Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS Virtualization
AMD Opteron 2384 testing with a TYAN S2927/S2927-E and ATI 9440 on Ubuntu 8.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS: 

	Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2927/S2927-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: ATI 9440, Audio: ATI aa30, Monitor: AL2223W

	OS: Ubuntu 8.04, Kernel: 2.6.24-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.22.3, Display Server: X Server 1.4.0.90, Display Driver: vesa 1.3.0, OpenGL: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.3-rc2), Compiler: GCC 4.2.4, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1400x1050

KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS: 

	Processor: QEMU Virtual 0.9.1 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 34GB QEMU HDD, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Qumranet 1000

	OS: Ubuntu 8.04, Kernel: 2.6.24-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.22.3, Display Server: X Server 1.4.0.90, Display Driver: cirrus 1.1.0, OpenGL: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.3-rc2), Compiler: GCC 4.2.4, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1280x800, System Layer: QEMU 0.9.1


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 75.16  |===============
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 138.41 |============================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 775 |===============================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 337 |=============


TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w
Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping
FPS > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 13.16 |=============================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 10.24 |=======================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 100 |===============================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 98  |==============================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 39 |================================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 38 |===============================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 86 |================================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 78 |=============================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 437.66 |============================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 422.45 |===========================


7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 7843 |==============================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 7188 |===========================


Gcrypt Library 1.4.4
CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher
Microseconds < Lower Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 3577 |==============================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 3593 |==============================


John The Ripper 1.7.9
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 3043 |==============================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 2895 |=============================


Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 29.80 |=============================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 30.20 |=============================


Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 13.06 |===========================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 13.97 |=============================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 158.46 |==========================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 172.22 |============================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 117.65 |============================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 118.56 |============================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 17.04 |============================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 17.82 |=============================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 10.48 |=============================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 10.63 |=============================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 27.86 |=============================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 28.09 |=============================


Minion 0.12
Benchmark: Bibd
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 313.71 |==========================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 337.88 |============================


Minion 0.12
Benchmark: Quasigroup
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 246.49 |===========================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 252.87 |============================


Minion 0.12
Benchmark: Solitaire
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 275.88 |========================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 319.55 |============================


Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 1091.98 |===========================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 1109.09 |===========================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 230 |===============================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 232 |===============================


OpenSSL 1.0.0e
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 50.85 |=============================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 50.35 |=============================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: EP.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 80.74 |=============================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 79.58 |=============================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: FT.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 3975.10 |===========================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 3759.43 |==========================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: IS.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 71.90 |=============================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 40.38 |================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: LU.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 4773.80 |===========================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 4517.79 |==========================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: MG.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 2874.22 |===========================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 2665.59 |=========================


NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: SP.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 3045.55 |===========================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 2826.90 |=========================


Apache Benchmark 2.2.21
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 17699.96 |==========================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 8852.98  |=============


NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 24126.43 |==========================
KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 12602.44 |==============