Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Amazon EC2 PV vs. HVM

Running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS PV vs. HVM virtualization type of a c3.large instance type within the Amazon EC2 public cloud. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS PV

Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (2 Cores), Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 8GB

OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --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-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS HVM

Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Amazon EC2 PV vs. HVMProcessorMemoryDiskMotherboardChipsetGraphicsOSKernelCompilerFile-SystemSystem LayerUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVMIntel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (2 Cores)4096MB8GBUbuntu 14.043.13.0-24-generic (x86_64)GCC 4.8.2ext4Xen 4.2.amazon HypervisorXen HVM domUIntel 440FX- 82441FX PMCCirrus Logic GD 5446Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazonOpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --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-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS PV vs. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS HVM ComparisonPhoronix Test SuiteBaseline+29.9%+29.9%+59.8%+59.8%+89.7%+89.7%119.5%47.5%26.6%16.2%9.2%6.1%4.8%3.8%3.6%G-Rand AccessEP-STREAM Triad47.7%S.W.P.SG-FfteR.R.LTime To CompileTotal TimeM.P.P.BH.2.V.EG-PtransC.F.D2%HPC ChallengeHPC ChallengeApache BenchmarkHPC ChallengeHPC ChallengeTimed Linux Kernel CompilationC-RayHPC Challengex264HPC ChallengeDolfynUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Amazon EC2 PV vs. HVMhpcc: G-HPLhpcc: G-Fftehpcc: EP-DGEMMhpcc: G-Ptranshpcc: EP-STREAM Triadhpcc: G-Rand Accesshpcc: Rand Ring Latencyhpcc: Rand Ring Bandwidthhpcc: Max Ping Pong Bandwidthdolfyn: Computational Fluid Dynamicsjohn-the-ripper: Blowfishjohn-the-ripper: Traditional DESjohn-the-ripper: MD5x264: H.264 Video Encodinghimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timeffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performanceapache: Static Web Page ServingUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM9.792891.452435.206511.201508.615000.000820.750953.584108579.28529.77125721060001748733.801358.49482.99141.1128.29115.834934.029.743211.839115.190571.244895.832580.001800.646433.530668990.19530.38125021030001738535.071333.24442.26133.0428.82115.477277.44OpenBenchmarking.org

HPC Challenge

OpenBenchmarking.orgGFLOPS, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: G-HPLUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM3691215SE +/- 0.00301, N = 3SE +/- 0.00824, N = 39.792899.743211. BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5
OpenBenchmarking.orgGFLOPS, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: G-HPLUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM3691215Min: 9.79 / Avg: 9.79 / Max: 9.8Min: 9.73 / Avg: 9.74 / Max: 9.761. BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgGFLOPS, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: G-FfteUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM0.41380.82761.24141.65522.069SE +/- 0.00648, N = 3SE +/- 0.00353, N = 31.452431.839111. BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5
OpenBenchmarking.orgGFLOPS, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: G-FfteUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM246810Min: 1.44 / Avg: 1.45 / Max: 1.46Min: 1.83 / Avg: 1.84 / Max: 1.851. BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgGFLOPS, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: EP-DGEMMUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM1.17152.3433.51454.6865.8575SE +/- 0.00706, N = 3SE +/- 0.00193, N = 35.206515.190571. BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5
OpenBenchmarking.orgGFLOPS, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: EP-DGEMMUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM246810Min: 5.19 / Avg: 5.21 / Max: 5.21Min: 5.19 / Avg: 5.19 / Max: 5.191. BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgGB/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: G-PtransUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM0.28010.56020.84031.12041.4005SE +/- 0.00492, N = 3SE +/- 0.00367, N = 31.201501.244891. BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5
OpenBenchmarking.orgGB/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: G-PtransUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM246810Min: 1.19 / Avg: 1.2 / Max: 1.21Min: 1.24 / Avg: 1.24 / Max: 1.251. BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgGB/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: EP-STREAM TriadUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM246810SE +/- 0.01860, N = 3SE +/- 0.00630, N = 38.615005.832581. BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5
OpenBenchmarking.orgGB/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: EP-STREAM TriadUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM3691215Min: 8.59 / Avg: 8.62 / Max: 8.65Min: 5.82 / Avg: 5.83 / Max: 5.841. BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgGUP/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: G-Random AccessUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM0.00040.00080.00120.00160.002SE +/- 0.00001, N = 3SE +/- 0.00001, N = 30.000820.001801. BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5
OpenBenchmarking.orgGUP/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: G-Random AccessUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM12345Min: 0 / Avg: 0 / Max: 0Min: 0 / Avg: 0 / Max: 01. BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgusecs, Fewer Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: Random Ring LatencyUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM0.1690.3380.5070.6760.845SE +/- 0.02681, N = 3SE +/- 0.00744, N = 30.750950.646431. BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5
OpenBenchmarking.orgusecs, Fewer Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: Random Ring LatencyUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM246810Min: 0.7 / Avg: 0.75 / Max: 0.79Min: 0.64 / Avg: 0.65 / Max: 0.661. BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgGB/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: Random Ring BandwidthUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM0.80641.61282.41923.22564.032SE +/- 0.00957, N = 3SE +/- 0.03487, N = 33.584103.530661. BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5
OpenBenchmarking.orgGB/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: Random Ring BandwidthUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM246810Min: 3.57 / Avg: 3.58 / Max: 3.6Min: 3.47 / Avg: 3.53 / Max: 3.591. BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: Max Ping Pong BandwidthUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 46.94, N = 3SE +/- 59.79, N = 38579.298990.201. BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterHPC Challenge 1.4.3Test / Class: Max Ping Pong BandwidthUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM16003200480064008000Min: 8494.79 / Avg: 8579.29 / Max: 8656.97Min: 8886.24 / Avg: 8990.19 / Max: 9093.341. BLAS + Open MPI 1.6.5

