A future article on Phoronix.com looking at the KVM guest performance of Ubuntu 11.10 and past Ubuntu Linux releases going back to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. Both 32-bit and 64-bit guest performance is to be looked at. Host is the Lenovo ThinkPad W510 with KVM.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1110092-AR-XXX49311281
Ubuntu 11.10 KVM,
"FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 - WAV To FLAC",
Lower Results Are Better
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",13.470982074738,13.470702886581,13.471333026886,13.687012195587,13.495535135269
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",17.768587112427,17.873352050781,17.881902217865,17.868990898132,17.862975120544
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",18.433768033981,18.072458982468,18.454220056534,18.370223999023,18.306905984879
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",18.390085220337,18.128918170929,18.201902151108,17.963176965714,18.19154214859
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10",18.5125830173,18.3291511536,17.9826948643,18.4088079929,18.304929018
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04",20.1825320721,20.2012059689,20.1171150208,20.2357211113,20.4309971333
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.10",20.4079530239,20.2415030003,20.6202058792,20.609621048,20.256333828
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.04",18.4125549793,18.0930628777,18.5481581688,18.0766758919,17.9922039509
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",10.945655107498,10.885166168213,10.90213394165,10.980000019073,10.900485038757
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",10.923071146011,10.950630903244,10.963735103607,10.985525846481,11.113309144974
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",11.391296863556,11.432176113129,11.333472967148,11.307222127914,11.398409128189
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",11.397406101227,11.339352846146,11.254173994064,11.267492055893,11.258506059647
"LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2 - WAV To MP3",
Lower Results Are Better
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",35.858977079391,35.394446849823,35.48486995697,35.788492918015,35.490084171295
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",34.441632986069,34.217069149017,34.246444940567,34.069712877274,34.181525945663
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",34.654184818268,34.139821052551,33.86475610733,33.881829977036,33.655454874039
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",37.863240003586,37.476749181747,38.690226078033,37.660645008087,37.693006038666
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10",37.7501859665,36.9265899658,36.9686229229,37.7338609695,36.9437179565
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04",39.8698310852,39.3566708565,39.0904648304,39.0941741467,38.9385910034
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.10",39.7767400742,38.6434009075,39.1477620602,39.0800199509,39.5886659622
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.04",38.6248989105,38.5093832016,39.1934940815,38.4977400303,38.4979410172
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",32.69378900528,32.230909109116,32.181277036667,32.446944952011,32.054775953293
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",32.347441911697,32.052927970886,31.734130144119,32.007180929184,31.711982965469
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",32.127101182938,32.167243003845,31.52131819725,31.728307962418,31.625705003738
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",32.229433059692,31.809552907944,32.438862085342,32.294103145599,32.241304159164
"PostMark 1.51 - Disk Transaction Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",531,543,555,581,500,480,500,500,500,520
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",531,510,531,510,500
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",543,531,510,510,510
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",568,581,609,641,595,609,641,609,581,625
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10",581,581,568,543,581
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04",304,304,320,324,337,333,347,367,357,373
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.10",320,301,301,304,312
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.04",308,308,312,320,362,333,333,352,373,342
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",833,757,781,833,781,781,757,714,757,833
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",781,781,757,806,806
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",1041,1315,925,735,1000,1388,961,925,961,1388
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",3125,3125,3125,3125,3125
"7-Zip Compression 9.13 - Compress Speed Test",
Higher Results Are Better
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",4997,5168,5021
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",4782,4948,4855
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",4768,4854,4819
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",4842,4851,4886
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10",4777,4675,4707
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04",4568,4495,4587
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.10",4542,4523,4371
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.04",4590,4592,4613
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",5475,5467,5468
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",5668,5663,5549
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",5599,5625,5771
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",5558,5672,5704
"John The Ripper 1.7.8 - Test: Traditional DES",
Higher Results Are Better
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",2423000,2383000,2417000
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",2433000,2443000,2444000
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",2360000,2412000,2371000
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",2396000,2394000,2412000
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10",2397000,2424000,2411000
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04",2412000,2401000,2417000
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.10",2412000,2397000,2356000
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.04",2357000,2408000,2381000
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",2702000,2727000,2715000
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",2899000,2869000,2817000
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",2748000,2838000,2801000
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",2671000,2845000,2795000
"John The Ripper 1.7.8 - Test: MD5",
Higher Results Are Better
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",7819,7800,7854
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",7917,7975,8080
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",7655,7846,7684
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",7941,7830,7696
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10",7680,7895,7882
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04",8007,7864,7984
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.10",7978,7875,7782
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.04",7714,8007,7960
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",11794,11652,11450
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",12066,12194,12100
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",11780,11894,11848
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",11695,11994,11628
"John The Ripper 1.7.8 - Test: Blowfish",
Higher Results Are Better
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",362,354,365
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",363,359,367
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",347,363,357
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",355,352,352
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10",349,357,347
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04",359,358,365
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.10",360,355,356
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.04",357,360,366
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",743,738,740
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",693,698,709
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",691,692,682
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",682,688,662
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: HWB Color Space",
Higher Results Are Better
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",73,74,73
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",66,66,66
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",67,68,67
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",65,66,66
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10",65,66,66
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04",65,65,64
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.10",65,64,64
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.04",65,65,65
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",97,96,96
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",86,87,87
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",88,88,88
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",87,88,89
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Blur",
Higher Results Are Better
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",57,58,58
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",50,50,50
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",53,54,54
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",53,54,53
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10",53,53,54
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04",53,53,53
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.10",53,53,53
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.04",50,50,50
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",54,54,54
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",50,50,50
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",50,50,50
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",50,50,51
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding",
Higher Results Are Better
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",30,30,30
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",29,28,28
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",29,29,29
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",29,29,29
