test 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 Virtualbox 4 cores: 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 VMware 4 cores: 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 Bare metal: 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 Xen Dom0: 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-xen-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs, System Layer: Xen 4.0.1 Hypervisor Xen guest: 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-xen-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs, System Layer: Xen 4.0.1 Hypervisor Xen guest 4 cores: Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 4GB OS: Debian Linux 6.0.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs, System Layer: Xen 4.0.1 Hypervisor VMware 4 cores SCSI: 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, 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 Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Virtualbox .......... 11598.85 |=============== VMware 4 cores ...... 15346.21 |==================== Virtualbox 4 cores .. 11480.35 |=============== Bare metal .......... 36677.94 |=============================================== Xen Dom0 ............ 8912.58 |=========== Xen guest ........... 8832.25 |=========== Xen guest 4 cores ... 9037.20 |============ VMware 4 cores SCSI . 15799.66 |==================== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Virtualbox .......... 49.75 |================================================== VMware 4 cores ...... 45.37 |============================================== Virtualbox 4 cores .. 49.65 |================================================== Bare metal .......... 29.39 |============================== Xen Dom0 ............ 31.77 |================================ Xen guest ........... 32.06 |================================ Xen guest 4 cores ... 36.01 |==================================== VMware 4 cores SCSI . 44.25 |============================================ Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Virtualbox .......... 28.01 |=============================================== VMware 4 cores ...... 23.49 |======================================== Virtualbox 4 cores .. 29.57 |================================================== Bare metal .......... 18.74 |================================ Xen Dom0 ............ 26.26 |============================================ Xen guest ........... 26.22 |============================================ Xen guest 4 cores ... 27.01 |============================================== VMware 4 cores SCSI . 23.18 |======================================= FFmpeg 0.10 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better Virtualbox .......... 9.02 |=================================================== VMware 4 cores ...... 8.76 |================================================= Virtualbox 4 cores .. 9.07 |=================================================== Bare metal .......... 8.57 |================================================ Xen Dom0 ............ 8.67 |================================================= Xen guest ........... 8.68 |================================================= Xen guest 4 cores ... 8.74 |================================================= VMware 4 cores SCSI . 8.75 |================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Virtualbox .......... 122 |=========================================== VMware 4 cores ...... 121 |=========================================== Virtualbox 4 cores .. 118 |========================================= Bare metal .......... 148 |==================================================== Xen Dom0 ............ 129 |============================================= Xen guest ........... 132 |============================================== Xen guest 4 cores ... 114 |======================================== VMware 4 cores SCSI . 120 |========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Virtualbox .......... 84 |============================================== VMware 4 cores ...... 63 |================================== Virtualbox 4 cores .. 61 |================================= Bare metal .......... 97 |===================================================== Xen Dom0 ............ 93 |=================================================== Xen guest ........... 93 |=================================================== Xen guest 4 cores ... 62 |================================== VMware 4 cores SCSI . 63 |================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Virtualbox .......... 117 |================================= VMware 4 cores ...... 153 |============================================ Virtualbox 4 cores .. 149 |=========================================== Bare metal .......... 182 |==================================================== Xen Dom0 ............ 146 |========================================== Xen guest ........... 164 |=============================================== Xen guest 4 cores ... 153 |============================================ VMware 4 cores SCSI . 153 |============================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Virtualbox .......... 169 |=========================================== VMware 4 cores ...... 199 |=================================================== Virtualbox 4 cores .. 193 |================================================= Bare metal .......... 204 |==================================================== Xen Dom0 ............ 181 |============================================== Xen guest ........... 187 |================================================ Xen guest 4 cores ... 194 |================================================= VMware 4 cores SCSI . 199 |=================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Virtualbox .......... 84 |=============================================== VMware 4 cores ...... 65 |==================================== Virtualbox 4 cores .. 64 |==================================== Bare metal .......... 95 |===================================================== Xen Dom0 ............ 90 |================================================== Xen guest ........... 