Amazon EC2 C3 Ubuntu Benchmarking Instances

New Amazon c3.large vs. c3.xlarge instance type with Ivy Bridge CPUs being benchmarked at Phoronix by Michael Larabel.

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c3.large

Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (2 Cores), Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 8GB

OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor

c3.xlarge

Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 8GB

OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v

Amazon EC2 C3 Ubuntu Benchmarking InstancesProcessorMemoryDiskOSKernelFile-SystemSystem LayerCompilerc3.largec3.xlargeIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (2 Cores)4096MB8GBUbuntu 13.103.11.0-12-generic (x86_64)ext4Xen 4.2.amazon HypervisorIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (4 Cores)8192MBGCC 4.8OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- c3.xlarge: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v

c3.large vs. c3.xlarge ComparisonPhoronix Test SuiteBaseline+77.7%+77.7%+155.4%+155.4%+233.1%+233.1%101.4%100.1%100%99.3%99.3%96.5%95.4%95.3%94.2%91.6%82.5%OpenMP TPACF310.7%BlowfishTotal TimeTraditional DESTime To Compile2.F.CO.M.G97.3%OpenMP CFD SolverH.2.V.EOpenMP CUTCPOpenMP LBMO.SOpenMP StenclParboilJohn The RipperC-RayJohn The RipperTimed Linux Kernel CompilationParallel BZIP2 CompressionParboilRodiniax264ParboilParboilRodiniaParboilc3.largec3.xlarge

Amazon EC2 C3 Ubuntu Benchmarking Instancesparboil: OpenMP LBMparboil: OpenMP CUTCPparboil: OpenMP MRI-Qparboil: OpenMP TPACFparboil: OpenMP Stenclparboil: OpenMP MRI Griddingrodinia: OpenMP CFD Solverrodinia: OpenMP Streamclusterdolfyn: Computational Fluid Dynamicspolybench-c: Covariance Computationpolybench-c: Correlation Computationpolybench-c: 3 Matrix Multiplicationsjohn-the-ripper: Blowfishjohn-the-ripper: Traditional DESjohn-the-ripper: MD5x264: H.264 Video Encodinghimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timecompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionencode-mp3: WAV To MP3openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancec3.largec3.xlarge938.5369.0320.15555.76123.4914.34403.02100.8729.906.326.2924.14124720953333200833.831342.80487.69141.8134.9617.04103483.2435.3419.922282.4967.6728.29205.1452.6529.596.246.2524.10251241906673205266.121330.57244.6770.8717.5417.04102.80OpenBenchmarking.org

Parboil

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP LBMc3.largec3.xlarge2004006008001000SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 3.08, N = 3938.53483.241. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP LBMc3.largec3.xlarge160320480640800Min: 937.98 / Avg: 938.53 / Max: 939.6Min: 479.09 / Avg: 483.24 / Max: 489.251. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP CUTCPc3.largec3.xlarge1530456075SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 369.0335.341. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP CUTCPc3.largec3.xlarge1326395265Min: 68.79 / Avg: 69.03 / Max: 69.16Min: 35.25 / Avg: 35.34 / Max: 35.41. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP MRI-Qc3.largec3.xlarge510152025SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 320.1519.921. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP MRI-Qc3.largec3.xlarge510152025Min: 19.95 / Avg: 20.15 / Max: 20.41Min: 19.88 / Avg: 19.92 / Max: 19.941. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP TPACFc3.largec3.xlarge5001000150020002500SE +/- 0.83, N = 3SE +/- 75.94, N = 3555.762282.491. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP TPACFc3.largec3.xlarge400800120016002000Min: 554.33 / Avg: 555.76 / Max: 557.21Min: 2131.13 / Avg: 2282.49 / Max: 2368.991. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP Stenclc3.largec3.xlarge306090120150SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 1.08, N = 3123.4967.671. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP Stenclc3.largec3.xlarge20406080100Min: 122.86 / Avg: 123.49 / Max: 124.28Min: 65.53 / Avg: 67.67 / Max: 68.961. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP MRI Griddingc3.largec3.xlarge714212835SE +/- 0.82, N = 6SE +/- 0.71, N = 614.3428.291. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP MRI Griddingc3.largec3.xlarge612182430Min: 13.49 / Avg: 14.34 / Max: 18.44Min: 25.98 / Avg: 28.29 / Max: 29.991. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

Rodinia

Rodinia is a suite focused upon accelerating compute-intensive applications with accelerators. CUDA, OpenMP, and OpenCL parallel models are supported by the included applications. This profile utilizes the OpenCL and OpenMP test binaries at the moment. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP CFD Solverc3.largec3.xlarge90180270360450SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3403.02205.141. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lOpenCL
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP CFD Solverc3.largec3.xlarge70140210280350Min: 402.26 / Avg: 403.02 / Max: 403.9Min: 204.51 / Avg: 205.14 / Max: 205.621. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lOpenCL

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP Streamclusterc3.largec3.xlarge20406080100SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3100.8752.651. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lOpenCL
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP Streamclusterc3.largec3.xlarge20406080100Min: 100.78 / Avg: 100.87 / Max: 100.99Min: 52.49 / Avg: 52.65 / Max: 52.741. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lOpenCL

