vernius VMware testing on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 1: 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 QEMU Virtual 2.0.0: 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 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM: 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 Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0: 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 1 .................................................. 4541.88 |============== QEMU Virtual 2.0.0 ................................. 4178.68 |============= 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM ........................... 4187.95 |============= Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 5403.71 |================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better QEMU Virtual 2.0.0 ................................. 149.95 |======== QEMU Virtual 2.0.0 ................................. 172.65 |========== 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM ........................... 319.94 |================== Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 294.04 |================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better QEMU Virtual 2.0.0 ................................. 1760 |==================== 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM ........................... 975 |=========== Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 1170 |============= Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better QEMU Virtual 2.0.0 ................................. 69.03 |============== 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM ........................... 91.47 |=================== Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 80.27 |================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better QEMU Virtual 2.0.0 ................................. 29.60 |=============== 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM ........................... 38.39 |=================== Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 32.43 |================ John The Ripper 1.8.0 Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better QEMU Virtual 2.0.0 ................................. 726 |===================== 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM ........................... 643 |=================== Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 538 |================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better QEMU Virtual 2.0.0 ................................. 79 |====================== 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM ........................... 61 |================= Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 66 |================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better QEMU Virtual 2.0.0 ................................. 1105.99 |================= 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM ........................... 867.67 |============= Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 970.37 |=============== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better QEMU Virtual 2.0.0 ................................. 51.75 |============= 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM ........................... 73.51 |=================== Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 58.79 |=============== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 3000 Fall Seconds < Lower Is Better QEMU Virtual 2.0.0 ....... 10.68 |============================================= 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM . 10.45 |============================================ Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Convex Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better QEMU Virtual 2.0.0 ....... 2.59 |============================= 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM . 4.05 |============================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better QEMU Virtual 2.0.0 ................................. 211.10 |============= 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM ........................... 284.17 |================== Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 231.02 |=============== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better QEMU Virtual 2.0.0 ................................. 19.92 |============== 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM ........................... 26.60 |=================== Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 21.78 |================ FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better QEMU Virtual 2.0.0 ................................. 47.22 |================== 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM ........................... 48.83 |=================== Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 43.37 |================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better QEMU Virtual 2.0.0 ................................. 90.93 |=================== 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM ........................... 52.73 |=========== Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 75.40 |================ PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better QEMU Virtual 2.0.0 ................................. 80510 |=================== 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM ........................... 52268 |============ Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 60622 |============== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM ........................... 6876.93 |============ Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 9690.77 |================= Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM ........................... 6533.21 |========== Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 10373.10 |================ Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM ........................... 7262.63 |========== Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 11179.90 |================ Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM ........................... 7371.68 |============ Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 10119.54 |================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM ........................... 1787.61 |============== Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 2112.68 |================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM ........................... 1688.08 |=========== Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 2726.49 |================= Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM ........................... 130.64 |================== Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 125.60 |================= POV-Ray 3.7.0 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM ........................... 1464.34 |================= Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 1237.27 |============== NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 2048 MB RAM - Common KVM ........................... 7397.57 |============ Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 10223.88 |================ IOzone 3.405 Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 150.46 |================== IOzone 3.405 Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - 2048 MB DRAM - Intel Xeon E5-2640 0 . 228.51 |==================