Core i7 4960X Linux 2 Intel Core i7-4960X testing with a MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS) and AMD FirePro V4800 1GB on Ubuntu 18.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. No Mitigations: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 4.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: VisionTek 240GB, Graphics: AMD FirePro V4800 1GB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 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: 3.3 Mesa 18.2.8 (LLVM 7.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Default Mitigations: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 4.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: VisionTek 240GB, Graphics: AMD FirePro V4800 1GB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 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: 3.3 Mesa 18.2.8 (LLVM 7.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 MDS Mitigations: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 4.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: VisionTek 240GB, Graphics: AMD FirePro V4800 1GB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 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: 3.3 Mesa 18.2.8 (LLVM 7.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 MDS Mitigations + No HT: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 4.00GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: VisionTek 240GB, Graphics: AMD FirePro V4800 1GB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.2.8 (LLVM 7.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 CPU Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts MDS Mitigations . MIN: 7 AVG: 56 MAX: 111 x264 2018-09-25 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better No Mitigations .......... 46.14 |============================================== Default Mitigations ..... 45.89 |============================================== MDS Mitigations ......... 46.07 |============================================== MDS Mitigations + No HT . 40.22 |======================================== Selenium Benchmark: Octane - Browser: Google Chrome Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better No Mitigations .......... 36984 |============================================== Default Mitigations ..... 30248 |====================================== MDS Mitigations ......... 36762 |============================================== MDS Mitigations + No HT . 36194 |============================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Enhanced Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better No Mitigations ...... 108 |==================================================== Default Mitigations . 107 |==================================================== MDS Mitigations ..... 108 |==================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better No Mitigations ...... 211 |==================================================== Default Mitigations . 209 |==================================================== MDS Mitigations ..... 210 |==================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better No Mitigations ...... 102 |==================================================== Default Mitigations . 102 |==================================================== MDS Mitigations ..... 102 |==================================================== Chaos Group V-RAY 4.10.03 Mode: CPU Ksamples > Higher Is Better No Mitigations ...... 5975 |=================================================== Default Mitigations . 5912 |================================================== MDS Mitigations ..... 5924 |=================================================== IndigoBench 4.0.64 Scene: Supercar M samples/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations .......... 1.55 |=============================================== Default Mitigations ..... 1.54 |=============================================== MDS Mitigations ......... 1.55 |=============================================== MDS Mitigations + No HT . 1.15 |=================================== IndigoBench 4.0.64 Scene: Bedroom M samples/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations .......... 0.71 |=============================================== Default Mitigations ..... 0.71 |=============================================== MDS Mitigations ......... 0.71 |=============================================== MDS Mitigations + No HT . 0.51 |================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 6 MB/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations ...... 574 |==================================================== Default Mitigations . 558 |=================================================== MDS Mitigations ..... 568 |=================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better No Mitigations ...... 1717 |=================================================== Default Mitigations . 1714 |=================================================== MDS Mitigations ..... 1713 |=================================================== Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better No Mitigations .......... 14456352 |=========================================== Default Mitigations ..... 14353931 |=========================================== MDS Mitigations ......... 