Ubuntu 11.10 KVM 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/1110100-AR-1110092AR34&grr&sor .
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 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 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 Qumranet Virtio Qumranet Virtio device Ubuntu 10.04 2.6.32-33-generic (x86_64) GNOME 2.30.2 X Server 1.7.6 GCC 4.4.3 Ubuntu 9.10 2.6.31-14-generic (x86_64) GNOME 2.28.1 X Server 1.6.4 cirrus 1.3.1 2.1 Mesa 7.6 GCC 4.4.1 OpenBenchmarking.org
ttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance john-the-ripper: Blowfish john-the-ripper: MD5 john-the-ripper: Traditional DES graphics-magick: Sharpen graphics-magick: Resizing graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding graphics-magick: Blur graphics-magick: HWB Color Space x264: H.264 Video Encoding encode-flac: WAV To FLAC encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples c-ray: Total Time compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test postmark: Disk Transaction Performance sqlite: Default Test Directory pgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Second apache: Static Web Page Serving 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 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 13.23 17.88 361 7894 2382000 37 55 31 50 65 18.22 38.66 439 243.39 4598 334 682.39 7298.58 29.19 17.93 357 7878 2388333 38 55 28 53 64 24.37 20.43 39.25 441 273.26 4479 308 682.32 6016.27 29.71 17.77 361 7952 2410000 38 56 28 53 65 25.36 20.23 39.27 440 273.74 4550 337 177.98 641.18 6430.74 26.81 17.98 351 7819 2410667 39 57 28 53 66 24.97 18.31 37.26 415 282.28 4720 571 92.27 677.21 473.83 30.70 17.85 353 7822 2400667 38 58 29 53 66 27.21 18.18 37.88 415 282.92 4860 606 75.77 1038.57 5467.69 30.81 17.98 356 7728 2381000 38 59 29 54 67 27.31 18.33 34.04 404 274.44 4814 521 232.06 817.46 4688.62 31.40 18.13 363 7991 2440000 38 57 28 50 66 26.80 17.85 34.23 410 269.61 4862 516 80.48 745.85 6172.07 29.24 18.25 360 7824 2407667 41 64 30 58 73 26.80 13.52 35.60 413 264.97 5062 521 76.88 846.11 7576.54 25.15 40.28 740 11632 2714667 25 69 26 54 96 31.07 10.92 32.32 350 127.86 5470 783 71.25 934.00 7592.43 27.19 40.40 700 12120 2861667 25 64 26 50 87 30.88 10.99 31.97 346 127.00 5627 786 81.02 819.75 5974.67 27.20 40.15 688 11841 2795667 25 64 26 50 88 31.56 11.37 31.83 337 146.78 5665 1064 257.22 955.09 4976.57 26.88 40.10 677 11772 2770333 25 64 26 50 88 31.37 11.30 32.20 342 146.86 5645 3125 73.71 1046.48 5712.28 23.88 40.05 687 11688 2760000 25 64 26 50 88 28.91 11.40 32.33 337 146.99 5585 2986 91.45 659.70 7988.75 OpenBenchmarking.org
TTSIOD 3D Renderer Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 13.2 27.6 31.4 64-bit KVM 23.9 26.1 27.2 OpenBenchmarking.org FPS, More Is Better TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.1v Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 8.04 9 18 27 36 45
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 40.1 40.2 40.4 32-bit KVM 17.8 18.0 18.3 OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0a RSA 4096-bit Performance Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 9.04 8 16 24 32 40
John The Ripper Test: Blowfish Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 677.0 698.4 740.0 32-bit KVM 351.0 357.8 363.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Blowfish Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 150 300 450 600 750
John The Ripper Test: MD5 Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 11632 11811 12120 32-bit KVM 7728 7864 7991 OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: MD5 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K
John The Ripper Test: Traditional DES Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 2714667 2780467 2861667 32-bit KVM 2381000 2402542 2440000 OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Traditional DES Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 600K 1200K 1800K 2400K 3000K
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 11.10 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 11 22 33 44 55
GraphicsMagick Operation: Resizing Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 64.0 65.0 69.0 32-bit KVM 55.0 57.6 64.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 20 40 60 80 100
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 11.10 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 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 50.8 54.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 8.04 16 32 48 64 80
GraphicsMagick Operation: HWB Color Space Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 87.0 89.4 96.0 32-bit KVM 64.0 66.5 73.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 20 40 60 80 100
x264 H.264 Video Encoding Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 28.9 30.8 31.6 32-bit KVM 24.4 26.1 27.3 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 8 16 24 32 40
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 10.9 11.2 11.4 32-bit KVM 13.5 18.1 20.4 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 6 12 18 24 30
LAME MP3 Encoding WAV To MP3 Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 31.8 32.1 32.3 32-bit KVM 34.0 37.0 39.3 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2 WAV To MP3 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 11 22 33 44 55
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 337.0 342.4 350.0 32-bit KVM 404.0 422.1 441.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 120 240 360 480 600
C-Ray Total Time Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 127.0 139.1 147.0 32-bit KVM 243.4 270.6 282.9 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 70 140 210 280 350
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 5470 5598 5665 32-bit KVM 4479 4743 5062 OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 1300 2600 3900 5200 6500
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 783 1749 3125 32-bit KVM 308 464 606 OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 600 1200 1800 2400 3000
SQLite Test Target: Default Test Directory Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 71.3 114.9 257.2 32-bit KVM 75.8 122.6 232.1 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better SQLite 3.7.3 Test Target: Default Test Directory Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 10.10 60 120 180 240 300
PostgreSQL pgbench TPC-B Transactions Per Second Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 660 883 1046 32-bit KVM 641 766 1039 OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4 TPC-B Transactions Per Second Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 200 400 600 800 1000
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 4977 6449 7989 32-bit KVM 474 5516 7577 OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K
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