Windows 8 vs. Windows 10 - Spectre/Meltdown Benchmarks

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March 12 2019
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Windows 10: No Mitigations

Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.81GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (1.A0 BIOS), Memory: 4 x 4096 MB 3000MHz, Disk: 238GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 550 2GB, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection

OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 17763, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 22.19.677.257, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2442.9), File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations

Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations

OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 17763, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 22.19.677.257, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2442.9), Compiler: GCC 7.1.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations

Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations

Windows 8: No Mitigations

Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (1.A0 BIOS), Memory: 4 x 4096 MB, Disk: 238GB NVMe INTEL SSDPEKKW25, Graphics: Microsoft Basic Display, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + ASIX AX88772B USB2.0 to Fast + Microsoft ISATAP + LAN7500 USB 2.0 to 10/100/1000

OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro Build 9600, Kernel: 6.3 (x86_64), Display Driver: 6.3.9600.16384, Compiler: GCC 7.1.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

ProcessorMotherboardMemoryDiskGraphicsNetworkOSKernelDisplay DriverOpenCLFile-SystemScreen ResolutionCompilerWindows 10Windows 8 No Mitigations Meltdown Mitigations Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations Meltdown Mitigations No MitigationsIntel Core i9-7960X @ 2.81GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads)MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (1.A0 BIOS)4 x 4096 MB 3000MHz238GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8AMD Radeon RX 550 2GBIntel I211 Gigabit ConnectionMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro Build 1776310.0 (x86_64)22.19.677.257OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2442.9)NTFS3840x2160GCC 7.1.0Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads)4 x 4096 MB238GB NVMe INTEL SSDPEKKW25Microsoft Basic DisplayIntel I211 Gigabit Connection + ASIX AX88772B USB2.0 to Fast + Microsoft ISATAP + LAN7500 USB 2.0 to 10/100/1000Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro Build 96006.3 (x86_64)6.3.9600.163841024x768OpenBenchmarking.org

fio: Rand Write - Linux AIO - Yes - No - 4KB - Default Test Directoryfio: Rand Write - Linux AIO - Yes - No - 4KB - Default Test Directoryethr: 127.0.0.1 - TCP - Latency - 8ethr: 127.0.0.1 - TCP - Latency - 16perl-benchmark: Interpreterosbench: Create Threadsosbench: Launch Programsosbench: Memory Allocationssqlite: Timed SQLite Insertionsblender: BMW27 - CPU-Onlyblogbench: Readblogbench: Writecompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testdacapobench: H2dacapobench: Jythonencode-flac: WAV To FLACencode-mp3: WAV To MP3git: Time To Complete Common Git Commandsgo-benchmark: httpiozone: 4Kb - 4GB - Read Performancephpbench: PHP Benchmark Suitedarktable: Masskrug - CPU-onlytesseract-ocr: Time To OCR 7 Imagesfio: Rand Read - Windows AIO - Yes - No - 2MB - Default Test Directoryfio: Rand Write - Windows AIO - Yes - No - 2MB - Default Test Directoryfio: Seq Read - Windows AIO - Yes - No - 2MB - Default Test Directoryfio: Seq Write - Windows AIO - Yes - No - 2MB - Default Test Directorycinebench: Multi-Core Testcinebench: Single-Core TestWindows 10Windows 8 No Mitigations Meltdown Mitigations Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations Meltdown Mitigations No Mitigations72518550014.3314.200.0129836730.31238812562.582038162258730473794556012.7115.2812.09441312672185750.5076.883650274735652754322619457914800015.4815.020.0136381730.99229513050.522118504261753993549561712.6715.1812.42440112132165970.5480.613674281036472777145213050012750023.9824.060.0150787736.43262413866.552067549228731053728585313.0115.5712.7646778952122250.5189.08355627073586268012051278432155000.0131004132.61205175.9993.48153724621182630314140169.8611.2310.92739412933625160.5265.847318544673222923319919411132850000.0113405229.64194773.1793.97152769322683332333740249.6811.2310.23678918783678000.5254.177366545973732951322019312183120000.0109020428.20118563.4575.96153795523084503331339079.6811.1910.32668020603619230.5152.8474085797738529793212194OpenBenchmarking.org

