Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 testing with a MSI MS-7350 v100 (V1.0A BIOS) and MSI NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 256MB on EndeavourOS rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 2003133-VE-2003126NI94
LVI Mitigations,
"Sysbench 2018-07-28 - Test: CPU",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",8864.571,8862.8666,8864.5545
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",8484.0606,8481.388,8482.7752
"LFENCE Before RET",8476.8989,8475.3623,8473.2917
"LFENCE After Load",9158.8827,9162.1843,9160.6585
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",9159.8536,9161.2817,9160.9204
"Core2Quad-Q6600",2020.8588,2023.6196,2023.867
"dav1d 0.6.0 - Video Input: Summer Nature 1080p",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",281.83489795918,281.07145975057,280.30709750567
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",279.51249433106,279.48324263039,280.77349489796
"LFENCE Before RET",273.94555839002,272.87366496599,274.3644047619
"LFENCE After Load",85.986240430961,85.861338247803,85.993495888857
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",84.917082506379,85.065446555146,85.124088460448
"Core2Quad-Q6600",55.045917210094,55.359625744259,55.166694074284
"SVT-AV1 0.8 - Encoder Mode: Enc Mode 8 - Input: 1080p",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",13.834,13.864,13.826
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",13.55,13.593,13.596
"LFENCE Before RET",12.125,12.192,12.15
"LFENCE After Load",2.163,2.173,2.17
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",2.135,2.131,2.133
"Core2Quad-Q6600",0.18,0.18,0.18
"SVT-HEVC 1.4.1 - 1080p 8-bit YUV To HEVC Video Encode",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",24.35,24.43,24.45
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",23.82,23.81,23.85
"LFENCE Before RET",21.27,21.29,21.28
"LFENCE After Load",3.88,3.88,3.88
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",3.79,3.79,3.79
"VP9 libvpx Encoding 1.8.2 - Speed: Speed 5",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",23.83,23.81,23.94
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",23.68,23.67,23.75
"LFENCE Before RET",20.29,20.36,20.31
"LFENCE After Load",2.63,2.63,2.63
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",2.59,2.6,2.59
"Core2Quad-Q6600",4.4,4.68,4.7,4.67,4.67
"x264 2019-12-17 - H.264 Video Encoding",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",43.58,45.2,44.85
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",43.13,43.55,44.09
"LFENCE Before RET",41.08,41.4,41.42
"LFENCE After Load",10.8,10.82,10.8
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",10.56,10.6,10.61
"Core2Quad-Q6600",9.22,9.06,10.25,10.19,10.21,10.18,10.23,10.31,10.23,10.26,10.28,10.32,10.25,10.28,10.25
"ACES DGEMM 1.0 - Sustained Floating-Point Rate",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",1.124658,1.136281,1.104113
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",1.120922,1.111916,1.142352
"LFENCE Before RET",1.156695,1.122504,1.124867
"LFENCE After Load",0.199003,0.198744,0.199592
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",0.198721,0.197021,0.194955
"Core2Quad-Q6600",0.065346,0.065811,0.065276
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 - Operation: Rotate",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",734,735,735
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",703,731,726
"LFENCE Before RET",686,689,689
"LFENCE After Load",
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",166,164,164
"Core2Quad-Q6600",235,242,241
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 - Operation: Resizing",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",438,432,435
"LFENCE Before RET",
"LFENCE After Load",
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",
"Core2Quad-Q6600",
"Coremark 1.0 - CoreMark Size 666 - Iterations Per Second",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",155543.673747,156847.367905,154813.739719
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",155460.551885,156051.887253,154649.139764
"LFENCE Before RET",149476.831091,151773.856953,151264.476483
"LFENCE After Load",30062.002881,30058.237836,30107.257103
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",29307.607767,29304.029304,29314.767314
"Core2Quad-Q6600",43280.675179,43026.945625,43238.568803
"LevelDB 1.22 - Benchmark: Fill Sync",
Higher Results Are Better
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",0.1,0.1,0.1
"LFENCE Before RET",0.1,0.1,0.2,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.2,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.2
"Core2Quad-Q6600",7.7,8.1,8.2,7.8
"IPC_benchmark - Type: Unnamed Pipe - Message Bytes: 2048",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",1490796,1503904,1566382
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",1566746,1460167,1492103,1431080,1534441,1440649,1520572,1541766,1512986,1515365
"LFENCE Before RET",1273661,1555008,1567605,1484149,1475957,1541655,1422974,1503318,1421075,1452143,1402887,1545041,1537938
