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. Bare Metal: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: CompuLab Intense-PC, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HCC54755, Graphics: Intel Ivy Bridge, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.14.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 VirtualBox 4.1.20: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: innotek VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 52GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: Chromium, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Monitor: VBOX monitor, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.14.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: vboxvideo 1.0.1, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1855x1015, System Layer: VirtualBox 4.1.20 VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.19GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Oracle VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 52GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: Chromium, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Monitor: VBOX monitor, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.14.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: vboxvideo 1.0.1, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1855x1015, System Layer: VirtualBox Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 47.05 |=========================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 49.43 |=========================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 36.45 |=========================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 171.47 |========================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 161.52 |========================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 33.83 |=========================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal ........... 57.57 |=========================================== VirtualBox 4.1.20 .... 64.53 |================================================ VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1 . 66.17 |================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal ........... 4200.71 |=============================================== VirtualBox 4.1.20 .... 310.66 |=== VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1 . 333.52 |==== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal ........... 2669.18 |=============================================== VirtualBox 4.1.20 .... 1128.14 |==================== VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1 . 1131.06 |==================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal ........... 16.83 |================================================= VirtualBox 4.1.20 .... 1.68 |===== VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1 . 1.62 |===== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Bare Metal ........... 4042.20 |=============================================== VirtualBox 4.1.20 .... 3555.47 |========================================= VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1 . 3556.42 |========================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal ........... 13.78 |============= VirtualBox 4.1.20 .... 52.63 |================================================ VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1 . 53.18 |================================================= TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Bare Metal ........... 44.82 |================================================= VirtualBox 4.1.20 .... 20.31 |====================== VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1 . 20.09 |====================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal ........... 13.63 |================================================= VirtualBox 4.1.20 .... 2.65 |========== VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1 . 2.72 |========== x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal ........... 55.68 |================================================= VirtualBox 4.1.20 .... 25.11 |====================== VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1 . 24.69 |====================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Bare Metal ........... 8120 |================================================== VirtualBox 4.1.20 .... 4470 |============================ VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1 . 4364 |=========================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal ........... 245.16 |========== VirtualBox 4.1.20 .... 701.73 |============================= VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1 . 1124.15 |=============================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal ........... 127.33 |============================== VirtualBox 4.1.20 .... 200.64 |================================================ VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1 . 194.40 |=============================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal ........... 21.29 |===================================== VirtualBox 4.1.20 .... 28.53 |================================================= VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1 . 28.03 |================================================ Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal ........... 265 |================================= VirtualBox 4.1.20 .... 412 |=================================================== VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1 . 383 |=============================================== Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal ........... 585.45 |============================================ VirtualBox 4.1.20 .... 625.76 |=============================================== VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1 . 636.92 |================================================ OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 71.55 |=========================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal ........... 18524.23 |============================================== VirtualBox 4.1.20 .... 1919.72 |===== VirtualBox 4.2.0 RC1 . 1969.71 |=====