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.
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LVI Mitigations
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.
No LVI Mitigation:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS P10S-M WS (4401 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 16GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB, Graphics: Intel HD P630 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: 2 x Intel I210
OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.35.91, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.7, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20200304, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS P10S-M WS (4401 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 16GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB, Graphics: Intel HD P630 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: 2 x Intel I210
OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.35.91, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.7, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20200304, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
LFENCE Before RET:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS P10S-M WS (4401 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 16GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB, Graphics: Intel HD P630 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: 2 x Intel I210
OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.35.91, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.7, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20200304, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
LFENCE After Load:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS P10S-M WS (4401 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 16GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB, Graphics: Intel HD P630 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: 2 x Intel I210
OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.35.91, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.7, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20200304, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS P10S-M WS (4401 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 16GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB, Graphics: Intel HD P630 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: 2 x Intel I210
OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.35.91, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.7, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20200304, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Core2Quad-Q6600:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7350 v100 (V1.0A BIOS), Chipset: NVIDIA C55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 320GB Western Digital WD3200AVJS-6, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC888
OS: EndeavourOS rolling, Kernel: 5.5.8-arch1-1 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.7, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20200130 + Clang 9.0.1, File-System: ext4
Sysbench 2018-07-28
Test: CPU
Events Per Second > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 8864.00 |===============================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 8482.74 |==============================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 8475.18 |==============================
LFENCE After Load ................... 9160.58 |================================
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 9160.69 |================================
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 2022.78 |=======
dav1d 0.6.0
Video Input: Summer Nature 1080p
FPS > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 281.07 |=================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 279.92 |=================================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 273.73 |================================
LFENCE After Load ................... 85.95 |==========
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 85.04 |==========
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 55.19 |======
SVT-AV1 0.8
Encoder Mode: Enc Mode 8 - Input: 1080p
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 13.841 |=================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 13.580 |================================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 12.156 |=============================
LFENCE After Load ................... 2.169 |=====
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 2.133 |=====
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 0.180 |
SVT-HEVC 1.4.1
1080p 8-bit YUV To HEVC Video Encode
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 24.41 |==================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 23.83 |=================================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 21.28 |==============================
LFENCE After Load ................... 3.88 |=====
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 3.79 |=====
VP9 libvpx Encoding 1.8.2
Speed: Speed 5
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 23.86 |==================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 23.70 |==================================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 20.32 |=============================
LFENCE After Load ................... 2.63 |====
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 2.59 |====
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 4.62 |=======
x264 2019-12-17
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 44.54 |==================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 43.59 |=================================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 41.30 |================================
LFENCE After Load ................... 10.81 |========
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 10.59 |========
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 10.10 |========
ACES DGEMM 1.0
Sustained Floating-Point Rate
GFLOP/s > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 1.121684 |===============================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 1.125063 |===============================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 1.134689 |===============================
LFENCE After Load ................... 0.199113 |=====
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 0.196899 |=====
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 0.065478 |==
GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: Rotate
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 735 |====================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 720 |===================================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 688 |==================================
LFENCE After Load ................... 162 |========
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 165 |========
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 239 |============
GraphicsMagick 1.3.33
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 437 |====================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 435 |====================================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 435 |====================================
LFENCE After Load ................... 65 |=====
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 65 |=====
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 138 |===========
Coremark 1.0
CoreMark Size 666 - Iterations Per Second
Iterations/Sec > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 155734.93 |==============================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 155387.19 |==============================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 150838.39 |=============================
LFENCE After Load ................... 30075.83 |======
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 29308.80 |======
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 43182.06 |========
LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Fill Sync
MB/s > Higher Is Better
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch . 0.1 |=
LFENCE Before RET ............. 0.1 |=
Core2Quad-Q6600 ............... 8.0 |==========================================
IPC_benchmark
Type: Unnamed Pipe - Message Bytes: 2048
Messages Per Second > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 1520361 |================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 1501588 |================================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 1475647 |===============================
LFENCE After Load ................... 1506789 |================================
