Ubuntu 8.04.4, 10.04.4, 2.04 LTS Virtualization

AMD Opteron 2384 testing with a TYAN S2927/S2927-E and ATI 9440 on Ubuntu 8.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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March 28 2012
 
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March 28 2012
 
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March 28 2012
 
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March 29 2012
 
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ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionSystem LayerBare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestBare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTSAMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores)TYAN S2927/S2927-ENVIDIA MCP554096MB64GB AGILITY-EXATI 9440ATI aa30AL2223WUbuntu 8.042.6.24-26-generic (x86_64)GNOME 2.22.3X Server 1.4.0.90vesa 1.3.01.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.3-rc2)GCC 4.2.4ext31400x1050QEMU Virtual 0.9.1 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores)QEMUIntel 440FX- 82441FX PMC3072MB34GB QEMU HDDCirrus Logic GD 5446Qumranet 1000cirrus 1.1.01280x800QEMU 0.9.1AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores)TYAN S2927/S2927-ENVIDIA MCP554096MB64GB AGILITY-EXAMD Radeon HD 4870 256MBATI R6xx HDMIAL2223WUbuntu 10.042.6.32-38-generic (x86_64)GNOME 2.30.2X Server 1.7.6radeon 6.13.01.5 Mesa 7.7.1GCC 4.4.3ext41680x105064GB AGILITY-EX + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeedAMD Radeon HD 4870 512MBUbuntu 12.043.2.0-20-generic (x86_64)Unity 5.8.0X Server 1.11.3radeon 6.14.992.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.6QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores)BochsRed Hat Virtio3072MB31GBLLVMpipeGeneric 1af4 ID 20Red Hat Virtio deviceUnity 2D 5.8.0cirrus 1.3.21024x768QEMU 1.0Qumranet 1002Cirrus Logic GD 5446Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRWQumranet 1000Ubuntu 8.042.6.24-26-generic (x86_64)GNOME 2.22.3X Server 1.4.0.90cirrus 1.1.01.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.3-rc2)GCC 4.2.4ext31280x800OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-mpfr --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu -v - KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-mpfr --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu -v - KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-mpfr --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu -v - Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i486 --with-tune=generic -v - Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,go --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v - KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,go --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v - KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-mpfr --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu -v Disk Details- Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS: CFQ / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw- KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS: CFQ / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw- KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS: CFQ / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw- Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw- Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr- KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr- KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: CFQ / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rwSystem Details- Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.- KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.- KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.- Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system.- Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system.- KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.- KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.

dbench: 1postmark: Disk Transaction Performancettsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mappinggraphics-magick: Resizinghimeno: Poisson Pressure Solvercompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testjohn-the-ripper: Blowfishhmmer: Pfam Database Searchmafft: Multiple Sequence Alignmentbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timecompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionencode-flac: WAV To FLACencode-mp3: WAV To MP3minion: Bibdminion: Solitairenero2d: Total Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancenpb: FT.Bnpb: LU.Anpb: SP.Aapache: Static Web Page Servingnginx: Static Web Page Servingx264: H.264 Video Encodingvpxenc: vpxencBare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestBare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS75.1677513.1686437.667843304329.8013.06158.46117.6517.0410.4827.86313.71275.881091.9823050.853975.104773.803045.5517699.9624126.43138.4133710.2478422.457188289530.2013.97172.22118.5617.8210.6328.09337.88319.551109.0923250.353759.434517.792826.908852.9812602.44138.4133710.2478422.457188289530.2013.97172.22118.5617.8210.6328.09337.88319.551109.0923250.353759.434517.792826.908852.9812602.4476.9852.0690460.248486304322.7313.15163.64112.3817.629.9326.14297.66281.51825.3122250.883714.454554.182949.8619890.8325105.4013.9785.3062.1089505.288415317722.1611.58153.02103.6017.8610.0026.07291.44269.32822.0321251.283451.395098.802925.7222303.3024692.2361.2114.2056.5281219.2183506.977321306023.5112.89170.28104.6718.6110.0526.18311.36302.39825.7221450.903317.714728.362706.3214889.6320712.6158.0213.4824.251656.1279421.566972288430.4814.13231.1618.5610.6228.09347.66319.0023450.383699.874475.132830.057792.4711211.15OpenBenchmarking.org

