4690k-980ti-zenkernel-no-mitigations Intel Core i5-8350U testing with a LENOVO 20L7S1KW00 (N22ET65W 1.42 BIOS) and Intel UHD 620 on Arch Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite. Realtek RTL8111 - Arch rolling - Intel Core i5-4690K: Processor: Intel Core i5-4690K @ 4.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) v2.0 (V10.7 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 2 x 3001GB Western Digital WD30EFRX-68E + 500GB Samsung SSD 850 + 256GB INTEL SSDSC2KW25, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB, Audio: Intel 9 HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 5.9.1-zen2-1-zen (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: NVIDIA 455.28, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-on: Processor: Intel Core i5-8350U @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: LENOVO 20L7S1KW00 (N22ET65W 1.42 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 8GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB, Graphics: Intel UHD 620 (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC257, Network: Intel-AC 9260 OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 5.9.0-next-20201023-1-next-skylake-git (x86_64), Desktop: Sway, Display Server: Wayland, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: f2fs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-off: Processor: Intel Core i5-8350U @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: LENOVO 20L7S1KW00 (N22ET65W 1.42 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 8GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB, Graphics: Intel UHD 620 (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC257, Network: Intel-AC 9260 OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 5.9.0-next-20201023-1-next-skylake-git (x86_64), Desktop: Sway, Display Server: Wayland, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: f2fs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 8350u-march-generic-mitigations-off: Processor: Intel Core i5-8350U @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: LENOVO 20L7S1KW00 (N22ET65W 1.42 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 8GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB, Graphics: Intel UHD 620 (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC257, Network: Intel-AC 9260 OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 5.9.0-next-20201023-1-next-generic-git (x86_64), Desktop: Sway, Display Server: Wayland, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: f2fs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 WireGuard + Linux Networking Stack Stress Test Seconds < Lower Is Better Realtek RTL8111 - Arch rolling - Intel Core i5-4690K . 223.66 |======== 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-on ................... 451.01 |================ 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-off .................. 424.42 |=============== 8350u-march-generic-mitigations-off .................. 434.51 |=============== OSBench Test: Create Files us Per Event < Lower Is Better Realtek RTL8111 - Arch rolling - Intel Core i5-4690K . 14.17 |==== 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-on ................... 64.58 |================= 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-off .................. 62.64 |================ 8350u-march-generic-mitigations-off .................. 62.31 |================ OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better Realtek RTL8111 - Arch rolling - Intel Core i5-4690K . 11.05 |======= 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-on ................... 26.23 |================= 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-off .................. 22.83 |=============== 8350u-march-generic-mitigations-off .................. 24.70 |================ OSBench Test: Launch Programs us Per Event < Lower Is Better Realtek RTL8111 - Arch rolling - Intel Core i5-4690K . 63.59 |========= 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-on ................... 111.62 |================ 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-off .................. 101.31 |=============== 8350u-march-generic-mitigations-off .................. 101.01 |============== OSBench Test: Create Processes us Per Event < Lower Is Better Realtek RTL8111 - Arch rolling - Intel Core i5-4690K . 25.43 |====== 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-on ................... 67.38 |================= 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-off .................. 68.93 |================= 8350u-march-generic-mitigations-off .................. 63.20 |================ OSBench Test: Memory Allocations Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better Realtek RTL8111 - Arch rolling - Intel Core i5-4690K . 70.49 |========== 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-on ................... 116.09 |================ 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-off .................. 109.65 |=============== 8350u-march-generic-mitigations-off .................. 112.60 |================ 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Realtek RTL8111 - Arch rolling - Intel Core i5-4690K . 20379 |================= 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-on ................... 15235 |============= 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-off .................. 15325 |============= 8350u-march-generic-mitigations-off .................. 15231 |============= Stress-NG 0.11.07 Test: CPU Cache Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Realtek RTL8111 - Arch rolling - Intel Core i5-4690K . 23.23 |================= 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-on ................... 13.93 |========== 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-off .................. 13.84 |========== 8350u-march-generic-mitigations-off .................. 14.06 |========== Stress-NG 0.11.07 Test: CPU Stress Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Realtek RTL8111 - Arch rolling - Intel Core i5-4690K . 1781.45 |=============== 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-on ................... 1454.74 |============ 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-off .................. 1451.19 |============ 8350u-march-generic-mitigations-off .................. 1450.00 |============ Stress-NG 0.11.07 Test: Vector Math Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Realtek RTL8111 - Arch rolling - Intel Core i5-4690K . 22785.75 |============== 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-on ................... 19968.30 |============ 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-off .................. 19927.14 |============ 8350u-march-generic-mitigations-off .................. 19922.78 |============ Stress-NG 0.11.07 Test: Memory Copying Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Realtek RTL8111 - Arch rolling - Intel Core i5-4690K . 1241.05 |=============== 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-on ................... 551.43 |======= 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-off .................. 553.30 |======= 8350u-march-generic-mitigations-off .................. 551.33 |======= Stress-NG 0.11.07 Test: Context Switching Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better Realtek RTL8111 - Arch rolling - Intel Core i5-4690K . 1908190.91 |============ 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-on ................... 980282.18 |====== 8350u-march-skylake-mitigations-off .................. 1273545.27 |======== 8350u-march-generic-mitigations-off .................. 1242648.80 |========