Amazon Linux AMI 2017.03 Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon testing on CentOS 6.7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Tests for a future article. Using c4.4xlarge instance type. Amazon Linux 2017.03: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2017.03, Kernel: 4.9.20-11.31.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.3 20140911, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon CentOS 6.7: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: CentOS 6.7, Kernel: 2.6.32-573.18.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon Debian Linux 8.7: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Debian 8.7, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 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 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function OS: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2, Kernel: 4.4.21-90-default (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-1013-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux 2017.03 . 22917.46 |================================ CentOS 6.7 ........... 16987.97 |======================== Debian Linux 8.7 ..... 33065.96 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 21216.68 |============================== Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2017.03 . 6844 |======= Debian Linux 8.7 ..... 47322 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 6258 |====== Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2017.03 . 8836345 |===== Debian Linux 8.7 ..... 83658849 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 10175942 |====== Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2017.03 . 2041680 |====== Debian Linux 8.7 ..... 14503994 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 2065101 |======= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux 2017.03 ..................... 11404 |============================= CentOS 6.7 ............................... 10752 |=========================== Debian Linux 8.7 ......................... 11197 |============================ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 ............. 11231 |============================= SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2 . 11332 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......................... 11389 |============================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux 2017.03 ..................... 1067.90 |=========================== CentOS 6.7 ............................... 1059.97 |=========================== Debian Linux 8.7 ......................... 1055.70 |=========================== Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 ............. 1055.13 |=========================== SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2 . 1067.60 |=========================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2017.03 ..................... 5.60 |============================ CentOS 6.7 ............................... 6.03 |============================== Debian Linux 8.7 ......................... 5.53 |============================ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 ............. 5.79 |============================= SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2 . 5.58 |============================ Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......................... 5.60 |============================ PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux 2017.03 ......... 142245 |=============== CentOS 6.7 ................... 126715 |============= Debian Linux 8.7 ............. 170771 |================== Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 . 164637 |================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 384274 |======================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux 2017.03 ..................... 2054.51 |========================== CentOS 6.7 ............................... 1713.01 |===================== Debian Linux 8.7 ......................... 2038.52 |========================== SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2 . 1887.63 |======================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......................... 2157.95 |=========================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux 2017.03 ..................... 2114.22 |========================= CentOS 6.7 ............................... 1945.99 |======================= Debian Linux 8.7 ......................... 2082.16 |========================= SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2 . 2276.30 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......................... 2257.46 |=========================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: LPUSH Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux 2017.03 ..................... 1184497.92 |===================== CentOS 6.7 ............................... 971955.00 |================= Debian Linux 8.7 ......................... 1245114.13 |====================== Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 ............. 1094898.67 |==================== SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2 . 1336550.84 |======================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......................... 1272985.83 |======================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux 2017.03 ..................... 1528692.13 |====================== CentOS 6.7 ............................... 1197155.92 |================= Debian Linux 8.7 ......................... 1595012.87 |======================= Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 ............. 1352249.63 |=================== SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2 . 1666703.67 |======================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......................... 1629653.84 |======================= Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux 2017.03 ..................... 1185129.46 |====================== CentOS 6.7 ............................... 853600.75 |================ Debian Linux 8.7 ......................... 1253321.79 |======================= Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 ............. 1084639.33 |==================== SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2 . 1317555.00 |======================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......................... 1239542.79 |======================= SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2017.03 ..................... 34.83 |===================== CentOS 6.7 ............................... 47.95 |============================= Debian Linux 8.7 ......................... 29.18 |================== Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 ............. 28.64 |================= SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2 . 37.92 |======================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......................... 33.08 |==================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2017.03 ..................... 24.61 |========================== CentOS 6.7 ............................... 24.14 |========================== Debian Linux 8.7 ......................... 26.96 |============================= SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2 . 27.15 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......................... 26.93 |============================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux 2017.03 ..................... 69.86 |========================= CentOS 6.7 ............................... 76.99 |============================ Debian Linux 8.7 ......................... 80.46 |============================= Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 ............. 80.00 |============================= SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2 . 71.91 |========================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......................... 75.38 |===========================