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hash-06 Cuishen — performance on AArch64 (system arm_1)

Independent measurement following the structure of the NICCS ARM self-assessment guide, §3.5 (1)–(7). Not a submitter self-assessment.

1. Basic information

Category: cryptographic hash algorithm; function: hash
Algorithm: Cuishen
Implementation versions measured: reference
Parameter sets: Cuishen-512, Cuishen-768, Cuishen-1024
Security evaluation: hash-06 report
Measurement method: arm_1 method
Submission: NICCS page

2. Assessment environment

item	value
processor	Qualcomm Oryon (CPU 2, one core)
machine	ASUS Vivobook S 15
clock	fixed 2.71 GHz (governor performance, minimum = maximum), boost off, SMT none
memory	30562 MiB
OS / kernel	Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS / 7.0.0-34-generic
compiler / build tool	gcc (Ubuntu 15.2.0-16ubuntu1) 15.2.0 / cmake version 4.2.3
campaign start / end (UTC)	2026-09-28T15:05:46 / 2026-09-29T08:43:52

3. Functional testing (KAT)

Each library was checked against the submitted KAT vectors (SHA-256 manifest hash-06/kat.sha256 in the harness) before timing.

instance	build flags	KAT
`Cuishen-512`	guide	PASS
`Cuishen-768`	guide	PASS
`Cuishen-1024`	guide	PASS

4. Performance

instance	message	mean cycles	cycles/byte	mean time	MB/s	n
`Cuishen-512`	32 B	1358	42.4	506 ns	63.3	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-512`	128 B	2685	21.0	998 ns	128.3	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-512`	512 B	6639	13.0	2.47 µs	207.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-512`	1024 B	12.0 k	11.7	4.44 µs	230.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-512`	4096 B	43.9 k	10.7	16.3 µs	251.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-512`	8192 B	86.6 k	10.6	32.1 µs	255.1	87595 (5 × 17519)
`Cuishen-512`	16384 B	172.8 k	10.5	64.1 µs	255.5	47810 (5 × 9562)
`Cuishen-512`	65536 B	679.2 k	10.4	252 µs	260.0	12255 (5 × 2451)
`Cuishen-768`	32 B	1780	55.6	662 ns	48.3	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-768`	128 B	3537	27.6	1.31 µs	97.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-768`	512 B	8809	17.2	3.27 µs	156.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-768`	1024 B	15.9 k	15.5	5.89 µs	174.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-768`	4096 B	58.3 k	14.2	21.6 µs	189.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-768`	8192 B	114.3 k	13.9	42.4 µs	193.2	67040 (5 × 13408)
`Cuishen-768`	16384 B	228.5 k	13.9	84.8 µs	193.2	35795 (5 × 7159)
`Cuishen-768`	65536 B	909.9 k	13.9	338 µs	194.1	9330 (5 × 1866)
`Cuishen-1024`	32 B	1823	57.0	678 ns	47.2	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-1024`	128 B	3539	27.6	1.31 µs	97.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-1024`	512 B	8869	17.3	3.29 µs	155.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-1024`	1024 B	15.9 k	15.5	5.89 µs	173.9	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-1024`	4096 B	58.0 k	14.2	21.5 µs	190.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-1024`	8192 B	115.0 k	14.0	42.7 µs	192.1	68280 (5 × 13656)
`Cuishen-1024`	16384 B	227.0 k	13.9	84.2 µs	194.5	35245 (5 × 7049)
`Cuishen-1024`	65536 B	904.2 k	13.8	336 µs	195.3	7225 (5 × 1445)

5. Resource consumption

Static memory is approximated by the library's loadable ELF segments; peak memory is the process high-water mark (VmHWM) including the benchmark driver and libc, so both are upper-bound proxies rather than isolated algorithm memory.

instance	operation	static: ELF image (bytes)	baseline RSS	peak RSS
`Cuishen-512`	hash_32	11924	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Cuishen-512`	hash_128	11924	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Cuishen-512`	hash_512	11924	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Cuishen-512`	hash_1024	11924	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Cuishen-512`	hash_4096	11924	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Cuishen-512`	hash_8192	11924	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`Cuishen-512`	hash_16384	11924	1416 KiB	1480 KiB
`Cuishen-512`	hash_65536	11924	3488 KiB	3552 KiB
`Cuishen-768`	hash_32	12316	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Cuishen-768`	hash_128	12316	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Cuishen-768`	hash_512	12316	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Cuishen-768`	hash_1024	12316	1400 KiB	1468 KiB
`Cuishen-768`	hash_4096	12316	1404 KiB	1472 KiB
`Cuishen-768`	hash_8192	12316	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`Cuishen-768`	hash_16384	12316	1416 KiB	1480 KiB
`Cuishen-768`	hash_65536	12316	1464 KiB	1532 KiB
`Cuishen-1024`	hash_32	13060	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Cuishen-1024`	hash_128	13060	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Cuishen-1024`	hash_512	13060	1400 KiB	1468 KiB
`Cuishen-1024`	hash_1024	13060	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Cuishen-1024`	hash_4096	13060	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Cuishen-1024`	hash_8192	13060	1408 KiB	1476 KiB
`Cuishen-1024`	hash_16384	13060	1412 KiB	1480 KiB
`Cuishen-1024`	hash_65536	13060	3460 KiB	3528 KiB

7. Raw evidence index

Paths are relative to performance/data/arm_1/ in the harness; each JSON file records its commands, environment and trials.

instance	item	file
`Cuishen-512`	KAT log (sha256 `448d543dc1c5c7cb…`)	`kat/hash-06/Cuishen-512.log`
`Cuishen-512`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-512__hash_1024.json`
`Cuishen-512`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-512__hash_128.json`
`Cuishen-512`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-512__hash_16384.json`
`Cuishen-512`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-512__hash_32.json`
`Cuishen-512`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-512__hash_4096.json`
`Cuishen-512`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-512__hash_512.json`
`Cuishen-512`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-512__hash_65536.json`
`Cuishen-512`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-512__hash_8192.json`
`Cuishen-768`	KAT log (sha256 `043bd47c642bb574…`)	`kat/hash-06/Cuishen-768.log`
`Cuishen-768`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-768__hash_1024.json`
`Cuishen-768`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-768__hash_128.json`
`Cuishen-768`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-768__hash_16384.json`
`Cuishen-768`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-768__hash_32.json`
`Cuishen-768`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-768__hash_4096.json`
`Cuishen-768`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-768__hash_512.json`
`Cuishen-768`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-768__hash_65536.json`
`Cuishen-768`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-768__hash_8192.json`
`Cuishen-1024`	KAT log (sha256 `eab5dc799b3b17ea…`)	`kat/hash-06/Cuishen-1024.log`
`Cuishen-1024`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-1024__hash_1024.json`
`Cuishen-1024`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-1024__hash_128.json`
`Cuishen-1024`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-1024__hash_16384.json`
`Cuishen-1024`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-1024__hash_32.json`
`Cuishen-1024`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-1024__hash_4096.json`
`Cuishen-1024`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-1024__hash_512.json`
`Cuishen-1024`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-1024__hash_65536.json`
`Cuishen-1024`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-06/Cuishen-1024__hash_8192.json`

Scripts: performance/campaign.py, performance/ngcc_perf.c, performance/hashprof/ in the harness.