x86: fixed branching() computation for branch uops

When a branch micro-op belongs to a flow and the micro-op does not change
the nPC and just updates the nuPC (like a 'rep movs' flow), branching()
function always returns not-taken no matter  actual micro-branch outcome.
Provided fix adds to the equation  nuPC attribute checking since these kind
of branch micro-op only updates that pointer.

This issue has been found while debugging the performance of a copy-loop
implemented with memcopy function. Without the fix, 'rep movss' internal
micro-branch was always predicted as not-taken causing an squash event
after every branch micro-branch execution.

Using the provided test, branch mispredition went from 1922 without the fix
to 7.

Change-Id: I1bcbefae26aef47e3135817ef99b53d0ea0a98fa

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