Ubuntu 12.04 Virtualization - Sandy Bridge

Intel Core i7-3960X benchmarking of various Ubuntu 12.04 LTS virtualization options with the Precise Linux 3.2 kernel. Testing of bare metal, Xen, KVM virtualization methods from this Intel Sandy Bridge Extreme Edition system that was running in the same configuration for the duration of testing. This Linux virtualization benchmarking is for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionSystem LayerIntel Core i7 3960X Bare Metal KVM XenIntel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores)Intel DX79SIIntel Sandy DMI216384MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MBRealtek ALC892DELL P2210HIntel 82579LM Gigabit ConnectionUbuntu 12.043.2.0-20-generic (x86_64)Unity 5.6.0X Server 1.11.3radeon 6.14.992.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.6ext41920x1080QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores)BochsRed Hat Virtio12288MB16GBLLVMpipeGeneric 1af4 ID 20Red Hat Virtio deviceUnity 2D 5.6.0cirrus 1.3.21024x768QEMU 1.0Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores)Xen HVM domU v4.1.2Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC26GBEnsoniq ES1370Xen HVM domU 4.1.2OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,go --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v Disk Details- CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattrSystem Details- Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3rc2. Compiz was running on this system.- Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3rc2.- Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3rc2.

compilebench: Compilecompilebench: Initial Createcompilebench: Read Compiled Treedbench: 1tiobench: Rand Write - 64MB - 8vpxenc: vpxencx264: H.264 Video Encodinggmpbench: Total Timegraphics-magick: Blurgraphics-magick: HWB Color Spacegraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinggraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: Sharpenhimeno: Poisson Pressure Solvercompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testscimark2: Compositescimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorizationscimark2: Fast Fourier Transformscimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxationscimark2: Monte Carloscimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiplyjohn-the-ripper: Blowfishhmmer: Pfam Database Searchmafft: Multiple Sequence Alignmentbuild-imagemagick: Time To Compilebuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timecompress-lzma: 256MB File Compressioncompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressioncrafty: Elapsed Timeencode-flac: WAV To FLACencode-mp3: WAV To MP3ffmpeg: AVI To NTSC VCDn-queens: Elapsed Timenero2d: Total Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancenpb: BT.Anpb: CG.Bnpb: EP.Bnpb: FT.Bnpb: IS.Cnpb: LU.Anpb: MG.Bnpb: SP.Anpb: UA.Anginx: Static Web Page ServingIntel Core i7 3960X Bare Metal KVM Xen429.00220.111667.52300.55174.6223.54170.442813.2011816285146871357.24250151062.221941.16307.91966.39442.331653.30656212.144.8942.0765.7137.37155.286.0690.966.8017.8012.30256.50708.092174.9816396.463307.14305.529102.76154.5715393.0810158.859340.3673.1217638.33312.79159.191310.97268.339.5719.67139.512797.6011315783138851322.1521319957.191737.26180.14960.34440.971473.43627010.677.4541.3176.5239.42197.936.4293.826.8517.9412.63257.88715.722174.8514094.952941.37297.078589.0084.9712133.888422.947007.1756.9616675.53378.65144.091437.34255.00135.8923.18156.542781.509814677130811351.65237621050.681928.90308.62958.83439.611617.4356579.747.6450.36116.7539.49144.336.3892.556.8617.9412.50257.73713.812174.9814979.752841.48297.518693.00153.9911580.197698.616944.8146.0917788.74OpenBenchmarking.org

Compile Bench

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileBare MetalKVMXen90180270360450SE +/- 6.76, N = 3SE +/- 4.32, N = 6SE +/- 6.17, N = 3429.00312.79378.65
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileBare MetalKVMXen80160240320400Min: 415.68 / Avg: 429 / Max: 437.68Min: 291.75 / Avg: 312.79 / Max: 321.45Min: 368.48 / Avg: 378.65 / Max: 389.79