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10",29,28,28
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04",29,28,28
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.10",28,29,28
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.04",31,31,31
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",26,26,26
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",26,26,26
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",26,26,26
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",26,26,26
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Resizing",
Higher Results Are Better
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",64,64,63
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",57,57,57
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",59,58,59
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",57,58,58
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10",58,57,57
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04",56,56,56
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.10",55,56,55
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.04",55,55,55
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",68,69,69
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",65,64,64
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",64,65,64
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",64,64,64
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Sharpen",
Higher Results Are Better
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",41,41,40
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",39,38,38
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",39,39,31,39,39,39
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",39,38,38
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10",39,39,39
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04",38,38,38
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.10",38,38,38
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.04",37,37,37
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",25,25,25
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",25,25,25
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",25,25,25
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",25,25,25
"x264 2010-11-22 - H.264 Video Encoding",
Higher Results Are Better
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",24.93,27.22,27.24,26.89,27.18,27.33
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",25.04,26.7,27.18,27.51,27.34,27.04
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",25.35,28.09,27.62,28,27.43,27.36
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",25.55,27.49,27.77,27.62,27.6
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10",23.31,25.47,24.96,25.72,25.44,24.94
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04",23.44,25.9,26.03,26,26.36,24.43
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.10",22.69,24.78,25.01,24.78,25.27,23.7
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",29.23,31.82,31.83,31.33,31.13
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",27.61,31.1,31.84,31.76,31.65,31.32
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",29.32,31.52,32.73,32.11,31.58,32.1
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",28.59,31.95,31.5,32.09,32.15,31.96
"C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",265.493,264.797,264.612
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",270.035,269.662,269.145
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",275.519,273.975,273.84
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",283.718,282.866,282.187
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10",282.946,282.245,281.646
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04",274.543,273.354,273.331
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.10",273.762,272.996,273.019
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.04",243.597,242.845,243.737
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",127.448,128.572,127.564
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",126.737,127.254,127.009
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",146.291,146.874,147.173
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",146.366,147.245,146.983
"TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.1v - Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping",
Higher Results Are Better
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",29.3978,29.2487,29.0868
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",31.7372,31.8022,30.6624
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",31.0455,31.0303,30.3483
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",30.9416,30.7293,30.4214
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10",26.9062,26.9366,26.5912
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04",29.6523,29.4985,29.9764
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.10",29.2196,29.0618,29.2839
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.04",13.2269,13.2411,13.2127
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",25.2422,25.1703,25.0359
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",27.2664,26.9212,27.368
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",27.0488,27.3203,27.2322
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",27.0323,26.7068,26.8969
"Smallpt 1.0 - Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples",
Lower Results Are Better
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",413,413,412
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",410,410,410
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",404,404,403
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",414,415,415
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10",414,415,415
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04",440,440,439
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.10",441,440,441
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.04",439,439,439
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",352,349,350
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",346,346,345
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",337,337,336
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",339,348,340
"Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 - Static Web Page Serving",
Higher Results Are Better
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",7420.79,7729.13,7579.7
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",6095.48,6273.44,6147.29
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",4740.93,4660.53,4664.41
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",5472.36,5538.76,5391.95
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10",485.21,468.56,467.73
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04",6315.29,6457.62,6519.31
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.10",6035.41,6002.6,6010.8
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.04",7450.26,7356.03,7089.44
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",7612.46,7569.88,7594.96
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",5870.81,5876.64,6275.3,5875.93
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",5007.08,4939.38,4983.24
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",5805.91,5621.22,5709.72
"OpenSSL 1.0.0a - RSA 4096-bit Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",18.2,18.2,18.2,18.4
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",18.1,18,18.1,18.3
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",18,17.9,18.1,17.9
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",17.9,17.8,17.9,17.8
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10",18.2,17.8,18.1,17.8
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04",17.5,17.9,17.8,17.9
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.10",17.8,17.8,18.1,18
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.04",18.1,18.1,18,17.3
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",40.2,40.4,40.2,40.3
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",40.3,40.5,40.1,40.7
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",40,40.2,40.5,39.9
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",39.9,40.1,39.9,40.5
"SQLite 3.7.3 - Test Target: Default Test Directory",
Lower Results Are Better
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",79.152840852737,75.620311021805,75.871442079544
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",82.211750984192,79.836154937744,79.392575979233
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",237.30565094948,231.58693194389,227.30136585236
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",77.463016986847,75.391533136368,74.469737052917
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10",94.2857730389,90.4399988651,92.0720968246
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04",181.322299004,175.848343134,176.761919975
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",72.964313983917,69.996971845627,70.783890008926
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",82.83388209343,80.750033140182,79.488601207733
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",256.84336280823,257.19914889336,257.62658691406
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",73.887235879898,74.26969408989,72.963274002075
"PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4 - TPC-B Transactions Per Second",
Higher Results Are Better
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",815.989682,836.947266,876.962164,854.558422
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",711.448395,732.004029,769.51359,778.44775,727.245669,756.448473
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",762.853311,797.30558,833.909623,833.176343,843.117738,834.400067
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",1009.335071,1056.206783,1050.175164
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10",668.684135,679.257366,683.681568
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04",634.294117,648.22963,641.018604
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.10",683.89887,675.897409,687.148899
"32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.04",667.675093,676.186337,703.323336
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10",918.044282,925.426945,958.539041
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04",793.430134,796.12519,860.484512,823.52416,825.167527
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10",940.904029,945.945908,978.423974
"64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04",1012.952531,1057.480824,1068.997804