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<blockquote data-quote="BoraMurdar" data-source="post: 702638" data-attributes="member: 2291">Full Test <a href="https://www.techspot.com/article/1554-meltdown-flaw-cpu-performance-windows/" target="_blank">Testing Windows 10 Performance Before and After the Meltdown Flaw Emergency Patch</a>Conclusion, so farWell, there you have it. Desktop users have little to worry about in terms of performance loss, particularly gamers. We&#039;ve yet to test older CPUs, but given the type of workloads we’re seeing impacted by the patch, I don’t think there’s going to be an issue with any desktop hardware, but we’ll certainly report back if there is.The reduction in 4K read performance for high-speed NVMe drives is a concern and while this shouldn’t impact any games, any application that is sensitive to this might show a reduction in performance. Of course, the brief list of applications I tested showed no real reduction in the performance period.The issue nonetheless remains and is one that has a far bigger potential in affecting servers. It&#039;s a serious concern for data centers both on the side of performance and more importantly, security. That&#039;s not our area of expertise or interest, so we&#039;ll leave that testing to those better equipped to tackle it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BoraMurdar, post: 702638, member: 2291"] Full Test [URL="https://www.techspot.com/article/1554-meltdown-flaw-cpu-performance-windows/"]Testing Windows 10 Performance Before and After the Meltdown Flaw Emergency Patch[/URL] [SIZE=5][B]Conclusion, so far[/B][/SIZE] Well, there you have it. Desktop users have little to worry about in terms of performance loss, particularly gamers. We've yet to test older CPUs, but given the type of workloads we’re seeing impacted by the patch, I don’t think there’s going to be an issue with any desktop hardware, but we’ll certainly report back if there is. The reduction in 4K read performance for high-speed NVMe drives is a concern and while this shouldn’t impact any games, any application that is sensitive to this might show a reduction in performance. Of course, the brief list of applications I tested showed no real reduction in the performance period. The issue nonetheless remains and is one that has a far bigger potential in affecting servers. It's a serious concern for data centers both on the side of performance and more importantly, security. That's not our area of expertise or interest, so we'll leave that testing to those better equipped to tackle it. [/QUOTE]

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