Ubuntu 11.10 KVM

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.

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32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.04
October 09 2011
 
32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 8.10
October 09 2011
 
32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.04
October 08 2011
 
32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10
October 08 2011
 
32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04
October 08 2011
 
32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10
October 08 2011
 
32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04
October 08 2011
 
32-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10
October 07 2011
 
64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.10
October 09 2011
 
64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 11.04
October 09 2011
 
64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.10
October 09 2011
 
64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 10.04
October 09 2011
 
64-bit KVM: Ubuntu 9.10
October 10 2011
 
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ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionSystem Layer32-bit KVM64-bit KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10Pentium II @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores)BochsQumranet 10022048MB8GBCirrus Logic GD 5446Intel 82801AA AC 97 AudioQumranet 1000Ubuntu 8.042.6.24-26-generic (i686)GNOME 2.22.3X Server 1.4.0.90cirrus 1.1.01.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.3-rc2)GCC 4.2.4ext3800x600Qumranet Device 1002Qumranet Virtio deviceUbuntu 8.102.6.27-7-generic (i686)GNOME 2.24.1X Server 1.5.2cirrus 1.2.12.1 Mesa 7.2GCC 4.3.2Pentium II @ 6.38GHz (4 Cores)Qumranet VirtioUbuntu 9.042.6.28-11-generic (i686)GNOME 2.26.1X Server 1.6.02.1 Mesa 7.4GCC 4.3.3Pentium II @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores)Ubuntu 9.102.6.31-14-generic (i686)GNOME 2.28.1X Server 1.6.4cirrus 1.3.12.1 Mesa 7.6GCC 4.4.1ext41024x768Ubuntu 10.042.6.32-33-generic (i686)GNOME 2.30.2X Server 1.7.6cirrus 1.3.2GCC 4.4.3Red Hat VirtioRed Hat Virtio deviceUbuntu 10.102.6.35-22-generic (i686)GNOME 2.32.0X Server 1.9.0GCC 4.4.56GBUbuntu 11.042.6.38-8-generic (i686)GNOME 2.32.1X Server 1.10.1GCC 4.5.2Ubuntu 11.103.0.0-12-generic (i686)Unity 4.22.0X Server 1.10.4GCC 4.6.1QEMU Virtual 0.12.5 @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores)3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64)QEMUUbuntu 11.042.6.38-8-generic (x86_64)GNOME 2.32.1X Server 1.10.1GCC 4.5.28GBUbuntu 10.102.6.35-22-generic (x86_64)GNOME 2.32.0X Server 1.9.0GCC 4.4.5Qumranet VirtioQumranet Virtio deviceUbuntu 10.042.6.32-33-generic (x86_64)GNOME 2.30.2X Server 1.7.6GCC 4.4.3Ubuntu 9.102.6.31-14-generic (x86_64)GNOME 2.28.1X Server 1.6.4cirrus 1.3.12.1 Mesa 7.6GCC 4.4.1OpenBenchmarking.org

compress-7zip: Compress Speed Testapache: Static Web Page Servingc-ray: Total Timeencode-flac: WAV To FLACgraphics-magick: HWB Color Spacegraphics-magick: Blurgraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinggraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: Sharpenjohn-the-ripper: Traditional DESjohn-the-ripper: MD5john-the-ripper: Blowfishencode-mp3: WAV To MP3openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancepgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Secondpostmark: Disk Transaction Performancesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplessqlite: Default Test Directoryttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mappingx264: H.264 Video Encoding32-bit KVM64-bit KVM Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.1045987298.58243.3918.2265503155372382000789436138.6617.88682.3933443913.2344796016.27273.2620.4364532855382388333787835739.2517.93682.3230844129.1924.3745506430.74273.7420.2365532856382410000795236139.2717.77641.18337440177.9829.7125.364720473.83282.2818.3166532857392410667781935137.2617.98677.2157141592.2726.8124.9748605467.69282.9218.1866532958382400667782235337.8817.851038.5760641575.7730.7027.2148144688.62274.4418.3367542959382381000772835634.0417.98817.46521404232.0630.8127.3148626172.07269.6117.8566502857382440000799136334.2318.13745.8551641080.4831.4026.8050627576.54264.9713.5273583064412407667782436035.6018.25846.1152141376.8829.2426.8054707592.43127.8610.92965426692527146671163274032.3240.28934.0078335071.2525.1531.0756275974.67127.0010.99875026642528616671212070031.9740.40819.7578634681.0227.1930.8856654976.57146.7811.37885026642527956671184168831.8340.15955.091064337257.2227.2031.5656455712.28146.8611.30885026642527703331177267732.2040.101046.48312534273.7126.8831.3755857988.75146.9911.40885026642527600001168868732.3340.05659.70298633791.4523.8828.91OpenBenchmarking.org

7-Zip Compression

MinAvgMax64-bit KVM54705598566532-bit KVM447947435062OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed TestUbuntu 9.10Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 10.10Ubuntu 10.04Ubuntu 9.04Ubuntu 8.10Ubuntu 8.0413002600390052006500

