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February 13 2013
 
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February 13 2013
 
Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)
February 19 2013
 
KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)
February 18 2013
 
KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)
February 15 2013
 
LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)
February 14 2013
 
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February 21 2013
 
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February 22 2013
 
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February 25 2013
 
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Baremetal (ondemand)

Disk Notes: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3.

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

Disk Notes: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: performance
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3.

Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)

Processor: Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Memory: 14336MB, Disk: 60GB

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.1.2 Hypervisor

Compiler Notes: --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
System Notes: Python 2.7.3.
Disk Mount Options Notes: barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr

KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 14336MB, Disk: 45GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600

KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)

Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 14336MB, Disk: 45GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-23-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600, System Layer: QEMU 1.0

Compiler Notes: --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
System Notes: Python 2.7.3.
Disk Mount Options Notes: data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw

LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)

Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0TT740, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB PERC 6/i, Graphics: 128MB

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Compiler Notes: --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
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: Python 2.7.3.
Disk Mount Options Notes: barrier=1,data=ordered,relatime,rw,user_xattr

ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)

Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 14336MB, Disk: 64GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-23-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware

Compiler Notes: --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
System Notes: Python 2.7.3.
Disk Mount Options Notes: data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw

ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)

Compiler Notes: --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
System Notes: Python 2.7.3.
Disk Mount Options Notes: barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr

ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-38-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware

VM ComparisonProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsNetworkOSKernelCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionSystem LayerBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)2 x Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores)Dell 0TT740Intel 5000X MCH16384MB1000GB PERC 6/iAMD ATI ES1000 128MBBroadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 GigabitUbuntu 12.043.2.0-37-generic (x86_64)GCC 4.6ext41024x768Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores)14336MB60GBXen 4.1.2 HypervisorIntel Core 2 Duo T7700 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores)BochsRed Hat Virtio45GBCirrus Logic GD 5446Red Hat Virtio device800x600QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores)3.5.0-23-generic (x86_64)QEMU 1.02 x Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores)Dell 0TT74016384MB1000GB PERC 6/i128MB3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64)1024x768Intel 440BXIntel 440BX/ZX/DX14336MB64GB Virtual diskVMware SVGA IIIntel 82545EM Gigabit3.5.0-23-generic (x86_64)VMware3.2.0-38-generic (x86_64)OpenBenchmarking.orgDisk Details- Baremetal (ondemand), Baremetal (Performance): CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattrProcessor Details- Baremetal (ondemand): Scaling Governor: ondemand- Baremetal (Performance): Scaling Governor: performance- LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): Scaling Governor: ondemandSystem Details- Baremetal (ondemand): Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3.- Baremetal (Performance): Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3.- Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): Python 2.7.3.- KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): Python 2.7.3.- KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): Python 2.7.3.- LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): Python 2.7.3.- ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools): Python 2.7.3.- ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools): Python 2.7.3.- ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools): Python 2.7.3.Compiler Details- Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS), KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS), KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS), LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS), ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools), ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools), ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools): --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 Mount Options Details- Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr- KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr- KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw- LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): barrier=1,data=ordered,relatime,rw,user_xattr- ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools): data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw- ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools): barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr- ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools): barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr

Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)Logarithmic Result OverviewPhoronix Test SuiteSQLiteFlexible IO Testerhdparm Timed Disk ReadsPostgreSQL pgbenchCompile BenchTimed Linux Kernel CompilationTimed MrBayes AnalysisNGINX BenchmarkThreaded I/O TesterApache BenchmarkFS-MarkRAMspeed SMPIOzonePostMarkBlogBenchGzip CompressionParallel BZIP2 CompressionJohn The RipperPyBenchGnuPGPHPBenchLAME MP3 EncodingC-RayMencoderFFTEFLAC Audio EncodingOpenSSLCacheBench

VM Comparisonfio: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Patternsqlite: Default Test Directoryfs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Sizefs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSyncblogbench: Readhdparm-read: /dev/sdaiozone: 1MB - 32GB - Read Performanceiozone: 1MB - 8GB - Write Performanceiozone: 64kB - 32GB - Read Performanceiozone: 64kB - 8GB - Write Performancetiobench: Seq Read - 1.024 MB - 32 - 64 k Block Size - Total 32 GBtiobench: Rand Read - 128 MB - 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 4 GBtiobench: Rand Write - 2 MB - 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 64 MBtiobench: Rand Write - 64 MB - 16 - 4 k Block Size - Total 1 GBtiobench: Seq Write - 128 MB - 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 4 GBcompilebench: Compilepostmark: NetApp Disk Transaction Performanceramspeed: Triad - Integerramspeed: Triad - Floating Pointffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routinemrbayes: Primate Phylogeny Analysis (Bayes)cachebench: Read / Modify / Writejohn-the-ripper: Blowfishbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilec-ray: Raytracing, 1600x1200, 16 Threads, 8xAAcompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressioncompress-gzip: 2GB File Compressionencode-flac: WAV To FLACencode-mp3: WAV To MP3gnupg: 1GB File Encryptionmencoder: AVI To LAVCpybench: Python Benchmark Suitephpbench: PHP Benchmark Suitecyclictest: POSIX Timer, Interval 500 ms, 100000 Loopscyclictest: POSIX Timer, Interval 10000 ms, 10000 Loopscyclictest: clock_nanosleep TIME_ABSTIME, Interval 500 ms, 100000 Loopscyclictest: clock_nanosleep TIME_ABSTIME, Interval 10000 ms, 10000 Loopsopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancepgbench: PostgreSQL TPC-B Transactions Per Secondnginx: Static Web Page Servingapache: Static Web Page ServingBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)2571.1710.65134.38945.67344940128.83139.47128.03139.23128.5391.704248.86853.297.27126.83353.4023955157.285317.753614.7823.6714219.27621986.4337.336.6915.9010.3023.3712.2037.312956604267106861.702541.7114187.4814486.262592.0911.52135.63928.23345025128.85137.92128.30138.92128.7091.894222.69827.647.33125.90353.8724035156.485321.303603.4819.8314225.03624085.2537.266.7115.7710.2923.3512.2137.37293860369685761.502596.3714174.4412787.702618.0015.70121.13744.10326710121.76120.79117.75120.86118.0875.461628.56647.356.96116.49298.7717243594.223811.913573.9630.2114098.966064103.9838.287.1918.2510.3623.9912.5637.832973587297173687161.101379.4710100.599219.402540.8332.58124.75953.93321802116.53132.24121.94133.86122.2585.583436.15498.157.00121.12288.8219844566.425185.523568.1338.4714159.845926182.9137.597.3417.6410.3623.5912.3037.852976595526061535961.371389.0314508.9710814.30698.7424.80128.63962.00322967378.6692.43111.6065.67120.0064.023628.25138.296.78120.50133.2619425033.525185.253593.4935.5514147.346144185.7937.587.6817.9010.3523.6012.4637.823038588616158535961.131359.1715282.5011346.782567.48600.4362.43930.87332072133.17137.26126.75137.37124.8790.973560.32915.807.13124.11338.4622455149.905312.113576.8824.8614218.59624087.2837.316.7116.0710.2523.3812.1937.4129605946061.703634.9211181.3411201.482635.5020.49112.27909.83271151177.78116.23108.23118.43108.2975.673546.89944.326.42105.72292.7022194696.324635.423593.9522.9014151.136151108.4237.577.0917.2910.3523.5812.3438.102972598842831232761.271985.9716907.1911292.322611.8418.71112.10949.73273386173.00118.50107.22118.76107.6379.753043.71723.996.44106.15297.0022124586.773721.693601.0422.9214177.796049109.1037.617.1217.0210.3223.5012.3137.842969598223244774961.432103.8815798.4810868.932613.1618.62112.50942.63274919171.82118.23107.69118.57107.2879.773292.29738.156.45106.28288.0822253811.864615.153597.5423.0214175.835968109.1537.597.1916.9910.3323.5312.3337.852965597692929232861.072115.3416290.4610997.24OpenBenchmarking.org

