srvfms-54
Intel Xeon E5645 testing with a Intel S5520HC and Matrox MGA G200e [Pilot] (SEP1) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago) via the Phoronix Test Suite.


RHEL6.1 bare metal: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.40GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel S5520HC, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 4 x 2048 MB 1333MHz, Disk: 2396GB RS2BL040 + 2 x 2000GB Seagate ST32000641AS, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200e [Pilot] (SEP1), Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection

	OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago), Kernel: 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Display Driver: matrox, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs

RHEL6.1 KVM: 

	Processor: QEMU Virtual @ 2.40GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Red Hat KVM, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB RAM, Disk: 20GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device

	OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago), Kernel: 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Display Driver: cirrus, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs, System Layer: QEMU


John The Ripper 1.7.8
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
RHEL6.1 bare metal . 3041000 |=================================================
RHEL6.1 KVM ........ 2998333 |================================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
RHEL6.1 bare metal . 2986 |====================================================
RHEL6.1 KVM ........ 1149 |====================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
RHEL6.1 bare metal . 26.90 |===============================================
RHEL6.1 KVM ........ 29.34 |===================================================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
RHEL6.1 bare metal . 8.25 |==================================================
RHEL6.1 KVM ........ 8.51 |====================================================


Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Scale
MB/s > Higher Is Better
RHEL6.1 bare metal . 9316.56 |=================================================
RHEL6.1 KVM ........ 9267.70 |=================================================


Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Triad
MB/s > Higher Is Better
RHEL6.1 bare metal . 10370.59 |================================================
RHEL6.1 KVM ........ 10294.71 |================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
RHEL6.1 bare metal . 55.56 |==================================================
RHEL6.1 KVM ........ 56.54 |===================================================


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
RHEL6.1 bare metal . 1377.07 |=================================================
RHEL6.1 KVM ........ 580.62  |=====================


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
RHEL6.1 bare metal . 5418.03 |=================================================
RHEL6.1 KVM ........ 4894.08 |============================================


SQLite 3.7.3
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
RHEL6.1 bare metal . 84.09  |====================
RHEL6.1 KVM ........ 212.80 |==================================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16
MB/s > Higher Is Better
RHEL6.1 bare metal . 383.43 |==================================================
RHEL6.1 KVM ........ 319.69 |==========================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16
MB/s > Higher Is Better
RHEL6.1 bare metal . 18.49 |===================================================
RHEL6.1 KVM ........ 10.99 |==============================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16
MB/s > Higher Is Better
RHEL6.1 bare metal . 7244.13 |=================================================
RHEL6.1 KVM ........ 6692.94 |=============================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16
MB/s > Higher Is Better
RHEL6.1 bare metal . 6534.99 |=================================================
RHEL6.1 KVM ........ 5713.49 |===========================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 48
MB/s > Higher Is Better
RHEL6.1 bare metal . 395.12 |==================================================
RHEL6.1 KVM ........ 67.00  |========


Flexible IO Tester 1.57
Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern
Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better
RHEL6.1 bare metal . 1539.24 |===============================================
RHEL6.1 KVM ........ 1606.78 |=================================================


AIO-Stress 0.21
Test: Random Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
RHEL6.1 bare metal . 349.65 |==================================================
RHEL6.1 KVM ........ 146.08 |=====================