BIGTESTIES KVM testing on Ubuntu 18.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. TIP: Processor: Westmere E56xx/L56xx/X56xx @ 2.39GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996) (rel-1.11.0-0-g63451fca13-prebuilt.qemu-project.org BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 147GB, Graphics: EFI VGA, Audio: Ensoniq ES1370, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + Clang 6.0.0-1ubuntu2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600, System Layer: KVM UP: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996) (rel-1.11.0-0-g63451fca13-prebuilt.qemu-project.org BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 161GB QEMU HDD, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + Clang 6.0.0-1ubuntu2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM UP-2: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996) (rel-1.11.0-0-g63451fca13-prebuilt.qemu-project.org BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 161GB QEMU HDD, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + Clang 6.0.0-1ubuntu2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM UP NEW CPUs: Processor: 2 x Common KVM @ 2.00GHz (96 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996) (rel-1.11.0-0-g63451fca13-prebuilt.qemu-project.org BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 129024MB, Disk: 215GB QEMU HDD, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-22-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + Clang 6.0.0-1ubuntu2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM UP NEW CPUs 2: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996) (rel-1.11.0-0-g63451fca13-prebuilt.qemu-project.org BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 215GB QEMU HDD, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-22-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + Clang 6.0.0-1ubuntu2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM UP NEWS CPUS W NORMAL WRITE: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996) (rel-1.11.0-0-g63451fca13-prebuilt.qemu-project.org BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 215GB QEMU HDD, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-22-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + Clang 6.0.0-1ubuntu2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM UP NEW CPUS TIP COMP: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.00GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996) (rel-1.11.0-0-g63451fca13-prebuilt.qemu-project.org BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 215GB QEMU HDD, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-22-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + Clang 6.0.0-1ubuntu2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM UP SAME CPU TYPE TIP: Processor: Westmere E56xx/L56xx/X56xx @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996) (rel-1.11.0-0-g63451fca13-prebuilt.qemu-project.org BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 215GB QEMU HDD, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-22-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + Clang 6.0.0-1ubuntu2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better TIP ......................... 40.03 |=========== UP-2 ........................ 146.31 |========================================= UP NEW CPUs 2 ............... 64.12 |================== UP NEWS CPUS W NORMAL WRITE . 78.90 |====================== UP NEW CPUS TIP COMP ........ 63.83 |================== UP SAME CPU TYPE TIP ........ 64.52 |================== Dbench 4.0 1 Client MB/s > Higher Is Better TIP .................. 104.74 |================================================ UP-2 ................. 25.67 |============ UP NEW CPUs 2 ........ 56.60 |========================== UP NEW CPUS TIP COMP . 56.38 |========================== UP SAME CPU TYPE TIP . 56.79 |========================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-4.15.tar.xz Seconds < Lower Is Better TIP .................. 8.93 |======================================== UP-2 ................. 10.99 |================================================= UP NEW CPUs 2 ........ 9.32 |========================================== UP NEW CPUS TIP COMP . 8.99 |======================================== UP SAME CPU TYPE TIP . 9.39 |========================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better TIP .................. 3049 |===================================== UP-2 ................. 4099 |================================================= UP NEW CPUs 2 ........ 4173 |================================================== UP NEW CPUS TIP COMP . 4054 |================================================= UP SAME CPU TYPE TIP . 3026 |==================================== Crafty 25.2 Elapsed Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better TIP .................. 6019766 |=============================================== UP-2 ................. 5465862 |=========================================== UP NEW CPUs 2 ........ 5467510 |=========================================== UP NEW CPUS TIP COMP . 5422118 |========================================== UP SAME CPU TYPE TIP . 5479400 |=========================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better TIP .................. 1996 |============================= UP-2 ................. 2362 |================================== UP NEW CPUs 2 ........ 2356 |================================== UP NEW CPUS TIP COMP . 3495 |================================================== UP SAME CPU TYPE TIP . 2364 |================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better TIP .................. 3369333 |============ UP-2 ................. 8612167 |=============================== UP NEW CPUs 2 ........ 8780333 |=============================== UP NEW CPUS TIP COMP . 12889667 |============================================== UP SAME CPU TYPE TIP . 8777000 |=============================== John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better TIP .................. 61941 |============================= UP-2 ................. 69304 |================================= UP NEW CPUs 2 ........ 67827 |================================ UP NEW CPUS TIP COMP . 