14521789 |=========================================== MDS Mitigations + No HT . 11702383 |=================================== Selenium Benchmark: Basemark - Browser: Google Chrome Overall Score > Higher Is Better No Mitigations .......... 504 |=============================================== Default Mitigations ..... 464 |=========================================== MDS Mitigations ......... 504 |=============================================== MDS Mitigations + No HT . 514 |================================================ Selenium Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Google Chrome Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better No Mitigations .......... 77.79 |============================================== Default Mitigations ..... 69.70 |========================================= MDS Mitigations ......... 77.52 |============================================== MDS Mitigations + No HT . 77.87 |============================================== Selenium Benchmark: WebXPRT - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better No Mitigations .......... 204 |================================================ Default Mitigations ..... 179 |========================================== MDS Mitigations ......... 203 |================================================ MDS Mitigations + No HT . 201 |=============================================== Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better No Mitigations .......... 178 |================================================ Default Mitigations ..... 147 |======================================== MDS Mitigations ......... 177 |================================================ MDS Mitigations + No HT . 175 |=============================================== Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream 2 - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better No Mitigations .......... 103.62 |============================================= Default Mitigations ..... 87.94 |====================================== MDS Mitigations ......... 103.63 |============================================= MDS Mitigations + No HT . 99.79 |=========================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better No Mitigations .......... 446994 |============================================= Default Mitigations ..... 435319 |============================================ MDS Mitigations ......... 441784 |============================================ MDS Mitigations + No HT . 444162 |============================================= PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations ...... 1368 |=================================================== Default Mitigations . 1367 |=================================================== MDS Mitigations ..... 1367 |=================================================== Selenium Benchmark: ARES-6 - Browser: Google Chrome ms < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... 26.89 |====================================== Default Mitigations ..... 32.70 |============================================== MDS Mitigations ......... 27.22 |====================================== MDS Mitigations + No HT . 27.29 |====================================== Go Benchmarks Test: build Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... 19052584533 |===================================== Default Mitigations ..... 20324187878 |======================================== MDS Mitigations ......... 19458391602 |====================================== MDS Mitigations + No HT . 19037709479 |===================================== Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... 10528486 |======================================== Default Mitigations ..... 10532921 |======================================== MDS Mitigations ......... 10534687 |======================================== MDS Mitigations + No HT . 11407052 |=========================================== Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... 2179291 |=================================== Default Mitigations ..... 2196653 |=================================== MDS Mitigations ......... 2187754 |=================================== MDS Mitigations + No HT . 2731818 |============================================ Blender 2.79a Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... 407 |==================================== Default Mitigations ..... 406 |==================================== MDS Mitigations ......... 407 |==================================== MDS Mitigations + No HT . 537 |================================================ Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... 899 |======================================== Default Mitigations ..... 914 |========================================= MDS Mitigations ......... 905 |======================================== MDS Mitigations + No HT . 1056 |=============================================== Darktable 2.4.2 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... 25.82 |============================================== Default Mitigations ..... 25.89 |============================================== MDS Mitigations ......... 25.85 |============================================== MDS Mitigations + No HT . 22.46 |======================================== Darktable 2.4.2 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... 10.25 |========================================== Default Mitigations ..... 