Ubuntu 11.10 KVM Performance A future article on Phoronix.com looking at the KVM guest performance of Ubuntu 11.10 and past Ubuntu Linux releases going back to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. Both 32-bit and 64-bit guest performance is to be looked at. Host is the Lenovo ThinkPad W510 with KVM.
HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1110091-AR-1110090AR60&grs .
Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution System Layer 32-bit KVM 64-bit KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Pentium II @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores) Bochs Qumranet 1002 2048MB 8GB Cirrus Logic GD 5446 Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio Qumranet 1000 Ubuntu 8.04 2.6.24-26-generic (i686) GNOME 2.22.3 X Server 1.4.0.90 cirrus 1.1.0 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.3-rc2) GCC 4.2.4 ext3 800x600 Qumranet Device 1002 Qumranet Virtio device Ubuntu 8.10 2.6.27-7-generic (i686) GNOME 2.24.1 X Server 1.5.2 cirrus 1.2.1 2.1 Mesa 7.2 GCC 4.3.2 Pentium II @ 6.38GHz (4 Cores) Qumranet Virtio Ubuntu 9.04 2.6.28-11-generic (i686) GNOME 2.26.1 X Server 1.6.0 2.1 Mesa 7.4 GCC 4.3.3 Pentium II @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores) Ubuntu 9.10 2.6.31-14-generic (i686) GNOME 2.28.1 X Server 1.6.4 cirrus 1.3.1 2.1 Mesa 7.6 GCC 4.4.1 ext4 1024x768 Ubuntu 10.04 2.6.32-33-generic (i686) GNOME 2.30.2 X Server 1.7.6 cirrus 1.3.2 GCC 4.4.3 Red Hat Virtio Red Hat Virtio device Ubuntu 10.10 2.6.35-22-generic (i686) GNOME 2.32.0 X Server 1.9.0 GCC 4.4.5 6GB Ubuntu 11.04 2.6.38-8-generic (i686) GNOME 2.32.1 X Server 1.10.1 GCC 4.5.2 Ubuntu 11.10 3.0.0-12-generic (i686) Unity 4.22.0 X Server 1.10.4 GCC 4.6.1 QEMU Virtual 0.12.5 @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores) 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64) QEMU Ubuntu 11.04 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64) GNOME 2.32.1 X Server 1.10.1 GCC 4.5.2 8GB Ubuntu 10.10 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64) GNOME 2.32.0 X Server 1.9.0 GCC 4.4.5 OpenBenchmarking.org
sqlite: Default Test Directory postmark: Disk Transaction Performance ttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance c-ray: Total Time john-the-ripper: Blowfish apache: Static Web Page Serving encode-flac: WAV To FLAC graphics-magick: Sharpen pgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Second john-the-ripper: MD5 graphics-magick: HWB Color Space smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples x264: H.264 Video Encoding compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test graphics-magick: Resizing encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 john-the-ripper: Traditional DES graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding graphics-magick: Blur 32-bit KVM 64-bit KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 334 13.23 17.88 243.39 361 7298.58 18.22 37 682.39 7894 65 439 4598 55 38.66 2382000 31 50 308 29.19 17.93 273.26 357 6016.27 20.43 38 682.32 7878 64 441 24.37 4479 55 39.25 2388333 28 53 177.98 337 29.71 17.77 273.74 361 6430.74 20.23 38 641.18 7952 65 440 25.36 4550 56 39.27 2410000 28 53 92.27 571 26.81 17.98 282.28 351 473.83 18.31 39 677.21 7819 66 415 24.97 4720 57 37.26 2410667 28 53 75.77 606 30.70 17.85 282.92 353 5467.69 18.18 38 1038.57 7822 66 415 27.21 4860 58 37.88 2400667 29 53 232.06 521 30.81 17.98 274.44 356 4688.62 18.33 38 817.46 7728 67 404 27.31 4814 59 34.04 2381000 29 54 80.48 516 31.40 18.13 269.61 363 6172.07 17.85 38 745.85 7991 66 410 26.80 4862 57 34.23 2440000 28 50 76.88 521 29.24 18.25 264.97 360 7576.54 13.52 41 846.11 7824 73 413 26.80 5062 64 35.60 2407667 30 58 71.25 783 25.15 40.28 127.86 740 7592.43 10.92 25 934.00 11632 96 350 31.07 5470 69 32.32 2714667 26 54 81.02 786 27.19 40.40 127.00 700 5974.67 10.99 25 819.75 12120 87 346 30.88 5627 64 31.97 2861667 26 50 257.22 1064 27.20 40.15 146.78 688 4976.57 11.37 25 955.09 11841 88 337 31.56 5665 64 31.83 2795667 26 50 OpenBenchmarking.org
SQLite Test Target: Default Test Directory Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 75.8 122.6 232.1 64-bit KVM 71.3 136.5 257.2 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better SQLite 3.7.3 Test Target: Default Test Directory Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 60 120 180 240 300
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 308 464 606 64-bit KVM 783 878 1064 OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 200 400 600 800 1000
TTSIOD 3D Renderer Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 13.2 27.6 31.4 64-bit KVM 25.2 26.5 27.2 OpenBenchmarking.org FPS, More Is Better TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.1v Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 9 18 27 36 45
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 17.8 18.0 18.3 64-bit KVM 40.2 40.3 40.4 OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0a RSA 4096-bit Performance Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 8 16 24 32 40
C-Ray Total Time Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 243.4 270.6 282.9 64-bit KVM 127.0 133.9 146.8 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 70 140 210 280 350
John The Ripper Test: Blowfish Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 351.0 357.8 363.0 64-bit KVM 688.0 709.3 740.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Blowfish Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 150 300 450 600 750
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 474 5516 7577 64-bit KVM 4977 6181 7592 OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 13.5 18.1 20.4 64-bit KVM 10.9 11.1 11.4 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 6 12 18 24 30
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 37.0 38.4 41.0 64-bit KVM 25.0 25.0 25.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 11 22 33 44 55
PostgreSQL pgbench TPC-B Transactions Per Second Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 641 766 1039 64-bit KVM 820 903 955 OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4 TPC-B Transactions Per Second Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 200 400 600 800 1000
John The Ripper Test: MD5 Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 7728 7864 7991 64-bit KVM 11632 11864 12120 OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: MD5 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K
GraphicsMagick Operation: HWB Color Space Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 64.0 66.5 73.0 64-bit KVM 87.0 90.3 96.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 20 40 60 80 100
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 404.0 422.1 441.0 64-bit KVM 337.0 344.3 350.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 120 240 360 480 600
x264 H.264 Video Encoding Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 24.4 26.1 27.3 64-bit KVM 30.9 31.2 31.6 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 8 16 24 32 40
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 4479 4743 5062 64-bit KVM 5470 5587 5665 OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 1300 2600 3900 5200 6500
GraphicsMagick Operation: Resizing Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 55.0 57.6 64.0 64-bit KVM 64.0 65.7 69.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 20 40 60 80 100
LAME MP3 Encoding WAV To MP3 Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 34.0 37.0 39.3 64-bit KVM 31.8 32.0 32.3 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2 WAV To MP3 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 11 22 33 44 55
John The Ripper Test: Traditional DES Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 2381000 2402542 2440000 64-bit KVM 2714667 2790667 2861667 OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Traditional DES Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 600K 1200K 1800K 2400K 3000K
GraphicsMagick Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 28.0 28.9 31.0 64-bit KVM 26.0 26.0 26.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 9 18 27 36 45
GraphicsMagick Operation: Blur Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 50.0 53.0 58.0 64-bit KVM 50.0 51.3 54.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 16 32 48 64 80
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