Flexible IO Tester

Fio is an advanced disk benchmark that depends upon the kernel's AIO access library. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 3.1Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test DirectorySpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations30060090012001500SE +/- 13.50, N = 2SE +/- 16.50, N = 2SE +/- 30.50, N = 2SE +/- 5.50, N = 2SE +/- 1.50, N = 2SE +/- 7.00, N = 284312181113500725579

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgIOPS, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 3.1Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test DirectorySpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations70K140K210K280K350KSE +/- 3500.00, N = 2SE +/- 4000.00, N = 2SE +/- 8000.00, N = 2SE +/- 1500.00, N = 2SE +/- 500.00, N = 2SE +/- 2000.00, N = 2215500312000285000127500185500148000

t-test1

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is Bettert-test1 2017-01-13Threads: 2Spectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations60120180240300SE +/- 0.21, N = 2SE +/- 0.54, N = 2SE +/- 0.31, N = 2SE +/- 0.13, N = 2SE +/- 0.09, N = 2SE +/- 0.19, N = 2221160174280180197

Ethr

Ethr is a cross-platform Golang-written network performance measurement tool developed by Microsoft that is capable of testing multiple protocols and different measurements. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMicroseconds, Fewer Is BetterEthr 2019-01-02Server Address: 127.0.0.1 - Protocol: TCP - Test: Latency - Threads: 8Spectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations612182430SE +/- 0.08, N = 2SE +/- 0.08, N = 2SE +/- 0.39, N = 223.9814.3315.48MAX: 998.15MAX: 998.6MAX: 997.76

OpenBenchmarking.orgMicroseconds, Fewer Is BetterEthr 2019-01-02Server Address: 127.0.0.1 - Protocol: TCP - Test: Latency - Threads: 16Spectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations612182430SE +/- 0.12, N = 2SE +/- 0.12, N = 2SE +/- 0.04, N = 224.0614.2015.02MAX: 997.6MAX: 998.05MAX: 998.25

Perl Benchmarks

Perl benchmark suite that can be used to compare the relative speed of different versions of perl. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPerl BenchmarksTest: InterpreterSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations0.00340.00680.01020.01360.017SE +/- 0.00032087, N = 2SE +/- 0.00022825, N = 2SE +/- 0.00010482, N = 2SE +/- 0.00009105, N = 2SE +/- 0.00008812, N = 2SE +/- 0.00006256, N = 20.013100410.010902040.011340520.015078770.012983670.01363817

OSBench

OSBench is a collection of micro-benchmarks for measuring operating system primitives like time to create threads/processes, launching programs, creating files, and memory allocation. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgus Per Event, Fewer Is BetterOSBenchTest: Create ThreadsSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations816243240SE +/- 0.18, N = 2SE +/- 0.03, N = 2SE +/- 0.27, N = 2SE +/- 1.23, N = 2SE +/- 0.06, N = 2SE +/- 0.35, N = 232.6128.2029.6436.4330.3130.99

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgus Per Event, Fewer Is BetterOSBenchTest: Launch ProgramsSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations6001200180024003000SE +/- 6.63, N = 2SE +/- 723.90, N = 2SE +/- 21.31, N = 2SE +/- 16.71, N = 2SE +/- 30.81, N = 2SE +/- 15.60, N = 2205111851947262423882295

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgNs Per Event, Fewer Is BetterOSBenchTest: Memory AllocationsSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations306090120150SE +/- 0.04, N = 2SE +/- 0.33, N = 2SE +/- 0.39, N = 2SE +/- 0.65, N = 2SE +/- 0.06, N = 2SE +/- 0.71, N = 275.9963.4573.17138.00125.00130.00

SQLite

This is a simple benchmark of SQLite. At present this test profile just measures the time to perform a pre-defined number of insertions on an indexed database. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSQLite 3.22Timed SQLite InsertionsSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations20406080100SE +/- 1.09, N = 2SE +/- 15.80, N = 2SE +/- 0.14, N = 2SE +/- 0.36, N = 2SE +/- 0.05, N = 2SE +/- 7.06, N = 293.4875.9693.9766.5562.5850.52

Diskspd

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDiskspd 2.0.21Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 0 - Read Only - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 2MBSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations5001000150020002500SE +/- 27.06, N = 2SE +/- 40.72, N = 2SE +/- 37.69, N = 2SE +/- 13.94, N = 2SE +/- 4.06, N = 2SE +/- 0.50, N = 2136021821375169917251717

