VM Scaling Running pts/apache-1.3.0, pts/build-apache-1.4.0, pts/build-linux-kernel-1.2.0, pts/c-ray-1.0.0, pts/clomp-1.0.0, pts/compress-7zip-1.5.0, pts/compress-pbzip2-1.3.0, pts/graphics-magick-1.4.1, pts/himeno-1.0.0, pts/hmmer-1.1.0, pts/npb-1.0.0, pts/pgbench-1.2.0, pts/smallpt-1.0.0, pts/ttsiod-renderer-1.2.0, pts/x264-1.2.0. System Host: 1 Core: Processor: Intel Core i7 970 @ 3.20GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3016MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: nVidia Device 0e22, Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Fedora release 14 (Laughlin), Kernel: 2.6.35.6-45.fc14.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.9, Compiler: GCC 4.5.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 System Host: 2 Cores: Processor: Intel Core i7 970 @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3016MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: nVidia Device 0e22, Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Fedora release 14 (Laughlin), Kernel: 2.6.35.6-45.fc14.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.9, Compiler: GCC 4.5.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 System Host: 4 Cores: Processor: Intel Core i7 970 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3016MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: nVidia Device 0e22, Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Fedora release 14 (Laughlin), Kernel: 2.6.35.6-45.fc14.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.9, Compiler: GCC 4.5.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 System Host: 6 Cores: Processor: Intel Core i7 970 @ 3.20GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3016MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: nVidia Device 0e22, Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Fedora release 14 (Laughlin), Kernel: 2.6.35.6-45.fc14.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.9, Compiler: GCC 4.5.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 System Host: 12 Cores: Processor: Intel Core i7 970 @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3016MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: nVidia Device 0e22, Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Fedora release 14 (Laughlin), Kernel: 2.6.35.6-45.fc14.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.9, Compiler: GCC 4.5.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 KVM: 1 Core: Processor: QEMU Virtual 0.12.91 @ 3.21GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Bochs Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 2009MB, Disk: 24GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Fedora release 14 (Laughlin), Kernel: 2.6.35.6-45.fc14.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.9, Compiler: GCC 4.5.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 KVM: 2 Cores: Processor: QEMU Virtual 0.12.91 @ 3.21GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 2008MB, Disk: 24GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Fedora release 14 (Laughlin), Kernel: 2.6.35.6-45.fc14.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.9, Compiler: GCC 4.5.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 KVM: 4 Cores: Processor: QEMU Virtual 0.12.91 @ 3.21GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 2008MB, Disk: 24GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Fedora release 14 (Laughlin), Kernel: 2.6.35.6-45.fc14.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.9, Compiler: GCC 4.5.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 KVM: 6 Cores: Processor: QEMU Virtual 0.12.91 @ 3.21GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 2008MB, Disk: 24GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Fedora release 14 (Laughlin), Kernel: 2.6.35.6-45.fc14.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.9, Compiler: GCC 4.5.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 KVM: 12 Cores: Processor: QEMU Virtual 0.12.91 @ 3.21GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 2007MB, Disk: 24GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Fedora release 14 (Laughlin), Kernel: 2.6.35.6-45.fc14.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.9, Compiler: GCC 4.5.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better System Host: 1 Core ... 6366.86 |==================== System Host: 2 Cores .. 9511.78 |============================== System Host: 4 Cores .. 13180.69 |========================================== System Host: 6 Cores .. 14238.54 |============================================= System Host: 12 Cores . 13756.62 |=========================================== KVM: 1 Core ........... 5094.70 |================ KVM: 2 Cores .......... 4978.61 |================ KVM: 4 Cores .......... 5273.53 |================= KVM: 6 Cores .......... 5473.03 |================= KVM: 12 Cores ......... 