vanton Running pts/build-apache-1.5.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite. cray1: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 @ 2.50GHz (1 Core), Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 10GB OS: openSUSE 13.1, Kernel: 3.11.10-21-ec2 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor gzip-m3.medium: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 @ 2.50GHz (1 Core), Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 10GB OS: openSUSE 13.1, Kernel: 3.11.10-21-ec2 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor apache-m3.medium: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 @ 2.50GHz (1 Core), Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 10GB OS: openSUSE 13.1, Kernel: 3.11.10-21-ec2 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better cray1 . 344.67 |=============================================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better gzip-m3.medium . 26.58 |======================================================= Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better apache-m3.medium . 272.43 |====================================================