Intel Ivy Bridge Spectre and Meltdown Mitigation Performance

Intel Core i5-3570 testing with a ASUS P8Z77-V (2104 BIOS) and Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB on Ubuntu 18.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1911183-MIRO-INTELIV43.

Intel Ivy Bridge Spectre and Meltdown Mitigation PerformanceProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionUbuntu - mitigations=offUbuntu - mitigations=autoIntel Core i5-3570 @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores)ASUS P8Z77-V (2104 BIOS)Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd8192MB480GB GOODRAM + 250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 480GB Patriot Burst + 256GB SSDPR-CX400-256 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EFRX-68P + 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM010-2EP1 + 128GB SanDisk SDSSDHP1 + 8GB Flash DiskZotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB (139/405MHz)Realtek ALC892LG ULTRAWIDEIntel 82579V + Qualcomm Atheros AR9485Ubuntu 18.045.0.0-36-generic (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.28.4X Server 1.20.4NVIDIA 440.26GCC 7.4.0ext42560x1080Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB (772/810MHz)OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v Processor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performanceSecurity Details- Ubuntu - mitigations=off: itlb_multihit: KVM: Vulnerable + l1tf: Mitigation of PTE Inversion; VMX: vulnerable SMT disabled + mds: Vulnerable; SMT disabled + meltdown: Vulnerable + spec_store_bypass: Vulnerable + spectre_v1: Vulnerable: __user pointer sanitization and usercopy barriers only; no swapgs barriers + spectre_v2: Vulnerable IBPB: disabled STIBP: disabled + tsx_async_abort: Not affected - Ubuntu - mitigations=auto: itlb_multihit: KVM: Mitigation of Split huge pages + l1tf: Mitigation of PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes SMT disabled + mds: Mitigation of Clear buffers; SMT disabled + meltdown: Mitigation of PTI + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Full generic retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: disabled RSB filling + tsx_async_abort: Not affected

Intel Ivy Bridge Spectre and Meltdown Mitigation Performancesockperf: Throughputsockperf: Latency Ping Pongsockperf: Latency Under Loadstress-ng: Cryptostress-ng: Forkingstress-ng: CPU Stressctx-clock: Context Switch Timefio: Seq Read - Linux AIO - Yes - No - 4KB - Default Test Directoryfio: Seq Read - Linux AIO - Yes - No - 4KB - Default Test Directoryfio: Seq Write - Linux AIO - Yes - No - 4KB - Default Test Directoryfio: Seq Write - Linux AIO - Yes - No - 4KB - Default Test DirectoryUbuntu - mitigations=offUbuntu - mitigations=auto3872124.5721.50805.9932938.651189.3515038097367267683933236964.7821.92798.8629295.621188.40952OpenBenchmarking.org

Sockperf

Test: Throughput

OpenBenchmarking.orgMessages Per Second, More Is BetterSockperf 3.4Test: ThroughputUbuntu - mitigations=offUbuntu - mitigations=auto80K160K240K320K400KSE +/- 1416.69, N = 5SE +/- 796.81, N = 53872123236961. (CXX) g++ options: --param -O3 -rdynamic -ldl -lpthread

Sockperf

Test: Latency Ping Pong

OpenBenchmarking.orgusec, Fewer Is BetterSockperf 3.4Test: Latency Ping PongUbuntu - mitigations=offUbuntu - mitigations=auto1.07552.1513.22654.3025.3775SE +/- 0.04, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 54.574.781. (CXX) g++ options: --param -O3 -rdynamic -ldl -lpthread

Sockperf

Test: Latency Under Load

OpenBenchmarking.orgusec, Fewer Is BetterSockperf 3.4Test: Latency Under LoadUbuntu - mitigations=offUbuntu - mitigations=auto510152025SE +/- 0.45, N = 25SE +/- 0.20, N = 2521.5021.921. (CXX) g++ options: --param -O3 -rdynamic -ldl -lpthread

Stress-NG

Test: Crypto

OpenBenchmarking.orgBogo Ops/s, More Is BetterStress-NG 0.07.26Test: CryptoUbuntu - mitigations=offUbuntu - mitigations=auto2004006008001000SE +/- 1.03, N = 3SE +/- 3.26, N = 3805.99798.861. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -std=gnu99 -lm -lz -lcrypt -lrt -lpthread -lc

Stress-NG

Test: Forking

OpenBenchmarking.orgBogo Ops/s, More Is BetterStress-NG 0.07.26Test: ForkingUbuntu - mitigations=offUbuntu - mitigations=auto7K14K21K28K35KSE +/- 116.78, N = 3SE +/- 89.14, N = 332938.6529295.621. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -std=gnu99 -lm -lz -lcrypt -lrt -lpthread -lc

Stress-NG

Test: CPU Stress

OpenBenchmarking.orgBogo Ops/s, More Is BetterStress-NG 0.07.26Test: CPU StressUbuntu - mitigations=offUbuntu - mitigations=auto30060090012001500SE +/- 1.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 31189.351188.401. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -std=gnu99 -lm -lz -lcrypt -lrt -lpthread -lc

ctx_clock

Context Switch Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgClocks, Fewer Is Betterctx_clockContext Switch TimeUbuntu - mitigations=offUbuntu - mitigations=auto2004006008001000SE +/- 2.00, N = 3150952

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 3.16Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test DirectoryUbuntu - mitigations=off801602403204003801. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -ffast-math -include -O3 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -march=native -lrt -laio -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory

OpenBenchmarking.orgIOPS, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 3.16Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test DirectoryUbuntu - mitigations=off20K40K60K80K100KSE +/- 33.33, N = 3973671. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -ffast-math -include -O3 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -march=native -lrt -laio -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 3.16Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test DirectoryUbuntu - mitigations=off60120180240300SE +/- 5.70, N = 152671. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -ffast-math -include -O3 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -march=native -lrt -laio -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl

Flexible IO Tester

Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory

OpenBenchmarking.orgIOPS, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 3.16Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test DirectoryUbuntu - mitigations=off15K30K45K60K75KSE +/- 1462.27, N = 15683931. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -ffast-math -include -O3 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -march=native -lrt -laio -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl

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