kernel-testing
Intel Core i7-5960X testing with a ASUS RAMPAGE V EXTREME (3701 BIOS) and Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB on ManjaroLinux 18.0.4 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


52-clear-mitigation-on: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS RAMPAGE V EXTREME (3701 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4001GB Western Digital WD4003FZEX-0 + 2000GB External USB 3.0, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB (1290/3600MHz), Audio: C-Media CMI8788, Monitor: 2369M + VG248, Network: Intel I218-V + Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac

	OS: ManjaroLinux 18.0.4, Kernel: 5.2.5-1-clear (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 430.40, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: Clang 8.0.1 + LLVM 8.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080

52-clear-mitigation-off: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS RAMPAGE V EXTREME (3701 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4001GB Western Digital WD4003FZEX-0 + 2000GB External USB 3.0, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB (1290/3600MHz), Audio: C-Media CMI8788, Monitor: 2369M + VG248, Network: Intel I218-V + Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac

	OS: ManjaroLinux 18.0.4, Kernel: 5.2.5-1-clear (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 430.40, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: Clang 8.0.1 + LLVM 8.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080

52-manjaro-mitigation-on: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS RAMPAGE V EXTREME (3701 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4001GB Western Digital WD4003FZEX-0 + 2000GB External USB 3.0, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB (1290/3600MHz), Audio: C-Media CMI8788, Monitor: 2369M + VG248, Network: Intel I218-V + Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac

	OS: ManjaroLinux 18.0.4, Kernel: 5.2.6-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 430.40, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: Clang 8.0.1 + LLVM 8.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080

52-manjaro-mitigation-off: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS RAMPAGE V EXTREME (3701 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4001GB Western Digital WD4003FZEX-0 + 2000GB External USB 3.0, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB (1290/3600MHz), Audio: C-Media CMI8788, Monitor: 2369M + VG248, Network: Intel I218-V + Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac

	OS: ManjaroLinux 18.0.4, Kernel: 5.2.6-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 430.40, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: Clang 8.0.1 + LLVM 8.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080

49-manjaro-mitigation-on: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS RAMPAGE V EXTREME (3701 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4001GB Western Digital WD4003FZEX-0 + 2000GB External USB 3.0, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB (1290/3600MHz), Audio: C-Media CMI8788, Monitor: 2369M + VG248, Network: Intel I218-V + Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac

	OS: ManjaroLinux 18.0.4, Kernel: 4.9.186-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 430.40, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: Clang 8.0.1 + LLVM 8.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080

49-manjaro-mitigation-off: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS RAMPAGE V EXTREME (3701 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4001GB Western Digital WD4003FZEX-0 + 2000GB External USB 3.0, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB (1290/3600MHz), Audio: C-Media CMI8788, Monitor: 2369M + VG248, Network: Intel I218-V + Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac

	OS: ManjaroLinux 18.0.4, Kernel: 4.9.186-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 430.40, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: Clang 8.0.1 + LLVM 8.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080


Metro: Last Light Redux
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
52-clear-mitigation-on .... 118.00 |=========================================
52-clear-mitigation-off ... 122.00 |==========================================
52-manjaro-mitigation-on .. 85.87  |==============================
52-manjaro-mitigation-off . 89.75  |===============================
49-manjaro-mitigation-on .. 121.87 |==========================================
49-manjaro-mitigation-off . 125.10 |===========================================