VM Comparison Virtualization Comparison Baremetal: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0TT740, Chipset: Intel 5000X MCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB PERC 6/i, Graphics: AMD ATI ES1000 128MB, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Baremetal (Performance): Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0TT740, Chipset: Intel 5000X MCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB PERC 6/i, Graphics: AMD ATI ES1000 128MB, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Baremetal (ondemand): Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0TT740, Chipset: Intel 5000X MCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB PERC 6/i, Graphics: AMD ATI ES1000 128MB, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460: Processor: Intel Core i7 875K @ 3.45GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Maximus III Extreme, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB (725/1800MHz), Audio: VIA VT2020, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 5.18.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.14, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0: Processor: Intel Core i7 875K @ 3.45GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Maximus III Extreme, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB (725/1800MHz), Audio: VIA VT2020, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 5.18.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.14, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Ubuntu Server 12.04 native: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0TT740, Chipset: Intel 5000X MCH, Memory: 8 x 2048 MB DDR2-667MHz, Disk: 1000GB PERC 6/i, Graphics: AMD ATI ES1000 128MB, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 PERC 6: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0TT740, Chipset: Intel 5000X MCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB PERC 6/i, Graphics: AMD ATI ES1000 128MB, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 asdf: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0TT740, Chipset: Intel 5000X MCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB PERC 6/i, Graphics: AMD ATI ES1000 128MB, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Arthur 12.04: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: FUJITSU SIEMENS D2030-A2, Chipset: SiS, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 160GB Seagate ST3160812AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE 256MB (450/648MHz), Audio: SiS, Network: Realtek RTL-8169 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.18.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 173.14.35, OpenGL: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 173.14.35, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Baremetal .................. 3614.78 |========================================= Baremetal (Performance) .... 3603.48 |========================================= Baremetal (ondemand) ....... 3614.78 |========================================= Ubuntu Server 12.04 native . 3626.95 |========================================= Arthur 12.04 ............... 1721.33 |=================== Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis (Bayes) Seconds < Lower Is Better Baremetal ............... 23.67 |============= Baremetal (Performance) . 19.83 |=========== Baremetal (ondemand) .... 23.67 |============= Arthur 12.04 ............ 83.76 |============================================== CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Baremetal .................. 14219.27 |======================================== Baremetal (Performance) .... 14225.03 |======================================== Baremetal (ondemand) ....... 14219.27 |======================================== Ubuntu Server 12.04 native . 14219.51 |======================================== Arthur 12.04 ............... 7672.83 |====================== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Password Hasing: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Baremetal ............... 6219 |=============================================== Baremetal (Performance) . 6240 |=============================================== Baremetal (ondemand) .... 6219 |=============================================== Arthur 12.04 ............ 1192 |========= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Baremetal .................. 86.43 |======= Baremetal (Performance) .... 85.25 |====== Baremetal (ondemand) ....... 86.43 |======= Ubuntu Server 12.04 native . 86.15 |======= Arthur 12.04 ............... 553.75 |========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Raytracing, 1600x1200, 16 Threads, 8xAA Seconds < Lower Is Better Baremetal ............... 37.33 |==== Baremetal (Performance) . 37.26 |==== Baremetal (ondemand) .... 37.33 |==== Arthur 12.04 ............ 451.39 |============================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Baremetal .................. 6.69 |=== Baremetal (Performance) .... 6.71 |=== Baremetal (ondemand) ....... 6.69 |=== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 ..... 9.81 |===== Ubuntu Server 12.04 native . 6.67 |=== Arthur 12.04 ............... 86.35 |=========================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Baremetal .................... 15.90 |==================== Baremetal (Performance) ...... 15.77 |=================== Baremetal (ondemand) ......... 15.90 |==================== Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0 . 14.36 |================== Ubuntu Server 12.04 native ... 15.85 |==================== Arthur 12.04 ................. 33.19 |========================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Baremetal .................. 10.30 |=============================== Baremetal (Performance) .... 10.29 |=============================== Baremetal (ondemand) ....... 10.30 |=============================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 ..... 7.95 |======================== Ubuntu Server 12.04 native . 10.30 |=============================== Arthur 12.04 ............... 14.49 |=========================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Baremetal .................. 23.37 |======================== Baremetal (Performance) .... 23.35 |======================== Baremetal (ondemand) ....... 23.37 |======================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 ..... 17.50 |================== Ubuntu Server 12.04 native . 23.37 |======================== Arthur 12.04 ............... 41.91 |=========================================== GnuPG 1.4.10 1GB File Encryption Seconds < Lower Is Better Baremetal .................. 12.20 |========================= Baremetal (Performance) .... 12.21 |========================= Baremetal (ondemand) ....... 12.20 |========================= Ubuntu Server 12.04 native . 12.16 |========================= Arthur 12.04 ............... 21.31 |=========================================== Mencoder 1.1 AVI To LAVC Seconds < Lower Is Better Baremetal .................. 37.31 |======================= Baremetal (Performance) .... 37.37 |======================= Baremetal (ondemand) ....... 37.31 |======================= Ubuntu Server 12.04 native . 37.40 |======================== Arthur 12.04 ............... 68.38 |=========================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Baremetal .................. 61.70 |================================== Baremetal (Performance) .... 61.50 |================================== Baremetal (ondemand) ....... 61.70 |================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 ..... 78.80 |=========================================== Ubuntu Server 12.04 native . 61.50 |================================== Arthur 12.04 ............... 56.03 |=============================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 . 47.94 |===== asdf ................... 37.30 |==== Arthur 12.04 ........... 444.83 |==============================================