Ubuntu 12.04 AMD vs. Intel Virtualization Intel Core i7-3960X Sandy Bridge Extreme and AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 benchmarking of various Ubuntu 12.04 LTS virtualization options with the Precise Linux 3.2 kernel. Testing of bare metal, Xen, KVM, and Oracle VM VirtualBox virtualization methods from this Intel Sandy Bridge Extreme Edition and AMD Bulldozer systems that were running in the same configuration for the duration of testing. This Linux virtualization benchmarking is for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Ubuntu 12.04 AMD vs. Intel Virtualization Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution System Layer Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores) Intel DX79SI Intel Sandy DMI2 16384MB 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB Realtek ALC892 DELL P2210H Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-20-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.6.0 X Server 1.11.3 radeon 6.14.99 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.6 ext4 1920x1080 QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores) Bochs Red Hat Virtio 12288MB 16GB LLVMpipe Generic 1af4 ID 20 Red Hat Virtio device Unity 2D 5.6.0 cirrus 1.3.2 1024x768 QEMU 1.0 Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores) Xen HVM domU v4.1.2 Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC 26GB Ensoniq ES1370 Xen HVM domU 4.1.2 Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.19GHz (12 Cores) innotek VirtualBox v1.2 41GB VBOX HDD Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio Intel 82540EM Gigabit vesa 2.3.0 VirtualBox 4.1.10_Ubuntur76795 AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores) ASUS Crosshair V Formula AMD nee ATI RD890 16384MB 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB Realtek ALC889 DELL P2210H Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection Unity 5.6.0 radeon 6.14.99 1920x1080 QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 3.61GHz (8 Cores) Bochs Red Hat Virtio 12288MB 16GB LLVMpipe Generic 1af4 ID 20 Red Hat Virtio device Unity 2D 5.6.0 cirrus 1.3.2 1024x768 QEMU 1.0 AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.62GHz (8 Cores) innotek VirtualBox v1.2 Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC 41GB VBOX HDD Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio Intel 82540EM Gigabit vesa 2.3.0 VirtualBox 4.1.10_Ubuntur76795 Intel Core i7 950 @ 3.07GHz (8 Cores) ASUS P6T6 WS REVOLUTION Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R 6 x 2048 MB 1066MHz 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 MI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460/PCIe/SSE2 1024MB (715/1800MHz) Analog Devices AD1989B Realtek RTL8111/8168B 3.2.0-26-generic (x86_64) GNOME 3.2.1 NVIDIA 295.40 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.40 1920x1080 OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3rc2. Compiz was running on this system. - Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3rc2. - Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3rc2. - Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3rc2. - AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3rc2. Compiz was running on this system. - AMD FX-8150: KVM: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3rc2. - AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3rc2. - 2012-07-08 17:35: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3. Compiz and Firefox were running on this system.
