Spectre Meltdown 2020 Intel Desktop CPUs
Benchmarks for a future article.


i7-5960X: Default Mitigations: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.70 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel I218-V

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 19.2.4 (LLVM 9.0.0), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191130, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

i7-5960X: No Mitigations: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 (P3.70 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel I218-V

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 19.2.4 (LLVM 9.0.0), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191130, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

i7-8700K: Default Mitigations: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (2001 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 8th Gen Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: ASUS Intel UHD 630 3GB (1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel I219-V

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.4, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191130, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

i7-8700K: No Mitigations: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING (2001 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 8th Gen Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: ASUS Intel UHD 630 3GB (1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel I219-V

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.4, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191130, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

i5-9400F: Default Mitigations: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-9400F @ 4.10GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: MSI B360M GAMING PLUS (MS-7B19) v1.0 (1.10 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H7, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 1GB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: G237HL, Network: Intel I219-V

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 19.2.4, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191130, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

i5-9400F: No Mitigations: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-9400F @ 4.10GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: MSI B360M GAMING PLUS (MS-7B19) v1.0 (1.10 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H7, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 1GB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: G237HL, Network: Intel I219-V

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 19.2.4, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191130, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

i9-9900K: Default Mitigations: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock Z390M Pro4 (P4.20 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP510, Graphics: Intel UHD 630 3GB (1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: G237HL, Network: Intel I219-V

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.4, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191130, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

i9-9900K: No Mitigations: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock Z390M Pro4 (P4.20 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB Force MP510, Graphics: Intel UHD 630 3GB (1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: G237HL, Network: Intel I219-V

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.4, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191130, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-10980XE @ 4.60GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X299X DESIGNARE 10G (F1 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: 2 x Intel 10G X550T + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.1.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.4 (LLVM 9.0.0), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191130, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

i9-10980XE: No Mitigations: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-10980XE @ 4.60GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X299X DESIGNARE 10G (F1 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: 2 x Intel 10G X550T + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.1.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.4 (LLVM 9.0.0), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191130, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 894.17  |============
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 920.36  |=============
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 876.90  |============
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 955.84  |=============
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 1815.27 |=========================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 1869.16 |==========================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 1441.71 |====================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 1627.21 |======================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 2628.00 |====================================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 2617.67 |====================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 373.48 |=================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 417.38 |===================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 520.64 |========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 606.18 |============================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 485.10 |=======================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 584.99 |===========================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 631.20 |=============================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 703.93 |=================================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 775.33 |====================================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 797.54 |=====================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Read Compiled Tree
MB/s > Higher Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 2141.51 |==================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 2526.25 |=====================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 3127.00 |==========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 4064.93 |=================================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 2712.17 |======================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 3551.58 |=============================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 3645.48 |==============================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 4397.77 |====================================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 3134.94 |==========================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 3270.35 |===========================


Go Benchmarks
Test: http
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 6201  |=======================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 5851  |=====================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 5119  |===================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 4568  |=================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 6914  |=========================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 6320  |=======================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 3750  |==============
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 3509  |=============
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 10190 |=====================================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 10429 |======================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: build
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 28571990198 |================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 27631590691 |===============================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 17663115224 |====================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 17324148088 |===================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 20012176452 |======================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 19648444091 |======================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 16744718535 |===================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 16657424413 |===================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 26136821967 |=============================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 26104874411 |=============================


DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1
Java Test: Jython
msec < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 5315 |=======================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 5330 |=======================================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 3484 |=========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 3444 |=========================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 4119 |==============================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 4076 |==============================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 3202 |=======================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 3120 |=======================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 4254 |===============================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 4237 |===============================


Renaissance 0.9.0
Test: Apache Spark ALS
ms < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 6583.27 |====================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 6402.72 |===================================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 5006.52 |===========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 4890.14 |===========================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 5779.81 |================================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 5718.43 |===============================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 4219.30 |=======================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 4194.75 |=======================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 6084.64 |=================================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 6067.30 |=================================


Renaissance 0.9.0
Test: Savina Reactors.IO
ms < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 27159.89 |===================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 27053.75 |===================================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 20597.45 |===========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 18180.18 |=======================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 20057.31 |==========================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 18437.04 |========================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 18064.87 |=======================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 16496.76 |=====================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 21552.48 |============================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 21360.18 |============================