Flexible IO Tester

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds (Run Time), Fewer Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 1.57Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access PatternKVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)6001200180024003000SE +/- 28.61, N = 6SE +/- 10.65, N = 3SE +/- 10.86, N = 3SE +/- 15.68, N = 3SE +/- 94.86, N = 3SE +/- 8.22, N = 3SE +/- 3.51, N = 3SE +/- 26.50, N = 3SE +/- 16.59, N = 3698.742540.832567.482571.172592.092611.842613.162618.002635.50
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds (Run Time), Fewer Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 1.57Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access PatternKVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)5001000150020002500Min: 566.24 / Avg: 698.74 / Max: 753.03Min: 2525.25 / Avg: 2540.83 / Max: 2561.19Min: 2550.74 / Avg: 2567.48 / Max: 2587.84Min: 2542.14 / Avg: 2571.17 / Max: 2595.96Min: 2403.67 / Avg: 2592.09 / Max: 2705.53Min: 2595.95 / Avg: 2611.84 / Max: 2623.46Min: 2607.91 / Avg: 2613.16 / Max: 2619.83Min: 2566.34 / Avg: 2618 / Max: 2654.12Min: 2606.78 / Avg: 2635.5 / Max: 2664.26

SQLite

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSQLite 3.7.3Test Target: Default Test DirectoryBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)130260390520650SE +/- 0.19, N = 6SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 5SE +/- 0.35, N = 6SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 310.6511.5215.7018.6218.7120.4924.8032.58600.431. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -ldl -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSQLite 3.7.3Test Target: Default Test DirectoryBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)110220330440550Min: 10.21 / Avg: 10.65 / Max: 11.23Min: 11.47 / Avg: 11.52 / Max: 11.6Min: 15.64 / Avg: 15.7 / Max: 15.81Min: 18.31 / Avg: 18.62 / Max: 18.83Min: 18.33 / Avg: 18.71 / Max: 19Min: 19.56 / Avg: 20.49 / Max: 21.33Min: 24.13 / Avg: 24.8 / Max: 26.48Min: 31.66 / Avg: 32.58 / Max: 33.78Min: 600.36 / Avg: 600.43 / Max: 600.521. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -ldl -lpthread

FS-Mark

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)306090120150SE +/- 2.18, N = 3SE +/- 2.34, N = 4SE +/- 1.39, N = 3SE +/- 2.62, N = 6SE +/- 0.86, N = 3SE +/- 1.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.81, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3135.63134.38128.63124.75121.13112.50112.27112.1062.431. (CC) gcc options: -static
OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)306090120150Min: 132.7 / Avg: 135.63 / Max: 139.9Min: 130.9 / Avg: 134.38 / Max: 141.1Min: 125.9 / Avg: 128.63 / Max: 130.4Min: 113.4 / Avg: 124.75 / Max: 133.1Min: 119.9 / Avg: 121.13 / Max: 122.8Min: 110.2 / Avg: 112.5 / Max: 115.9Min: 111.2 / Avg: 112.27 / Max: 113.5Min: 111.1 / Avg: 112.1 / Max: 113.7Min: 62.4 / Avg: 62.43 / Max: 62.51. (CC) gcc options: -static

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSyncKVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)Baremetal (ondemand)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (Performance)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)2004006008001000SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 4.14, N = 3SE +/- 1.23, N = 3SE +/- 2.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 9.66, N = 3SE +/- 4.34, N = 3962.00953.93949.73945.67942.63930.87928.23909.83744.101. (CC) gcc options: -static
OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSyncKVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)Baremetal (ondemand)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (Performance)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)2004006008001000Min: 961.5 / Avg: 962 / Max: 962.4Min: 953 / Avg: 953.93 / Max: 954.9Min: 941.7 / Avg: 949.73 / Max: 955.5Min: 943.3 / Avg: 945.67 / Max: 947.4Min: 940.1 / Avg: 942.63 / Max: 946.6Min: 930.2 / Avg: 930.87 / Max: 931.3Min: 928.1 / Avg: 928.23 / Max: 928.4Min: 890.8 / Avg: 909.83 / Max: 922.2Min: 735.7 / Avg: 744.1 / Max: 750.21. (CC) gcc options: -static

