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. 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 Matching 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 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 Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS: Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2927/S2927-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 256MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: AL2223W OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-38-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.6, Display Driver: radeon 6.13.0, OpenGL: 1.5 Mesa 7.7.1, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2927/S2927-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: AL2223W OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 31GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Generic 1af4 ID 20, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: QEMU 1.0 KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Qumranet 1002, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 31GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Audio: Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW, 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 1.0 Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 75.16 |=============== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 138.41 |============================ KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 138.41 |============================ Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ........... 76.98 |================ Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 85.30 |================= KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 56.52 |=========== KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 24.25 |===== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 775 |============================== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 337 |============= KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 337 |============= KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 812 |=============================== KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 165 |====== 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 Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 10.24 |===== KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 10.24 |===== Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ........... 52.06 |======================== Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 62.10 |============================= KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 19.21 |========= KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 6.12 |=== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 86 |=============================== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 78 |============================ KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 78 |============================ Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ........... 90 |================================ Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 89 |================================ KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 83 |============================== KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 79 |============================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 437.66 |======================== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 422.45 |======================= KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 422.45 |======================= Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ........... 460.24 |========================= Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 505.28 |============================ KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 506.97 |============================ KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 421.56 |======================= 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 7843 |============================ KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 7188 |========================= KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 7188 |========================= Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ........... 8486 |============================== Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 8415 |============================== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 7321 |========================== KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 6972 |========================= John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 3043 |============================= KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 2895 |=========================== KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 2895 |=========================== Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ........... 3043 |============================= Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 3177 |============================== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 3060 |============================= KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 2884 |=========================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 29.80 |============================ KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 30.20 |============================= KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 30.20 |============================= Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ........... 22.73 |====================== Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 22.16 |===================== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 23.51 |====================== KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 30.48 |============================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 13.06 |=========================== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 13.97 |============================= KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 13.97 |============================= Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ........... 13.15 |=========================== Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 11.58 |======================== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 12.89 |========================== KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 14.13 |============================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 158.46 |=================== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 172.22 |===================== KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 172.22 |===================== Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ........... 163.64 |==================== Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 153.02 |=================== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 170.28 |===================== KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 231.16 |============================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 117.65 |============================ KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 118.56 |============================ KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 118.56 |============================ Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ........... 112.38 |=========================== Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 103.60 |======================== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 104.67 |========================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 17.04 |=========================== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 17.82 |============================ KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 17.82 |============================ Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ........... 17.62 |=========================== Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 17.86 |============================ KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 18.61 |============================= KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 18.56 |============================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 10.48 |============================= KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 10.63 |============================= KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 10.63 |============================= Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ........... 9.93 |=========================== Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 10.00 |=========================== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 10.05 |=========================== KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 10.62 |============================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 27.86 |============================= KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 28.09 |============================= KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 28.09 |============================= Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ........... 26.14 |=========================== Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 26.07 |=========================== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 26.18 |=========================== KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 28.09 |============================= Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Bibd Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 313.71 |========================= KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 337.88 |=========================== KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 337.88 |=========================== Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ........... 297.66 |======================== Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 291.44 |======================= KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 311.36 |========================= KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 347.66 |============================ Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 275.88 |======================== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 319.55 |============================ KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 319.55 |============================ Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ........... 281.51 |========================= Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 269.32 |======================== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 302.39 |========================== KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 319.00 |============================ Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 1091.98 |=========================== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 1109.09 |=========================== KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 1109.09 |=========================== Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ........... 825.31 |==================== Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 822.03 |==================== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 825.72 |==================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 230 |============================== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 232 |=============================== KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 232 |=============================== Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ........... 222 |============================= Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 212 |============================ KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 214 |============================ KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 234 |=============================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ............ 50.85 |============================= KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 50.35 |============================ KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 50.35 |============================ Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ........... 50.88 |============================= Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 51.28 |============================= KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 50.90 |============================= KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 50.38 |============================ 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 Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 3759.43 |========================== KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 3759.43 |========================== Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ........... 3714.45 |========================= Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 3451.39 |======================= KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 3317.71 |======================= KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 3699.87 |========================= 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 Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 4517.79 |======================== KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 4517.79 |======================== Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ........... 4554.18 |======================== Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 5098.80 |=========================== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 4728.36 |========================= KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 4475.13 |======================== 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 Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 2826.90 |========================= KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 2826.90 |========================= Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ........... 2949.86 |========================== Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 2925.72 |========================== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 2706.32 |======================== KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 2830.05 |========================= 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 Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 8852.98 |========== KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 8852.98 |========== Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ........... 19890.83 |======================= Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 22303.30 |========================== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 14889.63 |================= KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 7792.47 |========= 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 Matching Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS .... 12602.44 |============= KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS . 12602.44 |============= Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ........... 25105.40 |========================== Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ............. 24692.23 |========================== KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ..... 20712.61 |===================== KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS .. 11211.15 |============ x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ......... 61.21 |================================= KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 58.02 |=============================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS ....... 13.97 |================================ Bare Metal: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ......... 14.20 |================================= KVM Matching Guest: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS . 13.48 |===============================