Cascade Lake TSX + Mitigations + New ucode 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 mitigation benchmarks for a future article. No Mitigations + Old ucode: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 386048MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA, Graphics: llvmpipe 377GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.4.0-rc7-12nov-vulns (x86_64) 20191112, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.2.1 (LLVM 9.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 No Mitigations: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 386048MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA, Graphics: llvmpipe 377GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.4.0-rc7-12nov-vulns (x86_64) 20191112, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.2.1 (LLVM 9.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Default Mitigations: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 386048MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA, Graphics: llvmpipe 377GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.4.0-rc7-12nov-vulns (x86_64) 20191112, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.2.1 (LLVM 9.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Default Mitigations + TSX: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 386048MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA, Graphics: llvmpipe 377GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.4.0-rc7-12nov-vulns (x86_64) 20191112, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.2.1 (LLVM 9.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Default Mitigations + No HT: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 386048MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA, Graphics: llvmpipe 377GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.4.0-rc7-12nov-vulns (x86_64) 20191112, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.2.1 (LLVM 9.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 386048MB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA, Graphics: llvmpipe 377GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.4.0-rc7-12nov-vulns (x86_64) 20191112, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.2.1 (LLVM 9.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 SQLite 3.30.1 Threads / Copies: 64 Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 17.56 |=============================== No Mitigations .................... 17.21 |=============================== Default Mitigations ............... 19.81 |=================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 18.71 |================================= Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 18.75 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 20.12 |==================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 315 |====================================== No Mitigations .................... 303 |===================================== Default Mitigations ............... 308 |===================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 289 |=================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 296 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 285 |================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 80680 |==================================== No Mitigations .................... 77473 |=================================== Default Mitigations ............... 78900 |=================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 73767 |================================= Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 75800 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 72933 |================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 907 |===================================== No Mitigations .................... 922 |====================================== Default Mitigations ............... 897 |===================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 876 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 910 |====================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 916 |====================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 820 |====================================== No Mitigations .................... 822 |====================================== Default Mitigations ............... 813 |====================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 766 |=================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 810 |===================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 768 |==================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 210000 |=================================== No Mitigations .................... 210667 |=================================== Default Mitigations ............... 208000 |=================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 196333 |================================= Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 207333 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 196667 |================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 1924 |===================================== No Mitigations .................... 1914 |===================================== Default Mitigations ............... 1880 |==================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 1824 |=================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 1930 |===================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 1910 |===================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 1776 |===================================== No Mitigations .................... 1797 |===================================== Default Mitigations ............... 1736 |==================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 1588 |================================= Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 1769 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 1560 |================================ Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 454800 |=================================== No Mitigations .................... 460000 |=================================== Default Mitigations ............... 444200 |================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 406333 |=============================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 452667 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 399667 |============================== Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 845 |====================================== No Mitigations .................... 843 |====================================== Default Mitigations ............... 845 |====================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 790 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 845 |====================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 778 |=================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.16 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 216000 |=================================== No Mitigations .................... 216000 |=================================== Default Mitigations ............... 216000 |=================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 202333 |================================= Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 216667 |=================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 199333 |================================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 795.9 |==================================== No Mitigations .................... 740.1 |================================= Default Mitigations ............... 725.1 |================================= Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 780.1 |=================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 730.4 |================================= Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 574.6 |========================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 1252.0 |================================== No Mitigations .................... 1287.0 |=================================== Default Mitigations ............... 1243.6 |================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 1250.2 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 1267.3 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 1204.5 |================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 813.4 |==================================== No Mitigations .................... 776.6 |================================== Default Mitigations ............... 665.4 |============================= Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 772.3 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 613.3 |=========================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 604.9 |=========================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync Files/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 1848.5 |=================================== No Mitigations .................... 1828.7 |=================================== Default Mitigations ............... 1804.7 |================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 1722.8 |================================= Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 1796.3 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 1725.3 |================================= IOR 3.2.1 Write Test MB/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 1412.73 |================================== No Mitigations .................... 1274.11 |=============================== Default Mitigations ............... 1297.33 |=============================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 1221.78 |============================= Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 1398.11 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 1142.03 |=========================== IOR 3.2.1 Read Test MB/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 1984.95 |================================== No Mitigations .................... 1975.11 |================================== Default Mitigations ............... 1849.54 |================================ Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 1929.81 |================================= Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 1979.48 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 1850.50 |================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 1791.87 |================================== No Mitigations .................... 