geekbench scores improved after installing meltdown/spectre flaw

[jerwin]

Could be my imagination, but check this out:

https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/compare/6002202?baseline=6240935

The machine on the right is mine; the machine on the left is a random example of my machine type from the database (albeit with less ram)

Could be my imagination, but looks like apple has been optimizing...

And, yes, I know that GB4 probably doesn't test the worst case scenario (serving up sql on linux), and it may not even test anything of importance. Still, I was curious.

 

[EugW]

GB4 results can vary dramatically, partially due to chance and partially due to what you happen to have loaded in the background at the time.

For example, my i7-7700K would score over 20000, or at least in the high 19xxx range. Meanwhile, there is a guy here complaining that he can't break 18000. That's a 10% difference.

Best would probably be to run the test several times with 10.13.2, and then run it again several times with the supplemental security update, changing nothing else in the parameters.

 

[jerwin]

Best would probably be to run the test several times with 10.13.2, and then run it again several times with the supplemental security update, changing nothing else in the parameters.

I suppose it would. However, I've already installed the security update.

 

[Redneck1089]

My iMac Pro 10-core Geekbench score also increased after the patch, but not by a huge amount.

 

[jerwin]

My iMac Pro 10-core Geekbench score also increased after the patch, but not by a huge amount.

Do you recall which of the subscores increased, and which of the subscores decreased?

 

[hoopyfrube1968]

Mine seem to have improved too. Only one test, but nonetheless it's encouraging.