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateBare MetalKVMXen50100150200250SE +/- 6.99, N = 3SE +/- 2.38, N = 4SE +/- 1.77, N = 3220.11159.19144.09
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateBare MetalKVMXen4080120160200Min: 206.13 / Avg: 220.11 / Max: 227.49Min: 152.11 / Avg: 159.19 / Max: 162.16Min: 140.64 / Avg: 144.09 / Max: 146.47

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Read Compiled TreeBare MetalKVMXen400800120016002000SE +/- 3.09, N = 3SE +/- 13.60, N = 3SE +/- 4.70, N = 31667.521310.971437.34
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Read Compiled TreeBare MetalKVMXen30060090012001500Min: 1661.34 / Avg: 1667.52 / Max: 1670.77Min: 1293.59 / Avg: 1310.97 / Max: 1337.79Min: 1429.81 / Avg: 1437.34 / Max: 1445.99

Dbench

Dbench is a benchmark designed by the Samba project as a free alternative to netbench, but dbench contains only file-system calls for testing the disk performance. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 1Bare MetalKVMXen70140210280350SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3300.55268.33255.001. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterDbench 4.0Client Count: 1Bare MetalKVMXen50100150200250Min: 300.42 / Avg: 300.55 / Max: 300.76Min: 267.35 / Avg: 268.33 / Max: 269.62Min: 254.78 / Avg: 255 / Max: 255.441. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt

Threaded I/O Tester

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8Bare MetalKVMXen4080120160200SE +/- 0.29, N = 4SE +/- 0.04, N = 4SE +/- 0.34, N = 4174.629.57135.89
OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8Bare MetalKVMXen306090120150Min: 173.98 / Avg: 174.62 / Max: 175.27Min: 9.48 / Avg: 9.57 / Max: 9.65Min: 135.28 / Avg: 135.89 / Max: 136.86

VP8 libvpx Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1vpxencBare MetalKVMXen612182430SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 323.5419.6723.181. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lvpx -lm -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1vpxencBare MetalKVMXen510152025Min: 23.31 / Avg: 23.54 / Max: 23.68Min: 19.61 / Avg: 19.67 / Max: 19.75Min: 23.08 / Avg: 23.18 / Max: 23.351. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lvpx -lm -lpthread

x264

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2011-12-06H.264 Video EncodingBare MetalKVMXen4080120160200SE +/- 1.43, N = 3SE +/- 1.55, N = 3SE +/- 2.52, N = 3170.44139.51156.54
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2011-12-06H.264 Video EncodingBare MetalKVMXen306090120150Min: 167.7 / Avg: 170.44 / Max: 172.54Min: 137.32 / Avg: 139.51 / Max: 142.51Min: 151.98 / Avg: 156.54 / Max: 160.66

GMPbench

OpenBenchmarking.orgGMPbench Score, More Is BetterGMPbench 0.2Total TimeBare MetalKVMXen60012001800240030002813.202797.602781.501. (CC) gcc options: -O3

GraphicsMagick

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: BlurBare MetalKVMXen306090120150SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 311811398-lXext -lSM -lICE -lX111. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: BlurBare MetalKVMXen20406080100Min: 117 / Avg: 117.67 / Max: 118Min: 113 / Avg: 113 / Max: 113Min: 98 / Avg: 98.33 / Max: 991. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: HWB Color SpaceBare MetalKVMXen4080120160200SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3162157146-lXext -lSM -lICE -lX111. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: HWB Color SpaceBare MetalKVMXen306090120150Min: 162 / Avg: 162 / Max: 162Min: 157 / Avg: 157 / Max: 157Min: 146 / Avg: 146 / Max: 1461. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingBare MetalKVMXen20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3858377-lXext -lSM -lICE -lX111. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingBare MetalKVMXen1632486480Min: 85 / Avg: 85 / Max: 85Min: 83 / Avg: 83 / Max: 83Min: 77 / Avg: 77 / Max: 771. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: ResizingBare MetalKVMXen306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3146138130-lXext -lSM -lICE -lX111. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: ResizingBare MetalKVMXen306090120150Min: 146 / Avg: 146 / Max: 146Min: 138 / Avg: 138 / Max: 138Min: 129 / Avg: 129.67 / Max: 1301. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: SharpenBare MetalKVMXen20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3878581-lXext -lSM -lICE -lX111. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: SharpenBare MetalKVMXen1632486480Min: 87 / Avg: 87 / Max: 87Min: 85 / Avg: 85 / Max: 85Min: 81 / Avg: 81 / Max: 811. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