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgIOPS, More Is BetterDiskspd 2.0.21Threads Per Target: 1 - Write Requests (Percent): 0 - Read Only - File Size: 100M - Block Size: 2MBSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations2004006008001000SE +/- 13.53, N = 2SE +/- 20.37, N = 2SE +/- 18.85, N = 2SE +/- 6.97, N = 2SE +/- 2.03, N = 2SE +/- 0.25, N = 26801091688849862858

OpenSSL

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1gRSA 4096-bit PerformanceSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations4080120160200SE +/- 0.15, N = 2SE +/- 0.10, N = 2SE +/- 1.15, N = 2SE +/- 0.05, N = 2SE +/- 0.05, N = 2SE +/- 0.05, N = 2182181181131134134

Redis

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterRedis 3.2.1Test: SETSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations200K400K600K800K1000KSE +/- 6690.94, N = 2SE +/- 199.81, N = 2SE +/- 12353.19, N = 2SE +/- 10459.94, N = 2SE +/- 8263.91, N = 2SE +/- 2862.44, N = 2108346511541351134436655496715377711781

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterRedis 3.2.1Test: GETSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations300K600K900K1200K1500KSE +/- 7023.63, N = 2SE +/- 22383.81, N = 2SE +/- 3665.88, N = 2SE +/- 442.97, N = 2SE +/- 14285.03, N = 2SE +/- 4260.03, N = 2140660415432961537879897465992663983980

Blender

Blender is an open-source 3D creation software project. This test is of Blender's Cycles benchmark with various sample files. GPU computing via OpenCL or CUDA is supported. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBlender 2.79aBlend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-OnlySpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations50100150200250153153152206203211

BlogBench

BlogBench is designed to replicate the load of a real-world busy file server by stressing the file-system with multiple threads of random reads, writes, and rewrites. The behavior is mimicked of that of a blog by creating blogs with content and pictures, modifying blog posts, adding comments to these blogs, and then reading the content of the blogs. All of these blogs generated are created locally with fake content and pictures. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgFinal Score, More Is BetterBlogBench 1.1Test: ReadSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 228.50, N = 2SE +/- 145.00, N = 2SE +/- 49.50, N = 2SE +/- 23.50, N = 2SE +/- 365.50, N = 2SE +/- 96.00, N = 2724679557693754981628504

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgFinal Score, More Is BetterBlogBench 1.1Test: WriteSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations60120180240300SE +/- 1.00, N = 2SE +/- 3.00, N = 2SE +/- 4.00, N = 2SE +/- 0.50, N = 2SE +/- 3.00, N = 2211230226228258261

7-Zip Compression

This is a test of 7-Zip using p7zip with its integrated benchmark feature or upstream 7-Zip for the Windows x64 build. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 16.02Compress Speed TestSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations20K40K60K80K100KSE +/- 70.50, N = 2SE +/- 307.50, N = 2SE +/- 620.00, N = 2SE +/- 342.00, N = 2SE +/- 760.00, N = 2SE +/- 253.50, N = 2826308450383332731057304775399

DaCapo Benchmark

This test runs the DaCapo Benchmarks written in Java and intended to test system/CPU performance. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgmsec, Fewer Is BetterDaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1Java Test: H2Spectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations8001600240032004000SE +/- 47.00, N = 2SE +/- 219.00, N = 2SE +/- 101.50, N = 2SE +/- 17.50, N = 2SE +/- 93.00, N = 2SE +/- 25.00, N = 2314133133337372837943549

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgmsec, Fewer Is BetterDaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1Java Test: JythonSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations13002600390052006500SE +/- 16.00, N = 2SE +/- 54.50, N = 2SE +/- 30.50, N = 2SE +/- 63.00, N = 2SE +/- 121.00, N = 2401639074024585355605617

FLAC Audio Encoding

This test times how long it takes to encode a sample WAV file to FLAC format five times. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2WAV To FLACSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations3691215SE +/- 0.06, N = 2SE +/- 0.05, N = 2SE +/- 0.04, N = 2SE +/- 0.03, N = 2SE +/- 0.02, N = 2SE +/- 0.02, N = 29.869.689.6813.0112.7112.67