BlogBench

OpenBenchmarking.orgFinal Score, More Is BetterBlogBench 1.0Test: ReadBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)70K140K210K280K350KSE +/- 1213.95, N = 3SE +/- 3281.65, N = 3SE +/- 3394.91, N = 3SE +/- 569.96, N = 3SE +/- 3642.91, N = 3SE +/- 3140.35, N = 3SE +/- 2901.24, N = 3SE +/- 1204.34, N = 3SE +/- 1532.16, N = 33450253449403320723267103229673218022749192733862711511. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgFinal Score, More Is BetterBlogBench 1.0Test: ReadBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)60K120K180K240K300KMin: 342673 / Avg: 345025.33 / Max: 346722Min: 340973 / Avg: 344940.33 / Max: 351452Min: 327217 / Avg: 332071.67 / Max: 338610Min: 325807 / Avg: 326710 / Max: 327764Min: 318035 / Avg: 322966.67 / Max: 330077Min: 316826 / Avg: 321802.33 / Max: 327609Min: 270438 / Avg: 274919 / Max: 280352Min: 271470 / Avg: 273385.67 / Max: 275608Min: 268475 / Avg: 271151 / Max: 2737821. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread

hdparm Timed Disk Reads

The hdparm utility is used for simple benchmarking the system's hard drive. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is Betterhdparm Timed Disk ReadsDisk To Read: /dev/sdaKVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)80160240320400SE +/- 56.81, N = 10SE +/- 0.37, N = 5SE +/- 0.72, N = 5SE +/- 0.84, N = 5SE +/- 0.77, N = 5SE +/- 7.78, N = 10SE +/- 9.24, N = 10SE +/- 1.42, N = 5SE +/- 7.77, N = 10378.66177.78173.00171.82133.17128.85128.83121.76116.53
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is Betterhdparm Timed Disk ReadsDisk To Read: /dev/sdaKVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)70140210280350Min: 50.58 / Avg: 378.66 / Max: 586.38Min: 177.02 / Avg: 177.78 / Max: 179.15Min: 170.29 / Avg: 173 / Max: 174.63Min: 169.14 / Avg: 171.82 / Max: 173.88Min: 130.54 / Avg: 133.17 / Max: 134.67Min: 59.2 / Avg: 128.85 / Max: 140.8Min: 45.94 / Avg: 128.83 / Max: 143Min: 116.09 / Avg: 121.76 / Max: 123.51Min: 46.93 / Avg: 116.53 / Max: 127.9

IOzone

The IOzone benchmark tests the hard disk drive / file-system performance. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 32GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)306090120150SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.65, N = 3SE +/- 0.71, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 18.52, N = 3139.47137.92137.26132.24120.79118.50118.23116.2392.431. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 32GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)306090120150Min: 139.1 / Avg: 139.47 / Max: 139.95Min: 137.68 / Avg: 137.92 / Max: 138.27Min: 136.11 / Avg: 137.26 / Max: 138.35Min: 131.11 / Avg: 132.24 / Max: 133.55Min: 120.55 / Avg: 120.79 / Max: 121.24Min: 117.45 / Avg: 118.5 / Max: 119.25Min: 117.82 / Avg: 118.23 / Max: 118.75Min: 115.68 / Avg: 116.23 / Max: 116.83Min: 57.01 / Avg: 92.43 / Max: 119.541. (CC) gcc options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)306090120150SE +/- 0.79, N = 3SE +/- 0.65, N = 3SE +/- 1.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.80, N = 3SE +/- 7.78, N = 6SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3128.30128.03126.75121.94117.75111.60108.23107.69107.221. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)20406080100Min: 126.74 / Avg: 128.3 / Max: 129.27Min: 126.74 / Avg: 128.03 / Max: 128.83Min: 124.16 / Avg: 126.75 / Max: 128.75Min: 120.82 / Avg: 121.94 / Max: 122.78Min: 116.44 / Avg: 117.75 / Max: 119.21Min: 72.89 / Avg: 111.6 / Max: 121.21Min: 107.96 / Avg: 108.23 / Max: 108.56Min: 107.64 / Avg: 107.69 / Max: 107.71Min: 107.16 / Avg: 107.22 / Max: 107.271. (CC) gcc options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64kB - File Size: 32GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)306090120150SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.80, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 24.89, N = 3139.23138.92137.37133.86120.86118.76118.57118.4365.671. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64kB - File Size: 32GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)306090120150Min: 138.36 / Avg: 139.23 / Max: 139.86Min: 138.55 / Avg: 138.92 / Max: 139.21Min: 135.86 / Avg: 137.37 / Max: 138.58Min: 133.62 / Avg: 133.86 / Max: 134.25Min: 119.94 / Avg: 120.86 / Max: 121.77Min: 118.42 / Avg: 118.76 / Max: 119.08Min: 117.34 / Avg: 118.57 / Max: 119.39Min: 117.62 / Avg: 118.43 / Max: 119.27Min: 18.49 / Avg: 65.67 / Max: 102.991. (CC) gcc options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64kB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)306090120150SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 1.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3128.70128.53124.87122.25120.00118.08108.29107.63107.281. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64kB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)20406080100Min: 128.42 / Avg: 128.7 / Max: 129.04Min: 127.55 / Avg: 128.53 / Max: 129.11Min: 123.79 / Avg: 124.87 / Max: 125.62Min: 121.79 / Avg: 122.25 / Max: 122.8Min: 117.21 / Avg: 120 / Max: 121.64Min: 117.24 / Avg: 118.08 / Max: 119.07Min: 108.01 / Avg: 108.29 / Max: 108.69Min: 107.4 / Avg: 107.63 / Max: 107.81Min: 107.05 / Avg: 107.28 / Max: 107.751. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Threaded I/O Tester

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Sequential Read - Size Per Thread: 1.024 MB - Thread Count: 32 - 64 k Block Size - Total 32 GBBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)20406080100SE +/- 0.53, N = 4SE +/- 0.45, N = 4SE +/- 0.65, N = 4SE +/- 0.30, N = 4SE +/- 0.43, N = 4SE +/- 0.05, N = 4SE +/- 0.86, N = 4SE +/- 0.31, N = 4SE +/- 1.66, N = 891.8991.7090.9785.5879.7779.7575.6775.4664.02
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Sequential Read - Size Per Thread: 1.024 MB - Thread Count: 32 - 64 k Block Size - Total 32 GBBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)20406080100Min: 90.31 / Avg: 91.89 / Max: 92.51Min: 90.69 / Avg: 91.7 / Max: 92.67Min: 89.26 / Avg: 90.97 / Max: 92.4Min: 85.18 / Avg: 85.58 / Max: 86.46Min: 78.52 / Avg: 79.77 / Max: 80.37Min: 79.66 / Avg: 79.75 / Max: 79.87Min: 73.14 / Avg: 75.67 / Max: 76.91Min: 74.73 / Avg: 75.46 / Max: 76.23Min: 56.11 / Avg: 64.02 / Max: 69.94

