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.
HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1110103-AR-1110100AR05&export=pdf&grw&rdt&rro .
Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver Compiler File-System Screen Resolution OpenGL System Layer 32-bit KVM 64-bit KVM Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Pentium II @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores) Bochs Red Hat Virtio 2048MB 6GB Cirrus Logic GD 5446 Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio Red Hat Virtio device Ubuntu 11.10 3.0.0-12-generic (i686) Unity 4.22.0 X Server 1.10.4 cirrus 1.3.2 GCC 4.6.1 ext4 1024x768 Ubuntu 11.04 2.6.38-8-generic (i686) GNOME 2.32.1 X Server 1.10.1 GCC 4.5.2 8GB Ubuntu 10.10 2.6.35-22-generic (i686) GNOME 2.32.0 X Server 1.9.0 GCC 4.4.5 Qumranet Virtio Qumranet Virtio device Ubuntu 10.04 2.6.32-33-generic (i686) GNOME 2.30.2 X Server 1.7.6 GCC 4.4.3 Ubuntu 9.10 2.6.31-14-generic (i686) GNOME 2.28.1 X Server 1.6.4 cirrus 1.3.1 2.1 Mesa 7.6 GCC 4.4.1 Pentium II @ 6.38GHz (4 Cores) Ubuntu 9.04 2.6.28-11-generic (i686) GNOME 2.26.1 X Server 1.6.0 cirrus 1.2.1 2.1 Mesa 7.4 GCC 4.3.3 ext3 800x600 Pentium II @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores) Qumranet Device 1002 Ubuntu 8.10 2.6.27-7-generic (i686) GNOME 2.24.1 X Server 1.5.2 2.1 Mesa 7.2 GCC 4.3.2 Qumranet 1002 Qumranet 1000 Ubuntu 8.04 2.6.24-26-generic (i686) GNOME 2.22.3 X Server 1.4.0.90 cirrus 1.1.0 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.3-rc2) GCC 4.2.4 QEMU Virtual 0.12.5 @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores) Red Hat Virtio 6GB Red Hat Virtio device Ubuntu 11.10 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64) Unity 4.22.0 X Server 1.10.4 cirrus 1.3.2 GCC 4.6.1 ext4 1024x768 QEMU Ubuntu 11.04 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64) GNOME 2.32.1 X Server 1.10.1 GCC 4.5.2 8GB Ubuntu 10.10 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64) GNOME 2.32.0 X Server 1.9.0 GCC 4.4.5 Qumranet Virtio Qumranet Virtio device Ubuntu 10.04 2.6.32-33-generic (x86_64) GNOME 2.30.2 X Server 1.7.6 GCC 4.4.3 Ubuntu 9.10 2.6.31-14-generic (x86_64) GNOME 2.28.1 X Server 1.6.4 cirrus 1.3.1 2.1 Mesa 7.6 GCC 4.4.1 QEMU Virtual 0.12.5 @ 6.38GHz (4 Cores) Ubuntu 9.04 2.6.28-11-generic (x86_64) GNOME 2.26.1 X Server 1.6.0 cirrus 1.2.1 2.1 Mesa 7.4 GCC 4.3.3 ext3 OpenBenchmarking.org
encode-flac: WAV To FLAC encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 postmark: Disk Transaction Performance compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test john-the-ripper: Traditional DES john-the-ripper: MD5 john-the-ripper: Blowfish graphics-magick: HWB Color Space graphics-magick: Blur graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding graphics-magick: Resizing graphics-magick: Sharpen x264: H.264 Video Encoding c-ray: Total Time ttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples apache: Static Web Page Serving openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance sqlite: Default Test Directory pgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Second 32-bit KVM 64-bit KVM Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 9.04 13.52 35.60 521 5062 2407667 7824 360 73 58 30 64 41 26.80 264.97 29.24 413 7576.54 18.25 76.88 846.11 17.85 34.23 516 4862 2440000 7991 363 66 50 28 57 38 26.80 269.61 31.40 410 6172.07 18.13 80.48 745.85 18.33 34.04 521 4814 2381000 7728 356 67 54 29 59 38 27.31 274.44 30.81 404 4688.62 17.98 232.06 817.46 18.18 37.88 606 4860 2400667 7822 353 66 53 29 58 38 27.21 282.92 30.70 415 5467.69 17.85 75.77 1038.57 18.31 37.26 571 4720 2410667 7819 351 66 53 28 57 39 24.97 282.28 26.81 415 473.83 17.98 92.27 677.21 20.23 39.27 337 4550 2410000 7952 361 65 53 28 56 38 25.36 273.74 29.71 440 6430.74 17.77 177.98 641.18 20.43 39.25 308 4479 2388333 7878 357 64 53 28 55 38 24.37 273.26 29.19 441 6016.27 17.93 682.32 18.22 38.66 334 4598 2382000 7894 361 65 50 31 55 37 243.39 13.23 439 7298.58 17.88 682.39 10.92 32.32 783 5470 2714667 11632 740 96 54 26 69 25 31.07 127.86 25.15 350 7592.43 40.28 71.25 934.00 10.99 31.97 786 5627 2861667 12120 700 87 50 26 64 25 30.88 127.00 27.19 346 5974.67 40.40 81.02 819.75 11.37 31.83 1064 5665 2795667 11841 688 88 50 26 64 25 31.56 146.78 27.20 337 4976.57 40.15 257.22 955.09 11.30 32.20 3125 5645 2770333 11772 677 88 50 26 64 25 31.37 146.86 26.88 342 5712.28 40.10 73.71 1046.48 11.40 32.33 2986 5585 2760000 11688 687 88 50 26 64 25 28.91 146.99 23.88 337 7988.75 40.05 91.45 659.70 12.44 33.78 379 5437 2760333 11284 649 93 51 26 64 25 29.93 140.65 25.55 347 6162.55 39.38 195.49 620.39 OpenBenchmarking.org
