https://www.cnet.com/news/intel-spectre-meltdown-chip-performance-6-percent-slowdown-security-updates/ >Intel said Tuesday that patches to its central processing units are slowing things down by 6 percent or less. The patches fix the Spectre and Meltdown flaws that make the chips susceptible to attacks from hackers.  >"Based on our most recent PC benchmarking, we continue to expect that the performance impact should not be significant for average computer users," the company said in a press release.