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 128 MB - Thread Count: 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 4 GBBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)9001800270036004500SE +/- 29.07, N = 4SE +/- 17.25, N = 4SE +/- 213.84, N = 8SE +/- 22.63, N = 4SE +/- 232.01, N = 8SE +/- 2.92, N = 4SE +/- 168.71, N = 8SE +/- 354.77, N = 8SE +/- 4.99, N = 44248.864222.693628.253560.323546.893436.153292.293043.711628.56
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 128 MB - Thread Count: 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 4 GBBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)7001400210028003500Min: 4191.12 / Avg: 4248.86 / Max: 4318.24Min: 4173.9 / Avg: 4222.69 / Max: 4255.17Min: 2218.28 / Avg: 3628.25 / Max: 3967.75Min: 3507.39 / Avg: 3560.32 / Max: 3611.36Min: 2497.55 / Avg: 3546.89 / Max: 4214Min: 3431.33 / Avg: 3436.15 / Max: 3444.57Min: 2168.67 / Avg: 3292.29 / Max: 3633.4Min: 720.94 / Avg: 3043.71 / Max: 3579.92Min: 1620.87 / Avg: 1628.56 / Max: 1643.22

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 2 MB - Thread Count: 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 64 MBESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)2004006008001000SE +/- 42.27, N = 8SE +/- 34.73, N = 8SE +/- 41.68, N = 8SE +/- 36.48, N = 8SE +/- 23.86, N = 8SE +/- 26.60, N = 8SE +/- 8.02, N = 8SE +/- 44.52, N = 8SE +/- 22.00, N = 8944.32915.80853.29827.64738.15723.99647.35498.15138.29
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 2 MB - Thread Count: 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 64 MBESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)170340510680850Min: 734.25 / Avg: 944.32 / Max: 1026.66Min: 758.13 / Avg: 915.8 / Max: 1041.4Min: 711.18 / Avg: 853.29 / Max: 1043.61Min: 683.63 / Avg: 827.64 / Max: 1045.61Min: 682.39 / Avg: 738.15 / Max: 852.81Min: 637.51 / Avg: 723.99 / Max: 880.93Min: 619.13 / Avg: 647.35 / Max: 679.17Min: 276.03 / Avg: 498.15 / Max: 591.69Min: 71.69 / Avg: 138.29 / Max: 248.9

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64 MB - Thread Count: 16 - 4 k Block Size - Total 1 GBBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)246810SE +/- 0.08, N = 4SE +/- 0.07, N = 4SE +/- 0.04, N = 4SE +/- 0.08, N = 4SE +/- 0.05, N = 4SE +/- 0.11, N = 8SE +/- 0.03, N = 4SE +/- 0.03, N = 4SE +/- 0.03, N = 47.337.277.137.006.966.786.456.446.42
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64 MB - Thread Count: 16 - 4 k Block Size - Total 1 GBBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)3691215Min: 7.19 / Avg: 7.33 / Max: 7.52Min: 7.16 / Avg: 7.27 / Max: 7.44Min: 7.03 / Avg: 7.13 / Max: 7.2Min: 6.81 / Avg: 7 / Max: 7.16Min: 6.87 / Avg: 6.96 / Max: 7.11Min: 6.06 / Avg: 6.78 / Max: 7.13Min: 6.39 / Avg: 6.45 / Max: 6.53Min: 6.35 / Avg: 6.44 / Max: 6.52Min: 6.39 / Avg: 6.42 / Max: 6.49

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Sequential Write - Size Per Thread: 128 MB - Thread Count: 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 4 GBBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)306090120150SE +/- 1.68, N = 4SE +/- 0.71, N = 4SE +/- 0.65, N = 4SE +/- 0.65, N = 4SE +/- 0.63, N = 4SE +/- 0.72, N = 4SE +/- 0.19, N = 4SE +/- 0.26, N = 4SE +/- 0.42, N = 4126.83125.90124.11121.12120.50116.49106.28106.15105.72
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Sequential Write - Size Per Thread: 128 MB - Thread Count: 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 4 GBBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)20406080100Min: 121.9 / Avg: 126.83 / Max: 129.29Min: 124.03 / Avg: 125.9 / Max: 127.38Min: 123.08 / Avg: 124.11 / Max: 125.9Min: 119.42 / Avg: 121.12 / Max: 122.51Min: 118.72 / Avg: 120.5 / Max: 121.42Min: 114.91 / Avg: 116.49 / Max: 118.14Min: 105.71 / Avg: 106.28 / Max: 106.56Min: 105.7 / Avg: 106.15 / Max: 106.73Min: 104.86 / Avg: 105.72 / Max: 106.72

Compile Bench

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)80160240320400SE +/- 5.08, N = 3SE +/- 5.14, N = 3SE +/- 5.52, N = 3SE +/- 1.89, N = 3SE +/- 1.61, N = 3SE +/- 4.47, N = 6SE +/- 4.03, N = 6SE +/- 4.36, N = 3SE +/- 30.07, N = 6353.87353.40338.46298.77297.00292.70288.82288.08133.26
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)60120180240300Min: 343.71 / Avg: 353.87 / Max: 359.04Min: 343.15 / Avg: 353.4 / Max: 359.15Min: 327.42 / Avg: 338.46 / Max: 344.12Min: 295 / Avg: 298.77 / Max: 300.75Min: 293.82 / Avg: 297 / Max: 299.06Min: 270.9 / Avg: 292.7 / Max: 301.13Min: 270.83 / Avg: 288.82 / Max: 300.93Min: 282.42 / Avg: 288.08 / Max: 296.66Min: 62.36 / Avg: 133.26 / Max: 240.55