1783.97 |================================== Default Mitigations ............... 1685.69 |================================ Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 1761.26 |================================= Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 1779.60 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 1753.54 |================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 600.51 |=================================== No Mitigations .................... 593.91 |=================================== Default Mitigations ............... 579.22 |================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 553.70 |================================ Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 581.72 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 553.25 |================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 2928.31 |================================== No Mitigations .................... 2828.44 |================================= Default Mitigations ............... 2753.54 |================================ Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 2543.26 |============================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 2754.83 |================================ Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 2514.16 |============================= t-test1 2017-01-13 Threads: 1 Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 18.87 |========== No Mitigations .................... 19.24 |=========== Default Mitigations ............... 18.80 |========== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 19.98 |=========== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 19.23 |=========== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 64.71 |==================================== t-test1 2017-01-13 Threads: 2 Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 8.617 |============== No Mitigations .................... 8.984 |=============== Default Mitigations ............... 8.804 |============== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 9.163 |=============== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 8.585 |============== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 21.460 |=================================== Sockperf 3.4 Test: Throughput Messages Per Second > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 448360 |=================================== No Mitigations .................... 440031 |================================== Default Mitigations ............... 426235 |================================= Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 403297 |=============================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 420154 |================================= Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 406044 |================================ Sockperf 3.4 Test: Latency Ping Pong usec < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 3.700 |================================ No Mitigations .................... 3.692 |================================ Default Mitigations ............... 3.956 |================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 4.184 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 3.831 |================================= Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 4.185 |==================================== Sockperf 3.4 Test: Latency Under Load usec < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 37.69 |================================ No Mitigations .................... 39.94 |================================== Default Mitigations ............... 38.44 |================================= Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 36.74 |================================ Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 36.39 |=============================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 41.81 |==================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: EP.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 6099.23 |================================ No Mitigations .................... 5967.87 |=============================== Default Mitigations ............... 6110.45 |================================ Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 6160.50 |================================ Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 6077.89 |================================ Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 6558.81 |================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: EP.D Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 6424.36 |================================= No Mitigations .................... 6555.18 |================================== Default Mitigations ............... 6364.25 |================================= Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 6462.18 |================================= Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 6646.46 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 6474.74 |================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.4 Test / Class: FT.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 46890.67 |================================ No Mitigations .................... 47770.69 |================================= Default Mitigations ............... 47783.61 |================================= Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 46840.52 |================================ Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 36833.86 |========================= Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 47329.24 |================================= NAMD 2.13b1 ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atoms days/ns < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 0.36049 |============================= No Mitigations .................... 0.36167 |============================= Default Mitigations ............... 0.36134 |============================= Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 0.36144 |============================= Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 0.36480 |============================= Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 0.42164 |================================== Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.2.7 Primate Phylogeny Analysis Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 127.17 |================================ No Mitigations .................... 140.49 |=================================== Default Mitigations ............... 140.33 |=================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 140.85 |=================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 140.54 |=================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 140.18 |=================================== Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 2152.56 |================================== No Mitigations .................... 2023.44 |================================ Default Mitigations ............... 2020.37 |================================ Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 2025.82 |================================ Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 2018.53 |================================ Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 2026.30 |================================ DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: H2 msec < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 8736 |==================================== No Mitigations .................... 9093 |===================================== Default Mitigations ............... 8940 |==================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 8790 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 8912 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 7989 |================================= DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Jython msec < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 4559 |=================================== No Mitigations .................... 4770 |==================================== Default Mitigations ............... 4781 |===================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 4783 |===================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 4843 |===================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 4831 |===================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Tradesoap msec < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 7665 |==================================== No Mitigations .................... 7876 |===================================== Default Mitigations ............... 7272 |================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 7363 |=================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 7409 |=================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 7179 |================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Tradebeans msec < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 12150 |================================ No Mitigations .................... 12283 |================================ Default Mitigations ............... 11886 |=============================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 11956 |=============================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 11932 |=============================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 13668 |==================================== Renaissance 0.9.0 Test: Apache Spark Bayes ms < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 3286.45 |================================ No Mitigations .................... 3382.15 |================================= Default Mitigations ............... 3364.96 |================================ Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 3531.93 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 3361.07 |================================ Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 3353.07 |================================ Renaissance 0.9.0 Test: Savina Reactors.IO ms < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 26188.26 |============================== No Mitigations .................... 