AMD Ryzen 5000 Zen 3 Mitigation Test
Tests for a future article by Michael Larabel looking at Zen 3 Spectre mitigation impact on Linux.


Ryzen 5 2600X: Default: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core @ 3.60GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS (WI-FI) (1216 BIOS), Chipset: AMD 17h, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV166 6GB, Audio: NVIDIA TU106 HD Audio, Monitor: G237HL, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200

	OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.9.10-050910-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.9, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 20.2.1, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core @ 3.60GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS (WI-FI) (1216 BIOS), Chipset: AMD 17h, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV166 6GB, Audio: NVIDIA TU106 HD Audio, Monitor: G237HL, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200

	OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.9.10-050910-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.9, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 20.2.1, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 6-Core @ 3.80GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS (WI-FI) (1216 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV166 6GB, Audio: NVIDIA TU106 HD Audio, Monitor: G237HL, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200

	OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.9.10-050910-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.9, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 20.2.1, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 6-Core @ 3.80GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS (WI-FI) (1216 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV166 6GB, Audio: NVIDIA TU106 HD Audio, Monitor: G237HL, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200

	OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.9.10-050910-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.9, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 20.2.1, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Ryzen 5 5600X: Default: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core @ 3.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS (WI-FI) (1216 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV166 6GB, Audio: NVIDIA TU106 HD Audio, Monitor: G237HL, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200

	OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.9.10-050910-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.9, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 20.2.1, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core @ 3.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS (WI-FI) (1216 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV166 6GB, Audio: NVIDIA TU106 HD Audio, Monitor: G237HL, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200

	OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.9.10-050910-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.9, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 20.2.1, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Overwrite
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 20.9 |========================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 21.2 |========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 27.7 |================================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 28.8 |=================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 33.0 |======================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 34.2 |=======================================


LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Overwrite
Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 63.65 |======================================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 62.52 |=====================================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 47.88 |=============================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 46.13 |============================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 40.17 |========================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 38.81 |=======================


LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Random Fill
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 20.5 |========================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 21.1 |========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 28.1 |================================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 28.6 |=================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 33.0 |======================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 34.0 |=======================================


LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Random Fill
Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 64.64 |======================================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 62.97 |=====================================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 47.27 |============================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 46.42 |===========================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 40.14 |========================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 38.99 |=======================


LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Random Delete
Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 58.39 |======================================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 57.28 |=====================================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 44.96 |=============================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 43.51 |============================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 39.54 |==========================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 38.40 |=========================


LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Sequential Fill
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 21.3 |========================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 21.7 |========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 28.4 |================================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 29.3 |=================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 33.3 |=====================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 34.8 |=======================================


LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Sequential Fill
Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 62.47 |======================================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 61.23 |=====================================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 46.71 |============================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 45.36 |============================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 39.90 |========================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 38.14 |=======================


Flexible IO Tester 3.18
Type: Random Write - Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 254667 |======================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 259000 |=======================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 288000 |=========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 287333 |=========================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 416000 |====================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 423333 |=====================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 6306 |=========================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 6578 |==========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 8243 |================================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 8620 |==================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 9496 |=====================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 9905 |=======================================


Ethr 2019-01-02
Server Address: localhost - Protocol: TCP - Test: Latency - Threads: 2
Microseconds < Lower Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 25.06 |======================================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 23.32 |===================================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 20.11 |==============================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 18.58 |============================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 14.60 |======================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 12.51 |===================


Ethr 2019-01-02
Server Address: localhost - Protocol: TCP - Test: Bandwidth - Threads: 2
Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 38550.67 |===============
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 41134.44 |================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 48611.82 |===================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 48813.96 |===================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 82974.49 |================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 91075.78 |===================================


Ethr 2019-01-02
Server Address: localhost - Protocol: HTTP - Test: Bandwidth - Threads: 2
Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 1368.77 |======================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 1393.33 |=======================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 1856.67 |==============================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 1897.19 |===============================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 2133.33 |===================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 2193.16 |====================================


iPerf 3.7
Server Address: localhost - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 30 Seconds - Test: TCP - Parallel: 10
Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 49280 |===================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 50428 |===================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 62474 |========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 64734 |=========================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 95489 |=====================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 99379 |======================================


WireGuard + Linux Networking Stack Stress Test

Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 266.33 |=====================================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 259.63 |====================================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 193.19 |===========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 187.85 |==========================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 125.03 |=================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 120.57 |=================


