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Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon testing on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


gzip_tests1: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 @ 2.49GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-48-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

gzip_tests2: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 @ 2.49GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-48-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

gzip_tests3: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 @ 2.49GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-48-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

gzip_tests4: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 @ 2.49GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-48-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

gzip_tests5: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 @ 2.49GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-48-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

gzip_tests6: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 @ 2.49GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-48-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

gzip_tests7: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 @ 2.49GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-48-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

gzip_tests8: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 @ 2.49GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-48-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon


Gzip Compression
2GB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
gzip_tests1 . 16.20 |=================================================
gzip_tests2 . 18.90 |=========================================================
gzip_tests3 . 19.32 |==========================================================
gzip_tests4 . 16.14 |================================================
gzip_tests5 . 16.14 |================================================
gzip_tests6 . 18.90 |=========================================================
gzip_tests7 . 16.14 |================================================
gzip_tests8 . 19.19 |==========================================================