Himeno Benchmark

The Himeno benchmark is a linear solver of pressure Poisson using a point-Jacobi method. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverBare MetalKVMXen30060090012001500SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 31357.241322.151351.651. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverBare MetalKVMXen2004006008001000Min: 1356.6 / Avg: 1357.24 / Max: 1357.93Min: 1321.3 / Avg: 1322.15 / Max: 1322.81Min: 1351.22 / Avg: 1351.65 / Max: 1352.061. (CC) gcc options: -O3

7-Zip Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed TestBare MetalKVMXen5K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 101.71, N = 3SE +/- 343.26, N = 4SE +/- 146.01, N = 32501521319237621. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed TestBare MetalKVMXen4K8K12K16K20KMin: 24812 / Avg: 25015.33 / Max: 25122Min: 20637 / Avg: 21318.5 / Max: 22194Min: 23604 / Avg: 23762.33 / Max: 240541. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread

SciMark

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: CompositeBare MetalKVMXen2004006008001000SE +/- 1.30, N = 4SE +/- 1.82, N = 4SE +/- 1.40, N = 41062.22957.191050.68
OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: CompositeBare MetalKVMXen2004006008001000Min: 1059.16 / Avg: 1062.22 / Max: 1065.21Min: 952.6 / Avg: 957.19 / Max: 961.26Min: 1048 / Avg: 1050.68 / Max: 1053.9

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix FactorizationBare MetalKVMXen400800120016002000SE +/- 1.77, N = 4SE +/- 5.66, N = 2SE +/- 3.47, N = 41941.161737.261928.90
OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix FactorizationBare MetalKVMXen30060090012001500Min: 1939.39 / Avg: 1941.16 / Max: 1946.47Min: 1731.6 / Avg: 1737.26 / Max: 1742.92Min: 1918.47 / Avg: 1928.9 / Max: 1932.37

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Fast Fourier TransformBare MetalKVMXen70140210280350SE +/- 6.32, N = 4SE +/- 0.38, N = 2SE +/- 0.95, N = 4307.91180.14308.62
OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Fast Fourier TransformBare MetalKVMXen60120180240300Min: 289.07 / Avg: 307.91 / Max: 315.73Min: 179.76 / Avg: 180.14 / Max: 180.51Min: 306.68 / Avg: 308.62 / Max: 311.14

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-RelaxationBare MetalKVMXen2004006008001000SE +/- 0.76, N = 4SE +/- 1.89, N = 4SE +/- 0.75, N = 4966.39960.34958.83
OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-RelaxationBare MetalKVMXen2004006008001000Min: 964.11 / Avg: 966.39 / Max: 967.15Min: 955.1 / Avg: 960.34 / Max: 964.11Min: 958.08 / Avg: 958.83 / Max: 961.08

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Monte CarloBare MetalKVMXen100200300400500SE +/- 0.45, N = 4SE +/- 0.52, N = 4SE +/- 0.45, N = 4442.33440.97439.61
OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Monte CarloBare MetalKVMXen80160240320400Min: 441.87 / Avg: 442.33 / Max: 443.69Min: 440.06 / Avg: 440.97 / Max: 441.87Min: 438.26 / Avg: 439.61 / Max: 440.06