10.43 |========================================== MDS Mitigations ......... 10.33 |========================================== MDS Mitigations + No HT . 11.32 |============================================== Darktable 2.4.2 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... 9.20 |============================================= Default Mitigations ..... 9.27 |============================================= MDS Mitigations ......... 9.23 |============================================= MDS Mitigations + No HT . 9.64 |=============================================== Darktable 2.4.2 Test: Server Rack - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... 0.32 |============================================== Default Mitigations ..... 0.33 |=============================================== MDS Mitigations ......... 0.32 |============================================== MDS Mitigations + No HT . 0.32 |============================================== XZ Compression 5.2.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9 Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... 49.20 |====================================== Default Mitigations ..... 49.30 |====================================== MDS Mitigations ......... 49.22 |====================================== MDS Mitigations + No HT . 59.71 |============================================== Zstd Compression 1.3.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19 Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... 37.20 |============================================= Default Mitigations ..... 37.26 |============================================= MDS Mitigations ......... 37.26 |============================================= MDS Mitigations + No HT . 37.70 |============================================== Scikit-Learn 0.17.1 Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... 15.60 |============================================== Default Mitigations ..... 15.75 |============================================== MDS Mitigations ......... 15.66 |============================================== MDS Mitigations + No HT . 15.03 |============================================ Blender 2.79a CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... MIN: 14 AVG: 104 MAX: 107 Default Mitigations ..... MIN: 14 AVG: 104 MAX: 108 MDS Mitigations ......... MIN: 14 AVG: 104 MAX: 107 MDS Mitigations + No HT . MIN: 14 AVG: 94 MAX: 99 Selenium CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 51.7 MAX: 68.6 Default Mitigations ..... MIN: 13.8 AVG: 52.9 MAX: 69.0 MDS Mitigations ......... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 51.6 MAX: 68.5 MDS Mitigations + No HT . MIN: 13.8 AVG: 51.9 MAX: 74.8 Selenium CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 51.4 MAX: 66.6 Default Mitigations ..... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 51.8 MAX: 66.5 MDS Mitigations ......... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 51.0 MAX: 67.2 MDS Mitigations + No HT . MIN: 13.8 AVG: 50.6 MAX: 66.5 Selenium CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 49.2 MAX: 69.2 Default Mitigations ..... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 49.5 MAX: 68.7 MDS Mitigations ......... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 49.3 MAX: 68.7 MDS Mitigations + No HT . MIN: 13.8 AVG: 48.0 MAX: 69.2 Selenium CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 54.9 MAX: 74.2 MDS Mitigations ......... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 54.9 MAX: 68.3 MDS Mitigations + No HT . MIN: 13.9 AVG: 53.7 MAX: 71.5 Selenium CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 55.4 MAX: 82.4 Default Mitigations ..... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 55.9 MAX: 82.8 MDS Mitigations ......... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 56.0 MAX: 82.3 MDS Mitigations + No HT . MIN: 13.8 AVG: 54.8 MAX: 82.5 Go Benchmarks CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... MIN: 7.5 AVG: 48.6 MAX: 61.7 Default Mitigations ..... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 49.3 MAX: 61.9 MDS Mitigations ......... MIN: 13.8 AVG: 48.8 MAX: 61.6 MDS Mitigations + No HT . MIN: 13.8 AVG: 49.1 MAX: 61.7 Go Benchmarks CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... MIN: 14 AVG: 79 MAX: 106 Default Mitigations ..... MIN: 14 AVG: 79 MAX: 106 MDS Mitigations ......... MIN: 14 AVG: 79 MAX: 106 MDS Mitigations + No HT . MIN: 14 AVG: 75 MAX: 99 Go Benchmarks CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... MIN: 14 AVG: 75 MAX: 102 Default Mitigations ..... MIN: 14 AVG: 76 MAX: 102 MDS Mitigations ......... MIN: 14 AVG: 75 MAX: 102 MDS Mitigations + No HT . MIN: 14 AVG: 73 MAX: 94 x264 2018-09-25 CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... MIN: 14 AVG: 81 MAX: 106 MDS Mitigations ......... MIN: 14 AVG: 81 MAX: 106 MDS Mitigations + No HT . MIN: 14 AVG: 78 MAX: 99 Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... MIN: 14 AVG: 97 MAX: 103 Default Mitigations ..... MIN: 14 AVG: 97 MAX: 102 MDS Mitigations ......... MIN: 14 AVG: 97 MAX: 111 MDS Mitigations + No HT . MIN: 14 AVG: 90 MAX: 94 Darktable CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations . MIN: 13.9 AVG: 79.4 MAX: 93.8 Darktable CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations . MIN: 13.9 AVG: 67.4 MAX: 93.9 Darktable CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations . MIN: 13.9 AVG: 66.4 MAX: 94.0 Darktable CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations . MIN: 13.8 AVG: 25.2 MAX: 59.4 IndigoBench 4.0.64 CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... MIN: 14 AVG: 96 MAX: 103 Default Mitigations ..... MIN: 14 AVG: 96 MAX: 102 MDS Mitigations ......... MIN: 14 AVG: 95 MAX: 102 MDS Mitigations + No HT . MIN: 14 AVG: 88 MAX: 94 IndigoBench 4.0.64 CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... MIN: 14 AVG: 95 MAX: 102 Default Mitigations ..... MIN: 14 AVG: 95 MAX: 103 MDS Mitigations ......... MIN: 14 AVG: 95 MAX: 102 MDS Mitigations + No HT . MIN: 14 AVG: 87 MAX: 94 XZ Compression 5.2.4 CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 77.8 MAX: 92.9 Default Mitigations ..... