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&rdt&gru .
Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver Compiler File-System Screen Resolution OpenGL System Layer 32-bit KVM 64-bit KVM Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Pentium II @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores) Bochs Red Hat Virtio 2048MB 6GB Cirrus Logic GD 5446 Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio Red Hat Virtio device Ubuntu 11.10 3.0.0-12-generic (i686) Unity 4.22.0 X Server 1.10.4 cirrus 1.3.2 GCC 4.6.1 ext4 1024x768 Ubuntu 11.04 2.6.38-8-generic (i686) GNOME 2.32.1 X Server 1.10.1 GCC 4.5.2 8GB Ubuntu 10.10 2.6.35-22-generic (i686) 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 (i686) GNOME 2.30.2 X Server 1.7.6 GCC 4.4.3 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 Pentium II @ 6.38GHz (4 Cores) Ubuntu 9.04 2.6.28-11-generic (i686) GNOME 2.26.1 X Server 1.6.0 cirrus 1.2.1 2.1 Mesa 7.4 GCC 4.3.3 ext3 800x600 Pentium II @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores) Qumranet Device 1002 Ubuntu 8.10 2.6.27-7-generic (i686) GNOME 2.24.1 X Server 1.5.2 2.1 Mesa 7.2 GCC 4.3.2 Qumranet 1002 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 QEMU Virtual 0.12.5 @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores) Red Hat Virtio 6GB Red Hat Virtio device Ubuntu 11.10 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64) Unity 4.22.0 X Server 1.10.4 cirrus 1.3.2 GCC 4.6.1 ext4 1024x768 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 x264: H.264 Video Encoding graphics-magick: HWB Color Space graphics-magick: Blur graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding graphics-magick: Resizing graphics-magick: Sharpen compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test john-the-ripper: Traditional DES john-the-ripper: MD5 john-the-ripper: Blowfish apache: Static Web Page Serving openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance pgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Second postmark: Disk Transaction Performance sqlite: Default Test Directory c-ray: Total Time smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 encode-flac: WAV To FLAC 32-bit KVM 64-bit KVM Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 29.24 26.80 73 58 30 64 41 5062 2407667 7824 360 7576.54 18.25 846.11 521 76.88 264.97 413 35.60 13.52 31.40 26.80 66 50 28 57 38 4862 2440000 7991 363 6172.07 18.13 745.85 516 80.48 269.61 410 34.23 17.85 30.81 27.31 67 54 29 59 38 4814 2381000 7728 356 4688.62 17.98 817.46 521 232.06 274.44 404 34.04 18.33 30.70 27.21 66 53 29 58 38 4860 2400667 7822 353 5467.69 17.85 1038.57 606 75.77 282.92 415 37.88 18.18 26.81 24.97 66 53 28 57 39 4720 2410667 7819 351 473.83 17.98 677.21 571 92.27 282.28 415 37.26 18.31 29.71 25.36 65 53 28 56 38 4550 2410000 7952 361 6430.74 17.77 641.18 337 177.98 273.74 440 39.27 20.23 29.19 24.37 64 53 28 55 38 4479 2388333 7878 357 6016.27 17.93 682.32 308 273.26 441 39.25 20.43 13.23 65 50 31 55 37 4598 2382000 7894 361 7298.58 17.88 682.39 334 243.39 439 38.66 18.22 25.15 31.07 96 54 26 69 25 5470 2714667 11632 740 7592.43 40.28 934.00 783 71.25 127.86 350 32.32 10.92 27.19 30.88 87 50 26 64 25 5627 2861667 12120 700 5974.67 40.40 819.75 786 81.02 127.00 346 31.97 10.99 27.20 31.56 88 50 26 64 25 5665 2795667 11841 688 4976.57 40.15 955.09 1064 257.22 146.78 337 31.83 11.37 26.88 31.37 88 50 26 64 25 5645 2770333 11772 677 5712.28 40.10 1046.48 3125 73.71 146.86 342 32.20 11.30 23.88 28.91 88 50 26 64 25 5585 2760000 11688 687 7988.75 40.05 659.70 2986 91.45 146.99 337 32.33 11.40 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 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 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 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 8 16 24 32 40
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 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 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 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 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 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 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 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 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 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 11 22 33 44 55
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 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 1300 2600 3900 5200 6500
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 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 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 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 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 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 150 300 450 600 750
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 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K
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 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 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 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 200 400 600 800 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 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 600 1200 1800 2400 3000
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 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 60 120 180 240 300
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 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 70 140 210 280 350
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 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 120 240 360 480 600
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 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 11 22 33 44 55
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 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 6 12 18 24 30
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