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Sparse Matrix MultiplyBare MetalKVMXen400800120016002000SE +/- 3.19, N = 4SE +/- 4.84, N = 4SE +/- 5.47, N = 41653.301473.431617.43
OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Sparse Matrix MultiplyBare MetalKVMXen30060090012001500Min: 1644.98 / Avg: 1653.3 / Max: 1658.3Min: 1462.86 / Avg: 1473.43 / Max: 1484.06Min: 1606.27 / Avg: 1617.43 / Max: 1631.87

John The Ripper

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9Test: BlowfishBare MetalKVMXen14002800420056007000SE +/- 17.15, N = 3SE +/- 125.58, N = 3SE +/- 204.91, N = 66562627056571. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt
OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9Test: BlowfishBare MetalKVMXen11002200330044005500Min: 6538 / Avg: 6561.67 / Max: 6595Min: 6021 / Avg: 6270 / Max: 6423Min: 4881 / Avg: 5657.33 / Max: 62221. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt

Timed HMMer Search

This test searches through the Pfam database of profile hidden markov models. The search finds the domain structure of Drosophila Sevenless protein. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchBare MetalKVMXen3691215SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 312.1410.679.741. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchBare MetalKVMXen48121620Min: 12.04 / Avg: 12.14 / Max: 12.31Min: 10.48 / Avg: 10.67 / Max: 10.91Min: 9.64 / Avg: 9.74 / Max: 9.871. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm

Timed MAFFT Alignment

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentBare MetalKVMXen246810SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 6SE +/- 0.13, N = 64.897.457.641. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentBare MetalKVMXen3691215Min: 4.79 / Avg: 4.89 / Max: 5.01Min: 6.55 / Avg: 7.45 / Max: 8.72Min: 7.34 / Avg: 7.64 / Max: 8.21. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread

Timed ImageMagick Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4Time To CompileBare MetalKVMXen1122334455SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 342.0741.3150.36
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4Time To CompileBare MetalKVMXen1020304050Min: 41.92 / Avg: 42.07 / Max: 42.31Min: 41.01 / Avg: 41.31 / Max: 41.54Min: 50.29 / Avg: 50.36 / Max: 50.4

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileBare MetalKVMXen306090120150SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 0.87, N = 365.7176.52116.75
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileBare MetalKVMXen20406080100Min: 65.03 / Avg: 65.71 / Max: 66.96Min: 75.54 / Avg: 76.52 / Max: 77.85Min: 115.29 / Avg: 116.75 / Max: 118.3

C-Ray

This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeBare MetalKVMXen918273645SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 337.3739.4239.491. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeBare MetalKVMXen816243240Min: 37.23 / Avg: 37.37 / Max: 37.46Min: 39.4 / Avg: 39.42 / Max: 39.44Min: 39.48 / Avg: 39.49 / Max: 39.521. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

LZMA Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLZMA Compression256MB File CompressionBare MetalKVMXen4080120160200SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3155.28197.93144.331. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLZMA Compression256MB File CompressionBare MetalKVMXen4080120160200Min: 154.97 / Avg: 155.28 / Max: 155.82Min: 197.16 / Avg: 197.93 / Max: 198.66Min: 143.47 / Avg: 144.33 / Max: 144.941. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionBare MetalKVMXen246810SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 5SE +/- 0.11, N = 66.066.426.381. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lpthread -lbz2
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionBare MetalKVMXen3691215Min: 6.02 / Avg: 6.06 / Max: 6.13Min: 6.28 / Avg: 6.42 / Max: 6.78Min: 6.25 / Avg: 6.38 / Max: 6.911. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lpthread -lbz2

Crafty

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterCrafty 23.4Elapsed TimeBare MetalKVMXen20406080100SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 390.9693.8292.551. (CC) gcc options: -lstdc++ -lm
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterCrafty 23.4Elapsed TimeBare MetalKVMXen20406080100Min: 90.9 / Avg: 90.96 / Max: 91.02Min: 93.65 / Avg: 93.82 / Max: 93.97Min: 91.72 / Avg: 92.55 / Max: 93.231. (CC) gcc options: -lstdc++ -lm

