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hash-14 Laurus — 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: Laurus
Implementation versions measured: reference
Parameter sets: Laurus-512, Laurus-768, Laurus-1024, Laurus-XOF
Security evaluation: hash-14 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-14/kat.sha256 in the harness) before timing.

instance	build flags	KAT
`Laurus-512`	guide	PASS
`Laurus-768`	guide	PASS
`Laurus-1024`	guide	PASS
`Laurus-XOF`	guide	PASS

4. Performance

instance	message	mean cycles	cycles/byte	mean time	MB/s	n
`Laurus-512`	32 B	4178	130.6	2 µs	16.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Laurus-512`	128 B	8206	64.1	4.37 µs	29.3	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Laurus-512`	512 B	20.7 k	40.5	9.91 µs	51.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Laurus-512`	1024 B	37.3 k	36.5	17.8 µs	57.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Laurus-512`	4096 B	138.1 k	33.7	66 µs	62.1	75045 (5 × 15009)
`Laurus-512`	8192 B	272.3 k	33.2	130 µs	63.0	38765 (5 × 7753)
`Laurus-512`	16384 B	540.0 k	33.0	258 µs	63.5	20870 (5 × 4174)
`Laurus-512`	65536 B	2.15 M	32.8	1.03 ms	63.9	4845 (5 × 969)
`Laurus-768`	32 B	4068	127.1	1.95 µs	16.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Laurus-768`	128 B	8162	63.8	3.9 µs	32.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Laurus-768`	512 B	23.6 k	46.0	11.3 µs	45.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Laurus-768`	1024 B	43.2 k	42.2	20.6 µs	49.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Laurus-768`	4096 B	166.3 k	40.6	79.5 µs	51.6	58890 (5 × 11778)
`Laurus-768`	8192 B	333.2 k	40.7	159 µs	51.5	30990 (5 × 6198)
`Laurus-768`	16384 B	657.7 k	40.1	314 µs	52.2	15320 (5 × 3064)
`Laurus-768`	65536 B	2.63 M	40.1	1.25 ms	52.2	4090 (5 × 818)
`Laurus-1024`	32 B	4081	127.5	1.95 µs	16.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Laurus-1024`	128 B	8208	64.1	3.92 µs	32.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Laurus-1024`	512 B	32.9 k	64.3	15.7 µs	32.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Laurus-1024`	1024 B	66.0 k	64.5	31.6 µs	32.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Laurus-1024`	4096 B	263.8 k	64.4	126 µs	32.5	37540 (5 × 7508)
`Laurus-1024`	8192 B	530.0 k	64.7	253 µs	32.4	19365 (5 × 3873)
`Laurus-1024`	16384 B	1.06 M	64.7	506 µs	32.4	9770 (5 × 1954)
`Laurus-1024`	65536 B	4.25 M	64.8	2.03 ms	32.3	2475 (5 × 495)
`Laurus-XOF`	32 B	8147	254.6	3.89 µs	8.2	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Laurus-XOF`	128 B	12.3 k	96.0	5.87 µs	21.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Laurus-XOF`	512 B	24.5 k	47.9	11.7 µs	43.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Laurus-XOF`	1024 B	41.4 k	40.4	19.8 µs	51.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Laurus-XOF`	4096 B	141.3 k	34.5	67.5 µs	60.7	71885 (5 × 14377)
`Laurus-XOF`	8192 B	273.5 k	33.4	131 µs	62.7	37640 (5 × 7528)
`Laurus-XOF`	16384 B	541.7 k	33.1	259 µs	63.3	19155 (5 × 3831)
`Laurus-XOF`	65536 B	2.15 M	32.9	1.03 ms	63.7	4895 (5 × 979)

