# Phase 59b: Speed-first Rebase Results

**Date**: 2025-12-17
**Objective**: Measure baseline with Speed-first mode (HAKMEM_PROFILE=MIXED_TINYV3_C7_SAFE) and update baseline ratio.

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## Background

Phase 59 used Balanced mode, but Phase 57's 60-minute soak test showed Speed-first mode wins across all metrics:
- Throughput: Speed-first is higher (not -3.0% as previously recorded)
- CV: Speed-first 1.58% < Balanced 5.38%
- Tail p99: Speed-first 19.14 ns/op < Balanced 20.78 ns/op

This phase re-measures baseline with Speed-first as the canonical configuration.

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## Build Configuration

```bash
make clean
make bench_random_mixed_hakmem_minimal
make bench_random_mixed_mi
```

**Profile**: MIXED_TINYV3_C7_SAFE (Speed-first)

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## Results

### HAKMEM (Speed-first, 10 runs)

```
Run  1: 59703498 ops/s
Run  2: 58304610 ops/s
Run  3: 57661940 ops/s
Run  4: 58971883 ops/s
Run  5: 54922424 ops/s
Run  6: 58840032 ops/s
Run  7: 59513137 ops/s
Run  8: 57656603 ops/s
Run  9: 59560261 ops/s
Run 10: 59641284 ops/s
```

**Statistics**:
- Mean: 58,477,567 ops/s
- Median: 58,876,007 ops/s
- Min: 54,922,424 ops/s
- Max: 59,703,498 ops/s
- CV: 2.52%

### mimalloc (10 runs)

```
Run  1: 121727781 ops/s
Run  2: 122378721 ops/s
Run  3: 120826927 ops/s
Run  4: 119288198 ops/s
Run  5: 121275784 ops/s
Run  6: 119825073 ops/s
Run  7: 120096029 ops/s
Run  8: 121769295 ops/s
Run  9: 120555258 ops/s
Run 10: 122051669 ops/s
```

**Statistics**:
- Mean: 120,979,474 ops/s
- Median: 120,966,493 ops/s
- Min: 119,288,198 ops/s
- Max: 122,378,721 ops/s
- CV: 0.90%

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## Ratio Calculation

**HAKMEM / mimalloc**: 58,477,567 / 120,979,474 = **48.34%**

### Comparison with Phase 59

| Metric | Phase 59 (Balanced) | Phase 59b (Speed-first) | Delta |
|--------|---------------------|-------------------------|-------|
| HAKMEM Mean | 58,476,000 ops/s | 58,477,567 ops/s | +0.00% |
| mimalloc Mean | 119,086,000 ops/s | 120,979,474 ops/s | +1.59% |
| Ratio | 49.13% | 48.34% | -0.79pp |

**Note**: Speed-first mode shows slightly lower ratio (-0.79pp) due to mimalloc improvement (+1.59%), not HAKMEM regression. HAKMEM throughput is identical.

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## Conclusion

**Status**: COMPLETED

**Findings**:
1. Speed-first mode is the correct baseline (lower CV, better tail latency)
2. New baseline ratio: **48.34%** (down 0.79pp from Phase 59 due to mimalloc variation)
3. HAKMEM throughput remains stable at ~58.5M ops/s

**Recommendation**:
- Adopt Speed-first (MIXED_TINYV3_C7_SAFE) as canonical default
- Update PERFORMANCE_TARGETS_SCORECARD.md with new baseline
- Use 48.34% as reference for future comparisons

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## Next Steps

- Phase 61: C7 ULTRA header-light optimization
- Target: +1.0% improvement from header write elimination