"LFENCE After Load",1518276,1503635,1498457
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",1527509,1276306,1497112,1530095,1459952,1498924,1522853,1495707,1482513,1436523,1513448,1289588,1504494,1270557,1511055
"Core2Quad-Q6600",538989,577271,475182,563153,509796,510138,538574,446924,490225,518215,543657,547601,639157,520263,511201
"IPC_benchmark - Type: FIFO Named Pipe - Message Bytes: 2048",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",1483843,1492711,1469738
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",1454354,1434747,1436912
"LFENCE Before RET",1498419,1456633,1419604
"LFENCE After Load",1443975,1477871,1524772
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",1261286,1270711,1312568
"Core2Quad-Q6600",577294,572458,612684,617756,556861,534835,546575,505617,559575,570356,607354,551697
"FFTW 3.3.6 - Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 128",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",35389,36973,36258
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",34549,33997,35160
"LFENCE Before RET",34497,32401,32239,32748,34215,32552
"LFENCE After Load",3178.1,3184.4,3176.7
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",3143.2,3157.3,3140.5
"Core2Quad-Q6600",8239.8,8248.6,8011.4
"Himeno Benchmark 3.0 - Poisson Pressure Solver",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",3491.024598,3520.180723,3501.9412
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",3500.28427,3493.907297,3491.005398
"LFENCE Before RET",3507.373149,3502.256478,3497.987269
"LFENCE After Load",182.607783,182.716741,182.717752
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",182.673155,182.644324,182.738145
"Core2Quad-Q6600",1160.650326,1159.290062,1156.260998
"Botan 2.13.0 - Test: KASUMI",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",94.541,94.573,94.488
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",94.596,94.461,94.611
"LFENCE Before RET",94.272,94.402,94.272
"LFENCE After Load",11.96,11.962,11.961
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",11.948,11.945,11.948
"Core2Quad-Q6600",27.1,27.163,27.163
"Botan 2.13.0 - Test: AES-256",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",4031.122,4021.155,4030.495
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",4011.231,4011.853,4013.496
"LFENCE Before RET",3548.964,3548.361,3548.689
"LFENCE After Load",655.726,656.374,657.179
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",667.101,667.169,667.219
"Core2Quad-Q6600",78.721,78.53,78.294
"Botan 2.13.0 - Test: Twofish",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",364.138,365.063,364.65
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",365.471,365.495,365.449
"LFENCE Before RET",361.329,362.117,362.126
"LFENCE After Load",23.659,23.659,23.665
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",23.584,23.647,23.648
"Core2Quad-Q6600",160.349,160.24,160.436
"Botan 2.13.0 - Test: Blowfish",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",442.187,453.883,455.091
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",455.131,455.036,455.378
"LFENCE Before RET",449.716,449.821,449.517
"LFENCE After Load",27.045,27.043,27.034
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",27.036,27.036,27.037
"Core2Quad-Q6600",184.785,184.319,184.909
"Botan 2.13.0 - Test: CAST-256",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",143.897,143.946,143.976
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",143.321,143.935,143.971
"LFENCE Before RET",143.224,143.377,143.408
"LFENCE After Load",13.778,13.797,13.784
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",13.842,13.844,13.842
"Core2Quad-Q6600",68.373,68.329,68.153
"SMHasher 2020-02-29 - Hash: wyhash",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",15211.15,15527.86,15375.74
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",15265.88,15354.3,14797.29
"LFENCE Before RET",15368.52,15475.07,15261.62
"LFENCE After Load",1459.82,1460.12,1458.98
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",1459.71,1460.28,1460.18
"SMHasher 2020-02-29 - Hash: fasthash32",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",6293.81,6308.49,6306.35
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",6306,6300.55,6308.45
"LFENCE Before RET",6306.27,6297.65,6299.82
"LFENCE After Load",1108.51,1108.7,1108.69
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",1108.15,1108.34,1108.28
"SMHasher 2020-02-29 - Hash: t1ha0_aes_avx2",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",40040.83,39612.39,39077.08
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",39102.76,39001.29,41360.13,39509.3
"LFENCE Before RET",40693.86,40022.9,39751.03
"LFENCE After Load",2536.7,2536.89,2537.35
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",2575.57,2581.76,2577.19
"LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 9Jan2020 - Model: Rhodopsin Protein",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",3.051,3.044,3.066
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",3.1,3.092,3.082
"LFENCE Before RET",2.999,3.006,2.992
