Xen HVM domU vs. KVM

Xen benchmarking from Ubuntu 11.10 on host and guest against KVM-QEMU on Ubuntu 11.10.

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Xen HVM domU vs. KVMProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionSystem LayerOpenGLXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMUIntel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores)Xen HVM domU v4.1.1Intel 440FX - 82441FX PMC6144MB32GBCirrus Logic GD 5446Ensoniq ES1370Ubuntu 11.103.0.0-12-generic (x86_64)Unity 4.22.0X Server 1.10.4cirrus 1.3.2GCC 4.6.1ext41024x768Xen HVM domU 4.1.1QEMU Virtual 0.14.1 @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores)BochsRed Hat VirtioGeneric 1af4 ID 20Red Hat Virtio device2.1 Mesa 7.11QEMUOpenBenchmarking.org

Xen HVM DomU vs. KVM-QEMU ComparisonPhoronix Test SuiteBaseline+11.7%+11.7%+23.4%+23.4%+35.1%+35.1%46.7%46.1%45%44.6%43.7%42.4%41.1%40.8%36.3%34.9%33.7%32.4%29.9%29.6%28.8%27.4%24.9%23%20.3%10.8%Total TimeD.T.DMD5BlowfishR.4.b.PM.S.ATraditional DESD.T.PLU.AUA.ATotal TimeEP.BBT.AMG.BG.I.R.1.SCG.BFT.BSP.AC.S.TIS.C11.2%Static OMP SpeedupPOV-RaySQLiteJohn The RipperJohn The RipperOpenSSLTimed MAFFT AlignmentJohn The RipperPostMarkNAS Parallel BenchmarksNAS Parallel BenchmarksC-RayNAS Parallel BenchmarksNAS Parallel BenchmarksNAS Parallel BenchmarksSmallptNAS Parallel BenchmarksNAS Parallel BenchmarksNAS Parallel Benchmarks7-Zip CompressionNAS Parallel BenchmarksCLOMPXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU

Xen HVM domU vs. KVMc-ray: Total Timepovray: Total Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesjohn-the-ripper: Traditional DESjohn-the-ripper: MD5john-the-ripper: Blowfishopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancecompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testnpb: BT.Anpb: CG.Bnpb: EP.Bnpb: FT.Bnpb: IS.Cnpb: LU.Anpb: MG.Bnpb: SP.Anpb: UA.Amafft: Multiple Sequence Alignmentclomp: Static OMP Speedupapache: Static Web Page Servingpostmark: Disk Transaction Performancesqlite: Default Test DirectoryXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU107.6513281882397333762849146.7397717034.051671.94116.593777.3097.686254.723843.843405.6521.2236.434.2411231.482409608.9280.5290514633830001106371067.15117579134.722130.41154.364716.1287.878525.194980.324190.1528.6325.594.7011247.063393416.75OpenBenchmarking.org

C-Ray

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU20406080100SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3107.6580.52
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU20406080100Min: 107.64 / Avg: 107.65 / Max: 107.67Min: 80.32 / Avg: 80.52 / Max: 80.89

POV-Ray

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPOV-Ray 3.6.1Total TimeXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU300600900120015001328905

Smallpt

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU4080120160200SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.33, N = 3188146
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU306090120150Min: 188 / Avg: 188 / Max: 188Min: 143 / Avg: 145.67 / Max: 147

John The Ripper

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.8Test: Traditional DESXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU700K1400K2100K2800K3500KSE +/- 6641.62, N = 3SE +/- 29365.51, N = 323973333383000
OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.8Test: Traditional DESXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU600K1200K1800K2400K3000KMin: 2386000 / Avg: 2397333.33 / Max: 2409000Min: 3346000 / Avg: 3383000 / Max: 3441000

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.8Test: MD5Xen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 2.85, N = 3SE +/- 8.35, N = 3762811063
OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.8Test: MD5Xen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU2K4K6K8K10KMin: 7622 / Avg: 7627.67 / Max: 7631Min: 11046 / Avg: 11062.67 / Max: 11072

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.8Test: BlowfishXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU150300450600750SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3491710
OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.8Test: BlowfishXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU120240360480600Min: 489 / Avg: 490.67 / Max: 492Min: 709 / Avg: 710.33 / Max: 712

OpenSSL

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0aRSA 4096-bit PerformanceXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU1530456075SE +/- 0.02, N = 4SE +/- 0.21, N = 446.7367.15
OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0aRSA 4096-bit PerformanceXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU1326395265Min: 46.7 / Avg: 46.73 / Max: 46.8Min: 66.7 / Avg: 67.15 / Max: 67.6