5047.04 |================ Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better System Host: 1 Core ... 28.37 |====================================== System Host: 2 Cores .. 16.85 |====================== System Host: 4 Cores .. 10.49 |============== System Host: 6 Cores .. 9.10 |============ System Host: 12 Cores . 8.95 |============ KVM: 1 Core ........... 36.26 |================================================ KVM: 2 Cores .......... 22.54 |============================== KVM: 4 Cores .......... 14.32 |=================== KVM: 6 Cores .......... 13.65 |================== KVM: 12 Cores ......... 13.75 |================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better System Host: 1 Core ... 229.86 |============================================== System Host: 2 Cores .. 114.01 |======================= System Host: 4 Cores .. 67.68 |============== System Host: 6 Cores .. 54.18 |=========== System Host: 12 Cores . 54.52 |=========== KVM: 1 Core ........... 232.76 |=============================================== KVM: 2 Cores .......... 117.98 |======================== KVM: 4 Cores .......... 72.95 |=============== KVM: 6 Cores .......... 60.19 |============ KVM: 12 Cores ......... 56.55 |=========== CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better System Host: 1 Core ... 0.96 |========= System Host: 2 Cores .. 1.91 |================== System Host: 4 Cores .. 3.26 |=============================== System Host: 6 Cores .. 4.23 |======================================== System Host: 12 Cores . 5.15 |================================================= KVM: 1 Core ........... 0.97 |========= KVM: 2 Cores .......... 1.87 |================== KVM: 4 Cores .......... 3.30 |=============================== KVM: 6 Cores .......... 3.17 |============================== KVM: 12 Cores ......... 3.93 |===================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better System Host: 1 Core ... 3734 |========= System Host: 2 Cores .. 6045 |=============== System Host: 4 Cores .. 11817 |============================= System Host: 6 Cores .. 15307 |===================================== System Host: 12 Cores . 19809 |================================================ KVM: 1 Core ........... 3153 |======== KVM: 2 Cores .......... 5971 |============== KVM: 4 Cores .......... 10511 |========================= KVM: 6 Cores .......... 12625 |=============================== KVM: 12 Cores ......... 16042 |======================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better System Host: 1 Core ... 41.98 |============================================== System Host: 2 Cores .. 20.94 |======================= System Host: 4 Cores .. 11.08 |============ System Host: 6 Cores .. 8.48 |========= System Host: 12 Cores . 7.47 |======== KVM: 1 Core ........... 43.68 |================================================ KVM: 2 Cores .......... 22.22 |======================== KVM: 4 Cores .......... 11.84 |============= KVM: 6 Cores .......... 10.84 |============ KVM: 12 Cores ......... 8.97 |========== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better System Host: 1 Core ... 52 |===================== System Host: 2 Cores .. 80 |================================ System Host: 4 Cores .. 107 |========================================== System Host: 6 Cores .. 122 |================================================ System Host: 12 Cores . 126 |================================================== KVM: 1 Core ........... 49 |=================== KVM: 2 Cores .......... 76 |============================== KVM: 4 Cores .......... 102 |======================================== KVM: 6 Cores .......... 95 |====================================== KVM: 12 Cores ......... 77 |=============================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better System Host: 1 Core ... 15 |========== System Host: 2 Cores .. 27 |================== System Host: 4 Cores .. 45 |============================== System Host: 6 Cores .. 54 |==================================== System Host: 12 Cores . 77 |=================================================== KVM: 1 Core ........... 14 |========= KVM: 2 Cores .......... 26 |================= KVM: 4 Cores .......... 42 |============================ KVM: 6 Cores .......... 49 |================================ KVM: 12 Cores ......... 66 |============================================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better System Host: 1 Core ... 249.84 |============================================ System Host: 2 Cores .. 265.18 |=============================================== System Host: 4 Cores .. 266.72 |=============================================== System Host: 6 Cores .. 267.05 |=============================================== System Host: 12 Cores . 267.41 |=============================================== KVM: 1 Core ........... 