MDS Mitigations Linux Gaming Intel Core i9-9900K testing by Michael Larabel. RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated: Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 64 8GB (1630/945MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, 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, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.0-devel (git-9d14855 2019-05-16 disco-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 8.0.0), OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 beignet 1.3, Vulkan: 1.1.107, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated: Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 64 8GB (1630/945MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, 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, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.0-devel (git-9d14855 2019-05-16 disco-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 8.0.0), OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 beignet 1.3, Vulkan: 1.1.107, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated: Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB (1480/5508MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, 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: NVIDIA 430.09, OpenGL: 4.6.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 beignet 1.3 + OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 10.1.120, Vulkan: 1.1.99, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated: Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB (1480/5508MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, 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: NVIDIA 430.09, OpenGL: 4.6.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 beignet 1.3 + OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 10.1.120, Vulkan: 1.1.99, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 DiRT Rally 2.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 303 |======================================== RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 307 |======================================== GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 339 |============================================= GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 342 |============================================= DiRT Rally 2.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 253 |========================================== RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 256 |=========================================== GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 268 |============================================= GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 268 |============================================= DiRT Rally 2.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 65.93 |================================= RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 66.50 |================================= GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 86.13 |=========================================== GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 86.28 |=========================================== DiRT Rally 2.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 47.72 |=============================== RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 48.28 |================================ GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 65.84 |=========================================== GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 65.76 |=========================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 147 |============================================ RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 149 |============================================= GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 144 |=========================================== GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 146 |============================================ Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 132 |========================================== RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 133 |=========================================== GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 140 |============================================= GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 140 |============================================= Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 110 |=================================== RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 110 |=================================== GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 142 |============================================= GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 142 |============================================= Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 114 |===================================== RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 114 |===================================== GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 138 |============================================= GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 139 |============================================= ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 238 |==================================== RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 237 |==================================== GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 295 |============================================= GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 265 |======================================== F1 2018 Configuration: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra High Quality Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 187 |================================= RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 190 |================================== GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 249 |============================================ GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 254 |============================================= F1 2018 Configuration: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra High Quality - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. MIN: 4.2 AVG: 5.3 MAX: 10.0 RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. MIN: 4.1 AVG: 5.3 MAX: 14.1 GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 4.0 MAX: 8.1 GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . MIN: 2.3 AVG: 3.9 MAX: 7.9 F1 2018 Configuration: 2560 x 1440 - Ultra High Quality Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 187 |================================= RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 189 |================================= GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 248 |============================================ GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 254 |============================================= F1 2018 Configuration: 2560 x 1440 - Ultra High Quality - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. MIN: 4.1 AVG: 5.3 MAX: 12.1 RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. MIN: 4.2 AVG: 5.3 MAX: 10.5 GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . MIN: 3.1 AVG: 4.0 MAX: 8.5 GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . MIN: 2.1 AVG: 3.9 MAX: 10.3 GeeXLab 0.28.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Test: GL3 Vertex Pool FPS > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 6934 |============================================ RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 6936 |============================================ GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 6201 |======================================= GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 6053 |====================================== GeeXLab 0.28.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Test: GL3 Mesh Exploder FPS > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 3676 |============================================ RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 3693 |============================================ GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 2444 |============================= GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 2439 |============================= GeeXLab 0.28.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Test: GL2 Hot Tunnel DNA FPS > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 124 |============================= RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 124 |============================= GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 192 |============================================= GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 191 |============================================= GLmark2 276 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Score > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 2441 |======================= RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 2457 |======================== GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 4591 |============================================ GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 4555 |============================================ HITMAN 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 102 |======================================= RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 103 |======================================= GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 117 |============================================= GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 118 |============================================= HITMAN 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Low - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. MIN: 4.2 AVG: 9.7 MAX: 34.8 RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. MIN: 3.5 AVG: 9.7 MAX: 41.3 GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . MIN: 2.7 AVG: 8.5 MAX: 22.5 GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . MIN: 3.6 AVG: 8.4 MAX: 20.5 HITMAN 2 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Quality Level: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 77.41 |==================================== RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 77.80 |==================================== GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 92.13 |=========================================== GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 92.42 |=========================================== HITMAN 2 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Quality Level: Low - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. MIN: 5.0 AVG: 12.9 MAX: 46.6 RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. MIN: 5.4 AVG: 12.9 MAX: 33.4 GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . MIN: 4.2 AVG: 10.8 MAX: 28.5 GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . MIN: 4.2 AVG: 10.8 MAX: 22.1 HITMAN 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 89.12 |==================================== RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 89.79 |==================================== GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 103.12 |========================================== GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 103.55 |========================================== HITMAN 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. MIN: 4 AVG: 11 MAX: 43 RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. MIN: 4 AVG: 11 MAX: 41 GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . MIN: 4 AVG: 10 MAX: 53 GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . MIN: 4 AVG: 10 MAX: 200 HITMAN 2 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Quality Level: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 64.93 |===================================== RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 65.03 |===================================== GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 75.94 |=========================================== GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 75.88 |=========================================== HITMAN 2 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. MIN: 6.2 AVG: 15.4 MAX: 38.3 RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. MIN: 6.2 AVG: 15.4 MAX: 38.1 GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . MIN: 5.6 AVG: 13.2 MAX: 30.8 GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . MIN: 5.4 AVG: 13.2 MAX: 25.5 ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 38.37 |=============================== RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 30.66 |========================= GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 53.12 |=========================================== GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 53.03 |=========================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 3847 |================================ RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 3074 |========================= GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 5326 |============================================ GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 5317 |============================================ ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 145 |========================= RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 155 |=========================== GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 258 |============================================= GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 255 |============================================ ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 MiVoxels / Sec > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 2317 |========================= RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 2480 |========================== GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 4134 |============================================ GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 4086 |=========================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 143 |================================== RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 145 |================================== GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 187 |============================================ GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 190 |============================================= ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 1492 |================================= RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 1509 |================================= GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 1953 |=========================================== GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 1984 |============================================ Portal Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 1187 |========================================= RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 1188 |========================================= GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 1282 |============================================ GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 1287 |============================================ Portal Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 489 |======================================= RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 489 |======================================= GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 567 |============================================= GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 565 |============================================= Strange Brigade Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Setting: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 152 |================================ RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 152 |================================ GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 212 |============================================= GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 212 |============================================= Strange Brigade Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Setting: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 65.10 |=============================== RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 64.97 |=============================== GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 90.67 |=========================================== GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 90.77 |=========================================== Strange Brigade Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Setting: Medium Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 177 |================================ RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 177 |================================ GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 246 |============================================= GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 245 |============================================= Strange Brigade Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Setting: Medium Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 72.43 |=============================== RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 72.37 |=============================== GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 99.07 |=========================================== GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 98.37 |=========================================== VKMark 2018-05-30 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 VKMark Score > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated . 2766 |============================================= RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated . 2733 |============================================ Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 434 |==================================== RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 438 |===================================== GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 539 |============================================= GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 540 |============================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 316 |=============================== RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 317 |=============================== GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 462 |============================================= GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 460 |============================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 290 |================================== RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 290 |================================== GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 386 |============================================= GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 389 |============================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX Vega 64: MDS Mitigated .. 243 |====================================== RX Vega 64: Not Mitigated .. 244 |======================================= GTX 1080 Ti: MDS Mitigated . 285 |============================================= GTX 1080 Ti: Not Mitigated . 285 |=============================================