Ubuntu 12.04 AMD vs. Intel Virtualization compilebench: Compile compilebench: Initial Create dbench: 1 tiobench: Rand Write - 64MB - 8 vpxenc: vpxenc x264: H.264 Video Encoding graphics-magick: Blur graphics-magick: HWB Color Space graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding graphics-magick: Resizing graphics-magick: Sharpen himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test scimark2: Composite scimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorization scimark2: Fast Fourier Transform scimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiply john-the-ripper: Blowfish hmmer: Pfam Database Search mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment build-imagemagick: Time To Compile build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile c-ray: Total Time compress-lzma: 256MB File Compression compress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compression crafty: Elapsed Time nero2d: Total Time smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance npb: BT.A npb: CG.B npb: EP.B npb: FT.B npb: IS.C npb: LU.A npb: MG.B npb: SP.A npb: UA.A nginx: Static Web Page Serving Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 429.00 220.11 300.55 174.62 23.54 170.44 118 162 85 146 87 1357.24 25015 1062.22 1941.16 307.91 1653.30 6562 12.14 4.89 42.07 65.71 37.37 155.28 6.06 90.96 708.09 21 74.98 16396.46 3307.14 305.52 9102.76 154.57 15393.08 10158.85 9340.36 73.12 17638.33 312.79 159.19 268.33 9.57 19.67 139.51 113 157 83 138 85 1322.15 21319 957.19 1737.26 180.14 1473.43 6270 10.67 7.45 41.31 76.52 39.42 197.93 6.42 93.82 715.72 21 74.85 14094.95 2941.37 297.07 8589.00 84.97 12133.88 8422.94 7007.17 56.96 16675.53 378.65 144.09 255.00 135.89 23.18 156.54 98 146 77 130 81 1351.65 23762 1050.68 1928.90 308.62 1617.43 5657 9.74 7.64 50.36 116.75 39.49 144.33 6.38 92.55 713.81 21 74.98 14979.75 2841.48 297.51 8693.00 153.99 11580.19 7698.61 6944.81 46.09 17788.74 348.64 140.54 113.94 35.86 7.94 27.03 90 134 62 97 66 1258.82 5200 907.17 1644.01 171.66 1384.57 2179 29.94 60.65 58.26 116.36 56.52 209.48 13.53 99.29 749.63 29 71.98 3600.71 675.11 207.84 4871.72 80.94 2537.95 1430.53 1100.63 2.79 3505.38 589.92 228.54 175.65 253.23 19.86 132.08 114 162 67 131 64 631.86 17504 809.54 1754.40 79.16 1066.68 6386 16.72 6.97 56.03 91.20 46.03 152.33 8.33 105.34 1038.73 33 70.35 11870.22 2481.11 177.48 6392.14 107.53 11597.69 4616.18 5441.58 39.08 17706.18 332.38 181.85 152.85 9.59 14.98 113.92 110 155 69 123 82 649.43 14991 748.35 1639.77 83.07 883.72 6162 14.47 11.47 53.87 97.83 46.59 182.35 8.60 107.99 1050.57 34 69.98 10886.52 2339.77 165.26 6044.54 73.72 10624.59 4146.81 4927.24 35.86 19976.40 485.54 144.04 113.37 40.73 15.05 83.81 95 133 58 105 55 547.28 13268 644.20 1418.45 72.65 745.59 5366 16.72 22.06 61.22 111.89 52.27 207.54 9.60 124.63 1239.39 38 61.10 9603.87 2124.70 148.88 5521.19 63.74 9731.97 3554.96 4541.71 32.48 8577.56 361.53 199.84 268.83 194.36 12.97 96.88 95 134 62 111 63 1237.67 14357 831.80 1450.45 213.40 1153.91 3599 15.12 8.17 70.72 109.70 57.12 160.39 11.71 557.46 125 50.33 7957.06 1274.21 170.05 3124.74 124.81 4651.32 3338.10 3127.74 18.84 21962.06 OpenBenchmarking.org
Compile Bench Test: Compile OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 130 260 390 520 650 SE +/- 6.76, N = 3 SE +/- 4.32, N = 6 SE +/- 6.17, N = 3 SE +/- 4.86, N = 5 SE +/- 10.98, N = 3 SE +/- 4.87, N = 6 SE +/- 25.45, N = 6 SE +/- 4.18, N = 3 429.00 312.79 378.65 348.64 589.92 332.38 485.54 361.53
Compile Bench Test: Initial Create OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 6.99, N = 3 SE +/- 2.38, N = 4 SE +/- 1.77, N = 3 SE +/- 2.72, N = 3 SE +/- 2.32, N = 3 SE +/- 4.02, N = 6 SE +/- 2.35, N = 3 SE +/- 3.48, N = 3 220.11 159.19 144.09 140.54 228.54 181.85 144.04 199.84
Dbench Client Count: 1 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 1.71, N = 3 300.55 268.33 255.00 113.94 175.65 152.85 113.37 268.83
Threaded I/O Tester Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.29, N = 4 SE +/- 0.04, N = 4 SE +/- 0.34, N = 4 SE +/- 0.55, N = 8 SE +/- 1.87, N = 4 SE +/- 0.05, N = 4 SE +/- 0.39, N = 4 SE +/- 0.88, N = 4 174.62 9.57 135.89 35.86 253.23 9.59 40.73 194.36
VP8 libvpx Encoding vpxenc OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 23.54 19.67 23.18 7.94 19.86 14.98 15.05 12.97
x264 H.264 Video Encoding OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 1.43, N = 3 SE +/- 1.55, N = 3 SE +/- 2.52, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.57, N = 3 SE +/- 1.65, N = 3 SE +/- 1.69, N = 3 SE +/- 0.83, N = 3 170.44 139.51 156.54 27.03 132.08 113.92 83.81 96.88
