Performance measurements › arm_1 › hash-30 · system: x86_1 · arm_1

hash-30 The ZC-DM Hash Function — 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: The ZC-DM Hash Function
Implementation versions measured: reference
Parameter sets: ZC-DM-1280-512, ZC-DM-1280-768, ZC-DM-1280-1024, ZC-DM-1536-512, ZC-DM-1536-768, ZC-DM-1536-1024
Security evaluation: hash-30 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-30/kat.sha256 in the harness) before timing.

instance	build flags	KAT
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	guide	PASS
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	guide	PASS
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	guide	PASS
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	guide	PASS
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	guide	PASS
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	guide	PASS

4. Performance

instance	message	mean cycles	cycles/byte	mean time	MB/s	n
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	32 B	497	15.5	185 ns	173.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	128 B	931	7.3	347 ns	369.2	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	512 B	2675	5.2	994 ns	514.9	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	1024 B	5284	5.2	1.96 µs	521.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	4096 B	20.5 k	5.0	7.59 µs	539.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	8192 B	40.8 k	5.0	15.2 µs	540.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	16384 B	81.1 k	5.0	30.1 µs	544.1	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	65536 B	323.0 k	4.9	120 µs	546.8	25950 (5 × 5190)
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	32 B	906	28.3	337 ns	94.9	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	128 B	1760	13.7	655 ns	195.3	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	512 B	4758	9.3	1.77 µs	289.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	1024 B	8594	8.4	3.19 µs	320.9	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	4096 B	32.0 k	7.8	11.9 µs	343.9	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	8192 B	63.1 k	7.7	23.4 µs	349.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	16384 B	125.3 k	7.6	46.5 µs	352.3	66120 (5 × 13224)
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	65536 B	499.2 k	7.6	185 µs	353.7	16970 (5 × 3394)
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	32 B	2909	90.9	1.08 µs	29.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	128 B	4633	36.2	1.72 µs	74.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	512 B	11.5 k	22.5	4.28 µs	119.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	1024 B	20.6 k	20.1	7.64 µs	134.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	4096 B	75.6 k	18.5	28.1 µs	146.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	8192 B	149.5 k	18.2	55.5 µs	147.7	55495 (5 × 11099)
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	16384 B	295.9 k	18.1	110 µs	149.2	28695 (5 × 5739)
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	65536 B	1.18 M	18.0	437 µs	149.8	7150 (5 × 1430)
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	32 B	919	28.7	343 ns	93.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	128 B	1903	14.9	708 ns	180.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	512 B	4315	8.4	1.6 µs	319.2	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	1024 B	7708	7.5	2.87 µs	357.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	4096 B	29.8 k	7.3	11.1 µs	370.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	8192 B	58.6 k	7.2	21.7 µs	376.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	16384 B	116.3 k	7.1	43.2 µs	379.7	70800 (5 × 14160)
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	65536 B	464.2 k	7.1	172 µs	380.4	18170 (5 × 3634)
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	32 B	1885	58.9	701 ns	45.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	128 B	2572	20.1	956 ns	133.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	512 B	5955	11.6	2.21 µs	231.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	1024 B	11.0 k	10.8	4.1 µs	249.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	4096 B	40.7 k	9.9	15.1 µs	271.2	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	8192 B	80.5 k	9.8	29.9 µs	274.3	98160 (5 × 19632)
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	16384 B	159.3 k	9.7	59.1 µs	277.1	51950 (5 × 10390)
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	65536 B	632.1 k	9.6	235 µs	279.5	13005 (5 × 2601)
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	32 B	2558	79.9	951 ns	33.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	128 B	4235	33.1	1.57 µs	81.3	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	512 B	10.1 k	19.8	3.77 µs	135.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	1024 B	17.8 k	17.3	6.59 µs	155.3	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	4096 B	64.2 k	15.7	23.8 µs	172.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	8192 B	125.7 k	15.3	46.7 µs	175.6	65575 (5 × 13115)
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	16384 B	249.1 k	15.2	92.4 µs	177.2	33710 (5 × 6742)
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	65536 B	989.4 k	15.1	367 µs	178.5	8580 (5 × 1716)

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
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	hash_32	12664	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	hash_128	12664	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	hash_512	12664	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	hash_1024	12664	3444 KiB	3508 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	hash_4096	12664	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	hash_8192	12664	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	hash_16384	12664	1416 KiB	1480 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	hash_65536	12664	1464 KiB	1528 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	hash_32	12664	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	hash_128	12664	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	hash_512	12664	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	hash_1024	12664	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	hash_4096	12664	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	hash_8192	12664	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	hash_16384	12664	3456 KiB	3520 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	hash_65536	12664	1464 KiB	1528 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	hash_32	12664	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	hash_128	12664	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	hash_512	12664	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	hash_1024	12664	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	hash_4096	12664	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	hash_8192	12664	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	hash_16384	12664	1416 KiB	1480 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	hash_65536	12664	3484 KiB	3548 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	hash_32	16720	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	hash_128	16720	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	hash_512	16720	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	hash_1024	16720	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	hash_4096	16720	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	hash_8192	16720	1412 KiB	1476 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	hash_16384	16720	1420 KiB	1484 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	hash_65536	16720	1468 KiB	1532 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	hash_32	16720	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	hash_128	16720	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	hash_512	16720	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	hash_1024	16720	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	hash_4096	16720	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	hash_8192	16720	1412 KiB	1476 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	hash_16384	16720	1420 KiB	1484 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	hash_65536	16720	1468 KiB	1532 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	hash_32	16720	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	hash_128	16720	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	hash_512	16720	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	hash_1024	16720	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	hash_4096	16720	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	hash_8192	16720	1412 KiB	1476 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	hash_16384	16720	1420 KiB	1484 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	hash_65536	16720	3488 KiB	3552 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
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	KAT log (sha256 `fd498f3f2835d888…`)	`kat/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-512.log`
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-512__hash_1024.json`
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-512__hash_128.json`
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-512__hash_16384.json`
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-512__hash_32.json`
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-512__hash_4096.json`
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-512__hash_512.json`
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-512__hash_65536.json`
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-512__hash_8192.json`
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	KAT log (sha256 `d676ff6ee9dc2341…`)	`kat/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-768.log`
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-768__hash_1024.json`
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-768__hash_128.json`
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-768__hash_16384.json`
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-768__hash_32.json`
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-768__hash_4096.json`
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-768__hash_512.json`
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-768__hash_65536.json`
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-768__hash_8192.json`
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	KAT log (sha256 `be7e7ccb9e73949d…`)	`kat/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-1024.log`
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-1024__hash_1024.json`
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-1024__hash_128.json`
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-1024__hash_16384.json`
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-1024__hash_32.json`
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-1024__hash_4096.json`
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-1024__hash_512.json`
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-1024__hash_65536.json`
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1280-1024__hash_8192.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	KAT log (sha256 `f48fecda0086bc69…`)	`kat/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-512.log`
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-512__hash_1024.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-512__hash_128.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-512__hash_16384.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-512__hash_32.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-512__hash_4096.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-512__hash_512.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-512__hash_65536.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-512__hash_8192.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	KAT log (sha256 `01d1887987b6a755…`)	`kat/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-768.log`
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-768__hash_1024.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-768__hash_128.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-768__hash_16384.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-768__hash_32.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-768__hash_4096.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-768__hash_512.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-768__hash_65536.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-768__hash_8192.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	KAT log (sha256 `81f68be63270df7f…`)	`kat/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-1024.log`
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-1024__hash_1024.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-1024__hash_128.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-1024__hash_16384.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-1024__hash_32.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-1024__hash_4096.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-1024__hash_512.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-1024__hash_65536.json`
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-30/ZC-DM-1536-1024__hash_8192.json`

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