7-Zip Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed TestXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 81.83, N = 3SE +/- 70.24, N = 3977111757
OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed TestXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU2K4K6K8K10KMin: 9610 / Avg: 9770.67 / Max: 9878Min: 11629 / Avg: 11757.33 / Max: 11871

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: BT.AXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 11.02, N = 3SE +/- 30.12, N = 37034.059134.72
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: BT.AXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU16003200480064008000Min: 7012.07 / Avg: 7034.05 / Max: 7046.41Min: 9082.01 / Avg: 9134.72 / Max: 9186.32

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: CG.BXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU5001000150020002500SE +/- 1.06, N = 3SE +/- 16.10, N = 31671.942130.41
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: CG.BXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU400800120016002000Min: 1670.56 / Avg: 1671.94 / Max: 1674.03Min: 2098.4 / Avg: 2130.41 / Max: 2149.4

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.BXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU306090120150SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.64, N = 3116.59154.36
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.BXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU306090120150Min: 116.45 / Avg: 116.59 / Max: 116.68Min: 153.52 / Avg: 154.36 / Max: 155.62

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.BXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU10002000300040005000SE +/- 2.06, N = 3SE +/- 30.36, N = 33777.304716.12
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.BXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU8001600240032004000Min: 3774.9 / Avg: 3777.3 / Max: 3781.39Min: 4656.66 / Avg: 4716.12 / Max: 4756.51

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: IS.CXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU20406080100SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 2.73, N = 697.6887.87
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: IS.CXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU20406080100Min: 97.57 / Avg: 97.68 / Max: 97.75Min: 74.65 / Avg: 87.87 / Max: 92.63

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.AXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 7.03, N = 3SE +/- 118.14, N = 66254.728525.19
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.AXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU15003000450060007500Min: 6240.89 / Avg: 6254.72 / Max: 6263.81Min: 7959.83 / Avg: 8525.19 / Max: 8711.29

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU11002200330044005500SE +/- 222.22, N = 6SE +/- 18.27, N = 33843.844980.32
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU9001800270036004500Min: 2735.36 / Avg: 3843.84 / Max: 4128.66Min: 4961.46 / Avg: 4980.32 / Max: 5016.86

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: SP.AXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU9001800270036004500SE +/- 41.04, N = 3SE +/- 72.35, N = 63405.654190.15
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: SP.AXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU7001400210028003500Min: 3324.6 / Avg: 3405.65 / Max: 3457.34Min: 3938.36 / Avg: 4190.15 / Max: 4376.34

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.AXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU714212835SE +/- 0.67, N = 6SE +/- 0.50, N = 321.2228.63
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.AXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU612182430Min: 17.99 / Avg: 21.22 / Max: 22.47Min: 27.83 / Avg: 28.63 / Max: 29.54

Timed MAFFT Alignment

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.706Multiple Sequence AlignmentXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU816243240SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 336.4325.59
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.706Multiple Sequence AlignmentXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU816243240Min: 36.42 / Avg: 36.43 / Max: 36.45Min: 25.58 / Avg: 25.59 / Max: 25.6

CLOMP

CLOMP is the C version of the Livermore OpenMP benchmark developed to measure OpenMP overheads and other performance impacts due to threading in order to influence future system designs. This particular test profile configuration is currently set to look at the OpenMP static schedule speed-up across all available CPU cores using the recommended test configuration. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSpeedup, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP SpeedupXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU1.05752.1153.17254.235.2875SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.09, N = 104.244.70
OpenBenchmarking.orgSpeedup, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP SpeedupXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU246810Min: 4.16 / Avg: 4.24 / Max: 4.3Min: 3.95 / Avg: 4.7 / Max: 4.92

Apache Benchmark

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.17Static Web Page ServingXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 44.78, N = 3SE +/- 167.10, N = 311231.4811247.06
OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.17Static Web Page ServingXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU2K4K6K8K10KMin: 11184.04 / Avg: 11231.48 / Max: 11320.99Min: 11010.8 / Avg: 11247.06 / Max: 11569.9

PostMark

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU7001400210028003500SE +/- 37.23, N = 10SE +/- 72.83, N = 1024093393
OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU6001200180024003000Min: 2272 / Avg: 2408.8 / Max: 2500Min: 3125 / Avg: 3392.6 / Max: 3571

SQLite

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSQLite 3.7.3Test Target: Default Test DirectoryXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU130260390520650SE +/- 2.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.89, N = 3608.92416.75
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSQLite 3.7.3Test Target: Default Test DirectoryXen HVM DomUKVM-QEMU110220330440550Min: 604.47 / Avg: 608.92 / Max: 612.16Min: 415 / Avg: 416.75 / Max: 417.85