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 10.9 11.4 12.4 32-bit KVM 13.5 18.1 20.4 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 6 12 18 24 30
LAME MP3 Encoding WAV To MP3 Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 31.8 32.4 33.8 32-bit KVM 34.0 37.0 39.3 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2 WAV To MP3 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 11 22 33 44 55
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 379 1521 3125 32-bit KVM 308 464 606 OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 600 1200 1800 2400 3000
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 5437 5572 5665 32-bit KVM 4479 4743 5062 OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 1300 2600 3900 5200 6500
John The Ripper Test: Traditional DES Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 2714667 2777111 2861667 32-bit KVM 2381000 2402542 2440000 OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Traditional DES Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 600K 1200K 1800K 2400K 3000K
John The Ripper Test: MD5 Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 11284 11723 12120 32-bit KVM 7728 7864 7991 OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: MD5 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K
John The Ripper Test: Blowfish Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 649.0 690.2 740.0 32-bit KVM 351.0 357.8 363.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Blowfish Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 150 300 450 600 750
GraphicsMagick Operation: HWB Color Space Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 87.0 90.0 96.0 32-bit KVM 64.0 66.5 73.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 20 40 60 80 100
GraphicsMagick Operation: Blur Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 50.0 50.8 54.0 32-bit KVM 50.0 53.0 58.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 16 32 48 64 80
GraphicsMagick Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 26.0 26.0 26.0 32-bit KVM 28.0 28.9 31.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 9 18 27 36 45
GraphicsMagick Operation: Resizing Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 64.0 64.8 69.0 32-bit KVM 55.0 57.6 64.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 20 40 60 80 100
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 25.0 25.0 25.0 32-bit KVM 37.0 38.4 41.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 11 22 33 44 55
x264 H.264 Video Encoding Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 28.9 30.6 31.6 32-bit KVM 24.4 26.1 27.3 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.10 8 16 24 32 40
C-Ray Total Time Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 127.0 139.4 147.0 32-bit KVM 243.4 270.6 282.9 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 70 140 210 280 350
TTSIOD 3D Renderer Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 23.9 26.0 27.2 32-bit KVM 13.2 27.6 31.4 OpenBenchmarking.org FPS, More Is Better TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.1v Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 9 18 27 36 45
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 337.0 343.2 350.0 32-bit KVM 404.0 422.1 441.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 120 240 360 480 600
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 4977 6401 7989 32-bit KVM 474 5516 7577 OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 39.4 40.1 40.4 32-bit KVM 17.8 18.0 18.3 OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0a RSA 4096-bit Performance Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 8 16 24 32 40
SQLite Test Target: Default Test Directory Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 71.3 128.4 257.2 32-bit KVM 75.8 122.6 232.1 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better SQLite 3.7.3 Test Target: Default Test Directory Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 70 140 210 280 350
PostgreSQL pgbench TPC-B Transactions Per Second Min Avg Max 64-bit KVM 620 839 1046 32-bit KVM 641 766 1039 OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4 TPC-B Transactions Per Second Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 10.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 200 400 600 800 1000
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