GraphicsMagick Operation: Blur OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 118 113 98 90 114 110 95 95
GraphicsMagick Operation: HWB Color Space OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 162 157 146 134 162 155 133 134
GraphicsMagick Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 85 83 77 62 67 69 58 62
GraphicsMagick Operation: Resizing OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 146 138 130 97 131 123 105 111
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 87 85 81 66 64 82 55 63
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 1.94, N = 3 SE +/- 0.63, N = 3 SE +/- 0.48, N = 3 SE +/- 1.45, N = 3 SE +/- 2.49, N = 3 1357.24 1322.15 1351.65 1258.82 631.86 649.43 547.28 1237.67
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 5K 10K 15K 20K 25K SE +/- 101.71, N = 3 SE +/- 343.26, N = 4 SE +/- 146.01, N = 3 SE +/- 93.66, N = 3 SE +/- 51.41, N = 3 SE +/- 224.77, N = 5 SE +/- 46.28, N = 3 SE +/- 150.42, N = 3 25015 21319 23762 5200 17504 14991 13268 14357
SciMark Computational Test: Composite OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 1.30, N = 4 SE +/- 1.82, N = 4 SE +/- 1.40, N = 4 SE +/- 3.59, N = 4 SE +/- 0.99, N = 4 SE +/- 0.36, N = 4 SE +/- 10.03, N = 8 SE +/- 5.49, N = 4 1062.22 957.19 1050.68 907.17 809.54 748.35 644.20 831.80
SciMark Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 1.77, N = 4 SE +/- 5.66, N = 2 SE +/- 3.47, N = 4 SE +/- 15.87, N = 4 SE +/- 3.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.26, N = 4 SE +/- 22.91, N = 8 SE +/- 9.46, N = 4 1941.16 1737.26 1928.90 1644.01 1754.40 1639.77 1418.45 1450.45
SciMark Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 6.32, N = 4 SE +/- 0.38, N = 2 SE +/- 0.95, N = 4 SE +/- 1.03, N = 4 SE +/- 0.07, N = 4 SE +/- 0.09, N = 4 SE +/- 0.95, N = 7 SE +/- 1.11, N = 4 307.91 180.14 308.62 171.66 79.16 83.07 72.65 213.40
SciMark Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 3.19, N = 4 SE +/- 4.84, N = 4 SE +/- 5.47, N = 4 SE +/- 19.10, N = 4 SE +/- 1.60, N = 4 SE +/- 0.96, N = 4 SE +/- 13.47, N = 8 SE +/- 6.20, N = 4 1653.30 1473.43 1617.43 1384.57 1066.68 883.72 745.59 1153.91
John The Ripper Test: Blowfish OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 1400 2800 4200 5600 7000 SE +/- 17.15, N = 3 SE +/- 125.58, N = 3 SE +/- 204.91, N = 6 SE +/- 147.29, N = 6 SE +/- 20.63, N = 3 SE +/- 33.18, N = 3 SE +/- 40.19, N = 3 SE +/- 54.10, N = 3 6562 6270 5657 2179 6386 6162 5366 3599
Timed HMMer Search Pfam Database Search OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.44, N = 5 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 6 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 12.14 10.67 9.74 29.94 16.72 14.47 16.72 15.12
Timed MAFFT Alignment Multiple Sequence Alignment OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 6 SE +/- 0.13, N = 6 SE +/- 0.82, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 6 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 6 SE +/- 0.17, N = 6 4.89 7.45 7.64 60.65 6.97 11.47 22.06 8.17
Timed ImageMagick Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 42.07 41.31 50.36 58.26 56.03 53.87 61.22 70.72
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.63, N = 3 SE +/- 0.69, N = 3 SE +/- 0.87, N = 3 SE +/- 1.78, N = 5 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.96, N = 3 SE +/- 1.43, N = 3 SE +/- 1.23, N = 3 65.71 76.52 116.75 116.36 91.20 97.83 111.89 109.70
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 37.37 39.42 39.49 56.52 46.03 46.59 52.27 57.12
LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.43, N = 3 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.71, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.65, N = 3 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 155.28 197.93 144.33 209.48 152.33 182.35 207.54 160.39
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 256MB File Compression OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 5 SE +/- 0.11, N = 6 SE +/- 0.26, N = 6 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 6 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 6.06 6.42 6.38 13.53 8.33 8.60 9.60 11.71
