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.


Ubuntu - mitigations=off: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-3570 @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V (2104 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 480GB 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 Disk, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB (139/405MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: LG ULTRAWIDE, Network: Intel 82579V + Qualcomm Atheros AR9485

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 440.26, Compiler: GCC 7.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1080

Ubuntu - mitigations=auto: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-3570 @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V (2104 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 480GB 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 Disk, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB (772/810MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: LG ULTRAWIDE, Network: Intel 82579V + Qualcomm Atheros AR9485

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 440.26, Compiler: GCC 7.4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1080


Sockperf 3.4
Test: Throughput
Messages Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu - mitigations=off .. 387212 |===========================================
Ubuntu - mitigations=auto . 323696 |====================================


Sockperf 3.4
Test: Latency Ping Pong
usec < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu - mitigations=off .. 4.57 |===========================================
Ubuntu - mitigations=auto . 4.78 |=============================================


Sockperf 3.4
Test: Latency Under Load
usec < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu - mitigations=off .. 21.50 |===========================================
Ubuntu - mitigations=auto . 21.92 |============================================


Stress-NG 0.07.26
Test: Crypto
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu - mitigations=off .. 805.99 |===========================================
Ubuntu - mitigations=auto . 798.86 |===========================================


Stress-NG 0.07.26
Test: Forking
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu - mitigations=off .. 32938.65 |=========================================
Ubuntu - mitigations=auto . 29295.62 |====================================


Stress-NG 0.07.26
Test: CPU Stress
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu - mitigations=off .. 1189.35 |==========================================
Ubuntu - mitigations=auto . 1188.40 |==========================================


ctx_clock
Context Switch Time
Clocks < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu - mitigations=off .. 150 |=======
Ubuntu - mitigations=auto . 952 |==============================================


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
Ubuntu - mitigations=off . 380 |===============================================


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
Ubuntu - mitigations=off . 97367 |=============================================


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
Ubuntu - mitigations=off . 267 |===============================================


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
Ubuntu - mitigations=off . 68393 |=============================================