Dolfyn

Dolfyn is a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code of modern numerical simulation techniques. The Dolfyn test profile measures the execution time of the bundled computational fluid dynamics demos that are bundled with Dolfyn. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterDolfyn 0.527Computational Fluid Dynamicsc3.largec3.xlarge714212835SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 329.9029.59
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterDolfyn 0.527Computational Fluid Dynamicsc3.largec3.xlarge714212835Min: 29.84 / Avg: 29.9 / Max: 29.98Min: 29.53 / Avg: 29.59 / Max: 29.68

PolyBench-C

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPolyBench-C 3.2Test: Covariance Computationc3.largec3.xlarge246810SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 36.326.24
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPolyBench-C 3.2Test: Covariance Computationc3.largec3.xlarge3691215Min: 6.28 / Avg: 6.32 / Max: 6.39Min: 6.23 / Avg: 6.24 / Max: 6.27

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPolyBench-C 3.2Test: Correlation Computationc3.largec3.xlarge246810SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 36.296.25
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPolyBench-C 3.2Test: Correlation Computationc3.largec3.xlarge3691215Min: 6.27 / Avg: 6.29 / Max: 6.32Min: 6.23 / Avg: 6.25 / Max: 6.27

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPolyBench-C 3.2Test: 3 Matrix Multiplicationsc3.largec3.xlarge612182430SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 324.1424.10
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPolyBench-C 3.2Test: 3 Matrix Multiplicationsc3.largec3.xlarge612182430Min: 24.1 / Avg: 24.14 / Max: 24.22Min: 23.9 / Avg: 24.1 / Max: 24.35

John The Ripper

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: Blowfishc3.largec3.xlarge5001000150020002500SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 8.33, N = 312472512
OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: Blowfishc3.largec3.xlarge400800120016002000Min: 1247 / Avg: 1247 / Max: 1247Min: 2495 / Avg: 2511.67 / Max: 2520

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: Traditional DESc3.largec3.xlarge900K1800K2700K3600K4500KSE +/- 6119.19, N = 3SE +/- 19333.33, N = 320953334190667
OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: Traditional DESc3.largec3.xlarge700K1400K2100K2800K3500KMin: 2084000 / Avg: 2095333.33 / Max: 2105000Min: 4152000 / Avg: 4190666.67 / Max: 4210000

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: MD5c3.largec3.xlarge7K14K21K28K35KSE +/- 10.58, N = 3SE +/- 49.96, N = 33200832052
OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: MD5c3.largec3.xlarge6K12K18K24K30KMin: 31992 / Avg: 32008 / Max: 32028Min: 31956 / Avg: 32052 / Max: 32124

x264

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2013-06-08H.264 Video Encodingc3.largec3.xlarge1530456075SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.14, N = 533.8366.12
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2013-06-08H.264 Video Encodingc3.largec3.xlarge1326395265Min: 33.72 / Avg: 33.83 / Max: 33.88Min: 65.86 / Avg: 66.12 / Max: 66.52

Himeno Benchmark

The Himeno benchmark is a linear solver of pressure Poisson using a point-Jacobi method. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure Solverc3.largec3.xlarge30060090012001500SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 3.00, N = 31342.801330.57
OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure Solverc3.largec3.xlarge2004006008001000Min: 1342.19 / Avg: 1342.8 / Max: 1343.62Min: 1325.32 / Avg: 1330.57 / Max: 1335.7

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To Compilec3.largec3.xlarge110220330440550SE +/- 1.51, N = 3SE +/- 1.26, N = 3487.69244.67
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To Compilec3.largec3.xlarge90180270360450Min: 485.67 / Avg: 487.69 / Max: 490.65Min: 242.83 / Avg: 244.67 / Max: 247.07

C-Ray

This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Timec3.largec3.xlarge306090120150SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3141.8170.87
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Timec3.largec3.xlarge306090120150Min: 141.8 / Avg: 141.81 / Max: 141.82Min: 70.81 / Avg: 70.87 / Max: 70.92

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File Compressionc3.largec3.xlarge816243240SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 334.9617.541. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File Compressionc3.largec3.xlarge714212835Min: 34.85 / Avg: 34.96 / Max: 35.03Min: 17.41 / Avg: 17.54 / Max: 17.751. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread

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 MP3c3.largec3.xlarge48121620SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 517.0417.04
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3c3.largec3.xlarge48121620Min: 17.02 / Avg: 17.04 / Max: 17.06Min: 17.02 / Avg: 17.04 / Max: 17.06

OpenSSL

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1cRSA 4096-bit Performancec3.largec3.xlarge20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3103.00102.80
OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1cRSA 4096-bit Performancec3.largec3.xlarge20406080100Min: 103 / Avg: 103 / Max: 103Min: 102.7 / Avg: 102.8 / Max: 102.9

c3.large

Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (2 Cores), Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 8GB

OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor

Testing initiated at 15 November 2013 15:14 by user ubuntu.

c3.xlarge

Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 8GB

OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v

Testing initiated at 15 November 2013 19:34 by user ubuntu.