Co-authored-by: Tim Ruffing <[email protected]>

--with-asm=no on Intel i5-8265U (8) @ 3.900GHz

Benchmark                     ,    Min(us)    ,    Avg(us)    ,    Max(us)

scalar_add                    ,     0.00883   ,     0.00937   ,     0.0132
scalar_negate                 ,     0.00338   ,     0.00341   ,     0.00357
scalar_mul                    ,     0.0373    ,     0.0376    ,     0.0390
scalar_split                  ,     0.169     ,     0.171     ,     0.183
scalar_inverse                ,     1.74      ,     1.75      ,     1.76
scalar_inverse_var            ,     1.24      ,     1.24      ,     1.26
field_half                    ,     0.00281   ,     0.00284   ,     0.00294
field_normalize               ,     0.00965   ,     0.00977   ,     0.0101
field_normalize_weak          ,     0.00374   ,     0.00377   ,     0.00391
field_sqr                     ,     0.0147    ,     0.0150    ,     0.0161
field_mul                     ,     0.0192    ,     0.0195    ,     0.0209
field_inverse                 ,     1.73      ,     1.73      ,     1.75
field_inverse_var             ,     1.22      ,     1.24      ,     1.26
field_is_square_var           ,     1.57      ,     1.58      ,     1.60
field_sqrt                    ,     4.05      ,     4.10      ,     4.20
group_double_var              ,     0.128     ,     0.129     ,     0.132
group_add_var                 ,     0.307     ,     0.308     ,     0.312
group_add_affine              ,     0.249     ,     0.252     ,     0.268
group_add_affine_var          ,     0.223     ,     0.223     ,     0.227
group_add_zinv_var            ,     0.244     ,     0.247     ,     0.254
group_to_affine_var           ,     1.33      ,     1.33      ,     1.35
wnaf_const                    ,     0.241     ,     0.246     ,     0.262
ecmult_wnaf                   ,     0.538     ,     0.543     ,     0.554
hash_sha256                   ,     0.275     ,     0.278     ,     0.292
hash_hmac_sha256              ,     1.08      ,     1.09      ,     1.13
hash_rfc6979_hmac_sha256      ,     5.96      ,     5.99      ,     6.17
context_create                ,     0.576     ,     0.582     ,     0.601