Renaissance 0.9.0
Test: Akka Unbalanced Cobwebbed Tree
ms < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 13018.02 |===================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 12328.18 |=================================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 9471.68  |=========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 8973.73  |========================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 9588.34  |==========================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 9359.86  |=========================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 8843.70  |========================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 8663.05  |=======================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 12000.02 |================================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 11949.59 |================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 545  |==================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 589  |====================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 845  |=============================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 932  |================================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 733  |=========================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 824  |============================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 1073 |====================================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 1150 |=======================================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 933  |================================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 940  |================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 5.4
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 104.01 |============================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 101.57 |============================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 95.65  |==========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 92.65  |=========================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 135.14 |=====================================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 131.56 |====================================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 74.72  |====================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 73.59  |====================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 41.75  |===========
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 41.77  |===========


Build2 0.12
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 138.74 |==============================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 134.68 |=============================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 128.19 |===========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 125.13 |===========================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 173.68 |=====================================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 170.51 |====================================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 100.18 |=====================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 99.96  |=====================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 69.17  |===============
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 69.10  |===============


Hackbench
Count: 16 - Type: Process
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 73.08  |=======================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 53.97  |=================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 71.78  |======================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 43.11  |=============
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 120.17 |=====================================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 74.67  |=======================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 48.12  |===============
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 30.15  |=========
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 42.17  |=============
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 41.53  |=============


Perl Benchmarks
Test: Interpreter
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 0.00271803 |====================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 0.00237491 |==================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 0.00087932 |======
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 0.00074377 |=====
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 0.00447360 |=================================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 0.00105477 |========
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 0.00078627 |======
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 0.00076866 |======
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 0.00292978 |======================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 0.00290261 |=====================


SQLite Speedtest 3.30
Timed Time - Size 1,000
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 85.35 |======================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 71.24 |================================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 60.46 |===========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 48.90 |======================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 69.63 |===============================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 56.60 |=========================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 51.97 |=======================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 46.06 |=====================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 57.08 |=========================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 55.86 |=========================


Darktable 2.6.3
Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 7.248 |===============================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 7.010 |==============================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 6.776 |=============================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 6.632 |============================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 8.855 |======================================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 8.750 |======================================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 5.486 |========================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 5.415 |=======================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 4.453 |===================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 4.452 |===================


Darktable 2.6.3
Test: Server Rack - Acceleration: CPU-only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 0.171 |==================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 0.152 |==============================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 0.153 |===============================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 0.140 |============================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 0.190 |======================================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 0.175 |===================================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 0.136 |===========================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 0.129 |==========================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 0.108 |======================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 0.105 |=====================


GEGL
Operation: Crop
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 11.431 |=====================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 11.086 |====================================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 8.004  |==========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 7.620  |=========================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 8.454  |===========================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 8.317  |===========================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 7.488  |========================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 7.150  |=======================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 8.921  |=============================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 8.922  |=============================


GEGL
Operation: Scale
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 8.095 |======================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 7.750 |====================================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 5.394 |=========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 5.147 |========================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 5.604 |==========================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 5.399 |=========================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 5.163 |========================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 4.867 |=======================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 6.811 |================================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 6.808 |================================


GEGL
Operation: Cartoon
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 128.03 |=====================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 126.97 |=====================================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 90.76  |==========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 89.65  |==========================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 98.81  |=============================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 97.90  |============================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 83.54  |========================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 82.53  |========================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 90.56  |==========================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 89.67  |==========================


GEGL
Operation: Reflect
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 42.92 |======================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 42.35 |=====================================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 29.78 |==========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 29.51 |==========================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 32.91 |=============================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 32.78 |=============================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 27.56 |========================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 27.16 |========================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 30.29 |===========================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 30.30 |===========================


GEGL
Operation: Antialias
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 52.57 |======================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 52.14 |======================================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 37.37 |===========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 36.97 |===========================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 41.72 |==============================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 41.49 |==============================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 34.26 |=========================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 33.81 |========================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 38.74 |============================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 38.47 |============================


GEGL
Operation: Tile Glass
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 41.65 |======================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 40.87 |=====================================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 28.45 |==========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 27.86 |=========================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 33.02 |==============================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 32.79 |==============================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 26.49 |========================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 26.12 |========================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 31.04 |============================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 30.41 |============================


GIMP 2.10.14
Test: resize
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 11.663 |=====================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 11.145 |===================================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 7.705  |========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 7.343  |=======================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 8.934  |============================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 8.562  |===========================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 6.775  |=====================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 6.562  |=====================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 10.163 |================================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 9.904  |===============================


GIMP 2.10.14
Test: rotate
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 17.78 |======================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 17.03 |====================================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 11.12 |========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 10.51 |======================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 12.72 |===========================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 12.06 |==========================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 10.40 |======================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 10.07 |======================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 14.13 |==============================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 14.11 |==============================


