Intel MDS Mitigations Haswell Xeon MDS / Zombie Load mitigation impact tests by Michael Larabel. E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS X99-A (3902 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 60GB Patriot Torch, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA NVE7 1GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel I218-V OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.2.8, Compiler: GCC 7.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS X99-A (3902 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 60GB Patriot Torch, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA NVE7 1GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel I218-V OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.2.8, Compiler: GCC 7.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Bork File Encrypter 1.4 File Encryption Time Seconds < Lower Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 9.08 |============================================ E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 8.92 |=========================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 335 |========================================== E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 362 |============================================= ctx_clock Context Switch Time Clocks < Lower Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 1103 |============================================ E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 546 |====================== Ethr 2019-01-02 Server Address: localhost - Protocol: TCP - Test: Latency - Threads: 1 Microseconds < Lower Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 20.03 |=========================================== E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 19.27 |========================================= Ethr 2019-01-02 Server Address: localhost - Protocol: TCP - Test: Latency - Threads: 32 Microseconds < Lower Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 20.14 |=========================================== E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 19.29 |========================================= GIMP 2.8.22 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 11.92 |=========================================== E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 11.08 |======================================== GIMP 2.8.22 Test: rotate Seconds < Lower Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 26.03 |=========================================== E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 24.60 |========================================= GIMP 2.8.22 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 22.12 |=========================================== E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 21.05 |========================================= GIMP 2.8.22 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 49.64 |=========================================== E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 47.00 |========================================= glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: ffs nanoseconds < Lower Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 2.05 |============================================ E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 1.88 |======================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: ffsll nanoseconds < Lower Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 2.31 |============================================ E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 2.14 |========================================= glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: pthread_once nanoseconds < Lower Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 2.05 |============================================ E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 1.88 |======================================== Hackbench Count: 32 - Type: Process Seconds < Lower Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 122.80 |========================================== E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 90.47 |=============================== Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Get Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 96394 |======================================= E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 102920 |========================================== Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Set Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 53033 |========================================== E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 54880 |=========================================== OpenSSL 1.1.1 RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 1275 |============================================ E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 1274 |============================================ OSBench Test: Create Files us Per Event < Lower Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 15.36 |=========================================== E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 14.69 |========================================= OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 16.69 |=========================================== E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 15.60 |======================================== OSBench Test: Launch Programs us Per Event < Lower Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 31.26 |=========================================== E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 29.68 |========================================= OSBench Test: Memory Allocations Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 84.72 |=========================================== E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 83.67 |========================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 158554 |======================================== E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 165854 |========================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 2548 |============================================ E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 2517 |=========================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 5357 |========================================= E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 5769 |============================================ Redis 4.0.8 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 1537086 |======================================= E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 1612586 |========================================= Sockperf 3.4 Test: Throughput Messages Per Second > Higher Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 423919 |====================================== E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 465104 |========================================== Sockperf 3.4 Test: Latency Ping Pong usec < Lower Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 4.39 |============================================ E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 4.15 |========================================== Sockperf 3.4 Test: Latency Under Load usec < Lower Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 24.34 |=========================================== E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 22.64 |======================================== Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Semaphores Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 3429392 |====================================== E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 3652852 |========================================= Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Socket Activity Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 5020 |====================================== E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 5888 |============================================ Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: Context Switching Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 3493418 |================================ E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 4432494 |========================================= Stress-NG 0.07.26 Test: System V Message Passing Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 7084539 |=============================== E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 9299319 |========================================= t-test1 2017-01-13 Threads: 2 Seconds < Lower Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 11.61 |=========================================== E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 9.76 |==================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 96.94 |=========================================== E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 95.71 |========================================== Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 566 |============================================= E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 554 |============================================ Geometric Mean Of All Test Results Result Composite - Intel MDS Mitigations Haswell Xeon Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated .. 174.70 |====================================== E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable . 192.29 |==========================================