102088 |================================================ UP SAME CPU TYPE TIP . 67769 |================================ x264 2018-02-05 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better TIP .................. 12.32 |========================================== UP-2 ................. 10.36 |=================================== UP NEW CPUs 2 ........ 10.28 |=================================== UP NEW CPUS TIP COMP . 13.39 |============================================== UP SAME CPU TYPE TIP . 14.39 |================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.28 HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better TIP .................. 122 |======================================= UP-2 ................. 149 |================================================ UP NEW CPUs 2 ........ 149 |================================================ UP NEW CPUS TIP COMP . 159 |=================================================== UP SAME CPU TYPE TIP . 144 |============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.28 Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better TIP .................. 72 |====================================== UP-2 ................. 98 |==================================================== UP NEW CPUs 2 ........ 96 |=================================================== UP NEW CPUS TIP COMP . 97 |=================================================== UP SAME CPU TYPE TIP . 94 |================================================== 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better TIP .................. 6234 |============================================= UP-2 ................. 6774 |================================================= UP NEW CPUs 2 ........ 6835 |================================================== UP NEW CPUS TIP COMP . 6866 |================================================== UP SAME CPU TYPE TIP . 6739 |================================================= Timed PHP Compilation 7.1.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better TIP .................. 260.34 |============================================== UP-2 ................. 257.36 |============================================= UP NEW CPUs 2 ........ 258.59 |============================================= UP NEW CPUS TIP COMP . 186.47 |================================= UP SAME CPU TYPE TIP . 273.13 |================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better TIP .................. 69.70 |================================================= UP-2 ................. 59.19 |========================================== UP NEW CPUs 2 ........ 59.02 |========================================= UP NEW CPUS TIP COMP . 39.50 |============================ UP SAME CPU TYPE TIP . 59.22 |========================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better TIP .................. 248 |================================================ UP-2 ................. 261 |=================================================== UP NEW CPUs 2 ........ 261 |=================================================== UP NEW CPUS TIP COMP . 174 |================================== UP SAME CPU TYPE TIP . 260 |=================================================== dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better TIP .................. 60.57 |============================================= UP-2 ................. 65.90 |================================================= UP NEW CPUs 2 ........ 64.46 |================================================ UP NEW CPUS TIP COMP . 64.30 |================================================ UP SAME CPU TYPE TIP . 64.56 |================================================ FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better TIP .................. 15.75 |================================================= UP-2 ................. 15.79 |================================================= UP NEW CPUs 2 ........ 15.38 |================================================ UP NEW CPUS TIP COMP . 15.50 |================================================ UP SAME CPU TYPE TIP . 14.32 |============================================ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better TIP .................. 41.33 |============================================ UP-2 ................. 46.32 |================================================= UP NEW CPUs 2 ........ 46.20 |================================================= UP NEW CPUS TIP COMP . 46.26 |================================================= UP SAME CPU TYPE TIP . 46.22 |================================================= FFmpeg 3.4.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better TIP .................. 19.16 |================================================= UP-2 ................. 18.50 |=============================================== UP NEW CPUs 2 ........ 18.60 |================================================ UP NEW CPUS TIP COMP . 14.77 |====================================== UP SAME CPU TYPE TIP . 17.94 |============================================== GnuPG 1.4.22 2GB File Encryption Seconds < Lower Is Better TIP .................. 15.08 |======================================= UP-2 ................. 18.73 |================================================= UP NEW CPUs 2 ........ 17.52 |============================================== UP NEW CPUS TIP COMP . 17.53 |============================================== UP SAME CPU TYPE TIP . 18.01 |=============================================== OpenSSL 1.1.0f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better TIP .................. 258.60 |==================================== UP-2 ................. 228.97 |================================ UP NEW CPUs 2 ........ 228.10 |================================ UP NEW CPUS TIP COMP . 342.80 |================================================ UP SAME CPU TYPE TIP . 228.93 |================================ Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better TIP .................. 8827.71 |================================ UP-2 ................. 10916.60 |======================================= UP NEW CPUs 2 ........ 10043.25 |==================================== UP NEW CPUS TIP COMP . 12762.75 |============================================== UP SAME CPU TYPE TIP . 8367.85 |==============================