Linux 6.2 Performance Option Helps Extend The Longevity Of Intel Skylake Era PCs

Written by Michael Larabel in Computers on 31 January 2023 at 11:00 AM EST. Page 4 of 6. 20 Comments.
Timed FFmpeg Compilation benchmark with settings of Time To Compile. mitigations=off was the fastest.
Timed Godot Game Engine Compilation benchmark with settings of Time To Compile. mitigations=off was the fastest.
Hackbench benchmark with settings of Count: 16, Type: Thread. mitigations=off was the fastest.
Hackbench benchmark with settings of Count: 16, Type: Process. mitigations=off was the fastest.
KeyDB benchmark with settings of Test: SET, Parallel Connections: 50. mitigations=off was the fastest.
KeyDB benchmark with settings of Test: GET, Parallel Connections: 100. mitigations=off was the fastest.
PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 1, Clients: 1, Mode: Read Write. mitigations=off was the fastest.
PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 1, Clients: 50, Mode: Read Only. mitigations=off was the fastest.
PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 1, Clients: 50, Mode: Read Only, Average Latency. mitigations=off was the fastest.
SQLite Speedtest benchmark with settings of Timed Time, Size 1,000. mitigations=off was the fastest.

The Call Depth Tracking with Linux 6.2 was showing off some nice performance improvements over IBRS for mitigating Retbleed on this aging Core i7 8700K desktop.


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