Sockperf 3.4
Test: Throughput
Messages Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 630438 |==========================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 674371 |============================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 744630 |===============================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 813459 |==================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 833877 |===================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 890685 |=====================================


perf-bench
Benchmark: Epoll Wait
ops/sec > Higher Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 140169 |=====================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 140577 |=====================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 128562 |===================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 134160 |====================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 238504 |====================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 245982 |=====================================


perf-bench
Benchmark: Futex Hash
ops/sec > Higher Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 4652282 |=======================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 4821660 |========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 5328721 |==========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 5466584 |===========================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 7087895 |===================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 7383759 |====================================


perf-bench
Benchmark: Syscall Basic
ops/sec > Higher Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 17882170 |=======================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 21371477 |============================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 21182016 |===========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 24401287 |================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 23060667 |==============================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 27012497 |===================================


OSBench
Test: Create Files
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 16.196814 |==================================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 14.930544 |===============================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 11.443409 |========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 11.013251 |=======================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 9.991620  |=====================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 9.399961  |====================


OSBench
Test: Create Threads
us Per Event < Lower Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 13.306618 |==================================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 12.606780 |================================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 9.198983  |========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 9.227594  |========================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 7.793903  |====================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 7.703304  |====================


Renaissance 0.10.0
Test: Twitter HTTP Requests
ms < Lower Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 2312.93 |====================================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 2267.45 |===================================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 1762.12 |===========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 1724.77 |===========================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 1548.69 |========================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 1484.98 |=======================


KeyDB 6.0.16

Ops/sec > Higher Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 522846.21 |===================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 534104.27 |====================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 644444.03 |========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 671262.15 |=========================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 881590.61 |=================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 912727.80 |==================================


SQLite Speedtest 3.30
Timed Time - Size 1,000
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 68.12 |======================================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 68.24 |======================================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 54.74 |==============================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 54.27 |==============================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 42.71 |========================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 42.04 |=======================


Stress-NG 0.11.07
Test: Socket Activity
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 4834.01 |====================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 4886.77 |====================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 5768.96 |========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 6007.54 |=========================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 7889.03 |=================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 8634.41 |====================================


Stress-NG 0.11.07
Test: Context Switching
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 2811763.39 |========================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 2820985.48 |========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 3262262.67 |============================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 3354276.72 |=============================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 3646529.70 |================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 3815493.99 |=================================


ctx_clock
Context Switch Time
Clocks < Lower Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 180 |======================================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 180 |======================================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 190 |========================================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 190 |========================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 148 |===============================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 148 |===============================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Random Fill
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 752561  |=========================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 747240  |=========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 785817  |==========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 794084  |==========================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 1042452 |==================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 1088373 |====================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Random Read
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 34511390 |=======================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 35301035 |========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 36791131 |=========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 36295908 |=========================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 51583731 |===================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 51700285 |===================================


Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Sequential Fill
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 859329  |======================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 859993  |======================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 928692  |=======================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 939726  |========================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 1392796 |===================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 1431748 |====================================


Selenium
Benchmark: ARES-6 - Browser: Firefox
ms < Lower Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 61.20 |======================================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 58.45 |====================================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 52.01 |================================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 49.53 |===============================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 50.83 |================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 42.65 |==========================


Selenium
Benchmark: Kraken - Browser: Firefox
ms < Lower Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 1204.3 |=====================================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 1140.1 |===================================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 1004.5 |===============================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 932.0  |=============================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 931.4  |=============================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 779.4  |========================


Selenium
Benchmark: Octane - Browser: Firefox
Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 17952 |=======================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 19276 |========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 21205 |===========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 23439 |==============================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 23868 |==============================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 30094 |======================================


Selenium
Benchmark: Jetstream 2 - Browser: Firefox
Score > Higher Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 65.98 |==========================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 68.74 |===========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 77.16 |==============================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 83.17 |=================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 82.28 |================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 96.66 |======================================


Selenium
Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Firefox
Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 83.1  |=========================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 85.4  |=========================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 108.0 |================================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 115.0 |==================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 118.0 |===================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 128.0 |======================================


Selenium
Benchmark: WASM imageConvolute - Browser: Firefox
ms < Lower Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 30.8 |=======================================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 29.4 |=====================================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 26.6 |==================================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 25.3 |================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 24.9 |================================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 20.6 |==========================


Selenium
Benchmark: WASM collisionDetection - Browser: Firefox
ms < Lower Is Better
Ryzen 5 2600X: Default .......... 441.5 |======================================
Ryzen 5 2600X: mitigations=off .. 440.8 |======================================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: Default ......... 356.5 |===============================
Ryzen 5 3600XT: mitigations=off . 346.1 |==============================
Ryzen 5 5600X: Default .......... 300.7 |==========================
Ryzen 5 5600X: mitigations=off .. 290.2 |=========================