GIMP 2.10.14
Test: auto-levels
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 18.01 |======================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 17.10 |====================================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 11.39 |========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 10.83 |=======================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 12.82 |===========================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 12.13 |==========================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 10.55 |======================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 10.16 |=====================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 15.36 |================================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 15.33 |================================


GIMP 2.10.14
Test: unsharp-mask
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 19.90 |==================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 18.66 |================================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 13.79 |========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 12.91 |======================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 15.01 |==========================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 14.17 |========================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 13.05 |======================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 12.52 |=====================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 22.21 |======================================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 18.77 |================================


LibreOffice
Test: 20 Documents To PDF
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 10.222 |=====================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 10.201 |=====================================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 7.199  |==========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 7.112  |==========================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 8.247  |==============================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 8.240  |==============================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 6.729  |========================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 6.738  |========================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 7.292  |==========================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 7.325  |===========================


GNU Octave Benchmark 5.1.0

Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 11.190 |=====================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 10.497 |===================================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 7.811  |==========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 7.244  |========================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 8.615  |============================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 8.137  |===========================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 7.262  |========================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 6.945  |=======================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 8.295  |===========================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 8.296  |===========================


ctx_clock
Context Switch Time
Clocks < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 1092 |======================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 156  |=====
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 1107 |=======================================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 147  |=====
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 1000 |===================================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 131  |=====
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 504  |==================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 135  |=====
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 121  |====
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 120  |====


Selenium
Benchmark: ARES-6 - Browser: Firefox
ms < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 83.07 |======================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 67.26 |===============================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 54.92 |=========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 43.17 |====================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 52.59 |========================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 49.31 |=======================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 51.89 |========================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 41.30 |===================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 57.53 |==========================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 55.28 |=========================


Selenium
Benchmark: Kraken - Browser: Firefox
ms < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 1258.6 |=====================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 1115.6 |=================================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 869.3  |==========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 760.2  |======================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 928.9  |===========================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 862.8  |=========================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 806.5  |========================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 717.0  |=====================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 894.8  |==========================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 854.8  |=========================


Selenium
Benchmark: WebXPRT - Browser: Firefox
Score > Higher Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 155 |======================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 172 |=========================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 222 |================================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 262 |=====================================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 223 |================================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 238 |==================================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 242 |===================================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 280 |========================================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 206 |=============================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 214 |===============================


Selenium
Benchmark: Basemark - Browser: Firefox
Overall Score > Higher Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 381.76 |========================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 411.54 |==========================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 476.49 |==============================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 545.09 |===================================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 278.11 |==================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 304.95 |===================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 515.77 |=================================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 562.06 |====================================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 541.42 |===================================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 579.26 |=====================================


Selenium
Benchmark: StyleBench - Browser: Firefox
Runs / Minute > Higher Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 60.8  |=====================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 65.3  |======================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 98.8  |==================================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 106.0 |====================================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 91.0  |===============================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 93.2  |================================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 105.0 |====================================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 111.0 |======================================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 61.2  |=====================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 62.4  |=====================


Selenium
Benchmark: Jetstream 2 - Browser: Firefox
Score > Higher Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 60.21  |=====================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 69.00  |=========================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 86.87  |===============================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 101.04 |====================================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 83.72  |==============================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 89.33  |================================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 92.34  |=================================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 104.16 |=====================================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 77.20  |===========================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 78.67  |============================


Selenium
Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Firefox
Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 56.80  |====================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 64.00  |=======================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 86.02  |===============================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 99.32  |===================================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 83.57  |==============================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 87.76  |===============================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 90.60  |================================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 103.90 |=====================================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 78.40  |============================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 79.90  |============================


Selenium
Benchmark: ARES-6 - Browser: Google Chrome
ms < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 34.91 |======================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 24.87 |===========================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 26.03 |============================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 18.09 |====================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 21.38 |=======================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 19.78 |======================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 24.52 |===========================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 16.58 |==================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 21.74 |========================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 20.19 |======================


Selenium
Benchmark: Kraken - Browser: Google Chrome
ms < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 1414.7 |=====================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 1230.9 |================================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 1027.7 |===========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 880.3  |=======================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 996.4  |==========================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 951.8  |=========================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 984.8  |==========================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 835.5  |======================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 1019.8 |===========================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 1018.0 |===========================


