Ubuntu 11.10 VM Benchmarking Pentium II testing with a Bochs and Cirrus Logic GD 5446 on Ubuntu 11.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10: Processor: Pentium II @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 6GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (i686), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04: Processor: Pentium II @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 6GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10: Processor: Pentium II @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04: Processor: Pentium II @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Qumranet Virtio, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Network: Qumranet Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-33-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.6, Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10: Processor: Pentium II @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Qumranet Virtio, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Network: Qumranet Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 9.10, Kernel: 2.6.31-14-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.6.4, Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.1, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.6, Compiler: GCC 4.4.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04: Processor: Pentium II @ 6.38GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Qumranet Virtio, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Network: Qumranet Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 9.04, Kernel: 2.6.28-11-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.26.1, Display Server: X Server 1.6.0, Display Driver: cirrus 1.2.1, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.4, Compiler: GCC 4.3.3, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 800x600 Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10 . 7576.54 |=========================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04 . 6172.07 |=================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10 . 4688.62 |=========================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04 . 5467.69 |=============================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10 .. 473.83 |=== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04 .. 6430.74 |==================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10 . 846.11 |=================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04 . 745.85 |=============================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10 . 817.46 |================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04 . 1038.57 |=========================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10 .. 677.21 |============================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04 .. 641.18 |=========================== SQLite 3.7.3 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10 . 76.88 |=============== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04 . 80.48 |=============== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10 . 232.06 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04 . 75.77 |============== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10 .. 92.27 |================= 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04 .. 177.98 |================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10 . 521 |======================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04 . 516 |======================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10 . 521 |======================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04 . 606 |=============================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10 .. 571 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04 .. 337 |========================== 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10 . 5062 |============================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04 . 4862 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10 . 4814 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04 . 4860 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10 .. 4720 |=========================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04 .. 4550 |========================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10 . 264.97 |========================================= 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04 . 269.61 |========================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10 . 274.44 |=========================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04 . 282.92 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10 .. 282.28 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04 .. 273.74 |=========================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10 . 413 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04 . 410 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10 . 404 |=========================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04 . 415 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10 .. 415 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04 .. 440 |=============================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10 . 35.60 |========================================= 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04 . 34.23 |======================================= 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10 . 34.04 |======================================= 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04 . 37.88 |=========================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10 .. 37.26 |=========================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04 .. 39.27 |============================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10 . 13.52 |============================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04 . 17.85 |======================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10 . 18.33 |========================================= 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04 . 18.18 |======================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10 .. 18.31 |========================================= 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04 .. 20.23 |============================================= x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10 . 26.80 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04 . 26.80 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10 . 27.31 |============================================= 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04 . 27.21 |============================================= 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10 .. 24.97 |========================================= 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04 .. 25.36 |========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10 . 73 |================================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04 . 66 |=========================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10 . 67 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04 . 66 |=========================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10 .. 66 |=========================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04 .. 65 |=========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10 . 58 |================================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04 . 50 |========================================= 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10 . 54 |============================================= 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04 . 53 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10 .. 53 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04 .. 53 |============================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10 . 30 |================================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04 . 28 |============================================= 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10 . 29 |============================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04 . 29 |============================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10 .. 28 |============================================= 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04 .. 28 |============================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10 . 64 |================================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04 . 57 |=========================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10 . 59 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04 . 58 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10 .. 57 |=========================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04 .. 56 |========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10 . 41 |================================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04 . 38 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10 . 38 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04 . 38 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10 .. 39 |============================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04 .. 38 |============================================ John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10 . 2407667 |========================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04 . 2440000 |=========================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10 . 2381000 |========================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04 . 2400667 |========================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10 .. 2410667 |========================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04 .. 2410000 |========================================== John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10 . 7824 |============================================= 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04 . 7991 |============================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10 . 7728 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04 . 7822 |============================================= 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10 .. 7819 |============================================= 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04 .. 7952 |============================================== John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10 . 360 |=============================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04 . 363 |=============================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10 . 356 |============================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04 . 353 |============================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10 .. 351 |============================================= 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04 .. 361 |=============================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0a RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10 . 18.25 |============================================= 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04 . 18.13 |============================================= 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10 . 17.98 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04 . 17.85 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10 .. 17.98 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04 .. 17.77 |============================================ TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.1v Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10 . 29.24 |========================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04 . 31.40 |============================================= 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10 . 30.81 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04 . 30.70 |============================================ 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10 .. 26.81 |====================================== 32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04 .. 29.71 |===========================================