kernelcompare Intel Core i5-2520M testing with a HP 1618 (68SCF Ver. F.04 BIOS) and Intel HD 3000 2GB on ManjaroLinux 20.2 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 5.7.4_mitigation_off: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: HP 1618 (68SCF Ver. F.04 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core DRAM, Memory: 8GB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST9320423AS, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 2GB (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: ManjaroLinux 20.0.3, Kernel: 5.7.4-xanmod1-1-xanmod (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 4.6.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 20.0.7, Compiler: GCC 10.1.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 5.7.4_mitigation_on: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: HP 1618 (68SCF Ver. F.04 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core DRAM, Memory: 8GB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST9320423AS, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 2GB (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: ManjaroLinux 20.0.3, Kernel: 5.7.4-xanmod1-1-xanmod (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 4.6.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 20.0.7, Compiler: GCC 10.1.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 5.9.8_mitigation_on: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: HP 1618 (68SCF Ver. F.04 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core DRAM, Memory: 8GB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST9320423AS, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 2GB (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: ManjaroLinux 20.2, Kernel: 5.9.8-xanmod1-1 (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 4.6.7, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 20.2.1, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 5.9.8_mitigation_off: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: HP 1618 (68SCF Ver. F.04 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core DRAM, Memory: 8GB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST9320423AS, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 2GB (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: ManjaroLinux 20.2, Kernel: 5.9.8-xanmod1-1 (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 4.6.7, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 20.2.1, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better 5.7.4_mitigation_off . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 12.7 MAX: 29.0 5.7.4_mitigation_on .. MIN: 3.0 AVG: 12.7 MAX: 28.0 5.9.8_mitigation_on .. MIN: 3.0 AVG: 12.8 MAX: 29.0 5.9.8_mitigation_off . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 12.7 MAX: 28.0 Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo 3334 Map: CTF-FaceClassic Botmatch - Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 5.7.4_mitigation_off . 142.51 |================================================ 5.7.4_mitigation_on .. 140.82 |=============================================== 5.9.8_mitigation_on .. 134.65 |============================================= 5.9.8_mitigation_off . 138.73 |=============================================== Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo 3334 Map: CTF-BridgeOfFate Botmatch - Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 5.7.4_mitigation_off . 170.13 |================================================ 5.7.4_mitigation_on .. 168.85 |================================================ 5.9.8_mitigation_on .. 163.62 |============================================== 5.9.8_mitigation_off . 165.03 |=============================================== IPC_benchmark Type: TCP Socket - Message Bytes: 4096 Messages Per Second > Higher Is Better 5.7.4_mitigation_off . 773727 |================================================ 5.7.4_mitigation_on .. 545608 |================================== 5.9.8_mitigation_on .. 560641 |=================================== 5.9.8_mitigation_off . 765248 |=============================================== IPC_benchmark Type: Unnamed Pipe - Message Bytes: 4096 Messages Per Second > Higher Is Better 5.7.4_mitigation_off . 1205250 |=============================================== 5.7.4_mitigation_on .. 846787 |================================= 5.9.8_mitigation_on .. 951909 |===================================== 5.9.8_mitigation_off . 1163024 |============================================= IPC_benchmark Type: FIFO Named Pipe - Message Bytes: 4096 Messages Per Second > Higher Is Better 5.7.4_mitigation_off . 1004228 |=============================================== 5.7.4_mitigation_on .. 915044 |=========================================== 5.9.8_mitigation_on .. 879314 |========================================= 5.9.8_mitigation_off . 1009028 |=============================================== IPC_benchmark Type: Unnamed Unix Domain Socket - Message Bytes: 4096 Messages Per Second > Higher Is Better 5.7.4_mitigation_off . 815285 |================================================ 5.7.4_mitigation_on .. 586833 |=================================== 5.9.8_mitigation_on .. 531175 |=============================== 5.9.8_mitigation_off . 706465 |========================================== Coremark 1.0 CoreMark Size 666 - Iterations Per Second Iterations/Sec > Higher Is Better 5.7.4_mitigation_off . 51100.18 |============================================== 5.7.4_mitigation_on .. 50825.39 |============================================= 5.9.8_mitigation_on .. 51429.38 |============================================== 5.9.8_mitigation_off . 51430.11 |============================================== Core-Latency Average Latency Between CPU Cores ns < Lower Is Better 5.7.4_mitigation_off . 83.74 |================================================ 5.7.4_mitigation_on .. 85.28 |================================================= 5.9.8_mitigation_on .. 83.94 |================================================ 5.9.8_mitigation_off . 81.40 |===============================================