sandsifter-tests

A repository of result for runs of sandsifter on various x86 CPU's

Run Sandsifter

To run sandsifter you will need to compile the source code. To do this you will have to obtain & install the following:

• Python 2
• Standard C build tools
• Capstone disassembler

Instructions vary for every distribution so it is left up to the readers ability.

A general guide for Fedora can be found here:

1. Fedora build instructions

Sandsifter source code with fixes

https://github.com/rigred/sandsifter

Pull Requests with your logs welcome!

Make sure your submissions are compressed with

tar c data/log | xz -9 > brand_model-modelnumber.tar.xz

Rename files to match the following standard pattern:

`{vendor}_{type}-{model}.tar.xz`

Complex type names should use `-` dashes to separate words.
Underscore should only be used once after the vendor prefix.

Test command:

Be sure your terminal has xterm colors set and is as large as you can make it. 80x40 should suffice.

export TERM='xterm-256color'

Then run the test with the following command

./sifter.py --unk --dis --len --sync --tick -- -P1 -t

Compression

Log data is compressed With xz -9 and will uncompress to a good bit larger size Special attention is needed with the Ryzen CPU test data. The dump files for those are near 1.4Gb total when uncompressed. Running this through the analysis tool will consume a substantial amount of RAM.

CPU's tested:

AMD

• Zen (Summit Ridge)

  Microcode 1129

  • R7 1700x
  • R7 1700

  Microcode 1126

  • R7 1700x

  Warning: The Zen CPU logs are LARGE.

  Processing these with the summarizer requires a substantial amount of RAM and CPU time.

Intel

• Dothan

  • Intel Celeron M 390

• Prescott

  • Intel Pentium 4 630

• Conroe

  • Intel Celeron 430
  • Intel Core 2 Duo E6300

• Kentsfield

  • Core2Quad Q6600

• Sandy Bridge

  • Pentium B970
  • Core i5-2500
  • Core i5-2540M

• Ivy Bridge

  • Core i3-3120m

• Haswell

  • Core i7-4702MQ
  • E3-1225 v3 Ubuntu VM on an ESXI host
  • Core i7-4558U (MacBook Pro Mid-2013) test results, obtained via Arch on Virtual Box.

• Devil's Canyon

  • i7-4790k

• Kaby Lake

  • Core i7-7700K
  • Xeon E3-1505M v6

Credits for CPU test submissions to:

• Lewiscowles1986
• jotebe
• killerkalamari
• helospark
• Maxzor
• Terraflux
• wouterwashere
• Ennis Massey

Submissions always welcome!