PostMark

This is a test of NetApp's PostMark benchmark designed to simulate small-file testing similar to the tasks endured by web and mail servers. This test profile will set PostMark to perform 25,000 transactions with 500 files simultaneously with the file sizes ranging between 5 and 512 kilobytes. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51NetApp Disk Transaction PerformanceBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)5001000150020002500SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 7.67, N = 3SE +/- 6.67, N = 3SE +/- 13.33, N = 3SE +/- 6.67, N = 3SE +/- 11.55, N = 3SE +/- 15.67, N = 3SE +/- 5.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 32403239522452225221922121984194217241. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51NetApp Disk Transaction PerformanceBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)400800120016002000Min: 2403 / Avg: 2403 / Max: 2403Min: 2380 / Avg: 2395.33 / Max: 2403Min: 2232 / Avg: 2245.33 / Max: 2252Min: 2212 / Avg: 2225.33 / Max: 2252Min: 2212 / Avg: 2218.67 / Max: 2232Min: 2192 / Avg: 2212 / Max: 2232Min: 1953 / Avg: 1984.33 / Max: 2000Min: 1937 / Avg: 1942.33 / Max: 1953Min: 1724 / Avg: 1724 / Max: 17241. (CC) gcc options: -O3

RAMspeed SMP

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterRAMspeed SMP 3.5.0Type: Triad - Benchmark: IntegerBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)110022003300440055005157.285156.485149.905033.524696.324586.774566.423811.863594.22

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterRAMspeed SMP 3.5.0Type: Triad - Benchmark: Floating PointBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)110022003300440055005321.305317.755312.115185.525185.254635.424615.153811.913721.69

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 RoutineBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)8001600240032004000SE +/- 11.57, N = 3SE +/- 13.91, N = 3SE +/- 0.57, N = 3SE +/- 6.15, N = 3SE +/- 4.02, N = 3SE +/- 1.69, N = 3SE +/- 49.70, N = 3SE +/- 17.08, N = 3SE +/- 19.82, N = 33614.783603.483601.043597.543593.953593.493576.883573.963568.131. (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 RoutineBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)6001200180024003000Min: 3591.64 / Avg: 3614.78 / Max: 3626.79Min: 3579.29 / Avg: 3603.48 / Max: 3627.48Min: 3599.92 / Avg: 3601.04 / Max: 3601.77Min: 3585.25 / Avg: 3597.54 / Max: 3603.79Min: 3586.95 / Avg: 3593.95 / Max: 3600.89Min: 3590.14 / Avg: 3593.49 / Max: 3595.58Min: 3477.48 / Avg: 3576.88 / Max: 3627.09Min: 3543.65 / Avg: 3573.96 / Max: 3602.76Min: 3529.7 / Avg: 3568.13 / Max: 3595.771. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread

Timed MrBayes Analysis

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2Primate Phylogeny Analysis (Bayes)Baremetal (Performance)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)918273645SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 319.8322.9022.9223.0223.6724.8630.2135.5538.47
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2Primate Phylogeny Analysis (Bayes)Baremetal (Performance)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)816243240Min: 19.61 / Avg: 19.83 / Max: 20.03Min: 22.78 / Avg: 22.9 / Max: 23.11Min: 22.86 / Avg: 22.92 / Max: 22.99Min: 22.84 / Avg: 23.02 / Max: 23.24Min: 23.47 / Avg: 23.67 / Max: 24.06Min: 24.54 / Avg: 24.86 / Max: 25.39Min: 29.8 / Avg: 30.21 / Max: 30.48Min: 35.18 / Avg: 35.55 / Max: 36.08Min: 38.25 / Avg: 38.47 / Max: 38.67

CacheBench

This is a performance test of CacheBench, which is part of LLCbench. CacheBench is designed to test the memory and cache bandwidth performance Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCacheBenchTest: Read / Modify / WriteBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 6.60, N = 3SE +/- 7.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 7.19, N = 3SE +/- 5.37, N = 3SE +/- 18.04, N = 314225.0314219.2714218.5914177.7914175.8314159.8414151.1314147.3414098.961. (CC) gcc options: -lrt
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCacheBenchTest: Read / Modify / WriteBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)2K4K6K8K10KMin: 14224.94 / Avg: 14225.03 / Max: 14225.14Min: 14219.23 / Avg: 14219.27 / Max: 14219.31Min: 14217.83 / Avg: 14218.59 / Max: 14219.12Min: 14167.16 / Avg: 14177.79 / Max: 14189.9Min: 14163.33 / Avg: 14175.83 / Max: 14189.26Min: 14158.24 / Avg: 14159.84 / Max: 14161.26Min: 14139.55 / Avg: 14151.13 / Max: 14164.3Min: 14137.39 / Avg: 14147.34 / Max: 14155.83Min: 14064.41 / Avg: 14098.96 / Max: 14125.211. (CC) gcc options: -lrt

John The Ripper

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Password Hasing: BlowfishLXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)13002600390052006500SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 20.67, N = 3SE +/- 20.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 16.00, N = 3SE +/- 96.70, N = 6SE +/- 79.63, N = 6SE +/- 225.30, N = 66240624062196151614460646049596859261. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl
OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Password Hasing: BlowfishLXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)11002200330044005500Min: 6240 / Avg: 6240 / Max: 6240Min: 6240 / Avg: 6240 / Max: 6240Min: 6178 / Avg: 6219.33 / Max: 6240Min: 6130 / Avg: 6150.67 / Max: 6192Min: 6144 / Avg: 6144 / Max: 6144Min: 6048 / Avg: 6064 / Max: 6096Min: 5568 / Avg: 6049 / Max: 6192Min: 5607 / Avg: 5967.83 / Max: 6130Min: 4800 / Avg: 5925.67 / Max: 61921. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)4080120160200SE +/- 0.93, N = 3SE +/- 1.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.83, N = 3SE +/- 1.24, N = 3SE +/- 1.28, N = 3SE +/- 1.32, N = 3SE +/- 1.22, N = 3SE +/- 1.24, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 385.2586.4387.28103.98108.42109.10109.15182.91185.79
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)306090120150Min: 84.09 / Avg: 85.25 / Max: 87.1Min: 85.36 / Avg: 86.43 / Max: 88.51Min: 86.22 / Avg: 87.28 / Max: 88.92Min: 102.69 / Avg: 103.98 / Max: 106.46Min: 106.58 / Avg: 108.42 / Max: 110.88Min: 107.77 / Avg: 109.1 / Max: 111.74Min: 107.87 / Avg: 109.15 / Max: 111.59Min: 181.33 / Avg: 182.91 / Max: 185.34Min: 184.32 / Avg: 185.79 / Max: 187.69