LAME MP3 Encoding

LAME is an MP3 encoder licensed under the LGPL. This test measures the time required to encode a WAV file to MP3 format. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.100WAV To MP3Spectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations48121620SE +/- 0.03, N = 2SE +/- 0.02, N = 2SE +/- 0.01, N = 2SE +/- 0.03, N = 2SE +/- 0.01, N = 2SE +/- 0.02, N = 211.2311.1911.2315.5715.2815.18

Git

This test measures the time needed to carry out some sample Git operations on an example, static repository that happens to be a copy of the GNOME GTK tool-kit repository. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGitTime To Complete Common Git CommandsSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations3691215SE +/- 0.01, N = 2SE +/- 0.14, N = 2SE +/- 0.08, N = 2SE +/- 0.06, N = 2SE +/- 0.14, N = 2SE +/- 0.01, N = 210.9210.3210.2312.7612.0912.421. git version 2.20.1.windows.1

Go Benchmarks

Benchmark for monitoring real time performance of the Go implementation for HTTP, JSON and garbage testing per iteration. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgNanoseconds/Operation, Fewer Is BetterGo BenchmarksTest: httpSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations16003200480064008000SE +/- 25.00, N = 2SE +/- 78.50, N = 2SE +/- 64.00, N = 2SE +/- 13.50, N = 2SE +/- 26.50, N = 2739466806789467744134401

IOzone

The IOzone benchmark tests the hard disk drive / file-system performance. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.465Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations400800120016002000SE +/- 1.53, N = 2SE +/- 2.79, N = 2SE +/- 6.52, N = 2SE +/- 5.91, N = 2SE +/- 1.37, N = 2SE +/- 0.59, N = 212932060187889512671213

PHPBench

PHPBench is a benchmark suite for PHP. It performs a large number of simple tests in order to bench various aspects of the PHP interpreter. PHPBench can be used to compare hardware, operating systems, PHP versions, PHP accelerators and caches, compiler options, etc. The number of iterations used is 1,000,000. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterPHPBench 0.8.1PHP Benchmark SuiteSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations80K160K240K320K400KSE +/- 1045.50, N = 2SE +/- 1741.00, N = 2SE +/- 4.00, N = 2SE +/- 1374.50, N = 2SE +/- 1166.50, N = 2SE +/- 1444.50, N = 2362516361923367800212225218575216597

Darktable

Darktable is an open-source photography / workflow application this will use any system-installed Darktable program or on Windows will automatically download the pre-built binary from the project. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterDarktable 2.4.1Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-onlySpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations0.12150.2430.36450.4860.6075SE +/- 0.01, N = 2SE +/- 0.01, N = 2SE +/- 0.01, N = 2SE +/- 0.01, N = 2SE +/- 0.02, N = 2SE +/- 0.01, N = 20.520.510.520.510.500.54

Tesseract OCR

Tesseract-OCR is the open-source optical character recognition (OCR) engine for the conversion of text within images to raw text output. This test profile relies upon a system-supplied Tesseract installation. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTesseract OCR v4.0.0.20181030Time To OCR 7 ImagesSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations20406080100SE +/- 0.13, N = 2SE +/- 0.18, N = 2SE +/- 0.17, N = 2SE +/- 0.24, N = 2SE +/- 0.12, N = 2SE +/- 0.15, N = 265.8452.8454.1789.0876.8880.61

Flexible IO Tester

Fio is an advanced disk benchmark that depends upon the kernel's AIO access library. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 3.1Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Windows AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test DirectorySpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations16003200480064008000SE +/- 5.50, N = 2SE +/- 6.50, N = 2SE +/- 5.50, N = 2SE +/- 4.00, N = 2SE +/- 2.00, N = 2SE +/- 5.50, N = 2731874087366355636503674

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 3.1Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Windows AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test DirectorySpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations12002400360048006000SE +/- 220.50, N = 2SE +/- 55.50, N = 2SE +/- 242.50, N = 2SE +/- 2.00, N = 2SE +/- 23.50, N = 2SE +/- 2.00, N = 2544657975459270727472810

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 3.1Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Windows AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test DirectorySpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations16003200480064008000SE +/- 5.00, N = 2SE +/- 8.00, N = 2SE +/- 0.50, N = 2SE +/- 3.50, N = 2SE +/- 44.00, N = 2SE +/- 52.50, N = 2732273857373358635653647

