Oracle VirtualBox 4.2 Virtualization - Ubuntu 12.04

Intel Core i7-3517UE Ubuntu Linux benchmarking of Oracle VM VirtualBox virtualization. Benchmarking the Intel Ivy Bridge Linux system bare metal and then with Oracle VirtualBox 4.1.20 and Oracle VirtualBox 4.2 RC1. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Oracle VirtualBox 4.2 Virtualization - Ubuntu 12.04ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionSystem LayerBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores)CompuLab Intense-PCIntel Ivy Bridge DRAM8192MB500GB Hitachi HCC54755Intel Ivy BridgeRealtek ALC888VA2431Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/nUbuntu 12.043.2.0-29-generic (x86_64)Unity 5.14.0X Server 1.11.3intel 2.17.02.1 Mesa 8.0.2GCC 4.6ext41920x1080Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.20GHz (8 Cores)innotek VirtualBox v1.2Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC6144MB52GB VBOX HDDChromiumIntel 82801AA AC 97 AudioVBOX monitorIntel 82540EM Gigabitvboxvideo 1.0.12.11855x1015VirtualBox 4.1.20Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.19GHz (8 Cores)Oracle VirtualBox v1.2VirtualBoxOpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --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++ --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 Disk Details- Bare Metal: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattrProcessor Details- Bare Metal: Scaling Governor: ondemandGraphics Details- Bare Metal: UXASystem Details- Bare Metal: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz was running on this system.- VirtualBox 4.1.20: Compiz was running on this system.- VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1: Compiz was running on this system.

Bare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1Logarithmic Result OverviewPhoronix Test SuiteApache BenchmarkVP8 libvpx EncodingTimed Linux Kernel CompilationNAS Parallel BenchmarksTimed MAFFT Alignmentx264TTSIOD 3D Renderer7-Zip CompressionC-RaySmallptParallel BZIP2 CompressionFFTEOpen FMM Nero2D

Oracle VirtualBox 4.2 Virtualization - Ubuntu 12.04lightsmark: 1920 x 1080nexuiz: 1280 x 1024 - No - Offnexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - No - Offopenarena: 800 x 600openarena: 1920 x 1080openarena: 1280 x 1024npb: EP.Bnpb: LU.Anpb: SP.Anpb: UA.Affte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routinemafft: Multiple Sequence Alignmentttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mappingvpxenc: vpxencx264: H.264 Video Encodingcompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timecompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesnero2d: Total Timeopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performanceapache: Static Web Page ServingBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC147.0549.4336.45171.47161.5233.8357.574200.712669.1816.834042.2013.7844.8213.6355.688120245.16127.3321.29265585.4571.5518524.2364.53310.661128.141.683555.4752.6320.312.6525.114470701.73200.6428.53412625.761919.7266.17333.521131.061.623556.4253.1820.092.7224.6943641124.15194.4028.03383636.921969.71OpenBenchmarking.org

Lightsmark

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterLightsmark 2008Resolution: 1920 x 1080Bare Metal1122334455SE +/- 0.66, N = 647.05

Nexuiz

This is a benchmark of Nexuiz, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game uses the DarkPlaces engine, which is a largely modified version of the Quake engine with extra features such as High Dynamic Range rendering and OpenGL 2.0 shaders. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: No - Sound: OffBare Metal1122334455SE +/- 0.06, N = 349.43

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: OffBare Metal816243240SE +/- 0.09, N = 336.45

OpenArena

This is a test of OpenArena, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game is based upon ioquake3, which in turn uses the GPL version of id Software's Quake 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 800 x 600Bare Metal4080120160200SE +/- 1.23, N = 3171.47

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1920 x 1080Bare Metal4080120160200SE +/- 11.58, N = 6161.52

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1280 x 1024Bare Metal816243240SE +/- 0.58, N = 333.83

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.BBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC11530456075SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 357.5764.5366.171. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.BBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC11326395265Min: 57.48 / Avg: 57.57 / Max: 57.75Min: 63.04 / Avg: 64.53 / Max: 65.47Min: 65.49 / Avg: 66.17 / Max: 67.191. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.ABare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC19001800270036004500SE +/- 333.86, N = 6SE +/- 1.90, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 34200.71310.66333.521. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.ABare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC17001400210028003500Min: 3474.93 / Avg: 4200.71 / Max: 5164.38Min: 306.87 / Avg: 310.66 / Max: 312.77Min: 332.07 / Avg: 333.52 / Max: 334.651. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: SP.ABare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC16001200180024003000SE +/- 173.98, N = 6SE +/- 21.17, N = 6SE +/- 2.15, N = 32669.181128.141131.061. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: SP.ABare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC15001000150020002500Min: 2388.04 / Avg: 2669.18 / Max: 3296.3Min: 1023.98 / Avg: 1128.14 / Max: 1164.94Min: 1126.79 / Avg: 1131.06 / Max: 1133.571. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.ABare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC148121620SE +/- 1.26, N = 6SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 316.831.681.621. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.ABare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC148121620Min: 14.8 / Avg: 16.83 / Max: 20.98Min: 1.63 / Avg: 1.68 / Max: 1.71Min: 1.62 / Avg: 1.62 / Max: 1.621. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