Selenium
Benchmark: PSPDFKit WASM - Browser: Firefox
Score < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 2037 |=======================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 1796 |==================================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 1364 |==========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 1171 |======================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 1471 |============================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 1305 |=========================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 1267 |========================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 1079 |=====================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 1554 |==============================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 1455 |============================


Selenium
Benchmark: WebXPRT - Browser: Google Chrome
Score > Higher Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 142 |========================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 168 |=============================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 192 |=================================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 224 |======================================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 202 |===================================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 212 |====================================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 200 |==================================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 234 |========================================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 195 |=================================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 201 |==================================


Selenium
Benchmark: StyleBench - Browser: Google Chrome
Runs / Minute > Higher Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 25.34 |==========================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 27.49 |============================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 32.30 |=================================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 35.50 |====================================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 32.40 |=================================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 32.72 |=================================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 33.70 |==================================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 37.23 |======================================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 35.30 |====================================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 35.60 |====================================


Selenium
Benchmark: Jetstream 2 - Browser: Google Chrome
Score > Higher Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 86.35  |=====================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 111.63 |===========================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 111.99 |===========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 145.81 |===================================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 124.86 |==============================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 133.25 |================================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 119.02 |=============================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 153.27 |=====================================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 120.32 |=============================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 129.11 |===============================


Selenium
Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Google Chrome
Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 73.0  |====================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 90.6  |=========================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 103.0 |=============================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 130.0 |====================================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 115.0 |================================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 121.0 |==================================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 107.0 |==============================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 137.0 |======================================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 116.0 |================================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 122.0 |==================================


Selenium
Benchmark: PSPDFKit WASM - Browser: Google Chrome
Score < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 2984 |=======================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 1942 |=========================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 2303 |==============================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 1463 |===================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 1794 |=======================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 1543 |====================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 2080 |===========================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 1239 |================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 1821 |========================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 1594 |=====================


Selenium
Benchmark: WASM imageConvolute - Browser: Firefox
ms < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 40.7 |=======================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 38.1 |=====================================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 32.4 |===============================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 29.9 |=============================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 37.7 |====================================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 34.8 |=================================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 29.7 |============================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 28.3 |===========================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 32.1 |===============================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 29.8 |=============================


Selenium
Benchmark: WASM imageConvolute - Browser: Google Chrome
ms < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 78.76 |======================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 45.38 |======================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 58.81 |============================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 32.23 |================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 45.39 |======================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 37.53 |==================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 55.83 |===========================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 31.23 |===============
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 38.99 |===================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 32.21 |================


Tesseract OCR 4.1.0
Time To OCR 7 Images
Seconds < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 31.79 |======================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 31.19 |=====================================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 22.38 |===========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 21.72 |==========================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 25.30 |==============================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 24.45 |=============================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 20.48 |========================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 20.43 |========================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 23.66 |============================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 23.70 |============================


OSBench
Test: Create Files
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 17.630106 |==================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 14.380693 |============================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 12.685384 |========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 9.892742  |===================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 14.567380 |============================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 11.412451 |======================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 11.263655 |======================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 9.629006  |===================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 10.513427 |====================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 10.013708 |===================


OSBench
Test: Create Threads
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 16.335646 |==================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 13.460318 |============================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 11.012554 |=======================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 9.013812  |===================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 12.613138 |==========================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 9.833177  |====================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 9.513696  |====================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 8.615653  |==================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 14.406840 |==============================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 13.980071 |=============================


OSBench
Test: Launch Programs
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 41.62 |=============================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 35.51 |=========================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 35.58 |=========================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 29.42 |====================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 54.54 |======================================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 46.23 |================================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 24.78 |=================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 22.29 |================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 37.88 |==========================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 35.79 |=========================


OSBench
Test: Create Processes
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 30.23 |===================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 26.59 |===============================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 19.69 |=======================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 16.81 |====================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 22.69 |==========================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 18.93 |======================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 16.73 |===================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 16.30 |===================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 32.16 |=====================================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 32.67 |======================================


OSBench
Test: Memory Allocations
Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better
i7-5960X: Default Mitigations ... 92.88 |======================================
i7-5960X: No Mitigations ........ 86.15 |===================================
i7-8700K: Default Mitigations ... 67.86 |============================
i7-8700K: No Mitigations ........ 62.09 |=========================
i5-9400F: Default Mitigations ... 77.51 |================================
i5-9400F: No Mitigations ........ 71.21 |=============================
i9-9900K: Default Mitigations ... 61.28 |=========================
i9-9900K: No Mitigations ........ 58.06 |========================
i9-10980XE: Default Mitigations . 76.18 |===============================
i9-10980XE: No Mitigations ...... 74.92 |===============================