crap Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon testing on RedHatEnterpriseServer 7.3 via the Phoronix Test Suite. x1c3: Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZNTE256, Graphics: Intel HD 5500 (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.8.13-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.2, Display Server: Wayland, Compiler: GCC 6.2.1 20160830, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 x220: Processor: Intel Core i7-2640M @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4294CTO, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP (1300MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20590, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.8.13-1-ARCH (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 6.2.1 20160830, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 opteron: Processor: 24 x AMD Opteron 23xx (Gen 3 Class Opteron) @ 2.20GHz (24 Cores), Motherboard: Red Hat KVM, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 35GB, Graphics: Red Hat QXL paravirtual graphic card, Audio: QEMU Generic, Network: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 OS: Fedora 24, Kernel: 4.8.6-201.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, Compiler: GCC 6.2.1 20160916, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: KVM m4.4xlarge: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 @ 2.30GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 4 x 16384 MB RAM, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function OS: RedHatEnterpriseServer 7.3, Kernel: 3.10.0-514.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better x1c3 ....... 310.45 |=============================================== x220 ....... 386.47 |========================================================== opteron .... 80.63 |============ m4.4xlarge . 75.21 |=========== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better x1c3 ....... 1200.46 |========================================================= x220 ....... 1006.18 |================================================ opteron .... 349.77 |================= m4.4xlarge . 1137.34 |====================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better x1c3 ....... 10122 |=================== x220 ....... 7985 |=============== opteron .... 31233 |========================================================= m4.4xlarge . 32079 |=========================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better x1c3 ....... 59.05 |============================================= x220 ....... 78.05 |=========================================================== opteron .... 10.50 |======== m4.4xlarge . 15.84 |============ Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better x1c3 ....... 12.24 |======================= x220 ....... 14.64 |============================ opteron .... 30.78 |=========================================================== m4.4xlarge . 15.24 |=============================