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 1.1Raytracing, 1600x1200, 16 Threads, 8xAABaremetal (Performance)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)918273645SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 337.2637.3137.3337.5737.5837.5937.5937.6138.281. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Raytracing, 1600x1200, 16 Threads, 8xAABaremetal (Performance)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)816243240Min: 37.23 / Avg: 37.26 / Max: 37.3Min: 37.28 / Avg: 37.31 / Max: 37.34Min: 37.29 / Avg: 37.33 / Max: 37.38Min: 37.53 / Avg: 37.57 / Max: 37.65Min: 37.55 / Avg: 37.58 / Max: 37.62Min: 37.54 / Avg: 37.59 / Max: 37.62Min: 37.58 / Avg: 37.59 / Max: 37.61Min: 37.57 / Avg: 37.61 / Max: 37.64Min: 38.13 / Avg: 38.28 / Max: 38.561. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File CompressionBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)246810SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 66.696.716.717.097.127.197.197.347.681. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File CompressionBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)3691215Min: 6.63 / Avg: 6.69 / Max: 6.72Min: 6.67 / Avg: 6.71 / Max: 6.77Min: 6.64 / Avg: 6.71 / Max: 6.79Min: 7.03 / Avg: 7.09 / Max: 7.17Min: 7.04 / Avg: 7.12 / Max: 7.19Min: 7 / Avg: 7.19 / Max: 7.32Min: 7.03 / Avg: 7.19 / Max: 7.35Min: 7.34 / Avg: 7.34 / Max: 7.35Min: 7.27 / Avg: 7.68 / Max: 8.391. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread

Gzip Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGzip Compression2GB File CompressionBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)48121620SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 6SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 315.7715.9016.0716.9917.0217.2917.6417.9018.25
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGzip Compression2GB File CompressionBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)510152025Min: 15.72 / Avg: 15.77 / Max: 15.86Min: 15.76 / Avg: 15.9 / Max: 16.17Min: 15.77 / Avg: 16.07 / Max: 16.64Min: 16.87 / Avg: 16.99 / Max: 17.13Min: 16.92 / Avg: 17.02 / Max: 17.09Min: 16.89 / Avg: 17.29 / Max: 18.42Min: 17.55 / Avg: 17.64 / Max: 17.79Min: 17.62 / Avg: 17.9 / Max: 18.41Min: 18.16 / Avg: 18.25 / Max: 18.41

FLAC Audio Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1WAV To FLACLXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)3691215SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 510.2510.2910.3010.3210.3310.3510.3510.3610.36-logg-logg1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lm
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1WAV To FLACLXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)3691215Min: 10.23 / Avg: 10.25 / Max: 10.3Min: 10.27 / Avg: 10.29 / Max: 10.35Min: 10.28 / Avg: 10.3 / Max: 10.39Min: 10.29 / Avg: 10.32 / Max: 10.42Min: 10.3 / Avg: 10.33 / Max: 10.41Min: 10.32 / Avg: 10.35 / Max: 10.45Min: 10.31 / Avg: 10.35 / Max: 10.44Min: 10.3 / Avg: 10.36 / Max: 10.42Min: 10.32 / Avg: 10.36 / Max: 10.491. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lm

LAME MP3 Encoding

LAME is an MP3 encoder licensed under the LGPL. This test measures the time required to encode a WAV file to MP3 format. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3Baremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)612182430SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.33, N = 523.3523.3723.3823.5023.5323.5823.5923.6023.99
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3Baremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)612182430Min: 23.33 / Avg: 23.35 / Max: 23.38Min: 23.36 / Avg: 23.37 / Max: 23.38Min: 23.37 / Avg: 23.38 / Max: 23.4Min: 23.47 / Avg: 23.5 / Max: 23.55Min: 23.5 / Avg: 23.53 / Max: 23.55Min: 23.55 / Avg: 23.58 / Max: 23.62Min: 23.56 / Avg: 23.59 / Max: 23.62Min: 23.58 / Avg: 23.6 / Max: 23.63Min: 23.53 / Avg: 23.99 / Max: 25.29

GnuPG

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGnuPG 1.4.101GB File EncryptionLXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)3691215SE +/- 0.02, N = 4SE +/- 0.04, N = 4SE +/- 0.04, N = 4SE +/- 0.04, N = 4SE +/- 0.04, N = 4SE +/- 0.03, N = 4SE +/- 0.03, N = 4SE +/- 0.04, N = 4SE +/- 0.05, N = 412.1912.2012.2112.3012.3112.3312.3412.4612.56
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGnuPG 1.4.101GB File EncryptionLXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)48121620Min: 12.16 / Avg: 12.19 / Max: 12.26Min: 12.16 / Avg: 12.2 / Max: 12.33Min: 12.16 / Avg: 12.21 / Max: 12.33Min: 12.26 / Avg: 12.3 / Max: 12.42Min: 12.26 / Avg: 12.31 / Max: 12.42Min: 12.28 / Avg: 12.33 / Max: 12.39Min: 12.31 / Avg: 12.34 / Max: 12.42Min: 12.41 / Avg: 12.46 / Max: 12.57Min: 12.48 / Avg: 12.56 / Max: 12.69

Mencoder

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMencoder 1.1AVI To LAVCBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)918273645SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 337.3137.3737.4137.8237.8337.8437.8537.8538.10-lXext -lX11 -lGL-lXext -lX11 -lGL1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -ffast-math -lz -lpthread -ldl -rdynamic
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMencoder 1.1AVI To LAVCBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)816243240Min: 37.12 / Avg: 37.31 / Max: 37.58Min: 37.12 / Avg: 37.37 / Max: 37.65Min: 37.27 / Avg: 37.41 / Max: 37.63Min: 37.61 / Avg: 37.82 / Max: 38.15Min: 37.49 / Avg: 37.83 / Max: 38.35Min: 37.59 / Avg: 37.84 / Max: 38.31Min: 37.62 / Avg: 37.85 / Max: 38.29Min: 37.61 / Avg: 37.85 / Max: 38.31Min: 37.72 / Avg: 38.1 / Max: 38.391. (CC) gcc options: -lm -ffast-math -lz -lpthread -ldl -rdynamic