Crafty Elapsed Time Intel Core i7 3960X AMD FX-8150 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Bare Metal KVM Xen VirtualBox 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 90.96 93.82 92.55 99.29 105.34 107.99 124.63
Open FMM Nero2D Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 Total Time Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 300 600 900 1200 1500 708.09 715.72 713.81 749.63 1038.73 1050.57 1239.39 557.46
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 21 21 21 29 33 34 38 125
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.28, N = 4 SE +/- 0.16, N = 4 SE +/- 0.23, N = 4 SE +/- 0.47, N = 4 SE +/- 0.32, N = 4 SE +/- 0.07, N = 4 SE +/- 0.29, N = 4 SE +/- 0.05, N = 4 74.98 74.85 74.98 71.98 70.35 69.98 61.10 50.33
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: BT.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 4K 8K 12K 16K 20K SE +/- 43.19, N = 3 SE +/- 158.44, N = 3 SE +/- 147.53, N = 3 SE +/- 54.53, N = 3 SE +/- 23.11, N = 3 SE +/- 73.49, N = 3 SE +/- 39.09, N = 3 SE +/- 25.67, N = 3 16396.46 14094.95 14979.75 3600.71 11870.22 10886.52 9603.87 7957.06
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: CG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 700 1400 2100 2800 3500 SE +/- 3.87, N = 3 SE +/- 57.92, N = 6 SE +/- 43.89, N = 6 SE +/- 22.75, N = 6 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 6.78, N = 3 SE +/- 1.75, N = 3 SE +/- 2.04, N = 3 3307.14 2941.37 2841.48 675.11 2481.11 2339.77 2124.70 1274.21
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: EP.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 0.65, N = 3 SE +/- 4.22, N = 6 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 1.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.61, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 2.55, N = 3 305.52 297.07 297.51 207.84 177.48 165.26 148.88 170.05
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: FT.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 2.38, N = 3 SE +/- 3.79, N = 3 SE +/- 8.23, N = 3 SE +/- 64.78, N = 6 SE +/- 13.78, N = 3 SE +/- 7.85, N = 3 SE +/- 14.16, N = 3 SE +/- 6.77, N = 3 9102.76 8589.00 8693.00 4871.72 6392.14 6044.54 5521.19 3124.74
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: IS.C OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 1.39, N = 3 154.57 84.97 153.99 80.94 107.53 73.72 63.74 124.81
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 55.11, N = 3 SE +/- 484.66, N = 6 SE +/- 805.88, N = 6 SE +/- 42.99, N = 3 SE +/- 31.93, N = 3 SE +/- 59.13, N = 3 SE +/- 104.13, N = 3 SE +/- 27.18, N = 3 15393.08 12133.88 11580.19 2537.95 11597.69 10624.59 9731.97 4651.32
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: MG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 24.04, N = 3 SE +/- 629.82, N = 6 SE +/- 715.21, N = 6 SE +/- 85.61, N = 6 SE +/- 11.80, N = 3 SE +/- 18.61, N = 3 SE +/- 267.02, N = 6 SE +/- 44.93, N = 3 10158.85 8422.94 7698.61 1430.53 4616.18 4146.81 3554.96 3338.10
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: SP.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 13.26, N = 3 SE +/- 462.33, N = 6 SE +/- 119.31, N = 4 SE +/- 6.52, N = 3 SE +/- 49.80, N = 3 SE +/- 36.25, N = 3 SE +/- 33.75, N = 3 SE +/- 5.43, N = 3 9340.36 7007.17 6944.81 1100.63 5441.58 4927.24 4541.71 3127.74
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: UA.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 6.08, N = 6 SE +/- 2.58, N = 6 SE +/- 0.07, N = 6 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 73.12 56.96 46.09 2.79 39.08 35.86 32.48 18.84
NGINX Benchmark Static Web Page Serving OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal AMD FX-8150: KVM AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox 2012-07-08 17:35 5K 10K 15K 20K 25K SE +/- 40.72, N = 3 SE +/- 256.40, N = 4 SE +/- 36.94, N = 3 SE +/- 44.99, N = 3 SE +/- 78.75, N = 3 SE +/- 180.29, N = 3 SE +/- 41.85, N = 3 SE +/- 322.13, N = 3 17638.33 16675.53 17788.74 3505.38 17706.18 19976.40 8577.56 21962.06
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