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 1454442 |===============================
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 528690 |===========
IPC_benchmark
Type: FIFO Named Pipe - Message Bytes: 2048
Messages Per Second > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 1482097 |================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 1442004 |===============================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 1458219 |===============================
LFENCE After Load ................... 1482206 |================================
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 1281522 |============================
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 567755 |============
FFTW 3.3.6
Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 128
Mflops > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 36207.0 |================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 34569.0 |===============================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 33109.0 |=============================
LFENCE After Load ................... 3179.7 |===
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 3147.0 |===
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 8166.6 |=======
Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 3504.38 |================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 3495.07 |================================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 3502.54 |================================
LFENCE After Load ................... 182.68 |==
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 182.69 |==
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 1158.73 |===========
Botan 2.13.0
Test: KASUMI
MiB/s > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 94.53 |==================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 94.56 |==================================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 94.32 |==================================
LFENCE After Load ................... 11.96 |====
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 11.95 |====
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 27.14 |==========
Botan 2.13.0
Test: AES-256
MiB/s > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 4027.59 |================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 4012.19 |================================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 3548.67 |============================
LFENCE After Load ................... 656.43 |=====
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 667.16 |=====
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 78.52 |=
Botan 2.13.0
Test: Twofish
MiB/s > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 364.62 |=================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 365.47 |=================================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 361.86 |=================================
LFENCE After Load ................... 23.66 |==
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 23.63 |==
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 160.34 |==============
Botan 2.13.0
Test: Blowfish
MiB/s > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 450.39 |=================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 455.18 |=================================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 449.69 |=================================
LFENCE After Load ................... 27.04 |==
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 27.04 |==
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 184.67 |=============
Botan 2.13.0
Test: CAST-256
MiB/s > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 143.94 |=================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 143.74 |=================================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 143.34 |=================================
LFENCE After Load ................... 13.79 |===
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 13.84 |===
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 68.29 |================
SMHasher 2020-02-29
Hash: wyhash
MiB/sec > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 15371.58 |===============================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 15139.16 |===============================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 15368.40 |===============================
LFENCE After Load ................... 1459.64 |===
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 1460.06 |===
SMHasher 2020-02-29
Hash: fasthash32
MiB/sec > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 6302.88 |================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 6305.00 |================================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 6301.25 |================================
LFENCE After Load ................... 1108.63 |======
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 1108.26 |======
SMHasher 2020-02-29
Hash: t1ha0_aes_avx2
MiB/sec > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 39576.77 |===============================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 39743.37 |===============================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 40155.93 |===============================
LFENCE After Load ................... 2536.98 |==
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 2578.17 |==
LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 9Jan2020
Model: Rhodopsin Protein
ns/day > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 3.054 |==================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 3.091 |==================================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 2.999 |=================================
LFENCE After Load ................... 0.275 |===
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 0.275 |===
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 1.021 |===========
Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Read While Writing
Op/s > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 925849 |=================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 901427 |================================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 899805 |================================
LFENCE After Load ................... 911671 |================================
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 904375 |================================
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 194734 |=======
Memcached mcperf 1.6.0
Method: Add - Connections: 1
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 74622.1 |================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 73822.3 |================================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 72552.0 |===============================
LFENCE After Load ................... 69923.1 |==============================
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 69416.7 |==============================
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 14265.5 |======
Memcached mcperf 1.6.0
Method: Get - Connections: 1
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 126791.2 |===============================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 122542.8 |==============================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 125504.0 |===============================
LFENCE After Load ................... 112679.3 |============================
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 108597.8 |===========================
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 23106.3 |======
Memcached mcperf 1.6.0
Method: Set - Connections: 1
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 74530.7 |================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 73056.1 |===============================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 72700.4 |===============================
LFENCE After Load ................... 69868.9 |==============================
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 68935.8 |==============================
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 13919.7 |======
Memcached mcperf 1.6.0
Method: Add - Connections: 16
Operations Per Second > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 74588.5 |================================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 72514.5 |===============================
LFENCE After Load ................... 70035.3 |==============================
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 69368.6 |==============================
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 14078.3 |======