90 |================================================== Xen guest 4 cores ... 64 |==================================== VMware 4 cores SCSI . 66 |===================================== NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Virtualbox .......... 16241.05 |============== VMware 4 cores ...... 48839.33 |=========================================== Virtualbox 4 cores .. 15832.99 |============== Bare metal .......... 53973.85 |=============================================== Xen Dom0 ............ 29020.34 |========================= Xen guest ........... 29494.94 |========================== Xen guest 4 cores ... 29715.84 |========================== VMware 4 cores SCSI . 48107.17 |========================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Virtualbox .......... 106.15 |================================================ VMware 4 cores ...... 108.05 |================================================= Virtualbox 4 cores .. 106.00 |================================================ Bare metal .......... 108.83 |================================================= Xen Dom0 ............ 108.68 |================================================= Xen guest ........... 107.38 |================================================ Xen guest 4 cores ... 108.10 |================================================= VMware 4 cores SCSI . 107.83 |================================================= PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Virtualbox .......... 87918 |========================================== VMware 4 cores ...... 101960 |================================================= Virtualbox 4 cores .. 87961 |========================================== Bare metal .......... 102431 |================================================= Xen Dom0 ............ 99536 |================================================ Xen guest ........... 99027 |=============================================== Xen guest 4 cores ... 97144 |============================================== VMware 4 cores SCSI . 101572 |================================================= POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Virtualbox ......... 581 |==================================================== VMware 4 cores ..... 564 |=================================================== Virtualbox 4 cores . 588 |===================================================== Bare metal ......... 561 |=================================================== Xen Dom0 ........... 560 |================================================== Xen guest .......... 562 |=================================================== Xen guest 4 cores .. 564 |=================================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtualbox ......... 12809.28 |======================================= VMware 4 cores ..... 12843.90 |======================================== Virtualbox 4 cores . 15606.92 |================================================ Bare metal ......... 11547.41 |==================================== Xen Dom0 ........... 11434.29 |=================================== Xen guest .......... 11704.50 |==================================== Xen guest 4 cores .. 13361.46 |========================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtualbox ......... 11855.46 |======================================= VMware 4 cores ..... 12479.44 |========================================= Virtualbox 4 cores . 14686.09 |================================================ Bare metal ......... 11324.61 |===================================== Xen Dom0 ........... 11146.20 |==================================== Xen guest .......... 11427.50 |===================================== Xen guest 4 cores .. 12991.27 |========================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtualbox ......... 12960.63 |======================================== VMware 4 cores ..... 13446.39 |========================================= Virtualbox 4 cores . 15558.40 |================================================ Bare metal ......... 12376.93 |====================================== Xen Dom0 ........... 12052.39 |===================================== Xen guest .......... 12552.96 |======================================= Xen guest 4 cores .. 14545.17 |============================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtualbox ......... 12579.13 |======================================== VMware 4 cores ..... 13104.55 |========================================== Virtualbox 4 cores . 15092.34 |================================================ Bare metal ......... 12025.47 |====================================== Xen Dom0 ........... 11726.73 |===================================== Xen guest .......... 12183.62 |======================================= Xen guest 4 cores .. 14106.98 |============================================= 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 ...... 13601.46 |===================================== Virtualbox 4 cores .. 2240.36 |====== Bare metal .......... 17093.73 |=============================================== Xen Dom0 ............ 8122.49 |====================== Xen guest ........... 7485.59 |===================== Xen guest 4 cores ... 8038.02 |====================== VMware 4 cores SCSI . 15280.99 |========================================== 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 ...... 14774.27 |======================================== Virtualbox 4 cores .. 2243.59 |====== Bare metal .......... 17513.73 |=============================================== Xen Dom0 ............ 12448.73 |================================= Xen guest ........... 12421.39 |================================= Xen guest 4 cores ... 7934.74 |===================== VMware 4 cores SCSI . 15994.42 |=========================================== 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 ...... 133.03 | Virtualbox 4 cores .. 112.58 | Bare metal .......... 17909.18 |=============================================== Xen Dom0 ............ 12389.49 |================================= Xen guest ........... 747.55 |== Xen guest 4 cores ... 