Apache Benchmark

MinAvgMax64-bit KVM49776449798932-bit KVM47455167577OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.17Static Web Page ServingUbuntu 9.10Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 10.10Ubuntu 10.04Ubuntu 9.04Ubuntu 8.10Ubuntu 8.042K4K6K8K10K

C-Ray

MinAvgMax64-bit KVM127.0139.1147.032-bit KVM243.4270.6282.9OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeUbuntu 9.10Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 10.10Ubuntu 10.04Ubuntu 9.04Ubuntu 8.10Ubuntu 8.0470140210280350

FLAC Audio Encoding

MinAvgMax64-bit KVM10.911.211.432-bit KVM13.518.120.4OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1WAV To FLACUbuntu 9.10Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 10.10Ubuntu 10.04Ubuntu 9.04Ubuntu 8.10Ubuntu 8.04612182430

GraphicsMagick

MinAvgMax64-bit KVM87.089.496.032-bit KVM64.066.573.0OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: HWB Color SpaceUbuntu 9.10Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 10.10Ubuntu 10.04Ubuntu 9.04Ubuntu 8.10Ubuntu 8.0420406080100

MinAvgMax64-bit KVM50.050.854.032-bit KVM50.053.058.0OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: BlurUbuntu 9.10Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 10.10Ubuntu 10.04Ubuntu 9.04Ubuntu 8.10Ubuntu 8.041632486480

MinAvgMax64-bit KVM26.026.026.032-bit KVM28.028.931.0OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingUbuntu 9.10Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 10.10Ubuntu 10.04Ubuntu 9.04Ubuntu 8.10Ubuntu 8.04918273645

MinAvgMax64-bit KVM64.065.069.032-bit KVM55.057.664.0OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: ResizingUbuntu 9.10Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 10.10Ubuntu 10.04Ubuntu 9.04Ubuntu 8.10Ubuntu 8.0420406080100

MinAvgMax64-bit KVM25.025.025.032-bit KVM37.038.441.0OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: SharpenUbuntu 9.10Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 10.10Ubuntu 10.04Ubuntu 9.04Ubuntu 8.10Ubuntu 8.041122334455

John The Ripper

MinAvgMax64-bit KVM27146672780467286166732-bit KVM238100024025422440000OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.8Test: Traditional DESUbuntu 9.10Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 10.10Ubuntu 10.04Ubuntu 9.04Ubuntu 8.10Ubuntu 8.04600K1200K1800K2400K3000K

MinAvgMax64-bit KVM11632118111212032-bit KVM772878647991OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.8Test: MD5Ubuntu 9.10Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 10.10Ubuntu 10.04Ubuntu 9.04Ubuntu 8.10Ubuntu 8.042K4K6K8K10K

MinAvgMax64-bit KVM677.0698.4740.032-bit KVM351.0357.8363.0OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.8Test: BlowfishUbuntu 9.10Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 10.10Ubuntu 10.04Ubuntu 9.04Ubuntu 8.10Ubuntu 8.04150300450600750

LAME MP3 Encoding

MinAvgMax64-bit KVM31.832.132.332-bit KVM34.037.039.3OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2WAV To MP3Ubuntu 9.10Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 10.10Ubuntu 10.04Ubuntu 9.04Ubuntu 8.10Ubuntu 8.041122334455

OpenSSL

MinAvgMax64-bit KVM40.140.240.432-bit KVM17.818.018.3OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0aRSA 4096-bit PerformanceUbuntu 9.10Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 10.10Ubuntu 10.04Ubuntu 9.04Ubuntu 8.10Ubuntu 8.04816243240

PostgreSQL pgbench

MinAvgMax64-bit KVM660883104632-bit KVM6417661039OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4TPC-B Transactions Per SecondUbuntu 9.10Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 10.10Ubuntu 10.04Ubuntu 9.04Ubuntu 8.10Ubuntu 8.042004006008001000

PostMark

MinAvgMax64-bit KVM7831749312532-bit KVM308464606OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceUbuntu 9.10Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 10.10Ubuntu 10.04Ubuntu 9.04Ubuntu 8.10Ubuntu 8.046001200180024003000

Smallpt

MinAvgMax64-bit KVM337.0342.4350.032-bit KVM404.0422.1441.0OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesUbuntu 9.10Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 10.10Ubuntu 10.04Ubuntu 9.04Ubuntu 8.10Ubuntu 8.04120240360480600

SQLite

MinAvgMax64-bit KVM71.3114.9257.232-bit KVM75.8122.6232.1OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSQLite 3.7.3Test Target: Default Test DirectoryUbuntu 9.10Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 10.10Ubuntu 10.04Ubuntu 9.0460120180240300

TTSIOD 3D Renderer

MinAvgMax64-bit KVM23.926.127.232-bit KVM13.227.631.4OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.1vPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingUbuntu 9.10Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 10.10Ubuntu 10.04Ubuntu 9.04Ubuntu 8.10Ubuntu 8.04918273645

x264

MinAvgMax64-bit KVM28.930.831.632-bit KVM24.426.127.3OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video EncodingUbuntu 9.10Ubuntu 11.10Ubuntu 11.04Ubuntu 10.10Ubuntu 10.04Ubuntu 9.04Ubuntu 8.10816243240