kvm-benchmark Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 testing on CentOS 6.4 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 @ 3.29GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Red Hat KVM, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 8GB OS: CentOS 6.4, Kernel: 2.6.32-358.18.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4 xenserver: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 @ 3.29GHz (1 Core), Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 6GB OS: CentOS 6.4, Kernel: 2.6.32-358.18.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.1.5 Hypervisor xenserver iscsi: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 @ 3.29GHz (1 Core), Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 6GB OS: CentOS 6.4, Kernel: 2.6.32-358.18.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.1.5 Hypervisor IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 . 237.65 |=========================================== xenserver ............. 257.71 |=============================================== xenserver iscsi ....... 86.84 |================ IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 . 255.80 |=============================================== xenserver ............. 124.93 |======================= xenserver iscsi ....... 223.69 |========================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 . 124.53 |========================================== xenserver ............. 140.07 |=============================================== xenserver iscsi ....... 140.30 |=============================================== PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 . 2319 |================================================= xenserver ............. 2063 |============================================ xenserver iscsi ....... 2063 |============================================ John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 . 4315333 |========================================= xenserver ............. 4847667 |============================================== xenserver iscsi ....... 4795667 |============================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 . 30476 |=========================================== xenserver ............. 34108 |================================================ xenserver iscsi ....... 34224 |================================================ FFmpeg 2.0 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 . 27.93 |================================================ xenserver ............. 25.18 |=========================================== xenserver iscsi ....... 24.89 |=========================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 . 922 |============================================ xenserver ............. 1030 |================================================= xenserver iscsi ....... 1026 |================================================= PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 . 99347 |=========================================== xenserver ............. 107435 |============================================== xenserver iscsi ....... 109429 |=============================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 . 14.57 |======================================= xenserver ............. 17.09 |============================================= xenserver iscsi ....... 18.10 |================================================ x264 2013-06-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 . 40.31 |============================================ xenserver ............. 43.50 |================================================ xenserver iscsi ....... 43.50 |================================================ IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 . 258.51 |=============================================== xenserver ............. 120.29 |====================== xenserver iscsi ....... 226.42 |========================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 . 267.26 |=============================================== xenserver ............. 123.81 |====================== xenserver iscsi ....... 223.05 |======================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 . 230.05 |========================================== xenserver ............. 255.75 |=============================================== xenserver iscsi ....... 108.89 |==================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 . 238.56 |=============================================== xenserver ............. 192.82 |====================================== xenserver iscsi ....... 118.73 |=======================