FLAC Audio Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1WAV To FLACBare MetalKVMXen246810SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 56.806.856.861. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -lm
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1WAV To FLACBare MetalKVMXen3691215Min: 6.79 / Avg: 6.8 / Max: 6.81Min: 6.83 / Avg: 6.85 / Max: 6.87Min: 6.82 / Avg: 6.86 / Max: 6.941. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -lm

LAME MP3 Encoding

LAME is an MP3 encoder licensed under the LGPL. This test measures the time required to encode a WAV file to MP3 format. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3Bare MetalKVMXen48121620SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 517.8017.9417.94
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3Bare MetalKVMXen510152025Min: 17.77 / Avg: 17.8 / Max: 17.82Min: 17.91 / Avg: 17.94 / Max: 17.99Min: 17.92 / Avg: 17.94 / Max: 17.95

FFmpeg

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 0.10AVI To NTSC VCDBare MetalKVMXen3691215SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 312.3012.6312.501. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lm -pthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 0.10AVI To NTSC VCDBare MetalKVMXen48121620Min: 12.25 / Avg: 12.3 / Max: 12.35Min: 12.56 / Avg: 12.63 / Max: 12.67Min: 12.44 / Avg: 12.5 / Max: 12.581. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lm -pthread

N-Queens

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterN-Queens 1.0Elapsed TimeBare MetalKVMXen60120180240300SE +/- 0.01, N = 2SE +/- 0.04, N = 2SE +/- 0.14, N = 2256.50257.88257.731. (CC) gcc options: -static -O2
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterN-Queens 1.0Elapsed TimeBare MetalKVMXen50100150200250Min: 256.49 / Avg: 256.5 / Max: 256.5Min: 257.84 / Avg: 257.88 / Max: 257.92Min: 257.6 / Avg: 257.73 / Max: 257.871. (CC) gcc options: -static -O2

Open FMM Nero2D

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterOpen FMM Nero2D 2.0.2Total TimeBare MetalKVMXen150300450600750708.09715.72713.811. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -lfftw3 -llapack -lblas -lgfortran -lquadmath -lm

Smallpt

Smallpt is a C++ global illumination renderer written in less than 100 lines of code. Global illumination is done via unbiased Monte Carlo path tracing and there is multi-threading support via the OpenMP library. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesBare MetalKVMXen510152025SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 32121211. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesBare MetalKVMXen510152025Min: 21 / Avg: 21 / Max: 21Min: 21 / Avg: 21 / Max: 21Min: 21 / Avg: 21.33 / Max: 221. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp -O3