PyBench

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterPyBench 2008-08-14Python Benchmark SuiteBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)7001400210028003500SE +/- 3.79, N = 3SE +/- 3.46, N = 3SE +/- 12.17, N = 3SE +/- 5.93, N = 3SE +/- 4.81, N = 3SE +/- 5.69, N = 3SE +/- 2.19, N = 3SE +/- 13.93, N = 3SE +/- 11.93, N = 3293829562960296529692972297329763038
OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterPyBench 2008-08-14Python Benchmark SuiteBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)5001000150020002500Min: 2932 / Avg: 2938 / Max: 2945Min: 2950 / Avg: 2956 / Max: 2962Min: 2942 / Avg: 2959.67 / Max: 2983Min: 2956 / Avg: 2964.67 / Max: 2976Min: 2960 / Avg: 2969.33 / Max: 2976Min: 2964 / Avg: 2972 / Max: 2983Min: 2970 / Avg: 2972.67 / Max: 2977Min: 2956 / Avg: 2976.33 / Max: 3003Min: 3021 / Avg: 3038 / Max: 3061

PHPBench

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterPHPBench 0.8.1PHP Benchmark SuiteBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)13K26K39K52K65KSE +/- 458.19, N = 3SE +/- 366.94, N = 3SE +/- 242.40, N = 3SE +/- 325.52, N = 3SE +/- 458.46, N = 3SE +/- 207.62, N = 3SE +/- 898.92, N = 5SE +/- 553.47, N = 3SE +/- 198.40, N = 3604266036959884598225976959552594605886158729
OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterPHPBench 0.8.1PHP Benchmark SuiteBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)10K20K30K40K50KMin: 59529 / Avg: 60426.33 / Max: 61036Min: 59647 / Avg: 60368.67 / Max: 60845Min: 59510 / Avg: 59883.67 / Max: 60338Min: 59212 / Avg: 59822 / Max: 60324Min: 58861 / Avg: 59768.67 / Max: 60335Min: 59225 / Avg: 59551.67 / Max: 59937Min: 55882 / Avg: 59460 / Max: 60604Min: 57912 / Avg: 58861.33 / Max: 59829Min: 58348 / Avg: 58729.33 / Max: 59015

Cyclictest

Cyclictest is a high-resolution test program for measuring the Linux kernel latencies. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgms Average, Fewer Is BetterCyclictest 0.84Kernel Latency: POSIX Timer, Interval 500 ms, 100000 LoopsBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)1632486480SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3672829326061711. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lrt -lpthread -lrttest
OpenBenchmarking.orgms Average, Fewer Is BetterCyclictest 0.84Kernel Latency: POSIX Timer, Interval 500 ms, 100000 LoopsBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)1428425670Min: 6 / Avg: 6 / Max: 6Min: 7 / Avg: 7 / Max: 7Min: 28 / Avg: 28 / Max: 28Min: 28 / Avg: 29 / Max: 30Min: 28 / Avg: 31.67 / Max: 37Min: 60 / Avg: 60 / Max: 60Min: 61 / Avg: 61 / Max: 61Min: 71 / Avg: 71.33 / Max: 721. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lrt -lpthread -lrttest

OpenBenchmarking.orgms Average, Fewer Is BetterCyclictest 0.84Kernel Latency: POSIX Timer, Interval 10000 ms, 10000 LoopsBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)1632486480SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 6SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.91, N = 6SE +/- 11.21, N = 6SE +/- 1.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 38102931445861731. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lrt -lpthread -lrttest
OpenBenchmarking.orgms Average, Fewer Is BetterCyclictest 0.84Kernel Latency: POSIX Timer, Interval 10000 ms, 10000 LoopsBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)1428425670Min: 8 / Avg: 8 / Max: 8Min: 9 / Avg: 9.83 / Max: 10Min: 29 / Avg: 29.33 / Max: 30Min: 29 / Avg: 31.17 / Max: 35Min: 32 / Avg: 44 / Max: 100Min: 56 / Avg: 58 / Max: 60Min: 60 / Avg: 60.67 / Max: 61Min: 73 / Avg: 73.33 / Max: 741. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lrt -lpthread -lrttest

OpenBenchmarking.orgms Average, Fewer Is BetterCyclictest 0.84Kernel Latency: clock_nanosleep TIME_ABSTIME, Interval 500 ms, 100000 LoopsBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 27.69, N = 6562323535368771. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lrt -lpthread -lrttest
OpenBenchmarking.orgms Average, Fewer Is BetterCyclictest 0.84Kernel Latency: clock_nanosleep TIME_ABSTIME, Interval 500 ms, 100000 LoopsBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)1530456075Min: 5 / Avg: 5 / Max: 5Min: 6 / Avg: 6 / Max: 6Min: 23 / Avg: 23 / Max: 23Min: 23 / Avg: 23.33 / Max: 24Min: 53 / Avg: 53 / Max: 53Min: 53 / Avg: 53 / Max: 53Min: 68 / Avg: 68 / Max: 68Min: 24 / Avg: 77.17 / Max: 1961. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lrt -lpthread -lrttest

OpenBenchmarking.orgms Average, Fewer Is BetterCyclictest 0.84Kernel Latency: clock_nanosleep TIME_ABSTIME, Interval 10000 ms, 10000 LoopsBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)1632486480SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 4SE +/- 8.83, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3782728495959711. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lrt -lpthread -lrttest
OpenBenchmarking.orgms Average, Fewer Is BetterCyclictest 0.84Kernel Latency: clock_nanosleep TIME_ABSTIME, Interval 10000 ms, 10000 LoopsBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)1428425670Min: 7 / Avg: 7 / Max: 7Min: 8 / Avg: 8 / Max: 8Min: 27 / Avg: 27.33 / Max: 28Min: 27 / Avg: 28.25 / Max: 29Min: 30 / Avg: 49.17 / Max: 89Min: 59 / Avg: 59 / Max: 59Min: 58 / Avg: 59 / Max: 61Min: 70 / Avg: 70.67 / Max: 721. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lrt -lpthread -lrttest

OpenSSL

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1cRSA 4096-bit PerformanceLXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)1428425670SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 361.7061.7061.5061.4361.3761.2761.1361.1061.071. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl
OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1cRSA 4096-bit PerformanceLXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)1224364860Min: 61.7 / Avg: 61.7 / Max: 61.7Min: 61.7 / Avg: 61.7 / Max: 61.7Min: 61.4 / Avg: 61.5 / Max: 61.7Min: 61.2 / Avg: 61.43 / Max: 61.6Min: 61.3 / Avg: 61.37 / Max: 61.4Min: 61.2 / Avg: 61.27 / Max: 61.4Min: 61.1 / Avg: 61.13 / Max: 61.2Min: 60.9 / Avg: 61.1 / Max: 61.2Min: 60.7 / Avg: 61.07 / Max: 61.31. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