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 78.2 MAX: 92.8 MDS Mitigations ......... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 77.7 MAX: 92.7 MDS Mitigations + No HT . MIN: 13.9 AVG: 77.1 MAX: 85.6 Zstd Compression 1.3.4 CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... MIN: 13.8 AVG: 73.9 MAX: 83.7 Default Mitigations ..... MIN: 13.8 AVG: 74.0 MAX: 83.7 MDS Mitigations ......... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 74.0 MAX: 84.1 MDS Mitigations + No HT . MIN: 13.9 AVG: 74.2 MAX: 83.6 Stockfish 9 CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... MIN: 14 AVG: 106 MAX: 110 Default Mitigations ..... MIN: 14 AVG: 106 MAX: 110 MDS Mitigations ......... MIN: 14 AVG: 106 MAX: 110 MDS Mitigations + No HT . MIN: 14 AVG: 97 MAX: 102 Scikit-Learn 0.17.1 CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... MIN: 14 AVG: 61 MAX: 99 Default Mitigations ..... MIN: 14 AVG: 61 MAX: 98 MDS Mitigations ......... MIN: 14 AVG: 61 MAX: 100 MDS Mitigations + No HT . MIN: 14 AVG: 59 MAX: 93 PHPBench 0.8.1 CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations .......... MIN: 13.8 AVG: 53.9 MAX: 63.0 Default Mitigations ..... MIN: 13.8 AVG: 54.5 MAX: 63.5 MDS Mitigations ......... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 54.6 MAX: 63.5 MDS Mitigations + No HT . MIN: 13.8 AVG: 54.6 MAX: 63.5 Dbench 4.0 CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations ...... MIN: 13.7 AVG: 34.9 MAX: 53.4 Default Mitigations . MIN: 12.2 AVG: 39.2 MAX: 55.9 MDS Mitigations ..... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 36.7 MAX: 56.9 GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations ...... MIN: 13.8 AVG: 73.9 MAX: 80.2 Default Mitigations . MIN: 13.8 AVG: 73.9 MAX: 86.1 MDS Mitigations ..... MIN: 13.8 AVG: 73.8 MAX: 80.2 GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations ...... MIN: 13.8 AVG: 64.6 MAX: 69.6 Default Mitigations . MIN: 13.8 AVG: 64.7 MAX: 69.4 MDS Mitigations ..... MIN: 13.8 AVG: 64.7 MAX: 69.6 Himeno Benchmark 3.0 CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations ...... MIN: 13.8 AVG: 60.4 MAX: 63.9 Default Mitigations . MIN: 13.8 AVG: 60.7 MAX: 64.5 MDS Mitigations ..... MIN: 13.8 AVG: 60.8 MAX: 64.8 PyBench 2018-02-16 CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations ...... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 56.7 MAX: 63.0 Default Mitigations . MIN: 13.9 AVG: 56.8 MAX: 62.8 MDS Mitigations ..... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 56.7 MAX: 63.1 Chaos Group V-RAY 4.10.03 CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better No Mitigations ...... MIN: 14 AVG: 93 MAX: 104 Default Mitigations . MIN: 14 AVG: 92 MAX: 104 MDS Mitigations ..... MIN: 14 AVG: 93 MAX: 110 Selenium CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Default Mitigations ..... MIN: 7.7 AVG: 29.0 MAX: 82.0 MDS Mitigations ......... MIN: 7.1 AVG: 28.4 MAX: 82.3 MDS Mitigations + No HT . MIN: 12.1 AVG: 28.1 MAX: 82.4 Selenium CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Default Mitigations . MIN: 7.4 AVG: 21.9 MAX: 82.9 MDS Mitigations ..... MIN: 7.4 AVG: 21.2 MAX: 82.7 Darktable 2.4.2 CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Default Mitigations ..... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 79.7 MAX: 94.1 MDS Mitigations ......... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 79.3 MAX: 93.7 MDS Mitigations + No HT . MIN: 13.8 AVG: 77.0 MAX: 91.2 Darktable 2.4.2 CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Default Mitigations ..... MIN: 13.8 AVG: 67.7 MAX: 93.9 MDS Mitigations ......... MIN: 13.8 AVG: 67.5 MAX: 93.7 MDS Mitigations + No HT . MIN: 13.8 AVG: 66.9 MAX: 90.8 Darktable 2.4.2 CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Default Mitigations ..... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 66.2 MAX: 93.6 MDS Mitigations ......... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 65.9 MAX: 93.6 MDS Mitigations + No HT . MIN: 13.9 AVG: 65.1 MAX: 90.6 Darktable 2.4.2 CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Default Mitigations ..... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 25.6 MAX: 64.1 MDS Mitigations ......... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 25.3 MAX: 71.5 MDS Mitigations + No HT . MIN: 13.9 AVG: 25.2 MAX: 70.5 GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 CPU Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Default Mitigations . MIN: 13.8 AVG: 80.1 MAX: 89.1 MDS Mitigations ..... MIN: 13.9 AVG: 80.4 MAX: 89.3