26263.56 |============================== Default Mitigations ............... 27064.81 |=============================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 28018.32 |================================ Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 26595.65 |============================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 28941.31 |================================= Renaissance 0.9.0 Test: In-Memory Database Shootout ms < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 16902.21 |================================ No Mitigations .................... 16974.93 |================================ Default Mitigations ............... 17153.87 |================================ Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 17134.65 |================================ Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 16939.15 |================================ Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 17702.10 |================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: Swirl Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 1454 |===================================== No Mitigations .................... 1458 |===================================== Default Mitigations ............... 1446 |===================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 1431 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 1456 |===================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 1263 |================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: Rotate Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 606 |====================================== No Mitigations .................... 600 |====================================== Default Mitigations ............... 602 |====================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 584 |===================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 587 |===================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 574 |==================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 544 |====================================== No Mitigations .................... 543 |====================================== Default Mitigations ............... 541 |====================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 540 |====================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 541 |====================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 525 |===================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: Enhanced Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 809 |====================================== No Mitigations .................... 800 |====================================== Default Mitigations ............... 801 |====================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 803 |====================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 798 |===================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 790 |===================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: Noise-Gaussian Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 474 |===================================== No Mitigations .................... 481 |====================================== Default Mitigations ............... 461 |==================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 457 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 467 |===================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 445 |=================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 755 |===================================== No Mitigations .................... 730 |==================================== Default Mitigations ............... 751 |===================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 726 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 769 |====================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 722 |==================================== dav1d 0.5.0 Video Input: Summer Nature 4K FPS > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 205.38 |=================================== No Mitigations .................... 203.89 |=================================== Default Mitigations ............... 206.13 |=================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 205.03 |=================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 204.81 |=================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 167.53 |============================ dav1d 0.5.0 Video Input: Chimera 1080p 10-bit FPS > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 68.73 |==================================== No Mitigations .................... 65.84 |================================== Default Mitigations ............... 66.12 |=================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 66.05 |=================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 66.08 |=================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 50.83 |=========================== OSPray 1.8.5 Demo: XFrog Forest - Renderer: SciVis FPS > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 12.20 |==================================== No Mitigations .................... 12.05 |==================================== Default Mitigations ............... 12.05 |==================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 12.05 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 12.05 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 8.55 |========================= OSPray 1.8.5 Demo: XFrog Forest - Renderer: Path Tracer FPS > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 6.76 |===================================== No Mitigations .................... 6.67 |===================================== Default Mitigations ............... 6.67 |===================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 6.67 |===================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 6.67 |===================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 4.66 |========================== OSPray 1.8.5 Demo: Magnetic Reconnection - Renderer: SciVis FPS > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 71.43 |==================================== No Mitigations .................... 71.43 |==================================== Default Mitigations ............... 71.43 |==================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 71.43 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 71.43 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 55.56 |============================ Embree 3.6.1 Binary: Pathtracer - Model: Crown Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 45.49 |==================================== No Mitigations .................... 45.56 |==================================== Default Mitigations ............... 45.21 |==================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 45.64 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 45.72 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 34.50 |=========================== Embree 3.6.1 Binary: Pathtracer ISPC - Model: Crown Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 53.40 |==================================== No Mitigations .................... 53.15 |==================================== Default Mitigations ............... 53.15 |==================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 53.20 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 52.63 |=================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 35.71 |======================== Embree 3.6.1 Binary: Pathtracer - Model: Asian Dragon Obj Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 51.96 |==================================== No Mitigations .................... 51.53 |==================================== Default Mitigations ............... 51.67 |==================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 51.71 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 51.77 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 35.09 |======================== Embree 3.6.1 Binary: Pathtracer ISPC - Model: Asian Dragon Obj Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 58.83 |==================================== No Mitigations .................... 58.78 |==================================== Default Mitigations ............... 57.94 |=================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 58.77 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 58.64 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 38.70 |======================== Coremark 1.0 CoreMark Size 666 - Iterations Per Second Iterations/Sec > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 1870205.53 |=============================== No Mitigations .................... 1668803.22 |============================ Default Mitigations ............... 1687345.84 |============================ Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 1703749.93 |============================ Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 1680764.40 |============================ Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 1250999.82 |===================== Timed GCC Compilation 8.2 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 887.10 |================================ No Mitigations .................... 900.54 |================================ Default Mitigations ............... 903.32 |================================= Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 941.10 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 904.61 |================================= Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 971.01 |=================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 5.4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 24.19 |=============================== No Mitigations .................... 24.87 |================================ Default Mitigations ............... 24.96 |================================ Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 25.54 |================================ Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 24.97 |================================ Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 28.32 |==================================== Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 112.27 |================================ No Mitigations .................... 