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Old Microcode: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 4.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0 (1.A0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8GB (1650/7750MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V + Intel I211 OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.3.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 440.31, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Vulkan: 1.1.119, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 New Microcode: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 4.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0 (1.A0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8GB (1650/7750MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V + Intel I211 OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.3.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 440.31, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Vulkan: 1.1.119, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better Old Microcode . 179.47 |======================================================= New Microcode . 166.53 |=================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Octane - Browser: Google Chrome Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better Old Microcode . 37985 |======================================================== New Microcode . 35463 |==================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Octane - Browser: Firefox Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better Old Microcode . 33329 |======================================================== New Microcode . 31130 |==================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better Old Microcode . 197.73 |======================================================= New Microcode . 185.75 |==================================================== Selenium Benchmark: ARES-6 - Browser: Google Chrome ms < Lower Is Better Old Microcode . 26.55 |====================================================== New Microcode . 27.76 |======================================================== Selenium Benchmark: PSPDFKit WASM - Browser: Google Chrome Score < Lower Is Better Old Microcode . 2401 |======================================================= New Microcode . 2487 |========================================================= Selenium Benchmark: CanvasMark - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better Old Microcode . 12187 |======================================================== New Microcode . 11769 |====================================================== Selenium Benchmark: WebXPRT - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better Old Microcode . 236 |========================================================== New Microcode . 228 |======================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Basemark - Browser: Firefox Overall Score > Higher Is Better Old Microcode . 623.21 |======================================================= New Microcode . 602.66 |===================================================== Selenium Benchmark: WebXPRT - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better Old Microcode . 193 |========================================================== New Microcode . 187 |======================================================== Selenium Benchmark: ARES-6 - Browser: Firefox ms < Lower Is Better Old Microcode . 58.68 |====================================================== New Microcode . 60.53 |======================================================== Selenium Benchmark: PSPDFKit WASM - Browser: Firefox Score < Lower Is Better Old Microcode . 1479 |======================================================== New Microcode . 1511 |========================================================= Selenium Benchmark: StyleBench - Browser: Firefox Runs / Minute > Higher Is Better Old Microcode . 90.3 |========================================================= New Microcode . 88.5 |======================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Firefox Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better Old Microcode . 80.32 |======================================================== New Microcode . 78.90 |======================================================= Selenium Benchmark: StyleBench - Browser: Google Chrome Runs / Minute > Higher Is Better Old Microcode . 34.12 |======================================================== New Microcode . 33.64 |======================================================= Selenium Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Google Chrome Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better Old Microcode . 99.6 |========================================================= New Microcode . 98.2 |======================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Maze Solver - Browser: Google Chrome Seconds < Lower Is Better Old Microcode . 3.8 |========================================================== New Microcode . 3.8 |========================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Maze Solver - Browser: Firefox Seconds < Lower Is Better Old Microcode . 4.2 |========================================================== New Microcode . 4.2 |========================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Basemark - Browser: Google Chrome Overall Score > Higher Is Better Old Microcode . 1102.75 |====================================================== New Microcode . 908.79 |=============================================