AMD Bulldozer Virtualization
KVM virtualization testing from an AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer system running Ubuntu 11.10 on the host and guest.


KVM Virtualization On FX-8150: 

	Processor: QEMU Virtual 0.14.1 @ 3.61GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 6GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Audio: Generic 1af4 ID 20, Network: Red Hat Virtio device

	OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: QEMU 0.14.1

FX-8150 Host: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: ATI RD890 PCI to PCI bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 285.05.09, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
KVM Virtualization On FX-8150 . 51.98 |========================================
FX-8150 Host .................. 51.20 |=======================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
KVM Virtualization On FX-8150 . 105 |==========================================
FX-8150 Host .................. 104 |==========================================


POV-Ray 3.6.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
KVM Virtualization On FX-8150 . 831 |==========================================
FX-8150 Host .................. 818 |=========================================


Apache Benchmark 2.2.17
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
KVM Virtualization On FX-8150 . 13858.54 |==================================
FX-8150 Host .................. 14926.04 |=====================================


SQLite 3.7.3
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
KVM Virtualization On FX-8150 . 19.80 |========================================
FX-8150 Host .................. 14.58 |=============================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
KVM Virtualization On FX-8150 . 274.24 |============================
FX-8150 Host .................. 377.01 |=======================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 12
MB/s > Higher Is Better
KVM Virtualization On FX-8150 . 693.49  |=========================
FX-8150 Host .................. 1049.21 |======================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
KVM Virtualization On FX-8150 . 2500 |=====================================
FX-8150 Host .................. 2777 |=========================================


TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.1v
Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping
FPS > Higher Is Better
KVM Virtualization On FX-8150 . 37.68  |=============
FX-8150 Host .................. 114.87 |=======================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
KVM Virtualization On FX-8150 . 8.02 |=========================================
FX-8150 Host .................. 7.88 |========================================


Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.706
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
KVM Virtualization On FX-8150 . 27.29 |========================================
FX-8150 Host .................. 26.77 |=======================================