653.11 |== VMware 4 cores SCSI . 654.39 |== 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 ...... 63.22 | Virtualbox 4 cores .. 37.04 | Bare metal .......... 18147.18 |=============================================== Xen Dom0 ............ 12365.68 |================================ Xen guest ........... 172.09 | Xen guest 4 cores ... 156.59 | VMware 4 cores SCSI . 405.71 |= 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 ...... 73.31 |======= Virtualbox 4 cores .. 404.96 |========================================= Bare metal .......... 487.14 |================================================= Xen Dom0 ............ 461.36 |============================================== Xen guest ........... 333.98 |================================== Xen guest 4 cores ... 355.20 |==================================== VMware 4 cores SCSI . 442.16 |============================================ 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 ...... 81.91 |======== Virtualbox 4 cores .. 301.58 |=============================== Bare metal .......... 474.93 |================================================= Xen Dom0 ............ 467.48 |================================================ Xen guest ........... 327.86 |================================== Xen guest 4 cores ... 332.89 |================================== VMware 4 cores SCSI . 455.52 |=============================================== 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 ...... 42.54 |==== Virtualbox 4 cores .. 382.38 |======================================= Bare metal .......... 484.09 |================================================= Xen Dom0 ............ 371.04 |====================================== Xen guest ........... 274.07 |============================ Xen guest 4 cores ... 278.26 |============================ VMware 4 cores SCSI . 401.51 |========================================= 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 ...... 23.71 |=== Virtualbox 4 cores .. 122.97 |=============== Bare metal .......... 368.66 |============================================= Xen Dom0 ............ 226.65 |=========================== Xen guest ........... 246.95 |============================== Xen guest 4 cores ... 261.07 |================================ VMware 4 cores SCSI . 405.53 |================================================= 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 ...... 10633.02 |=========================================== Virtualbox 4 cores .. 2008.01 |======== Bare metal .......... 11642.11 |=============================================== Xen Dom0 ............ 6088.07 |========================= Xen guest ........... 5631.43 |======================= Xen guest 4 cores ... 5753.05 |======================= VMware 4 cores SCSI . 8960.87 |==================================== 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 ...... 11579.82 |========================================== Virtualbox 4 cores .. 2036.02 |======= Bare metal .......... 12967.27 |=============================================== Xen Dom0 ............ 9057.63 |================================= Xen guest ........... 9242.88 |================================== Xen guest 4 cores ... 5830.27 |===================== VMware 4 cores SCSI . 11624.45 |========================================== 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 ...... 7.08 | Virtualbox 4 cores .. 56.51 | Bare metal .......... 13716.97 |=============================================== Xen Dom0 ............ 9143.89 |=============================== Xen guest ........... 142.32 | Xen guest 4 cores ... 149.79 |= VMware 4 cores SCSI . 72.38 | 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 ...... 1.80 | Virtualbox 4 cores .. 16.53 | Bare metal .......... 14217.22 |=============================================== Xen Dom0 ............ 9135.61 |============================== Xen guest ........... 30.03 | Xen guest 4 cores ... 30.43 | VMware 4 cores SCSI . 20.33 | 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 ...... 1.52 | Virtualbox 4 cores .. 62.15 |========= Bare metal .......... 331.76 |================================================= Xen Dom0 ............ 302.59 |============================================= Xen guest ........... 247.38 |===================================== Xen guest 4 cores ... 277.18 |========================================= VMware 4 cores SCSI . 108.43 |================ 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 ...... 0.66 | Virtualbox 4 cores .. 60.83 |========= Bare metal .......... 340.02 |================================================= Xen Dom0 ............ 261.88 |====================================== Xen guest ........... 271.79 |======================================= Xen guest 4 cores ... 260.88 |====================================== VMware 4 cores SCSI . 103.40 |=============== 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 ...... 0.40 | Virtualbox 4 cores .. 58.51 |========= Bare metal .......... 330.83 |================================================= Xen Dom0 ............ 202.30 |============================== Xen guest ........... 278.53 |========================================= Xen guest 4 cores ... 266.58 |======================================= VMware 4 cores SCSI . 102.57 |=============== 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 ...... 0.33 | Virtualbox 4 cores .. 39.93 |====== Bare metal .......... 307.14 |================================================= Xen Dom0 ............ 214.94 |================================== Xen guest ........... 176.93 |============================ Xen guest 4 cores ... 133.45 |===================== VMware 4 cores SCSI . 86.35 |============== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Virtualbox .......... 306.31 |================================================= VMware 4 cores ...... 58.90 |========= Virtualbox 4 cores .. 266.30 |=========================================== Bare metal .......... 9.47 |== Xen Dom0 ............ 10.22 |== Xen guest ........... 11.16 |== Xen guest 4 cores ... 12.03 |== VMware 4 cores SCSI . 17.37 |===