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 DynamicsUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM714212835SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 329.7730.38
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterDolfyn 0.527Computational Fluid DynamicsUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM714212835Min: 29.65 / Avg: 29.77 / Max: 30.01Min: 29.88 / Avg: 30.38 / Max: 31.2

John The Ripper

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: BlowfishUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM30060090012001500SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.67, N = 312571250
OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: BlowfishUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM2004006008001000Min: 1257 / Avg: 1257 / Max: 1257Min: 1247 / Avg: 1250.33 / Max: 1252

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: Traditional DESUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM500K1000K1500K2000K2500KSE +/- 1154.70, N = 3SE +/- 1154.70, N = 321060002103000
OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: Traditional DESUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM400K800K1200K1600K2000KMin: 2104000 / Avg: 2106000 / Max: 2108000Min: 2101000 / Avg: 2103000 / Max: 2105000

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: MD5Ubuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM4K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 11.67, N = 3SE +/- 23.33, N = 31748717385
OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: MD5Ubuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM3K6K9K12K15KMin: 17475 / Avg: 17486.67 / Max: 17510Min: 17338 / Avg: 17384.67 / Max: 17408

x264

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2014-01-09H.264 Video EncodingUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM816243240SE +/- 0.43, N = 7SE +/- 0.18, N = 533.8035.07
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2014-01-09H.264 Video EncodingUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM714212835Min: 31.22 / Avg: 33.8 / Max: 34.52Min: 34.37 / Avg: 35.07 / Max: 35.36

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 SolverUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM30060090012001500SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.79, N = 31358.491333.24
OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM2004006008001000Min: 1358.22 / Avg: 1358.49 / Max: 1358.88Min: 1331.73 / Avg: 1333.24 / Max: 1334.39

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM100200300400500SE +/- 4.42, N = 3SE +/- 3.18, N = 3482.99442.26
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM90180270360450Min: 478.28 / Avg: 482.99 / Max: 491.83Min: 438.02 / Avg: 442.26 / Max: 448.5

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 TimeUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3141.11133.04
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM306090120150Min: 141.11 / Avg: 141.11 / Max: 141.12Min: 133.02 / Avg: 133.04 / Max: 133.06

FFmpeg

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 2.1.1H.264 HD To NTSC DVUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM714212835SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 328.2928.82
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 2.1.1H.264 HD To NTSC DVUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM612182430Min: 28.07 / Avg: 28.29 / Max: 28.47Min: 28.63 / Avg: 28.82 / Max: 29.12

OpenSSL

OpenSSL is an open-source toolkit that implements SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocols. This test measures the RSA 4096-bit performance of OpenSSL. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1gRSA 4096-bit PerformanceUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM306090120150SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3115.83115.471. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl
OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1gRSA 4096-bit PerformanceUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM20406080100Min: 115.8 / Avg: 115.83 / Max: 115.9Min: 115.4 / Avg: 115.47 / Max: 115.51. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

Apache Benchmark

This is a test of ab, which is the Apache benchmark program. This test profile measures how many requests per second a given system can sustain when carrying out 1,000,000 requests with 100 requests being carried out concurrently. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.4.7Static Web Page ServingUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM16003200480064008000SE +/- 6.97, N = 3SE +/- 0.70, N = 34934.027277.441. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -O2 -pthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.4.7Static Web Page ServingUbuntu 14.04 LTS PVUbuntu 14.04 LTS HVM13002600390052006500Min: 4922.28 / Avg: 4934.02 / Max: 4946.41Min: 7276.16 / Avg: 7277.44 / Max: 7278.591. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -O2 -pthread

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS PV

Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (2 Cores), Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 8GB

OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --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-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v

Testing initiated at 27 April 2014 19:29 by user ubuntu.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS HVM

Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --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-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v

Testing initiated at 27 April 2014 21:49 by user ubuntu.