113.99 |================================ Default Mitigations ............... 113.90 |================================ Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 117.02 |================================= Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 116.03 |================================= Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 124.52 |=================================== Hackbench Count: 8 - Type: Thread Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 10.582 |========================= No Mitigations .................... 10.907 |========================== Default Mitigations ............... 9.372 |====================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 8.591 |==================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 9.978 |======================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 14.740 |=================================== Hackbench Count: 16 - Type: Thread Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 28.54 |================================ No Mitigations .................... 29.45 |================================= Default Mitigations ............... 28.90 |================================ Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 32.55 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 28.97 |================================ Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 29.56 |================================= Hackbench Count: 8 - Type: Process Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 7.640 |=================== No Mitigations .................... 7.297 |================== Default Mitigations ............... 7.340 |================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 6.971 |================= Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 7.480 |=================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 14.112 |=================================== Hackbench Count: 16 - Type: Process Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 26.74 |================================ No Mitigations .................... 26.16 |=============================== Default Mitigations ............... 27.10 |================================ Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 30.36 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 27.21 |================================ Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 25.21 |============================== Hackbench Count: 32 - Type: Process Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 50.08 |================================== No Mitigations .................... 46.70 |================================ Default Mitigations ............... 49.76 |================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 52.74 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 47.04 |================================ Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 47.70 |================================= N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 3.158 |======================== No Mitigations .................... 3.339 |========================= Default Mitigations ............... 3.375 |========================= Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 3.364 |========================= Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 3.310 |========================= Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 4.823 |==================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: exp nanoseconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 5.08538 |============================== No Mitigations .................... 5.58804 |================================= Default Mitigations ............... 5.60802 |================================= Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 5.72369 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 5.64088 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 5.72415 |================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: ffs nanoseconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 1.66029 |=============================== No Mitigations .................... 1.65556 |=============================== Default Mitigations ............... 1.67080 |================================ Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 1.80224 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 1.66963 |=============================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 1.79641 |================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: ffsll nanoseconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 1.66125 |=============================== No Mitigations .................... 1.65581 |=============================== Default Mitigations ............... 1.67230 |================================ Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 1.80203 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 1.66994 |================================ Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 1.79714 |================================== glibc bench 1.0 Benchmark: pthread_once nanoseconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 1.67045 |=============================== No Mitigations .................... 1.66339 |=============================== Default Mitigations ............... 1.68213 |================================ Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 1.80817 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 1.67938 |================================ Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 1.80347 |================================== libjpeg-turbo tjbench 2.0.2 Test: Decompression Throughput Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 181.82 |=================================== No Mitigations .................... 176.89 |================================== Default Mitigations ............... 176.59 |================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 176.23 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 176.94 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 176.38 |================================== GROMACS 2019.4 Water Benchmark Ns Per Day > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 5.783 |==================================== No Mitigations .................... 5.759 |==================================== Default Mitigations ............... 5.786 |==================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 5.768 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 5.753 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 5.794 |==================================== MariaDB 10.3.8 Clients: 256 Queries Per Second > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 446 |====================================== No Mitigations .................... 441 |====================================== Default Mitigations ............... 441 |====================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 434 |===================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 441 |====================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 440 |===================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 12.0 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 901390.61 |================================ No Mitigations .................... 914647.72 |================================ Default Mitigations ............... 909277.75 |================================ Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 888296.74 |=============================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 909226.95 |================================ Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 694383.86 |======================== SQLite Speedtest 3.30 Timed Time - Size 1,000 Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 63.88 |================================ No Mitigations .................... 65.02 |================================= Default Mitigations ............... 66.10 |================================= Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 71.60 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 66.05 |================================= Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 71.67 |==================================== GIMP 2.10.8 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 12.06 |================================== No Mitigations .................... 12.42 |=================================== Default Mitigations ............... 12.54 |=================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 12.77 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 12.35 |=================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 12.51 |=================================== GIMP 2.10.8 Test: rotate Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 17.75 |================================= No Mitigations .................... 18.31 |================================== Default Mitigations ............... 18.43 |=================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 18.94 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 18.42 |=================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 19.19 |==================================== GIMP 2.10.8 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 22.51 |=============================== No Mitigations .................... 23.28 |================================ Default Mitigations ............... 23.58 |================================= Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 24.49 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 24.32 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 25.79 |==================================== GIMP 2.10.8 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 26.70 |================================ No Mitigations .................... 27.75 |================================= Default Mitigations ............... 29.70 |=================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 30.11 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 29.60 |=================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 30.46 |==================================== Memtier_benchmark 1.2.17 Protocol: Redis Ops/sec > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 3942410.03 |=========================== No Mitigations .................... 4455789.73 |=============================== Default Mitigations ............... 