"hackbenchtest" Intel Core i5-6500 testing with a ASUS Z170-A (3703 BIOS) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB on Arch Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite. WithMitigations: Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z170-A (3703 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 1000GB Seagate ST31000524AS + 250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 31GB DataTraveler 3.0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB (1556/4006MHz), Audio: Intel 100 /C230, Monitor: VW222, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 5.3.11-arch1-1 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 440.31, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 9.2.0 + Clang 9.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 6160x1440 WithoutMitigations: Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z170-A (3703 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 1000GB Seagate ST31000524AS + 250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 31GB DataTraveler 3.0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB (1556/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VW222, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 5.3.11-arch1-1 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 440.31, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 9.2.0 + Clang 9.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 6160x1440 Hackbench Count: 16 - Type: Process Seconds < Lower Is Better WithMitigations .... 215.65 |================================================== WithoutMitigations . 129.70 |==============================