Virtualization comparison Running pts/apache-1.3.0, pts/nginx-1.0.0, pts/pgbench-1.2.0, pts/postmark-1.0.0, pts/iozone-1.7.0, pts/c-ray-1.0.0, pts/povray-1.0.0, pts/crafty-1.2.0, pts/gcrypt-1.0.0, pts/phpbench-1.0.0, pts/graphics-magick-1.4.1, pts/openssl-1.5.0, pts/john-the-ripper-1.0.1, pts/mafft-1.2.0, pts/himeno-1.0.0, pts/hmmer-1.1.0, pts/encode-mp3-1.3.1, pts/ffmpeg-1.5.0, pts/compress-lzma-1.2.0, pts/compress-pbzip2-1.3.0, pts/bullet-1.0.0, pts/npb-1.0.0, pts/stream-1.1.0. Native: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.39GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5B, Chipset: Intel 82P965/G965 + ICH8/R, Memory: 4 x 1024 MB S -800MHz, Disk: 40GB INTEL SSDSA2M040 + 500GB Seagate ST3500410AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 256MB OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-28-server (x86_64), Display Driver: nouveau, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Native2: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.39GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5B, Chipset: Intel 82P965/G965 + ICH8/R, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 40GB INTEL SSDSA2M040 + 500GB Seagate ST3500410AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 256MB OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-28-server (x86_64), Display Driver: NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Native . 10509.67 |============================================================ NGINX Benchmark 0.8.53 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Native . 17043.95 |============================================================ PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Native .. 2409 |=============================================================== Native2 . 2272 |=========================================================== IOzone 3.347 Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Native . 49.46 |=============================================================== IOzone 3.347 Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Native . 226.17 |============================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Native . 163.61 |============================================================== POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Native . 1878 |================================================================ Crafty 23.3 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Native . 563.41 |============================================================== Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Microseconds < Lower Is Better Native .. 3703 |=============================================================== Native2 . 3687 |=============================================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Native .. 47798 |============================================================== Native2 . 47817 |============================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Native .. 69 |============================================================= Native2 . 73 |================================================================= OpenSSL 1.0.0a RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Native . 35.30 |=============================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.3.1 Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Native . 627 |================================================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.706 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Native . 39.81 |=============================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Native . 167.75 |============================================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Native .. 36.94 |============================================================== Native2 . 26.93 |============================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Native .. 40.74 |============================================================== Native2 . 39.00 |=========================================================== FFmpeg 0.6.1 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better Native .. 20.90 |============================================================== Native2 . 19.84 |=========================================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Native . 242.43 |============================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Native .. 22.91 |============================================================== Native2 . 15.74 |=========================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: 3000 Fall Seconds < Lower Is Better Native . 26.01 |=============================================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: Convex Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better Native . 36.11 |=============================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Native . 48.83 |=============================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Native . 64.97 |=============================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Native . 3084.81 |============================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Native . 1899.87 |============================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Native . 4258.94 |============================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Native . 4141.00 |============================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Native . 4547.32 |============================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better Native . 4609.89 |============================================================= Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Native2 . 42.48 |============================================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Native2 . 19.26 |============================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Native2 . 5758 |=============================================================== PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Native2 . 4093 |=============================================================== x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Native2 . 37.20 |============================================================== GnuPG 1.4.10 1GB File Encryption Seconds < Lower Is Better Native2 . 23.67 |============================================================== CacheBench Phoronix Test Suite v3.0.0 MB/s > Higher Is Better Native2 . 16700.20 |=========================================================== AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Native2 . 86.20 |============================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Phoronix Test Suite v3.0.0 MB/s > Higher Is Better Native2 . 6208.99 |============================================================ Flexible IO Tester 1.21 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better Native2 . 109.33 |============================================================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Native2 . 39.17 |============================================================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Native2 . 61.63 |============================================================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Native2 . 3348.50 |============================================================ IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Native2 . 63.29 |============================================================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Native2 . 4114.28 |============================================================ IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Native2 . 62.96 |============================================================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Native2 . 3966.60 |============================================================ Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Native2 . 193.72 |============================================================= Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 6 MB/s > Higher Is Better Native2 . 285.90 |============================================================= Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 12 MB/s > Higher Is Better Native2 . 254.42 |============================================================= Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 48 MB/s > Higher Is Better Native2 . 307.48 |============================================================= Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 128 MB/s > Higher Is Better Native2 . 382.83 |============================================================= Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 256 MB/s > Higher Is Better Native2 . 250.56 |============================================================= SQLite 3.7.3 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Native2 . 28.64 |============================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.1 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Native2 . 1801.11 |============================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Native2 . 49 |================================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Native2 . 31 |================================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Native2 . 61 |================================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Native2 . 29 |=================================================================