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&grt .
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
compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test apache: Static Web Page Serving c-ray: Total Time encode-flac: WAV To FLAC graphics-magick: HWB Color Space graphics-magick: Blur graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding graphics-magick: Resizing graphics-magick: Sharpen john-the-ripper: Traditional DES john-the-ripper: MD5 john-the-ripper: Blowfish encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance pgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Second postmark: Disk Transaction Performance smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples sqlite: Default Test Directory ttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping x264: H.264 Video Encoding 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 4598 7298.58 243.39 18.22 65 50 31 55 37 2382000 7894 361 38.66 17.88 682.39 334 439 13.23 4479 6016.27 273.26 20.43 64 53 28 55 38 2388333 7878 357 39.25 17.93 682.32 308 441 29.19 24.37 4550 6430.74 273.74 20.23 65 53 28 56 38 2410000 7952 361 39.27 17.77 641.18 337 440 177.98 29.71 25.36 4720 473.83 282.28 18.31 66 53 28 57 39 2410667 7819 351 37.26 17.98 677.21 571 415 92.27 26.81 24.97 4860 5467.69 282.92 18.18 66 53 29 58 38 2400667 7822 353 37.88 17.85 1038.57 606 415 75.77 30.70 27.21 4814 4688.62 274.44 18.33 67 54 29 59 38 2381000 7728 356 34.04 17.98 817.46 521 404 232.06 30.81 27.31 4862 6172.07 269.61 17.85 66 50 28 57 38 2440000 7991 363 34.23 18.13 745.85 516 410 80.48 31.40 26.80 5062 7576.54 264.97 13.52 73 58 30 64 41 2407667 7824 360 35.60 18.25 846.11 521 413 76.88 29.24 26.80 5470 7592.43 127.86 10.92 96 54 26 69 25 2714667 11632 740 32.32 40.28 934.00 783 350 71.25 25.15 31.07 5627 5974.67 127.00 10.99 87 50 26 64 25 2861667 12120 700 31.97 40.40 819.75 786 346 81.02 27.19 30.88 5665 4976.57 146.78 11.37 88 50 26 64 25 2795667 11841 688 31.83 40.15 955.09 1064 337 257.22 27.20 31.56 5645 5712.28 146.86 11.30 88 50 26 64 25 2770333 11772 677 32.20 40.10 1046.48 3125 342 73.71 26.88 31.37 5585 7988.75 146.99 11.40 88 50 26 64 25 2760000 11688 687 32.33 40.05 659.70 2986 337 91.45 23.88 28.91 OpenBenchmarking.org
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 4479 4743 5062 64-bit KVM 5470 5598 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
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 474 5516 7577 64-bit KVM 4977 6449 7989 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
C-Ray Total Time Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 243.4 270.6 282.9 64-bit KVM 127.0 139.1 147.0 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
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 13.5 18.1 20.4 64-bit KVM 10.9 11.2 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: HWB Color Space Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 64.0 66.5 73.0 64-bit KVM 87.0 89.4 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
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 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
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: Resizing Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 55.0 57.6 64.0 64-bit KVM 64.0 65.0 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
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
John The Ripper Test: Traditional DES Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 2381000 2402542 2440000 64-bit KVM 2714667 2780467 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
John The Ripper Test: MD5 Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 7728 7864 7991 64-bit KVM 11632 11811 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
John The Ripper Test: Blowfish Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 351.0 357.8 363.0 64-bit KVM 677.0 698.4 740.0 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
LAME MP3 Encoding WAV To MP3 Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 34.0 37.0 39.3 64-bit KVM 31.8 32.1 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
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 17.8 18.0 18.3 64-bit KVM 40.1 40.2 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
PostgreSQL pgbench TPC-B Transactions Per Second Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 641 766 1039 64-bit KVM 660 883 1046 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
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 308 464 606 64-bit KVM 783 1749 3125 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 11.10 600 1200 1800 2400 3000
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 404.0 422.1 441.0 64-bit KVM 337.0 342.4 350.0 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
SQLite Test Target: Default Test Directory Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 75.8 122.6 232.1 64-bit KVM 71.3 114.9 257.2 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
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 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
x264 H.264 Video Encoding Min Avg Max 32-bit KVM 24.4 26.1 27.3 64-bit KVM 28.9 30.8 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
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