"LFENCE After Load",0.275,0.275,0.276
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",0.276,0.274,0.276
"Core2Quad-Q6600",1.022,1.021,1.021
"Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6 - Test: Read While Writing",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",924292,951155,902101
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",914142,890336,899803
"LFENCE Before RET",895870,884599,918946
"LFENCE After Load",923625,904388,907000
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",902994,902519,907612
"Core2Quad-Q6600",194904,193219,196078
"Memcached mcperf 1.6.0 - Method: Add - Connections: 1",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",74841.4,74532.8,74492.1
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",73643.8,73542.8,74280.4
"LFENCE Before RET",72792.9,71635,73228
"LFENCE After Load",69749.4,69865.9,70154.1
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",69252.8,69358.5,69638.9
"Core2Quad-Q6600",14179.1,14281.5,14335.8
"Memcached mcperf 1.6.0 - Method: Get - Connections: 1",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",126937.3,129205,124231.2
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",122182.3,122628.4,122817.6
"LFENCE Before RET",126142.6,124454.1,125915.2
"LFENCE After Load",111900.1,113889.6,112248.1
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",108966.4,108605.1,108221.9
"Core2Quad-Q6600",23074.8,23190.3,23053.8
"Memcached mcperf 1.6.0 - Method: Set - Connections: 1",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",75231.1,74528.5,73832.4
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",73042.3,73321.1,72804.8
"LFENCE Before RET",72441.3,72830.7,72829.3
"LFENCE After Load",69557.5,69981.8,70067.5
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",69358.8,68169.4,69279.2
"Core2Quad-Q6600",13820.5,14016.5,13922.1
"Memcached mcperf 1.6.0 - Method: Add - Connections: 16",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",75163.9,74199.6,74402
"LFENCE Before RET",72337,72478.4,72728.1
"LFENCE After Load",70260.3,69849.5,69996.1
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",69338.8,69528.4,69238.5
"Core2Quad-Q6600",14114.7,13980.8,14139.3
"John The Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1 - Test: Blowfish",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",7706,7704,7703
"LFENCE Before RET",7629,7634,7632
"LFENCE After Load",
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",
"Core2Quad-Q6600",3076,3075,3066
"John The Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1 - Test: MD5",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",438374,438279,438425
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",450764,450560,450867
"LFENCE Before RET",442009,443084,441292
"LFENCE After Load",92467,92467,92436
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",92359,92359,92339
"Core2Quad-Q6600",96748,98041,97958
"Redis 5.0.5 - Test: GET",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",2994012,2564102.75,2932551.5,3003003,3021148,2865329.5,2881844.25,3012048.25,3012048.25,2747252.75,3003003,2747252.75,2906976.75,2857143,2994012
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",2770083,2881844.25,2770083
"LFENCE Before RET",2941176.5,2941176.5,3012048.25
"LFENCE After Load",2277904.25,2293578,2298850.5
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",2164502,2188183.75,2118644
"Core2Quad-Q6600",820344.56,808407.44,821018
"OpenSSL 1.1.1 - RSA 4096-bit Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",1219.3,1219.2,1214.3
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",1218.7,1217.1,1216.6
"LFENCE Before RET",1214.7,1216.2,1213.8
"LFENCE After Load",138.1,138.1,138.1
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",138.1,138.1,138.1
"Core2Quad-Q6600",198.5,198.6,198.4
"PostgreSQL pgbench 12.0 - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",109630.553697,109458.384958,108312.566186
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",107924.307943,107997.8484,107681.460639
"LFENCE Before RET",101273.020504,101759.987207,101926.979733
"LFENCE After Load",49382.309032,49313.199085,49194.477667
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",45352.608679,45511.497994,45396.440592
"Core2Quad-Q6600",33422.372119,31700.681488,33607.799984,31284.83673,34064.016946,31602.380175,33900.345809,31508.528596,31419.785852,31609.945872,31724.404666,31303.621783,31817.996085,32054.690788,31339.44431
"PostgreSQL pgbench 12.0 - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write",
Higher Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",5893.599362,5903.630153,6381.936716,6272.659725,6321.772723,6373.697636,6327.884447,6798.170241,6203.123339,6590.565107,6326.542622,6438.146948,6694.890602,6251.981481,6282.364781
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",6410.429298,6557.419038,6501.304018
"LFENCE Before RET",6499.687393,6551.672746,6817.444945
"LFENCE After Load",5445.310759,5457.542347,5507.791148
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",5112.180777,5323.043715,5331.119114
