How Spectre And Meltdown Mitigation Hits Xeon Performance, according to Intel

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Not sure where to post this and since the old topic is locked, i can't post there: move to appropriate place, if necessary.

WARNING: long read.

https://www.nextplatform.com/2018/03/16/how-spectre-and-meltdown-mitigation-hits-xeon-performance/

 

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A Look At The Relative Spectre/Meltdown Mitigation Costs On Windows vs. Linux

Can't seem to edit title to change from Xeon only and "according to Intel" to Windows and Linux

These tests don't cover gaming, as of yet but there should be follow up articles: perhaps those will include gaming.

Rule of thumb, apparently: the more whatever the user is doing accesses storage, the bigger the impact from the patches.