Dbench

Dbench is a benchmark designed by the Samba project as a free alternative to netbench, but dbench contains only file-system calls for testing the disk performance. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

MinAvgMaxBare Metal75.279.185.3KVM Matching Guest56.597.5138.4KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest24.381.3138.4OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 1Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS306090120150
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 1Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS306090120150Min: 74.01 / Avg: 75.16 / Max: 76.28Min: 69.37 / Avg: 76.98 / Max: 83.68Min: 77.56 / Avg: 85.3 / Max: 90.5Min: 138.04 / Avg: 138.41 / Max: 138.68Min: 51.54 / Avg: 56.52 / Max: 59.04Min: 138.04 / Avg: 138.41 / Max: 138.68Min: 22.77 / Avg: 24.25 / Max: 25.141. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt

PostMark

MinAvgMaxBare Metal775775775KVM Matching Guest337575812KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest165251337OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS2004006008001000
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS140280420560700Min: 500 / Avg: 775.1 / Max: 1000Min: 260 / Avg: 337.2 / Max: 438Min: 735 / Avg: 812.4 / Max: 833Min: 260 / Avg: 337.2 / Max: 438Min: 122 / Avg: 164.6 / Max: 235

TTSIOD 3D Renderer

MinAvgMaxBare Metal13.242.462.1KVM Matching Guest10.214.719.2KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest6.18.210.2OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2wPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS20406080100
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2wPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS1224364860Min: 13.16 / Avg: 13.16 / Max: 13.17Min: 52 / Avg: 52.06 / Max: 52.11Min: 62.09 / Avg: 62.1 / Max: 62.12Min: 10.14 / Avg: 10.24 / Max: 10.3Min: 19.14 / Avg: 19.21 / Max: 19.3Min: 10.14 / Avg: 10.24 / Max: 10.3Min: 6.12 / Avg: 6.12 / Max: 6.131. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -mtune=native -msse -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -lSDL -lstdc++

GraphicsMagick

MinAvgMaxBare Metal86.088.390.0KVM Matching Guest78.080.583.0KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest78.078.579.0OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: ResizingUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS20406080100
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: ResizingUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS20406080100Min: 86 / Avg: 86 / Max: 86Min: 90 / Avg: 90 / Max: 90Min: 89 / Avg: 89 / Max: 89Min: 78 / Avg: 78.33 / Max: 79Min: 79 / Avg: 82.75 / Max: 84Min: 78 / Avg: 78.33 / Max: 79Min: 78 / Avg: 78.67 / Max: 791. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lc -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lbz2 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

Himeno Benchmark

The Himeno benchmark is a linear solver of pressure Poisson using a point-Jacobi method. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

MinAvgMaxBare Metal437.7467.7505.3KVM Matching Guest422.5464.7507.0KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest421.6422.0422.5OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS130260390520650
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS90180270360450Min: 436.91 / Avg: 437.66 / Max: 438.17Min: 458.41 / Avg: 460.24 / Max: 461.68Min: 500.32 / Avg: 505.28 / Max: 508.33Min: 422.36 / Avg: 422.45 / Max: 422.54Min: 503.94 / Avg: 506.97 / Max: 509.23Min: 422.36 / Avg: 422.45 / Max: 422.54Min: 421.03 / Avg: 421.56 / Max: 422.021. (CC) gcc options: -O3

7-Zip Compression

MinAvgMaxBare Metal784382488486KVM Matching Guest718872557321KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest697270807188OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed TestUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS2K4K6K8K10K
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed TestUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS15003000450060007500Min: 7540 / Avg: 7842.67 / Max: 8045Min: 8457 / Avg: 8485.67 / Max: 8524Min: 8389 / Avg: 8415 / Max: 8465Min: 6830 / Avg: 7187.5 / Max: 7391Min: 7254 / Avg: 7320.67 / Max: 7406Min: 6830 / Avg: 7187.5 / Max: 7391Min: 5712 / Avg: 6972.17 / Max: 74831. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread

John The Ripper

MinAvgMaxBare Metal304330883177KVM Matching Guest289529783060KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest288428902895OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9Test: BlowfishUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS8001600240032004000
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9Test: BlowfishUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS6001200180024003000Min: 3043 / Avg: 3043 / Max: 3043Min: 3032 / Avg: 3043.33 / Max: 3052Min: 3177 / Avg: 3177 / Max: 3177Min: 2874 / Avg: 2895 / Max: 2922Min: 2904 / Avg: 3059.75 / Max: 3120Min: 2874 / Avg: 2895 / Max: 2922Min: 2850 / Avg: 2883.67 / Max: 29071. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt

Timed HMMer Search

This test searches through the Pfam database of profile hidden markov models. The search finds the domain structure of Drosophila Sevenless protein. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

MinAvgMaxBare Metal22.224.929.8KVM Matching Guest23.526.930.2KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest30.230.330.5OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS918273645
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS714212835Min: 28.15 / Avg: 29.8 / Max: 33.32Min: 22.48 / Avg: 22.73 / Max: 23.22Min: 21.7 / Avg: 22.16 / Max: 22.69Min: 29.61 / Avg: 30.2 / Max: 31.26Min: 22.95 / Avg: 23.51 / Max: 25.15Min: 29.61 / Avg: 30.2 / Max: 31.26Min: 29.57 / Avg: 30.48 / Max: 32.321. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm

Timed MAFFT Alignment

MinAvgMaxBare Metal11.612.613.2KVM Matching Guest12.913.414.0KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest14.014.114.1OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS48121620
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS48121620Min: 12.02 / Avg: 13.06 / Max: 14.49Min: 12.84 / Avg: 13.15 / Max: 13.35Min: 11.54 / Avg: 11.58 / Max: 11.61Min: 12.79 / Avg: 13.97 / Max: 15.76Min: 12.79 / Avg: 12.89 / Max: 13.01Min: 12.79 / Avg: 13.97 / Max: 15.76Min: 13.99 / Avg: 14.13 / Max: 14.391. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

MinAvgMaxBare Metal153.0158.4163.6KVM Matching Guest170.3171.3172.2KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest172.2201.7231.2OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS50100150200250
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS4080120160200Min: 157.72 / Avg: 158.46 / Max: 159.91Min: 162.63 / Avg: 163.64 / Max: 165.41Min: 152 / Avg: 153.02 / Max: 154.8Min: 171.71 / Avg: 172.22 / Max: 172.5Min: 168.22 / Avg: 170.28 / Max: 174.1Min: 171.71 / Avg: 172.22 / Max: 172.5Min: 171.87 / Avg: 231.16 / Max: 429.42

C-Ray

This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

MinAvgMaxBare Metal103.6111.2117.7KVM Matching Guest104.7111.6118.6KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest118.6118.6118.6OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS4080120160200
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS20406080100Min: 117.39 / Avg: 117.65 / Max: 118Min: 112.26 / Avg: 112.38 / Max: 112.6Min: 103.57 / Avg: 103.6 / Max: 103.66Min: 118.42 / Avg: 118.56 / Max: 118.77Min: 104.62 / Avg: 104.67 / Max: 104.69Min: 118.42 / Avg: 118.56 / Max: 118.771. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

MinAvgMaxBare Metal17.017.517.9KVM Matching Guest17.818.218.6KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest17.818.218.6OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS510152025
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS510152025Min: 16.94 / Avg: 17.04 / Max: 17.22Min: 17.54 / Avg: 17.62 / Max: 17.74Min: 17.84 / Avg: 17.86 / Max: 17.89Min: 17.79 / Avg: 17.82 / Max: 17.84Min: 18.51 / Avg: 18.61 / Max: 18.66Min: 17.79 / Avg: 17.82 / Max: 17.84Min: 17.68 / Avg: 18.56 / Max: 21.971. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lpthread -lbz2

FLAC Audio Encoding

MinAvgMaxBare Metal9.910.110.5KVM Matching Guest10.110.310.6KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest10.610.610.6OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1WAV To FLACUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS48121620
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1WAV To FLACUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS3691215Min: 10.46 / Avg: 10.48 / Max: 10.53Min: 9.92 / Avg: 9.93 / Max: 9.96Min: 9.97 / Avg: 10 / Max: 10.05Min: 10.56 / Avg: 10.63 / Max: 10.82Min: 10.03 / Avg: 10.05 / Max: 10.13Min: 10.56 / Avg: 10.63 / Max: 10.82Min: 10.59 / Avg: 10.62 / Max: 10.71. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lm