259.23 |============================================== KVM: 2 Cores .......... 260.74 |============================================== KVM: 4 Cores .......... 260.75 |============================================== KVM: 6 Cores .......... 260.79 |============================================== KVM: 12 Cores ......... 260.61 |============================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better System Host: 1 Core ... 60.58 |================================================ System Host: 2 Cores .. 29.30 |======================= System Host: 4 Cores .. 16.29 |============= System Host: 6 Cores .. 13.13 |========== System Host: 12 Cores . 12.72 |========== KVM: 1 Core ........... 59.05 |=============================================== KVM: 2 Cores .......... 31.10 |========================= KVM: 4 Cores .......... 18.91 |=============== KVM: 6 Cores .......... 16.15 |============= KVM: 12 Cores ......... 14.89 |============ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better System Host: 1 Core ... 2901.47 |============ System Host: 2 Cores .. 5766.67 |======================= System Host: 4 Cores .. 9676.46 |======================================= System Host: 6 Cores .. 11183.11 |============================================= System Host: 12 Cores . 9123.38 |===================================== KVM: 1 Core ........... 2887.36 |============ KVM: 2 Cores .......... 5484.48 |====================== KVM: 4 Cores .......... 8770.14 |=================================== KVM: 6 Cores .......... 8668.68 |=================================== KVM: 12 Cores ......... 8217.34 |================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better System Host: 1 Core ... 765.72 |================= System Host: 2 Cores .. 1470.38 |================================= System Host: 4 Cores .. 2003.05 |============================================= System Host: 6 Cores .. 2054.36 |============================================== System Host: 12 Cores . 2062.33 |============================================== KVM: 1 Core ........... 742.39 |================= KVM: 2 Cores .......... 1374.97 |=============================== KVM: 4 Cores .......... 1842.05 |========================================= KVM: 6 Cores .......... 1740.97 |======================================= KVM: 12 Cores ......... 1748.87 |======================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better System Host: 1 Core ... 32.01 |======= System Host: 2 Cores .. 63.72 |============== System Host: 4 Cores .. 116.98 |========================== System Host: 6 Cores .. 148.49 |================================= System Host: 12 Cores . 209.47 |=============================================== KVM: 1 Core ........... 31.75 |======= KVM: 2 Cores .......... 62.21 |============== KVM: 4 Cores .......... 107.64 |======================== KVM: 6 Cores .......... 125.76 |============================ KVM: 12 Cores ......... 190.33 |=========================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better System Host: 1 Core ... 1388.62 |============= System Host: 2 Cores .. 2669.17 |========================= System Host: 4 Cores .. 4316.25 |========================================= System Host: 6 Cores .. 4824.71 |============================================== System Host: 12 Cores . 4411.93 |========================================== KVM: 1 Core ........... 1335.42 |============= KVM: 2 Cores .......... 2514.37 |======================== KVM: 4 Cores .......... 3872.89 |===================================== KVM: 6 Cores .......... 4004.16 |====================================== KVM: 12 Cores ......... 3917.87 |===================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better System Host: 1 Core ... 142.48 |============================================== System Host: 2 Cores .. 145.05 |=============================================== System Host: 4 Cores .. 145.06 |=============================================== System Host: 6 Cores .. 143.75 |=============================================== System Host: 12 Cores . 143.71 |=============================================== KVM: 1 Core ........... 97.26 |================================ KVM: 2 Cores .......... 98.64 |================================ KVM: 4 Cores .......... 99.92 |================================ KVM: 6 Cores .......... 100.09 |================================ KVM: 12 Cores ......... 96.60 |=============================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better System Host: 1 Core ... 2468.36 |=========== System Host: 2 Cores .. 4792.41 |====================== System Host: 4 Cores .. 8284.96 |====================================== System Host: 6 Cores .. 9932.38 |============================================== System Host: 12 Cores . 9479.58 |============================================ KVM: 1 Core ........... 2349.24 |=========== KVM: 2 Cores .......... 