John The Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 7703 |===================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 7704 |===================================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 7632 |===================================
LFENCE After Load ................... 646 |===
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 646 |===
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 3072 |==============
John The Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 438359 |================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 450730 |=================================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 442128 |================================
LFENCE After Load ................... 92457 |=======
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 92352 |=======
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 97582 |=======
Redis 5.0.5
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 2902781.85 |============================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 2807336.75 |===========================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 2964800.42 |=============================
LFENCE After Load ................... 2290110.92 |======================
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 2157109.92 |=====================
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 816590.00 |========
OpenSSL 1.1.1
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 1217.6 |=================================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 1217.5 |=================================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 1214.9 |=================================
LFENCE After Load ................... 138.1 |====
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 138.1 |====
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 198.5 |=====
PostgreSQL pgbench 12.0
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 109133.83 |==============================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 107867.87 |==============================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 101653.33 |============================
LFENCE After Load ................... 49296.66 |==============
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 45420.18 |============
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 32157.39 |=========
PostgreSQL pgbench 12.0
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 6337.40 |===============================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 6489.72 |===============================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 6622.94 |================================
LFENCE After Load ................... 5470.21 |==========================
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 5255.45 |=========================
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 389.68 |==
SMHasher 2020-02-29
Hash: wyhash
cycles/hash < Lower Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 30.87 |=====
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 44.59 |=======
LFENCE Before RET ................... 48.45 |========
LFENCE After Load ................... 183.61 |==============================
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 199.77 |=================================
SMHasher 2020-02-29
Hash: fasthash32
cycles/hash < Lower Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 39.97 |======
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 71.42 |===========
LFENCE Before RET ................... 92.46 |===============
LFENCE After Load ................... 158.32 |=========================
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 205.40 |=================================
SMHasher 2020-02-29
Hash: t1ha0_aes_avx2
cycles/hash < Lower Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 40.41 |==========
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 47.81 |============
LFENCE Before RET ................... 73.13 |===================
LFENCE After Load ................... 100.14 |=========================
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 129.63 |=================================
LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Hot Read
Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 3.438 |====================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 3.535 |=====================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 3.833 |=======================
LFENCE After Load ................... 5.557 |=================================
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 5.746 |==================================
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 5.042 |==============================
LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Fill Sync
Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 6078.95 |===============================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 6172.76 |===============================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 6140.01 |===============================
LFENCE After Load ................... 6279.41 |================================
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 6343.59 |================================
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 51.56 |
LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Random Read
Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 3.469 |====================
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 3.458 |====================
LFENCE Before RET ................... 3.800 |======================
LFENCE After Load ................... 5.561 |=================================
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 5.794 |==================================
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 4.969 |=============================
LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Seek Random
Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 4.581 |==============
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 4.670 |==============
LFENCE Before RET ................... 5.343 |================
LFENCE After Load ................... 10.540 |================================
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 10.963 |=================================
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 7.630 |=======================
Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.2.7
Primate Phylogeny Analysis
Seconds < Lower Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 80.09 |===
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 81.27 |===
LFENCE Before RET ................... 86.73 |===
LFENCE After Load ................... 861.64 |=================================
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 865.30 |=================================
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 401.27 |===============
Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 5.172 |====
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 5.190 |====
LFENCE Before RET ................... 5.778 |====
LFENCE After Load ................... 30.026 |=======================
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 30.058 |=======================
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 42.487 |=================================
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel
Seconds < Lower Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 160.75 |====
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 160.74 |====
LFENCE Before RET ................... 161.23 |====
LFENCE After Load ................... 1234.59 |================================
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 1235.08 |================================
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 443.61 |===========
FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 8.922 |===
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 8.879 |===
LFENCE Before RET ................... 9.006 |===
LFENCE After Load ................... 97.941 |=================================
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 97.732 |=================================
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 44.697 |===============
LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
No LVI Mitigation ................... 8.641 |====
LFENCE Before Indirect Branch ....... 8.700 |====
LFENCE Before RET ................... 9.381 |====
LFENCE After Load ................... 76.727 |=================================
LFENCE Load + Indirect Branch + Ret . 77.149 |=================================
Core2Quad-Q6600 ..................... 74.758 |================================