vernius VMware testing on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Testrun-microserver: Processor: QEMU Virtual 2.0.0 @ 2.29GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 6GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Network: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: QEMU 2.0.0 KVM-microserver: Processor: QEMU Virtual 2.0.0 @ 2.29GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 6GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Network: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: QEMU 2.0.0 KVM-proxmox-corrino: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.27GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB RAM, Disk: 6GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-67-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.117), OpenGL: 1.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600 ESXi-vernius: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 @ 2.50GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 13GB Virtual disk, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-51-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.117), OpenGL: 1.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.3, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Testrun-microserver . 4541.88 |======================================== KVM-microserver ..... 4178.68 |===================================== KVM-proxmox-corrino . 4187.95 |===================================== ESXi-vernius ........ 5403.71 |================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM-microserver ..... 149.95 |======================= KVM-microserver ..... 172.65 |========================== KVM-proxmox-corrino . 319.94 |================================================= ESXi-vernius ........ 294.04 |============================================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better KVM-microserver ..... 1760 |=================================================== KVM-proxmox-corrino . 975 |============================ ESXi-vernius ........ 1170 |================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM-microserver ..... 69.03 |====================================== KVM-proxmox-corrino . 91.47 |================================================== ESXi-vernius ........ 80.27 |============================================ Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM-microserver ..... 29.60 |======================================= KVM-proxmox-corrino . 38.39 |================================================== ESXi-vernius ........ 32.43 |========================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better KVM-microserver ..... 726 |==================================================== KVM-proxmox-corrino . 643 |============================================== ESXi-vernius ........ 538 |======================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better KVM-microserver ..... 79 |===================================================== KVM-proxmox-corrino . 61 |========================================= ESXi-vernius ........ 66 |============================================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better KVM-microserver ..... 1105.99 |================================================ KVM-proxmox-corrino . 867.67 |====================================== ESXi-vernius ........ 970.37 |========================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM-microserver ..... 51.75 |=================================== KVM-proxmox-corrino . 73.51 |================================================== ESXi-vernius ........ 58.79 |======================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 3000 Fall Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM-microserver ..... 10.68 |================================================== KVM-proxmox-corrino . 10.45 |================================================= Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Convex Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM-microserver ..... 2.59 |================================= KVM-proxmox-corrino . 4.05 |=================================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM-microserver ..... 211.10 |==================================== KVM-proxmox-corrino . 284.17 |================================================= ESXi-vernius ........ 231.02 |======================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM-microserver ..... 19.92 |===================================== KVM-proxmox-corrino . 26.60 |================================================== ESXi-vernius ........ 21.78 |========================================= FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM-microserver ..... 47.22 |================================================ KVM-proxmox-corrino . 48.83 |================================================== ESXi-vernius ........ 43.37 |============================================ OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better KVM-microserver ..... 90.93 |================================================== KVM-proxmox-corrino . 52.73 |============================= ESXi-vernius ........ 75.40 |========================================= PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better KVM-microserver ..... 80510 |================================================== KVM-proxmox-corrino . 52268 |================================ ESXi-vernius ........ 60622 |====================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better KVM-proxmox-corrino . 6876.93 |================================== ESXi-vernius ........ 9690.77 |================================================ Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better KVM-proxmox-corrino . 6533.21 |============================== ESXi-vernius ........ 10373.10 |=============================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better KVM-proxmox-corrino . 7262.63 |=============================== ESXi-vernius ........ 11179.90 |=============================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better KVM-proxmox-corrino . 7371.68 |================================== ESXi-vernius ........ 10119.54 |=============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better KVM-proxmox-corrino . 1787.61 |========================================= ESXi-vernius ........ 2112.68 |================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better KVM-proxmox-corrino . 1688.08 |============================== ESXi-vernius ........ 2726.49 |================================================ Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM-proxmox-corrino . 130.64 |================================================= ESXi-vernius ........ 125.60 |=============================================== POV-Ray 3.7.0 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better KVM-proxmox-corrino . 1464.34 |================================================ ESXi-vernius ........ 1237.27 |========================================= NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better KVM-proxmox-corrino . 7397.57 |================================== ESXi-vernius ........ 10223.88 |=============================================== IOzone 3.405 Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better ESXi-vernius . 150.46 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better ESXi-vernius . 228.51 |========================================================