4500.74 |===================== KVM: 4 Cores .......... 7483.39 |=================================== KVM: 6 Cores .......... 6676.96 |=============================== KVM: 12 Cores ......... 6536.00 |============================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better System Host: 1 Core ... 1426.59 |============ System Host: 2 Cores .. 2768.57 |======================== System Host: 4 Cores .. 4894.99 |========================================== System Host: 6 Cores .. 5365.88 |============================================== System Host: 12 Cores . 5049.99 |=========================================== KVM: 1 Core ........... 1384.09 |============ KVM: 2 Cores .......... 2646.95 |======================= KVM: 4 Cores .......... 4680.39 |======================================== KVM: 6 Cores .......... 4327.05 |===================================== KVM: 12 Cores ......... 3972.29 |================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better System Host: 1 Core ... 1765.36 |=============== System Host: 2 Cores .. 3291.58 |============================ System Host: 4 Cores .. 4943.95 |========================================== System Host: 6 Cores .. 5387.55 |============================================== System Host: 12 Cores . 4757.76 |========================================= KVM: 1 Core ........... 1698.64 |=============== KVM: 2 Cores .......... 3050.08 |========================== KVM: 4 Cores .......... 4408.41 |====================================== KVM: 6 Cores .......... 3655.82 |=============================== KVM: 12 Cores ......... 4164.47 |==================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better System Host: 1 Core ... 12.16 |============== System Host: 2 Cores .. 23.00 |========================== System Host: 4 Cores .. 36.73 |========================================== System Host: 6 Cores .. 41.81 |================================================ System Host: 12 Cores . 41.03 |=============================================== KVM: 1 Core ........... 11.76 |============== KVM: 2 Cores .......... 21.41 |========================= KVM: 4 Cores .......... 33.26 |====================================== KVM: 6 Cores .......... 31.44 |==================================== KVM: 12 Cores ......... 31.80 |===================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.1 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better System Host: 1 Core ... 102.62 |=========================== System Host: 2 Cores .. 102.54 |=========================== System Host: 4 Cores .. 153.79 |======================================== System Host: 6 Cores .. 180.36 |=============================================== System Host: 12 Cores . 150.39 |======================================= KVM: 1 Core ........... 91.91 |======================== KVM: 2 Cores .......... 89.81 |======================= KVM: 4 Cores .......... 87.41 |======================= KVM: 6 Cores .......... 95.04 |========================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better System Host: 1 Core ... 636 |================================================== System Host: 2 Cores .. 316 |========================= System Host: 4 Cores .. 186 |=============== System Host: 6 Cores .. 146 |=========== System Host: 12 Cores . 114 |========= KVM: 1 Core ........... 640 |================================================== KVM: 2 Cores .......... 332 |========================== KVM: 4 Cores .......... 202 |================ KVM: 6 Cores .......... 157 |============ KVM: 12 Cores ......... 127 |========== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.1v Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better System Host: 1 Core ... 29.25 |============= System Host: 2 Cores .. 52.52 |======================== System Host: 4 Cores .. 80.91 |===================================== System Host: 6 Cores .. 96.36 |============================================ System Host: 12 Cores . 102.51 |=============================================== KVM: 1 Core ........... 23.60 |=========== KVM: 2 Cores .......... 41.12 |=================== KVM: 4 Cores .......... 58.03 |=========================== KVM: 6 Cores .......... 36.00 |================= KVM: 12 Cores ......... 27.48 |============= x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better System Host: 1 Core ... 22.38 |========= System Host: 2 Cores .. 36.57 |=============== System Host: 4 Cores .. 69.29 |============================ System Host: 6 Cores .. 97.60 |======================================= System Host: 12 Cores . 117.91 |=============================================== KVM: 1 Core ........... 19.61 |======== KVM: 2 Cores .......... 30.65 |============ KVM: 4 Cores .......... 57.26 |======================= KVM: 6 Cores .......... 75.12 |============================== KVM: 12 Cores ......... 92.00 |=====================================