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

hash-30 The ZC-DM Hash Function — 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: 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: 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-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	1219	38.1	584 ns	54.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	128 B	1750	13.7	838 ns	152.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	512 B	3972	7.8	1.9 µs	269.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	1024 B	7725	7.5	3.69 µs	277.3	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	4096 B	28.5 k	7.0	13.6 µs	300.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	8192 B	56.3 k	6.9	26.9 µs	304.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	16384 B	111.2 k	6.8	53.1 µs	308.3	85120 (5 × 17024)
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	65536 B	442.1 k	6.7	211 µs	310.3	23865 (5 × 4773)
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	32 B	1570	49.0	751 ns	42.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	128 B	2931	22.9	1.4 µs	91.2	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	512 B	7122	13.9	3.4 µs	150.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	1024 B	12.4 k	12.1	5.91 µs	173.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	4096 B	44.4 k	10.9	21.2 µs	192.9	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	8192 B	86.9 k	10.6	41.5 µs	197.3	87455 (5 × 17491)
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	16384 B	174.0 k	10.6	83.1 µs	197.1	57125 (5 × 11425)
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	65536 B	691.9 k	10.6	331 µs	198.3	15440 (5 × 3088)
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	32 B	4305	134.5	2.06 µs	15.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	128 B	6736	52.6	3.22 µs	39.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	512 B	16.0 k	31.2	7.63 µs	67.1	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	1024 B	28.2 k	27.5	13.5 µs	76.1	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	4096 B	102.2 k	25.0	48.8 µs	83.9	90135 (5 × 18027)
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	8192 B	202.2 k	24.7	96.6 µs	84.8	48865 (5 × 9773)
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	16384 B	399.5 k	24.4	191 µs	85.9	25365 (5 × 5073)
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	65536 B	1.59 M	24.3	762 µs	86.1	6660 (5 × 1332)
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	32 B	1915	59.8	920 ns	34.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	128 B	3161	24.7	1.52 µs	84.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	512 B	6186	12.1	2.96 µs	172.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	1024 B	10.2 k	9.9	4.88 µs	210.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	4096 B	38.2 k	9.3	18.3 µs	223.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	8192 B	74.6 k	9.1	35.7 µs	229.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	16384 B	147.2 k	9.0	70.5 µs	232.5	64760 (5 × 12952)
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	65536 B	581.9 k	8.9	279 µs	235.3	17450 (5 × 3490)
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	32 B	2675	83.6	1.28 µs	24.9	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	128 B	3655	28.6	1.75 µs	73.1	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	512 B	7651	14.9	3.67 µs	139.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	1024 B	14.2 k	13.8	6.78 µs	151.1	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	4096 B	51.1 k	12.5	24.4 µs	167.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	8192 B	100.6 k	12.3	48.2 µs	170.0	38140 (5 × 7628)
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	16384 B	199.7 k	12.2	95.6 µs	171.3	48755 (5 × 9751)
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	65536 B	786.4 k	12.0	376 µs	174.1	13035 (5 × 2607)
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	32 B	3433	107.3	1.64 µs	19.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	128 B	5661	44.2	2.71 µs	47.3	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	512 B	13.2 k	25.7	6.31 µs	81.2	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	1024 B	22.6 k	22.1	10.8 µs	94.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	4096 B	80.9 k	19.8	38.7 µs	105.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	8192 B	157.8 k	19.3	75.5 µs	108.5	60755 (5 × 12151)
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	16384 B	312.0 k	19.0	149 µs	109.7	30140 (5 × 6028)
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	65536 B	1.24 M	18.9	592 µs	110.8	8425 (5 × 1685)

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	15461	1668 KiB	1776 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	hash_128	15461	1656 KiB	1780 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	hash_512	15461	1676 KiB	1740 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	hash_1024	15461	1668 KiB	1784 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	hash_4096	15461	1700 KiB	1788 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	hash_8192	15461	1680 KiB	1780 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	hash_16384	15461	1708 KiB	1788 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	hash_65536	15461	1748 KiB	1812 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	hash_32	15461	1692 KiB	1756 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	hash_128	15461	1676 KiB	1780 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	hash_512	15461	1676 KiB	1776 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	hash_1024	15461	1672 KiB	1736 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	hash_4096	15461	1688 KiB	1752 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	hash_8192	15461	1688 KiB	1788 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	hash_16384	15461	1684 KiB	1800 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-768`	hash_65536	15461	1740 KiB	1844 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	hash_32	15461	1680 KiB	1776 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	hash_128	15461	1676 KiB	1776 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	hash_512	15461	1692 KiB	1776 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	hash_1024	15461	1644 KiB	1772 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	hash_4096	15461	1696 KiB	1768 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	hash_8192	15461	1652 KiB	1780 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	hash_16384	15461	1684 KiB	1748 KiB
`ZC-DM-1280-1024`	hash_65536	15461	1756 KiB	1836 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	hash_32	24029	1676 KiB	1792 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	hash_128	24029	1676 KiB	1740 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	hash_512	24029	1700 KiB	1764 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	hash_1024	24029	1672 KiB	1792 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	hash_4096	24029	1704 KiB	1784 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	hash_8192	24029	1684 KiB	1748 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	hash_16384	24029	1708 KiB	1808 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-512`	hash_65536	24029	1756 KiB	1832 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	hash_32	24029	1700 KiB	1792 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	hash_128	24029	1652 KiB	1780 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	hash_512	24029	1680 KiB	1768 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	hash_1024	24029	1692 KiB	1756 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	hash_4096	24029	1688 KiB	1796 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	hash_8192	24029	1708 KiB	1780 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	hash_16384	24029	1704 KiB	1808 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-768`	hash_65536	24029	1720 KiB	1848 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	hash_32	24029	1692 KiB	1756 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	hash_128	24029	1676 KiB	1740 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	hash_512	24029	1700 KiB	1792 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	hash_1024	24029	1684 KiB	1788 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	hash_4096	24029	1684 KiB	1796 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	hash_8192	24029	1688 KiB	1796 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	hash_16384	24029	1708 KiB	1772 KiB
`ZC-DM-1536-1024`	hash_65536	24029	1736 KiB	1800 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
`ZC-DM-1280-512`	KAT log (sha256 `808bf1bd2fd70101…`)	`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 `e98e0b737c72d4ae…`)	`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 `e8e4a83288708518…`)	`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 `72f7c3873c62a725…`)	`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 `506f6e02c1454f56…`)	`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 `d69ac5a3757868eb…`)	`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.