LAME MP3 Encoding

LAME is an MP3 encoder licensed under the LGPL. This test measures the time required to encode a WAV file to MP3 format. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

MinAvgMaxBare Metal26.126.727.9KVM Matching Guest26.227.128.1KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest28.128.128.1OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS918273645
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS612182430Min: 27.83 / Avg: 27.86 / Max: 27.89Min: 26.12 / Avg: 26.14 / Max: 26.17Min: 26.02 / Avg: 26.07 / Max: 26.1Min: 28.03 / Avg: 28.09 / Max: 28.24Min: 26.13 / Avg: 26.18 / Max: 26.26Min: 28.03 / Avg: 28.09 / Max: 28.24Min: 28.06 / Avg: 28.09 / Max: 28.15

Minion

MinAvgMaxBare Metal291.4300.9313.7KVM Matching Guest311.4324.6337.9KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest337.9342.8347.7OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.12Benchmark: BibdUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS80160240320400
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.12Benchmark: BibdUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS60120180240300Min: 309.74 / Avg: 313.71 / Max: 317.75Min: 297.59 / Avg: 297.66 / Max: 297.7Min: 290.97 / Avg: 291.44 / Max: 291.98Min: 335.29 / Avg: 337.88 / Max: 340.46Min: 309.32 / Avg: 311.36 / Max: 314.24Min: 335.29 / Avg: 337.88 / Max: 340.46Min: 347.27 / Avg: 347.66 / Max: 348.11. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lz -lbz2

MinAvgMaxBare Metal269.3275.6281.5KVM Matching Guest302.4311.0319.6KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest319.0319.3319.6OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.12Benchmark: SolitaireUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS70140210280350
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.12Benchmark: SolitaireUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS60120180240300Min: 275.44 / Avg: 275.88 / Max: 276.58Min: 280.85 / Avg: 281.51 / Max: 282.19Min: 269.12 / Avg: 269.32 / Max: 269.47Min: 319.18 / Avg: 319.55 / Max: 320.02Min: 300.82 / Avg: 302.39 / Max: 304.39Min: 319.18 / Avg: 319.55 / Max: 320.02Min: 317.46 / Avg: 319 / Max: 321.461. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lz -lbz2

Open FMM Nero2D

MinAvgMaxBare Metal8229131092KVM Matching Guest8269671109KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest110911091109OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterOpen FMM Nero2D 2.0.2Total TimeUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS2004006008001000

Smallpt

Smallpt is a C++ global illumination renderer written in less than 100 lines of code. Global illumination is done via unbiased Monte Carlo path tracing and there is multi-threading support via the OpenMP library. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

MinAvgMaxBare Metal212.0221.3230.0KVM Matching Guest214.0223.0232.0KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest232.0233.0234.0OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS60120180240300
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS4080120160200Min: 229 / Avg: 229.67 / Max: 230Min: 222 / Avg: 222 / Max: 222Min: 211 / Avg: 211.67 / Max: 212Min: 231 / Avg: 231.67 / Max: 232Min: 214 / Avg: 214 / Max: 214Min: 231 / Avg: 231.67 / Max: 232Min: 234 / Avg: 234 / Max: 2341. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp

OpenSSL

MinAvgMaxBare Metal50.951.051.3KVM Matching Guest50.450.650.9KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest50.450.450.4OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0eRSA 4096-bit PerformanceUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS1530456075
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0eRSA 4096-bit PerformanceUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS1020304050Min: 50.8 / Avg: 50.85 / Max: 50.9Min: 50.8 / Avg: 50.88 / Max: 50.9Min: 51.2 / Avg: 51.28 / Max: 51.4Min: 49.9 / Avg: 50.35 / Max: 50.6Min: 50.6 / Avg: 50.9 / Max: 51.2Min: 49.9 / Avg: 50.35 / Max: 50.6Min: 50.3 / Avg: 50.38 / Max: 50.41. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

MinAvgMaxBare Metal345137143975KVM Matching Guest331835393759KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest370037303759OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.BUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS11002200330044005500
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.BUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS7001400210028003500Min: 3972.55 / Avg: 3975.1 / Max: 3978.74Min: 3711.16 / Avg: 3714.45 / Max: 3716.93Min: 3443.7 / Avg: 3451.39 / Max: 3456.93Min: 3751.4 / Avg: 3759.43 / Max: 3769.27Min: 3313.67 / Avg: 3317.71 / Max: 3319.77Min: 3751.4 / Avg: 3759.43 / Max: 3769.27Min: 3689.2 / Avg: 3699.87 / Max: 3712.341. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

