ctx-clock-ubuntu-20-04
Intel Core i5 520M testing with a Apple Mac-F22586C8 (98.0.0.0.0 BIOS) and NVIDIA NVA5 256MB on Ubuntu 20.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


fresh install, mitigations=off: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5 520M @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: Apple Mac-F22586C8 (98.0.0.0.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 8GB, Disk: 2000GB Western Digital WDS200T2B0A, Graphics: NVIDIA NVA5 256MB, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M PCIe + Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.11.0-38-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.9, Display Server: X Server 1.20.11, Display Driver: nouveau, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 21.3.0-devel (git-e55e617 2021-09-30 focal-oibaf-ppa), Vulkan: 1.2.193, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050

mitigations=off, custom 5.4 kernel: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5 520M @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: Apple Mac-F22586C8 (98.0.0.0.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 8GB, Disk: 2000GB Western Digital WDS200T2B0A, Graphics: NVIDIA NVA5 256MB, Audio: Cirrus Logic Generic, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M PCIe + Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n

	OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.150-0504150+customidle-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.9, Display Server: X Server 1.20.11, Display Driver: nouveau, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 21.3.0-devel (git-ad50b47 2021-10-01 focal-oibaf-ppa), Vulkan: 1.2.193, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050


ctx_clock
Context Switch Time
Clocks < Lower Is Better
fresh install, mitigations=off ..... 187 |=====================================
mitigations=off, custom 5.4 kernel . 159 |===============================