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
`Laurus-512`	hash_32	16465	1656 KiB	1780 KiB
`Laurus-512`	hash_128	16465	1676 KiB	1772 KiB
`Laurus-512`	hash_512	16465	1696 KiB	1772 KiB
`Laurus-512`	hash_1024	16465	1692 KiB	1756 KiB
`Laurus-512`	hash_4096	16465	1696 KiB	1760 KiB
`Laurus-512`	hash_8192	16465	1680 KiB	1768 KiB
`Laurus-512`	hash_16384	16465	1700 KiB	1764 KiB
`Laurus-512`	hash_65536	16465	1760 KiB	1828 KiB
`Laurus-768`	hash_32	14113	1656 KiB	1780 KiB
`Laurus-768`	hash_128	14113	1668 KiB	1772 KiB
`Laurus-768`	hash_512	14113	1692 KiB	1772 KiB
`Laurus-768`	hash_1024	14113	1676 KiB	1772 KiB
`Laurus-768`	hash_4096	14113	1680 KiB	1744 KiB
`Laurus-768`	hash_8192	14113	1684 KiB	1788 KiB
`Laurus-768`	hash_16384	14113	1708 KiB	1780 KiB
`Laurus-768`	hash_65536	14113	1740 KiB	1844 KiB
`Laurus-1024`	hash_32	13825	1648 KiB	1776 KiB
`Laurus-1024`	hash_128	13825	1636 KiB	1764 KiB
`Laurus-1024`	hash_512	13825	1696 KiB	1772 KiB
`Laurus-1024`	hash_1024	13825	1668 KiB	1780 KiB
`Laurus-1024`	hash_4096	13825	1648 KiB	1776 KiB
`Laurus-1024`	hash_8192	13825	1680 KiB	1780 KiB
`Laurus-1024`	hash_16384	13825	1688 KiB	1776 KiB
`Laurus-1024`	hash_65536	13825	1732 KiB	1844 KiB
`Laurus-XOF`	hash_32	17073	1676 KiB	1772 KiB
`Laurus-XOF`	hash_128	17073	1692 KiB	1756 KiB
`Laurus-XOF`	hash_512	17073	1668 KiB	1780 KiB
`Laurus-XOF`	hash_1024	17073	1672 KiB	1768 KiB
`Laurus-XOF`	hash_4096	17073	1672 KiB	1780 KiB
`Laurus-XOF`	hash_8192	17073	1700 KiB	1772 KiB
`Laurus-XOF`	hash_16384	17073	1700 KiB	1764 KiB
`Laurus-XOF`	hash_65536	17073	1732 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
`Laurus-512`	KAT log (sha256 `70b1cd5b7aa845fd…`)	`kat/hash-14/Laurus-512.log`
`Laurus-512`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-14/Laurus-512__hash_1024.json`
`Laurus-512`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-14/Laurus-512__hash_128.json`
`Laurus-512`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-14/Laurus-512__hash_16384.json`
`Laurus-512`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-14/Laurus-512__hash_32.json`
`Laurus-512`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-14/Laurus-512__hash_4096.json`
`Laurus-512`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-14/Laurus-512__hash_512.json`
`Laurus-512`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-14/Laurus-512__hash_65536.json`
`Laurus-512`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-14/Laurus-512__hash_8192.json`
`Laurus-768`	KAT log (sha256 `badb1673c58ae3ee…`)	`kat/hash-14/Laurus-768.log`
`Laurus-768`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-14/Laurus-768__hash_1024.json`
`Laurus-768`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-14/Laurus-768__hash_128.json`
`Laurus-768`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-14/Laurus-768__hash_16384.json`
`Laurus-768`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-14/Laurus-768__hash_32.json`
`Laurus-768`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-14/Laurus-768__hash_4096.json`
`Laurus-768`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-14/Laurus-768__hash_512.json`
`Laurus-768`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-14/Laurus-768__hash_65536.json`
`Laurus-768`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-14/Laurus-768__hash_8192.json`
`Laurus-1024`	KAT log (sha256 `bc87dd6475c502ab…`)	`kat/hash-14/Laurus-1024.log`
`Laurus-1024`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-14/Laurus-1024__hash_1024.json`
`Laurus-1024`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-14/Laurus-1024__hash_128.json`
`Laurus-1024`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-14/Laurus-1024__hash_16384.json`
`Laurus-1024`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-14/Laurus-1024__hash_32.json`
`Laurus-1024`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-14/Laurus-1024__hash_4096.json`
`Laurus-1024`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-14/Laurus-1024__hash_512.json`
`Laurus-1024`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-14/Laurus-1024__hash_65536.json`
`Laurus-1024`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-14/Laurus-1024__hash_8192.json`
`Laurus-XOF`	KAT log (sha256 `019d6df824030c23…`)	`kat/hash-14/Laurus-XOF.log`
`Laurus-XOF`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-14/Laurus-XOF__hash_1024.json`
`Laurus-XOF`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-14/Laurus-XOF__hash_128.json`
`Laurus-XOF`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-14/Laurus-XOF__hash_16384.json`
`Laurus-XOF`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-14/Laurus-XOF__hash_32.json`
`Laurus-XOF`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-14/Laurus-XOF__hash_4096.json`
`Laurus-XOF`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-14/Laurus-XOF__hash_512.json`
`Laurus-XOF`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-14/Laurus-XOF__hash_65536.json`
`Laurus-XOF`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-14/Laurus-XOF__hash_8192.json`

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