PostgreSQL pgbench

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11PostgreSQL TPC-B Transactions Per SecondLXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)8001600240032004000SE +/- 32.90, N = 3SE +/- 35.61, N = 3SE +/- 22.76, N = 3SE +/- 14.43, N = 3SE +/- 24.23, N = 3SE +/- 36.75, N = 3SE +/- 21.38, N = 6SE +/- 6.75, N = 3SE +/- 3.60, N = 33634.922596.372541.712115.342103.881985.971389.031379.471359.171. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -lpgport -lpq -lcrypt -ldl -lm
OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11PostgreSQL TPC-B Transactions Per SecondLXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)6001200180024003000Min: 3569.16 / Avg: 3634.92 / Max: 3669.99Min: 2544.67 / Avg: 2596.37 / Max: 2664.64Min: 2512.85 / Avg: 2541.71 / Max: 2586.62Min: 2089.71 / Avg: 2115.34 / Max: 2139.64Min: 2063.83 / Avg: 2103.88 / Max: 2147.54Min: 1918.38 / Avg: 1985.97 / Max: 2044.75Min: 1312.55 / Avg: 1389.03 / Max: 1428.11Min: 1370.56 / Avg: 1379.47 / Max: 1392.72Min: 1354.64 / Avg: 1359.17 / Max: 1366.291. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -lpgport -lpq -lcrypt -ldl -lm

NGINX Benchmark

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterNGINX Benchmark 1.0.11Static Web Page ServingESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)4K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 283.93, N = 6SE +/- 401.75, N = 6SE +/- 103.08, N = 3SE +/- 70.65, N = 3SE +/- 156.09, N = 3SE +/- 10.15, N = 3SE +/- 25.73, N = 3SE +/- 15.03, N = 3SE +/- 5.37, N = 316907.1916290.4615798.4815282.5014508.9714187.4814174.4411181.3410100.591. (CC) gcc options: -lpthread -lcrypt -lcrypto -lz
OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterNGINX Benchmark 1.0.11Static Web Page ServingESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)3K6K9K12K15KMin: 16382.61 / Avg: 16907.19 / Max: 18274.15Min: 15435.61 / Avg: 16290.46 / Max: 17511.81Min: 15673.46 / Avg: 15798.48 / Max: 16002.95Min: 15154.71 / Avg: 15282.5 / Max: 15398.6Min: 14197.95 / Avg: 14508.97 / Max: 14687.77Min: 14169.07 / Avg: 14187.48 / Max: 14204.09Min: 14123.4 / Avg: 14174.44 / Max: 14205.65Min: 11154.08 / Avg: 11181.34 / Max: 11205.93Min: 10089.98 / Avg: 10100.59 / Max: 10107.331. (CC) gcc options: -lpthread -lcrypt -lcrypto -lz

Apache Benchmark

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.4.3Static Web Page ServingBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 15.49, N = 3SE +/- 15.69, N = 3SE +/- 31.26, N = 3SE +/- 136.16, N = 3SE +/- 4.95, N = 3SE +/- 71.15, N = 3SE +/- 97.75, N = 3SE +/- 123.01, N = 3SE +/- 19.79, N = 314486.2612787.7011346.7811292.3211201.4810997.2410868.9310814.309219.401. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -O2 -pthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.4.3Static Web Page ServingBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)3K6K9K12K15KMin: 14455.5 / Avg: 14486.26 / Max: 14504.9Min: 12757.55 / Avg: 12787.7 / Max: 12810.34Min: 11313.32 / Avg: 11346.78 / Max: 11409.24Min: 11065.73 / Avg: 11292.32 / Max: 11536.42Min: 11192.41 / Avg: 11201.48 / Max: 11209.47Min: 10874.9 / Avg: 10997.24 / Max: 11121.35Min: 10677.17 / Avg: 10868.93 / Max: 10997.76Min: 10611.53 / Avg: 10814.3 / Max: 11036.35Min: 9179.85 / Avg: 9219.4 / Max: 9240.651. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -O2 -pthread

Baremetal (ondemand)

Disk Notes: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3.

Testing initiated at 13 February 2013 10:41 by user torben.

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

Disk Notes: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: performance
System Notes: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3.

Testing initiated at 13 February 2013 20:24 by user torben.

Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)

Processor: Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Memory: 14336MB, Disk: 60GB

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.1.2 Hypervisor

Compiler Notes: --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
System Notes: Python 2.7.3.
Disk Mount Options Notes: barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr

Testing initiated at 19 February 2013 11:11 by user torben.

KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 14336MB, Disk: 45GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600

Compiler Notes: --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
System Notes: Python 2.7.3.
Disk Mount Options Notes: barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr

Testing initiated at 18 February 2013 08:56 by user torben.

KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)

Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 14336MB, Disk: 45GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-23-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600, System Layer: QEMU 1.0

Compiler Notes: --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
System Notes: Python 2.7.3.
Disk Mount Options Notes: data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw

Testing initiated at 15 February 2013 14:50 by user torben.

LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)

Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0TT740, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB PERC 6/i, Graphics: 128MB

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Compiler Notes: --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
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: Python 2.7.3.
Disk Mount Options Notes: barrier=1,data=ordered,relatime,rw,user_xattr

Testing initiated at 14 February 2013 17:49 by user ubuntu.

ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools)

Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 14336MB, Disk: 64GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-23-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware

Compiler Notes: --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
System Notes: Python 2.7.3.
Disk Mount Options Notes: data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw

Testing initiated at 21 February 2013 17:16 by user torben.

ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools)

Compiler Notes: --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
System Notes: Python 2.7.3.
Disk Mount Options Notes: barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr

Testing initiated at 22 February 2013 09:03 by user torben.

ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools)

Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 14336MB, Disk: 64GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-38-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware

Compiler Notes: --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
System Notes: Python 2.7.3.
Disk Mount Options Notes: barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr

Testing initiated at 25 February 2013 12:13 by user torben.