FFTE

FFTE is a package by Daisuke Takahashi to compute Discrete Fourier Transforms of 1-, 2- and 3- dimensional sequences of length (2^p)*(3^q)*(5^r). Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterFFTE 5.0Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT RoutineBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC19001800270036004500SE +/- 1.79, N = 3SE +/- 24.79, N = 3SE +/- 51.79, N = 64042.203555.473556.421. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterFFTE 5.0Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT RoutineBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC17001400210028003500Min: 4039.06 / Avg: 4042.2 / Max: 4045.24Min: 3513.43 / Avg: 3555.47 / Max: 3599.26Min: 3417.7 / Avg: 3556.42 / Max: 3706.631. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread

Timed MAFFT Alignment

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC11224364860SE +/- 0.31, N = 6SE +/- 1.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.90, N = 413.7852.6353.181. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC11122334455Min: 13.03 / Avg: 13.78 / Max: 14.79Min: 50.86 / Avg: 52.63 / Max: 54.45Min: 51.54 / Avg: 53.18 / Max: 55.321. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread

TTSIOD 3D Renderer

OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2wPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC11020304050SE +/- 0.98, N = 6SE +/- 0.41, N = 6SE +/- 0.84, N = 644.8220.3120.091. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -mtune=native -flto -msse -mrecip -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mssse3 -lSDL -lstdc++
OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2wPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1918273645Min: 41.75 / Avg: 44.82 / Max: 48.42Min: 19.14 / Avg: 20.31 / Max: 21.94Min: 17.59 / Avg: 20.09 / Max: 23.671. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -mtune=native -flto -msse -mrecip -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mssse3 -lSDL -lstdc++

VP8 libvpx Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1vpxencBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC148121620SE +/- 0.79, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 313.632.652.721. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lvpx -lm -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1vpxencBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC148121620Min: 10.13 / Avg: 13.63 / Max: 14.97Min: 2.64 / Avg: 2.65 / Max: 2.66Min: 2.68 / Avg: 2.72 / Max: 2.751. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lvpx -lm -lpthread

x264

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2011-12-06H.264 Video EncodingBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC11326395265SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 355.6825.1124.69
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2011-12-06H.264 Video EncodingBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC11122334455Min: 54.64 / Avg: 55.68 / Max: 56.2Min: 24.62 / Avg: 25.11 / Max: 25.59Min: 23.96 / Avg: 24.69 / Max: 25.55

7-Zip Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed TestBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC12K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 24.37, N = 3SE +/- 202.26, N = 6SE +/- 148.84, N = 68120447043641. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed TestBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC114002800420056007000Min: 8090 / Avg: 8119.67 / Max: 8168Min: 3544 / Avg: 4470.33 / Max: 4787Min: 3916 / Avg: 4364.17 / Max: 46921. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC12004006008001000SE +/- 0.61, N = 3SE +/- 3.51, N = 3SE +/- 16.13, N = 3245.16701.731124.15
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC12004006008001000Min: 244.41 / Avg: 245.16 / Max: 246.38Min: 694.72 / Avg: 701.73 / Max: 705.64Min: 1096.53 / Avg: 1124.15 / Max: 1152.39

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.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC14080120160200SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 6.94, N = 6SE +/- 5.49, N = 6127.33200.64194.401. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC14080120160200Min: 127.28 / Avg: 127.33 / Max: 127.36Min: 178.36 / Avg: 200.64 / Max: 212.87Min: 172.76 / Avg: 194.4 / Max: 205.581. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1714212835SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 321.2928.5328.031. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lpthread -lbz2
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1612182430Min: 21.12 / Avg: 21.29 / Max: 21.46Min: 28.39 / Avg: 28.53 / Max: 28.66Min: 27.72 / Avg: 28.03 / Max: 28.331. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lpthread -lbz2

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.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC190180270360450SE +/- 4.94, N = 6SE +/- 6.01, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 32654123831. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC170140210280350Min: 257 / Avg: 264.5 / Max: 289Min: 404 / Avg: 412.33 / Max: 424Min: 381 / Avg: 382.67 / Max: 3851. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp

Open FMM Nero2D

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterOpen FMM Nero2D 2.0.2Total TimeBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1140280420560700585.45625.76636.921. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lfftw3 -llapack -lblas -lgfortran -lquadmath -lm

OpenSSL

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0eRSA 4096-bit PerformanceBare Metal1632486480SE +/- 0.15, N = 471.551. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

Apache Benchmark

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.21Static Web Page ServingBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC14K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 152.89, N = 3SE +/- 77.84, N = 6SE +/- 64.30, N = 618524.231919.721969.711. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lm -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl
OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.21Static Web Page ServingBare MetalVirtualBox 4.1.20VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC13K6K9K12K15KMin: 18260.61 / Avg: 18524.23 / Max: 18790.21Min: 1583.69 / Avg: 1919.72 / Max: 2131.57Min: 1681.73 / Avg: 1969.71 / Max: 2101.751. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lm -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl