Performance measurements › x86_1 › hash-06 · system: x86_1 · arm_1

hash-06 Cuishen — performance on x86-64 (system x86_1)

Independent measurement following the structure of the NICCS x86 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: x86_1 method
Submission: NICCS page

2. Assessment environment

item	value
processor	12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700 (CPU 2, one core)
clock	max 2.10 GHz, governor performance, turbo off, SMT off
memory	31788 MiB
OS / kernel	Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) / 6.12.107+deb13-amd64
compiler / build tool	gcc (Debian 14.2.0-19) 14.2.0 / cmake version 3.31.6
campaign start / end (UTC)	2026-09-25T10:02:21 / 2026-09-28T10:51:21

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	2294	71.7	1.1 µs	29.1	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-512`	128 B	4496	35.1	2.15 µs	59.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-512`	512 B	11.2 k	22.0	5.37 µs	95.3	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-512`	1024 B	20.2 k	19.7	9.65 µs	106.1	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-512`	4096 B	73.9 k	18.0	35.3 µs	116.1	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-512`	8192 B	145.3 k	17.7	69.4 µs	118.0	65525 (5 × 13105)
`Cuishen-512`	16384 B	290.8 k	17.8	139 µs	117.9	35140 (5 × 7028)
`Cuishen-512`	65536 B	1.17 M	17.8	558 µs	117.5	8970 (5 × 1794)
`Cuishen-768`	32 B	3119	97.5	1.49 µs	21.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-768`	128 B	6363	49.7	3.04 µs	42.1	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-768`	512 B	15.6 k	30.5	7.47 µs	68.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-768`	1024 B	28.7 k	28.0	13.7 µs	74.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-768`	4096 B	102.8 k	25.1	49.1 µs	83.4	84145 (5 × 16829)
`Cuishen-768`	8192 B	208.2 k	25.4	99.4 µs	82.4	48350 (5 × 9670)
`Cuishen-768`	16384 B	402.0 k	24.5	192 µs	85.3	19175 (5 × 3835)
`Cuishen-768`	65536 B	1.62 M	24.8	776 µs	84.5	6575 (5 × 1315)
`Cuishen-1024`	32 B	3214	100.4	1.54 µs	20.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-1024`	128 B	6364	49.7	3.04 µs	42.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-1024`	512 B	15.7 k	30.7	7.52 µs	68.1	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-1024`	1024 B	28.3 k	27.6	13.5 µs	75.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Cuishen-1024`	4096 B	102.1 k	24.9	48.8 µs	83.9	85610 (5 × 17122)
`Cuishen-1024`	8192 B	209.5 k	25.6	100 µs	81.9	48695 (5 × 9739)
`Cuishen-1024`	16384 B	407.3 k	24.9	195 µs	84.2	25335 (5 × 5067)
`Cuishen-1024`	65536 B	1.63 M	24.9	779 µs	84.1	6380 (5 × 1276)

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	13161	1672 KiB	1776 KiB
`Cuishen-512`	hash_128	13161	1664 KiB	1776 KiB
`Cuishen-512`	hash_512	13161	1672 KiB	1760 KiB
`Cuishen-512`	hash_1024	13161	1688 KiB	1776 KiB
`Cuishen-512`	hash_4096	13161	1600 KiB	1728 KiB
`Cuishen-512`	hash_8192	13161	1688 KiB	1752 KiB
`Cuishen-512`	hash_16384	13161	1700 KiB	1764 KiB
`Cuishen-512`	hash_65536	13161	1732 KiB	1824 KiB
`Cuishen-768`	hash_32	14001	1632 KiB	1764 KiB
`Cuishen-768`	hash_128	14001	1668 KiB	1732 KiB
`Cuishen-768`	hash_512	14001	1684 KiB	1784 KiB
`Cuishen-768`	hash_1024	14001	1664 KiB	1776 KiB
`Cuishen-768`	hash_4096	14001	1680 KiB	1784 KiB
`Cuishen-768`	hash_8192	14001	1680 KiB	1748 KiB
`Cuishen-768`	hash_16384	14001	1680 KiB	1796 KiB
`Cuishen-768`	hash_65536	14001	1756 KiB	1848 KiB
`Cuishen-1024`	hash_32	13937	1676 KiB	1776 KiB
`Cuishen-1024`	hash_128	13937	1664 KiB	1776 KiB
`Cuishen-1024`	hash_512	13937	1680 KiB	1772 KiB
`Cuishen-1024`	hash_1024	13937	1680 KiB	1748 KiB
`Cuishen-1024`	hash_4096	13937	1676 KiB	1768 KiB
`Cuishen-1024`	hash_8192	13937	1680 KiB	1748 KiB
`Cuishen-1024`	hash_16384	13937	1708 KiB	1788 KiB
`Cuishen-1024`	hash_65536	13937	1744 KiB	1848 KiB

7. Raw evidence index

Paths are relative to performance/data/x86_1/ in the harness; each JSON file records its commands, environment and trials.

instance	item	file
`Cuishen-512`	KAT log (sha256 `25d1b5a50608fa0a…`)	`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 `2187fd4449445d1b…`)	`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 `6b71ef5bcff00c0c…`)	`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.