ 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 29.22 |=================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 29.25 |=================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 32.55 |======================================= Node.js Octane Benchmark Score > Higher Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 49202 |================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 48795 |================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 48780 |================================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 55727 |======================================= 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 55814 |======================================= 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 54886 |====================================== XZ Compression 5.2.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9 Seconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 18.33 |================ 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 18.63 |================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 18.59 |================= 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 34.49 |=============================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 34.69 |=============================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 43.74 |======================================= Zstd Compression 1.3.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19 Seconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 9.94 |=============== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 9.95 |=============== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 12.51 |=================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 25.85 |======================================= 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 25.76 |======================================= 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 25.08 |====================================== dav1d 0.3 Video Input: Summer Nature 4K Seconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 23.75 |======================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 23.75 |======================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 25.80 |========================= 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 32.28 |=============================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 32.42 |=============================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 40.88 |======================================= dav1d 0.3 Video Input: Summer Nature 1080p Seconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 12.52 |================================ 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 12.51 |================================ 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 15.15 |======================================= 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 9.55 |========================= 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 9.60 |========================= 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 12.00 |=============================== Hackbench Count: 32 - Type: Process Seconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 34.72 |======== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 54.90 |============ 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 71.03 |================ 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 69.70 |=============== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 121.36 |=========================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 173.63 |====================================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Interpreter Seconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 0.00248896 |==================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 0.00286423 |======================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 0.00280588 |====================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 0.00079405 |====== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 0.00081109 |====== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 0.00429569 |================================== OpenSSL 1.1.1 RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 4687 |======================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 4685 |======================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 4431 |====================================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 1978 |================= 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 1978 |================= 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 1875 |================ glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: ffs nanoseconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 1.49 |================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 1.73 |======================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 1.72 |======================================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 1.39 |================================ 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 1.63 |====================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 1.63 |====================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: ffsll nanoseconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 1.51 |=================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 1.73 |======================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 1.73 |======================================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 1.39 |================================ 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 1.63 |====================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 1.63 |====================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: pthread_once nanoseconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 1.50 |=================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 1.73 |======================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 1.72 |======================================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 1.39 |================================ 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 1.63 |====================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 1.63 |====================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 526651 |====================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 483500 |=================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 353020 |========================= 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 198343 |============== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 179378 |============= 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 115740 |======== Darktable 2.6.0 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 7.99 |====================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 7.97 |====================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 6.15 |================= 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 13.90 |======================================= 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 13.95 |======================================= 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 12.30 |================================== Darktable 2.6.0 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 3.78 |===================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 3.83 |====================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 4.04 |======================= 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 6.35 |==================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 6.46 |===================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 7.05 |======================================== Darktable 2.6.0 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 2.55 |==================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 2.56 |==================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 2.57 |===================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 4.69 |====================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 4.73 |====================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 5.00 |======================================== GIMP 2.10.8 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 10.98 |===================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 11.67 |======================================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 11.62 |======================================= 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 7.58 |========================= 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 7.97 |=========================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 7.59 |========================= GIMP 2.10.8 Test: rotate Seconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 15.95 |===================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 16.76 |======================================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 16.77 |======================================= 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 11.55 |=========================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 12.06 |============================ 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 12.23 |============================ GIMP 2.10.8 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 18.90 |===================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 19.87 |======================================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 17.94 |=================================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 12.61 |========================= 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 13.22 |========================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 13.11 |========================== GIMP 2.10.8 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 21.63 |================================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 25.33 |======================================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 20.21 |=============================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 14.49 |====================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 15.27 |======================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 14.51 |====================== Redis 4.0.8 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 2812897 |============================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 2508823 |========================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 2562106 |=========================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 3567252 |===================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 3136006 |================================= 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 3275164 |================================== Redis 4.0.8 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 2230553 |=============================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 2069424 |============================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 2074115 |============================= 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 2675324 |===================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 2454363 |================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 2551098 |=================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Semaphores Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 3171116 |==================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 3024405 |=================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 3716937 |======================= 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 4922155 |=============================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 4550172 |============================= 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 5883402 |===================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Socket Activity Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 16268 |======================================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 12103 |============================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 7683 |================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 8113 |=================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 5996 |============== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 3924 |========= Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Context Switching Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 26853112 |==================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 14288058 |=================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 4240674 |====== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 4972591 |======= 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 3121692 |==== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 1740435 |== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: System V Message Passing Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 7952962 |========================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 7528002 |========================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 6086498 |==================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 10961254 |==================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 7277528 |======================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 3344807 |=========== ctx_clock Context Switch Time Clocks < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 111 |===== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 628 |============================ 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 627 |============================ 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 142 |====== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 919 |========================================= 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 917 |========================================= Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Get Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 137853 |========================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 110411 |===================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 113092 |===================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 203556 |====================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 147131 |=========================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 144865 |=========================== Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Set Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 78753 |======================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 63367 |==================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 62501 |=================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 122450 |====================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 88019 |=========================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 86825 |=========================== PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 911 |========================================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 908 |========================================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 912 |========================================= 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 854 |====================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 853 |====================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 855 |====================================== NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 54210 |====================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 40647 |============================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 39986 |============================ 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 55382 |======================================= 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 43211 |============================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 42129 |============================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 37260 |=================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 29103 |=========================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 29246 |=========================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 41824 |======================================= 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 31775 |============================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 41406 |======================================= Apache Siege 2.4.29 Concurrent Users: 250 Transactions Per Second > Higher Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 32901 |=================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 32260 |================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 68671 |======================================= 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 59070 |================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 61974 |=================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 47774 |=========================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 706775 |=================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 710104 |=================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 706315 |=================================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 761197 |====================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 760571 |====================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 760270 |====================================== Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream 2 - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 76.80 |================================ 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 65.55 |=========================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 68.61 |============================ 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 94.71 |======================================= 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 82.52 |================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 90.18 |===================================== Git Time To Complete Common Git Commands Seconds < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 5.22 |======================================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 5.21 |======================================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 5.36 |======================================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 4.52 |================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 4.62 |================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 4.65 |=================================== OSBench Test: Create Files us Per Event < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 10.12 |=============================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 12.60 |======================================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 12.54 |======================================= 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 9.65 |============================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 12.22 |====================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 12.10 |===================================== OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 13.30 |================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 15.19 |======================================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 14.98 |====================================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 8.19 |===================== 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 10.09 |========================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 10.76 |============================ OSBench Test: Launch Programs us Per Event < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 34.31 |============================ 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 37.27 |=============================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 35.80 |============================== 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 27.40 |======================= 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 31.84 |========================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 46.96 |======================================= OSBench Test: Create Processes us Per Event < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 30.21 |=================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 33.26 |======================================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 31.27 |===================================== OSBench Test: Memory Allocations Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better 7980XE: mitigations=off ........ 66.08 |==================================== 7980XE: mitigations=auto ....... 70.54 |======================================= 7980XE: mitigations=auto,nosmt . 70.97 |======================================= 8700K: mitigations=off ......... 59.74 |================================= 8700K: mitigations=auto ........ 64.12 |=================================== 8700K: mitigations=auto,nosmt .. 71.14 |=======================================