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 3.1Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Windows AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test DirectorySpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations6001200180024003000SE +/- 12.00, N = 2SE +/- 11.00, N = 2SE +/- 17.00, N = 2SE +/- 4.00, N = 2SE +/- 15.50, N = 2SE +/- 1.50, N = 2292329792951268027542777

AppTimer

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterAppTimerTime To Launch: LibreOfficeSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations0.22280.44560.66840.89121.1140.900.410.420.990.760.89

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterAppTimerTime To Launch: Blender 2.79Spectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations0.0090.0180.0270.0360.0450.030.030.030.040.040.03

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterAppTimerTime To Launch: File ExplorerSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations0.02030.04060.06090.08120.10150.070.060.070.090.090.07

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterAppTimerTime To Launch: VLC Media PlayerSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations0.0360.0720.1080.1440.180.120.130.130.160.150.15

Maxon Cinebench

This is a test profile to run MAXON Cinebench on Windows. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgpts, More Is BetterMaxon Cinebench 15.038Test: Multi-Core TestSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations7001400210028003500319932123220120532261452

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgpts, More Is BetterMaxon Cinebench 15.038Test: Single-Core TestSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations4080120160200194194193127194130

Geekbench

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterGeekbench 4.3.3Test: Multi CoreSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations9K18K27K36K45KSE +/- 124.50, N = 2SE +/- 151.00, N = 2SE +/- 158.50, N = 2SE +/- 167.00, N = 2SE +/- 60.50, N = 2SE +/- 21.00, N = 2387253937839265410844176041341

Windows 8Windows 10OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterGeekbench 4.3.3Test: Single CoreSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations11002200330044005500SE +/- 3.50, N = 2SE +/- 4.50, N = 2SE +/- 8.50, N = 2SE +/- 6.50, N = 2SE +/- 1.50, N = 2SE +/- 3.50, N = 2509851685109525653005263

GIMP

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGIMP 2.10.0Test: unsharp-maskSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations1428425670SE +/- 1.54, N = 2SE +/- 1.60, N = 2SE +/- 1.96, N = 262.1858.2059.55

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGIMP 2.10.0Test: resizeSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations48121620SE +/- 0.10, N = 2SE +/- 0.21, N = 2SE +/- 0.38, N = 216.5615.3415.87

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGIMP 2.10.0Test: rotateSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations612182430SE +/- 0.09, N = 2SE +/- 0.09, N = 2SE +/- 0.08, N = 226.1424.3724.81

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGIMP 2.10.0Test: auto-levelsSpectre + Meltdown MitigationsNo MitigationsMeltdown Mitigations918273645SE +/- 0.02, N = 2SE +/- 0.10, N = 2SE +/- 0.18, N = 239.5637.6838.21

Windows 10: No Mitigations

Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.81GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (1.A0 BIOS), Memory: 4 x 4096 MB 3000MHz, Disk: 238GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 550 2GB, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection

OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 17763, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 22.19.677.257, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2442.9), File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Testing initiated at 11 March 2019 19:45 by user windows.

Windows 10: Meltdown Mitigations

Testing initiated at 11 March 2019 20:05 by user windows.

Windows 10: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations

Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.81GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (1.A0 BIOS), Memory: 4 x 4096 MB 3000MHz, Disk: 238GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 550 2GB, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection

OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 17763, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 22.19.677.257, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2442.9), Compiler: GCC 7.1.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Testing initiated at 12 March 2019 04:16 by user windows.

Windows 8: Spectre + Meltdown Mitigations

Testing initiated at 12 March 2019 17:47 by user phoronix.

Windows 8: Meltdown Mitigations

Testing initiated at 12 March 2019 20:00 by user phoronix.

Windows 8: No Mitigations

Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 2.80GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (1.A0 BIOS), Memory: 4 x 4096 MB, Disk: 238GB NVMe INTEL SSDPEKKW25, Graphics: Microsoft Basic Display, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + ASIX AX88772B USB2.0 to Fast + Microsoft ISATAP + LAN7500 USB 2.0 to 10/100/1000

OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro Build 9600, Kernel: 6.3 (x86_64), Display Driver: 6.3.9600.16384, Compiler: GCC 7.1.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Testing initiated at 12 March 2019 22:14 by user phoronix.