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VirtualBox testing on Debian 6.0.5 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Virtualbox: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.36GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Oracle VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 9GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: InnoTek VirtualBox, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit

	OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Driver: vboxvideo 1.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs, System Layer: VirtualBox

VMware 4 cores #1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 1024 MB DRAM, Disk: 9GB VMware Virtual S + 9GB VMware Virtual I, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit

	OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Driver: vmware 11.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs, System Layer: VMware

VMware 4 cores #2: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 1024 MB DRAM, Disk: 9GB VMware Virtual I + 9GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit

	OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: vmware 11.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs, System Layer: VMware

Virtualbox 4 cores #1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.28GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Oracle VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 9GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: InnoTek VirtualBox, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit

	OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: vboxvideo 1.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs, System Layer: VirtualBox

Virtualbox 4 cores #2: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.28GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Oracle VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 9GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: InnoTek VirtualBox, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit

	OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: vboxvideo 1.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs, System Layer: VirtualBox

Bare metal #1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V LX, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB 1600MHz, Disk: 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 1500GB Seagate ST31500341AS, Graphics: NVIDIA Device 1244, Audio: Realtek ALC887, Monitor: HP 2311, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, File-System: xfs

Bare metal #2: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V LX, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB 1600MHz, Disk: 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 1500GB Seagate ST31500341AS, Graphics: NVIDIA Device 1244, Audio: Realtek ALC887, Monitor: HP 2311, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs

Bare metal #3: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V LX, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB 1600MHz, Disk: 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 1500GB Seagate ST31500341AS, Graphics: NVIDIA Device 1244, Audio: Realtek ALC887, Monitor: HP 2311, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs

Bare metal B: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V LX, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB 1600MHz, Disk: 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 1500GB Seagate ST31500341AS, Graphics: NVIDIA Device 1244, Audio: Realtek ALC887, Monitor: HP 2311, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs


Apache Benchmark 2.2.21
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 11598.85 |==============
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 15346.21 |===================
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 11480.35 |==============
Bare metal #1 ......... 36677.94 |=============================================


Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 49.75 |================================================
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 45.37 |============================================
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 49.65 |================================================
Bare metal #1 ......... 29.39 |============================


Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 28.01 |=============================================
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 23.49 |======================================
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 29.57 |================================================
Bare metal #1 ......... 18.74 |==============================


FFmpeg 0.10
AVI To NTSC VCD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 9.02 |=================================================
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 8.76 |===============================================
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 9.07 |=================================================
Bare metal #1 ......... 8.57 |==============================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Blur
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 122 |=========================================
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 121 |=========================================
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 118 |========================================
Bare metal #1 ......... 148 |==================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 84 |============================================
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 63 |=================================
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 61 |================================
Bare metal #1 ......... 97 |===================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 117 |================================
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 153 |==========================================
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 149 |=========================================
Bare metal #1 ......... 182 |==================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 169 |=========================================
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 199 |=================================================
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 193 |===============================================
Bare metal #1 ......... 204 |==================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 84 |=============================================
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 65 |===================================
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 64 |==================================
Bare metal #1 ......... 95 |===================================================


NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 16241.05 |==============
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 48839.33 |=========================================
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 15832.99 |=============
Bare metal #1 ......... 53973.85 |=============================================


OpenSSL 1.0.0e
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 106.15 |==============================================
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 108.05 |===============================================
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 106.00 |==============================================
Bare metal B .......... 108.83 |===============================================


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 87918  |========================================
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 101960 |===============================================
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 87961  |========================================
Bare metal #1 ......... 102431 |===============================================


POV-Ray 3.6.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 581 |=================================================
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 564 |================================================
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 588 |==================================================
Bare metal #1 ......... 561 |================================================


Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Copy
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 12809.28 |=====================================
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 12843.90 |=====================================
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 15606.92 |=============================================


Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Scale
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 11855.46 |====================================
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 12479.44 |======================================
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 14686.09 |=============================================


Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Triad
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 12960.63 |=====================================
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 13446.39 |=======================================
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 15558.40 |=============================================


Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Add
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 12579.13 |======================================
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 13104.55 |=======================================
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 15092.34 |=============================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 2089.27  |======
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 13601.46 |====================================
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 2240.36  |======
Bare metal #1 ......... 17093.73 |=============================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 1088.63  |===
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 14774.27 |======================================
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 2243.59  |======
Bare metal #1 ......... 17513.73 |=============================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 322.51   |=
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 133.03   |
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 112.58   |
Bare metal #1 ......... 17909.18 |=============================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 32
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 188.09   |
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 63.22    |
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 37.04    |
Bare metal #1 ......... 18147.18 |=============================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 312.27 |==============================
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 73.31  |=======
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 404.96 |=======================================
Bare metal #1 ......... 487.14 |===============================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 342.47 |==================================
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 81.91  |========
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 301.58 |==============================
Bare metal #1 ......... 474.93 |===============================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 347.61 |==================================
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 42.54  |====
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 382.38 |=====================================
Bare metal #1 ......... 484.09 |===============================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 32
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 271.93 |===================================
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 23.71  |===
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 122.97 |================
Bare metal #1 ......... 368.66 |===============================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 1805.87  |=======
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 10633.02 |=========================================
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 2008.01  |========
Bare metal #1 ......... 11642.11 |=============================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 1384.04  |=====
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 11579.82 |========================================
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 2036.02  |=======
Bare metal #1 ......... 12967.27 |=============================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 48.41    |
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 7.08     |
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 56.51    |
Bare metal #1 ......... 13716.97 |=============================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 32
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 16.06    |
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 1.80     |
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 16.53    |
Bare metal #1 ......... 14217.22 |=============================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 72.42  |==========
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 1.52   |
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 62.15  |=========
Bare metal #1 ......... 331.76 |===============================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 70.26  |==========
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 0.66   |
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 60.83  |========
Bare metal #1 ......... 340.02 |===============================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 58.03  |========
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 0.40   |
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 58.51  |========
Bare metal #1 ......... 330.83 |===============================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 32
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 43.95  |=======
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 0.33   |
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 39.93  |======
Bare metal #1 ......... 307.14 |===============================================


Unpacking The Linux Kernel
linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Virtualbox ............ 306.31 |===============================================
VMware 4 cores #1 ..... 58.90  |=========
Virtualbox 4 cores #1 . 266.30 |=========================================
Bare metal #1 ......... 9.47   |=