"Core2Quad-Q6600",390.802895,387.826493,390.418075
"SMHasher 2020-02-29 - Hash: wyhash",
Lower Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",30.87,30.87,30.87
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",44.569,44.652,44.562
"LFENCE Before RET",48.431,48.458,48.45
"LFENCE After Load",183.605,183.612,183.602
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",199.764,199.767,199.766
"SMHasher 2020-02-29 - Hash: fasthash32",
Lower Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",39.97,39.989,39.96
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",71.405,71.429,71.415
"LFENCE Before RET",92.442,92.441,92.496
"LFENCE After Load",158.325,158.31,158.326
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",205.394,205.383,205.415
"SMHasher 2020-02-29 - Hash: t1ha0_aes_avx2",
Lower Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",40.396,40.415,40.407
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",47.819,47.82,47.788,47.81
"LFENCE Before RET",73.13,73.123,73.15
"LFENCE After Load",99.675,101.036,99.716
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",129.62,129.638,129.637
"LevelDB 1.22 - Benchmark: Hot Read",
Lower Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",3.448,3.448,3.417
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",3.519,3.591,3.494
"LFENCE Before RET",3.849,3.801,3.849
"LFENCE After Load",5.551,5.542,5.579
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",5.752,5.724,5.761
"Core2Quad-Q6600",5.173,4.959,4.994
"LevelDB 1.22 - Benchmark: Fill Sync",
Lower Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",6212.596,6172.752,5851.512
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",6182.335,6123.639,6212.306
"LFENCE Before RET",6250.802,6314.447,5734.935,6362.13,6280.669,6304.245,6274.807,6397.073,5358.814,6262.527,6378.737,6365.211,6353.702,6327.586,5134.491
"LFENCE After Load",5069.23,6402.858,6412.499,6403.581,6455.948,6411.489,5181.201,6502.412,6457.603,6443.278,6527.076,6506.225,6503.735,6485.608,6428.351
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",6361.727,6339.368,6329.676
"Core2Quad-Q6600",55.322,53.253,47.872,49.782
"LevelDB 1.22 - Benchmark: Random Read",
Lower Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",3.467,3.465,3.475
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",3.525,3.436,3.412
"LFENCE Before RET",3.773,3.871,3.757
"LFENCE After Load",5.563,5.56,5.56
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",5.795,5.805,5.782
"Core2Quad-Q6600",5.055,4.932,4.92
"LevelDB 1.22 - Benchmark: Seek Random",
Lower Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",4.592,4.554,4.596
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",4.604,4.692,4.715
"LFENCE Before RET",5.305,5.432,5.291
"LFENCE After Load",10.604,10.47,10.545
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",10.949,11.037,10.903
"Core2Quad-Q6600",7.575,7.639,7.677
"Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.2.7 - Primate Phylogeny Analysis",
Lower Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",80.113,80.044,80.124
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",80.015,79.895,83.887
"LFENCE Before RET",86.659,86.838,86.689
"LFENCE After Load",861.323,861.944,861.639
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",865.733,865.017,865.136
"Core2Quad-Q6600",401.752,401.656,400.407
"Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 - Pfam Database Search",
Lower Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",5.18,5.164,5.172
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",5.23,5.164,5.175
"LFENCE Before RET",5.883,5.723,5.728
"LFENCE After Load",30.161,29.889,30.027
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",30.018,30.004,30.152
"Core2Quad-Q6600",42.94,42.308,42.213
"C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel",
Lower Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",160.866,160.708,160.682
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",160.657,160.746,160.817
"LFENCE Before RET",161.279,161.208,161.209
"LFENCE After Load",1233.593,1235.539,1234.641
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",1233.598,1235.136,1236.511
"Core2Quad-Q6600",443.478,443.665,443.695
"FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 - WAV To FLAC",
Lower Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",8.911,8.938,8.919,8.918,8.922
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",8.857,8.873,8.871,8.902,8.893
"LFENCE Before RET",8.994,9.01,9.017,9.011,8.996
"LFENCE After Load",97.818,97.855,97.902,98.31,97.818
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",97.669,97.708,97.803,97.761,97.721
"Core2Quad-Q6600",44.243,44.83,45.133,44.418,44.86
"LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 - WAV To MP3",
Lower Results Are Better
"No LVI Mitigation",8.638,8.649,8.637
"LFENCE Before Indirect Branch",8.699,8.705,8.695
"LFENCE Before RET",9.38,9.38,9.382
"LFENCE After Load",76.718,76.729,76.734
"LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret",77.176,77.15,77.121
"Core2Quad-Q6600",74.796,74.625,74.853