MinAvgMaxBare Metal455448095099KVM Matching Guest451846234728KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest447544964518OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.AUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS13002600390052006500
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.AUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS9001800270036004500Min: 4771.41 / Avg: 4773.8 / Max: 4775.21Min: 4548.4 / Avg: 4554.18 / Max: 4557.54Min: 5080.42 / Avg: 5098.8 / Max: 5130.46Min: 4454.32 / Avg: 4517.79 / Max: 4575.05Min: 4560.62 / Avg: 4728.36 / Max: 4898.6Min: 4454.32 / Avg: 4517.79 / Max: 4575.05Min: 4458.16 / Avg: 4475.13 / Max: 4487.331. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

MinAvgMaxBare Metal292629743046KVM Matching Guest270627672827KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest282728282830OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: SP.AUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS8001600240032004000
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: SP.AUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS5001000150020002500Min: 3043.46 / Avg: 3045.55 / Max: 3048.86Min: 2948.41 / Avg: 2949.86 / Max: 2951.28Min: 2921.7 / Avg: 2925.72 / Max: 2930.98Min: 2816.47 / Avg: 2826.9 / Max: 2847.18Min: 2647.98 / Avg: 2706.32 / Max: 2752.07Min: 2816.47 / Avg: 2826.9 / Max: 2847.18Min: 2826.99 / Avg: 2830.05 / Max: 2832.231. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

Apache Benchmark

MinAvgMaxBare Metal177001996522303KVM Matching Guest88531187114890KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest779283238853OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.21Static Web Page ServingUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS6K12K18K24K30K
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.21Static Web Page ServingUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS4K8K12K16K20KMin: 17401.83 / Avg: 17699.96 / Max: 18062.25Min: 19074.56 / Avg: 19890.83 / Max: 20617.49Min: 22245.67 / Avg: 22303.3 / Max: 22375Min: 8711.25 / Avg: 8852.98 / Max: 8987.07Min: 14643.54 / Avg: 14889.63 / Max: 15162.22Min: 8711.25 / Avg: 8852.98 / Max: 8987.07Min: 7733.15 / Avg: 7792.47 / Max: 7826.141. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lm -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl

NGINX Benchmark

MinAvgMaxBare Metal241262464125105KVM Matching Guest126021665820713KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest112111190712602OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterNGINX Benchmark 1.0.11Static Web Page ServingUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS6K12K18K24K30K
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestKVM Ubuntu 8.04 GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterNGINX Benchmark 1.0.11Static Web Page ServingUbuntu 8.04.4 LTSUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS4K8K12K16K20KMin: 24094.74 / Avg: 24126.43 / Max: 24166.61Min: 25069.31 / Avg: 25105.4 / Max: 25169.17Min: 24556.79 / Avg: 24692.23 / Max: 24928.94Min: 12537.98 / Avg: 12602.44 / Max: 12651.67Min: 20287.17 / Avg: 20712.61 / Max: 21339.71Min: 12537.98 / Avg: 12602.44 / Max: 12651.67Min: 11158.01 / Avg: 11211.15 / Max: 11271.661. (CC) gcc options: -lpthread -lcrypt -lcrypto -lz

x264

MinAvgMaxBare Metal61.261.261.2KVM Matching Guest58.058.058.0OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2011-12-06H.264 Video EncodingUbuntu 12.04 LTS20406080100
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2011-12-06H.264 Video EncodingUbuntu 12.04 LTS1224364860Min: 60.59 / Avg: 61.21 / Max: 61.56Min: 56.96 / Avg: 58.02 / Max: 58.99

VP8 libvpx Encoding

MinAvgMaxBare Metal14.014.114.2KVM Matching Guest13.513.513.5OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1vpxencUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS510152025
Bare MetalKVM Matching GuestOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1vpxencUbuntu 10.04.4 LTSUbuntu 12.04 LTS48121620Min: 13.89 / Avg: 13.97 / Max: 14.09Min: 13.95 / Avg: 14.2 / Max: 14.43Min: 13.19 / Avg: 13.48 / Max: 13.71. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lvpx -lm -lpthread