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hash-17 MasterCube — 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: MasterCube
Implementation versions measured: reference
Parameter sets: MasterCube-512, MasterCube-768, MasterCube-1024
Security evaluation: hash-17 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-17/kat.sha256 in the harness) before timing.

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

4. Performance

instance	message	mean cycles	cycles/byte	mean time	MB/s	n
`MasterCube-512`	32 B	14.8 k	463.0	5.5 µs	5.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`MasterCube-512`	128 B	23.8 k	185.9	8.83 µs	14.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`MasterCube-512`	512 B	44.2 k	86.3	16.4 µs	31.2	100000 (5 × 20000)
`MasterCube-512`	1024 B	73.4 k	71.7	27.2 µs	37.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`MasterCube-512`	4096 B	263.3 k	64.3	97.7 µs	41.9	30535 (5 × 6107)
`MasterCube-512`	8192 B	548.8 k	67.0	204 µs	40.2	16390 (5 × 3278)
`MasterCube-512`	16384 B	1.08 M	65.9	400 µs	40.9	8365 (5 × 1673)
`MasterCube-512`	65536 B	4.00 M	61.0	1.48 ms	44.2	2125 (5 × 425)
`MasterCube-768`	32 B	22.1 k	691.8	8.22 µs	3.9	100000 (5 × 20000)
`MasterCube-768`	128 B	29.5 k	230.8	11 µs	11.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`MasterCube-768`	512 B	58.8 k	114.9	21.8 µs	23.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`MasterCube-768`	1024 B	102.7 k	100.3	38.1 µs	26.9	76560 (5 × 15312)
`MasterCube-768`	4096 B	358.1 k	87.4	133 µs	30.8	23430 (5 × 4686)
`MasterCube-768`	8192 B	701.0 k	85.6	260 µs	31.5	12075 (5 × 2415)
`MasterCube-768`	16384 B	1.38 M	84.2	512 µs	32.0	6150 (5 × 1230)
`MasterCube-768`	65536 B	5.45 M	83.2	2.02 ms	32.4	1540 (5 × 308)
`MasterCube-1024`	32 B	29.5 k	922.0	11 µs	2.9	100000 (5 × 20000)
`MasterCube-1024`	128 B	44.2 k	345.6	16.4 µs	7.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`MasterCube-1024`	512 B	95.5 k	186.4	35.4 µs	14.5	84360 (5 × 16872)
`MasterCube-1024`	1024 B	161.2 k	157.4	59.8 µs	17.1	45200 (5 × 9040)
`MasterCube-1024`	4096 B	562.9 k	137.4	209 µs	19.6	14510 (5 × 2902)
`MasterCube-1024`	8192 B	1.10 M	133.8	407 µs	20.2	6870 (5 × 1374)
`MasterCube-1024`	16384 B	2.16 M	131.9	802 µs	20.4	3940 (5 × 788)
`MasterCube-1024`	65536 B	8.57 M	130.8	3.18 ms	20.6	965 (5 × 193)

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
`MasterCube-512`	hash_32	15244	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`MasterCube-512`	hash_128	15244	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`MasterCube-512`	hash_512	15244	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`MasterCube-512`	hash_1024	15244	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`MasterCube-512`	hash_4096	15244	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`MasterCube-512`	hash_8192	15244	1412 KiB	1476 KiB
`MasterCube-512`	hash_16384	15244	1416 KiB	1480 KiB
`MasterCube-512`	hash_65536	15244	3496 KiB	3560 KiB
`MasterCube-768`	hash_32	15308	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`MasterCube-768`	hash_128	15308	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`MasterCube-768`	hash_512	15308	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`MasterCube-768`	hash_1024	15308	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`MasterCube-768`	hash_4096	15308	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`MasterCube-768`	hash_8192	15308	1412 KiB	1476 KiB
`MasterCube-768`	hash_16384	15308	1420 KiB	1484 KiB
`MasterCube-768`	hash_65536	15308	1468 KiB	1532 KiB
`MasterCube-1024`	hash_32	15308	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`MasterCube-1024`	hash_128	15308	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`MasterCube-1024`	hash_512	15308	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`MasterCube-1024`	hash_1024	15308	3444 KiB	3508 KiB
`MasterCube-1024`	hash_4096	15308	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`MasterCube-1024`	hash_8192	15308	1412 KiB	1476 KiB
`MasterCube-1024`	hash_16384	15308	1420 KiB	1484 KiB
`MasterCube-1024`	hash_65536	15308	1468 KiB	1532 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
`MasterCube-512`	KAT log (sha256 `88712a2ac590c107…`)	`kat/hash-17/MasterCube-512.log`
`MasterCube-512`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-512__hash_1024.json`
`MasterCube-512`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-512__hash_128.json`
`MasterCube-512`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-512__hash_16384.json`
`MasterCube-512`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-512__hash_32.json`
`MasterCube-512`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-512__hash_4096.json`
`MasterCube-512`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-512__hash_512.json`
`MasterCube-512`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-512__hash_65536.json`
`MasterCube-512`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-512__hash_8192.json`
`MasterCube-768`	KAT log (sha256 `3ff090fadd703982…`)	`kat/hash-17/MasterCube-768.log`
`MasterCube-768`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-768__hash_1024.json`
`MasterCube-768`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-768__hash_128.json`
`MasterCube-768`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-768__hash_16384.json`
`MasterCube-768`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-768__hash_32.json`
`MasterCube-768`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-768__hash_4096.json`
`MasterCube-768`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-768__hash_512.json`
`MasterCube-768`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-768__hash_65536.json`
`MasterCube-768`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-768__hash_8192.json`
`MasterCube-1024`	KAT log (sha256 `3c10275f56940ee2…`)	`kat/hash-17/MasterCube-1024.log`
`MasterCube-1024`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-1024__hash_1024.json`
`MasterCube-1024`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-1024__hash_128.json`
`MasterCube-1024`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-1024__hash_16384.json`
`MasterCube-1024`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-1024__hash_32.json`
`MasterCube-1024`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-1024__hash_4096.json`
`MasterCube-1024`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-1024__hash_512.json`
`MasterCube-1024`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-1024__hash_65536.json`
`MasterCube-1024`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-17/MasterCube-1024__hash_8192.json`

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