OpenSSL

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0eRSA 4096-bit PerformanceBare MetalKVMXen20406080100SE +/- 0.28, N = 4SE +/- 0.16, N = 4SE +/- 0.23, N = 474.9874.8574.981. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl
OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0eRSA 4096-bit PerformanceBare MetalKVMXen1428425670Min: 74.5 / Avg: 74.98 / Max: 75.5Min: 74.4 / Avg: 74.85 / Max: 75.1Min: 74.3 / Avg: 74.98 / Max: 75.31. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: BT.ABare MetalKVMXen4K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 43.19, N = 3SE +/- 158.44, N = 3SE +/- 147.53, N = 316396.4614094.9514979.751. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: BT.ABare MetalKVMXen3K6K9K12K15KMin: 16310.3 / Avg: 16396.46 / Max: 16444.72Min: 13783.95 / Avg: 14094.95 / Max: 14303.04Min: 14685.64 / Avg: 14979.75 / Max: 15147.221. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: CG.BBare MetalKVMXen7001400210028003500SE +/- 3.87, N = 3SE +/- 57.92, N = 6SE +/- 43.89, N = 63307.142941.372841.481. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: CG.BBare MetalKVMXen6001200180024003000Min: 3301.89 / Avg: 3307.14 / Max: 3314.7Min: 2724.58 / Avg: 2941.37 / Max: 3091.03Min: 2672.3 / Avg: 2841.48 / Max: 2963.841. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.BBare MetalKVMXen70140210280350SE +/- 0.65, N = 3SE +/- 4.22, N = 6SE +/- 0.21, N = 3305.52297.07297.511. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.BBare MetalKVMXen50100150200250Min: 304.47 / Avg: 305.52 / Max: 306.7Min: 276.02 / Avg: 297.07 / Max: 302.04Min: 297.11 / Avg: 297.51 / Max: 297.811. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.BBare MetalKVMXen2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 2.38, N = 3SE +/- 3.79, N = 3SE +/- 8.23, N = 39102.768589.008693.001. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.BBare MetalKVMXen16003200480064008000Min: 9098.84 / Avg: 9102.76 / Max: 9107.07Min: 8584.3 / Avg: 8589 / Max: 8596.5Min: 8682.31 / Avg: 8693 / Max: 8709.191. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: IS.CBare MetalKVMXen306090120150SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3154.5784.97153.991. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: IS.CBare MetalKVMXen306090120150Min: 154.24 / Avg: 154.57 / Max: 155.13Min: 84.81 / Avg: 84.97 / Max: 85.13Min: 153.9 / Avg: 153.99 / Max: 154.091. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.ABare MetalKVMXen3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 55.11, N = 3SE +/- 484.66, N = 6SE +/- 805.88, N = 615393.0812133.8811580.191. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.ABare MetalKVMXen3K6K9K12K15KMin: 15285.66 / Avg: 15393.08 / Max: 15468.19Min: 10359.72 / Avg: 12133.88 / Max: 13865.06Min: 8600.59 / Avg: 11580.19 / Max: 13690.191. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BBare MetalKVMXen2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 24.04, N = 3SE +/- 629.82, N = 6SE +/- 715.21, N = 610158.858422.947698.611. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BBare MetalKVMXen2K4K6K8K10KMin: 10113 / Avg: 10158.85 / Max: 10194.29Min: 5582.6 / Avg: 8422.94 / Max: 9568.27Min: 5535.8 / Avg: 7698.61 / Max: 9292.171. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: SP.ABare MetalKVMXen2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 13.26, N = 3SE +/- 462.33, N = 6SE +/- 119.31, N = 49340.367007.176944.811. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: SP.ABare MetalKVMXen16003200480064008000Min: 9322.7 / Avg: 9340.36 / Max: 9366.33Min: 5927.8 / Avg: 7007.17 / Max: 8408.02Min: 6645.2 / Avg: 6944.81 / Max: 7156.091. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.ABare MetalKVMXen1632486480SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 6.08, N = 6SE +/- 2.58, N = 673.1256.9646.091. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.ABare MetalKVMXen1428425670Min: 73.02 / Avg: 73.12 / Max: 73.2Min: 29.07 / Avg: 56.96 / Max: 67.73Min: 37.24 / Avg: 46.09 / Max: 53.571. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NGINX Benchmark

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterNGINX Benchmark 1.0.11Static Web Page ServingBare MetalKVMXen4K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 40.72, N = 3SE +/- 256.40, N = 4SE +/- 36.94, N = 317638.3316675.5317788.741. (CC) gcc options: -lpthread -lcrypt -lz
OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterNGINX Benchmark 1.0.11Static Web Page ServingBare MetalKVMXen3K6K9K12K15KMin: 17567.53 / Avg: 17638.33 / Max: 17708.58Min: 16097.08 / Avg: 16675.53 / Max: 17316.31Min: 17745.35 / Avg: 17788.74 / Max: 17862.231. (CC) gcc options: -lpthread -lcrypt -lz