4047462.82 |============================ Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 3743629.93 |========================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 3913100.61 |=========================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 2519515.57 |================== ctx_clock Context Switch Time Clocks < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 135 |=========== No Mitigations .................... 134 |=========== Default Mitigations ............... 135 |=========== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 455 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 135 |=========== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 481 |====================================== Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6 Test: Random Fill Op/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 199879 |=================================== No Mitigations .................... 197271 |=================================== Default Mitigations ............... 190828 |================================= Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 172229 |============================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 191201 |================================= Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 174872 |=============================== Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6 Test: Sequential Fill Op/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 199393 |=================================== No Mitigations .................... 197249 |=================================== Default Mitigations ............... 190549 |================================= Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 172758 |============================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 191878 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 174853 |=============================== Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6 Test: Random Fill Sync Op/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 175248 |=================================== No Mitigations .................... 169005 |================================== Default Mitigations ............... 165265 |================================= Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 158260 |================================ Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 163705 |================================= Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 136358 |=========================== Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6 Test: Read While Writing Op/s > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 6412323 |================================== No Mitigations .................... 6345586 |================================== Default Mitigations ............... 6335435 |================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 6221981 |================================= Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 6341103 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 5046027 |=========================== Blender 2.80 Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 95.27 |=========================== No Mitigations .................... 98.13 |============================ Default Mitigations ............... 98.36 |============================ Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 98.27 |============================ Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 98.24 |============================ Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 123.90 |=================================== Blender 2.80 Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 182.00 |============================== No Mitigations .................... 185.50 |============================== Default Mitigations ............... 185.77 |=============================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 185.63 |============================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 185.31 |============================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 213.07 |=================================== Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Get Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 116305.7 |================================= No Mitigations .................... 116181.7 |================================= Default Mitigations ............... 107000.5 |============================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 102237.0 |============================= Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 107775.5 |=============================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 102549.9 |============================= Memcached mcperf 1.5.10 Method: Set Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 65755.6 |================================== No Mitigations .................... 66321.9 |================================== Default Mitigations ............... 62923.7 |================================ Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 61202.8 |=============================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 62276.2 |================================ Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 60861.1 |=============================== PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 1032 |=================================== No Mitigations .................... 1091 |===================================== Default Mitigations ............... 1093 |===================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 1093 |===================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 1093 |===================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 1089 |===================================== NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 32865.75 |================================ No Mitigations .................... 34173.55 |================================= Default Mitigations ............... 31592.00 |=============================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 29726.12 |============================= Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 31860.39 |=============================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 30724.03 |============================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 26306.18 |================================= No Mitigations .................... 25808.38 |================================ Default Mitigations ............... 24718.20 |=============================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 23639.63 |============================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 25051.76 |=============================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 24145.48 |============================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 673402 |=================================== No Mitigations .................... 646447 |================================== Default Mitigations ............... 645204 |================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 643614 |================================= Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 644906 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 643732 |================================= Selenium Benchmark: Maze Solver - Browser: Firefox Seconds < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 6.5 |===================================== No Mitigations .................... 6.5 |===================================== Default Mitigations ............... 6.6 |===================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 6.7 |====================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 6.6 |===================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 6.6 |===================================== Selenium Benchmark: PSPDFKit WASM - Browser: Firefox Score < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 1611 |================================= No Mitigations .................... 1678 |=================================== Default Mitigations ............... 1787 |===================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 1782 |===================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 1772 |===================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 1772 |===================================== OSBench Test: Create Files us Per Event < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 13.27 |================================ No Mitigations .................... 13.72 |================================== Default Mitigations ............... 14.05 |================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 14.72 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 14.03 |================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 14.72 |==================================== OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 20.41 |=================================== No Mitigations .................... 20.32 |================================== Default Mitigations ............... 20.53 |=================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 21.26 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 20.67 |=================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 19.66 |================================= OSBench Test: Create Processes us Per Event < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 44.79 |================================== No Mitigations .................... 45.78 |=================================== Default Mitigations ............... 46.19 |=================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 47.22 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 45.71 |=================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 40.59 |=============================== OSBench Test: Memory Allocations Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better No Mitigations + Old ucode ........ 85.63 |================================= No Mitigations .................... 89.66 |=================================== Default Mitigations ............... 89.35 |=================================== Default Mitigations + TSX ......... 91.52 |==================================== Default Mitigations + No HT ....... 90.13 |=================================== Default Mitigations + No HT + TSX . 92.04 |====================================