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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Ubuntu 12.04 Virtualization - Sandy Bridge,
"Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",175.272,174.297,174.934,173.98
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",9.651,9.479,9.531,9.601
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",135.874,135.283,135.552,136.857
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: IS.C",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",154.24,154.35,155.13
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",84.96,85.13,84.81
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",153.9,153.99,154.09
"Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",66.959409952164,65.033440828323,65.133948802948
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",77.847206830978,75.538065910339,76.16530585289
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",118.29528808594,115.28712415695,116.67744708061
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",315.73,314.57,289.07,312.28
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",180.51,179.76
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",306.68,307.78,311.14,308.89
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Initial Create",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",206.13,227.49,226.71
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",152.11,162.16,161.87,160.62
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",140.64,145.17,146.47
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Compile",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",415.68,433.63,437.68
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",291.75,316.57,315.44,321.45,314.62,316.88
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",389.79,368.48,377.67
"LZMA Compression - 256MB File Compression",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",155.81951498985,154.97085309029,155.03741908073
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",198.65539598465,197.16428995132,197.97818493843
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",144.59783291817,144.9406580925,143.46590399742
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Read Compiled Tree",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",1670.44,1670.77,1661.34
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",1337.79,1301.54,1293.59
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",1436.22,1429.81,1445.99
"Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 - Pfam Database Search",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",12.30513381958,12.036936998367,12.069494962692
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",10.906995773315,10.630497932434,10.475049972534
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",9.8737850189209,9.7032260894775,9.6381959915161
"x264 2011-12-06 - H.264 Video Encoding",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",167.7,172.54,171.07
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",137.32,138.69,142.51
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",156.99,151.98,160.66
"Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",41.964617967606,41.921264886856,42.314543008804
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",41.366359949112,41.544276952744,41.01483798027
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",50.293492078781,50.403675079346,50.368571043015
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Blur",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",118,117,118
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",113,113,113
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",98,98,99
"VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 - vpxenc",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",23.68,23.63,23.31
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",19.64,19.61,19.75
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",23.1,23.35,23.08
"Dbench 4.0 - Client Count: 1",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",300.761,300.417,300.474
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",268.022,267.351,269.615
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",255.442,254.778,254.78
"7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 - Compress Speed Test",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",25112,25122,24812
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",22194,20637,20935,21508
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",23604,23629,24054
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: CG.B",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",3314.7,3304.83,3301.89
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",3084.49,3091.03,2724.58,2990.68,2863.12,2894.31
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",2921.55,2672.3,2963.84,2897.97,2813.26,2779.94
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: BT.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",16444.72,16434.37,16310.3
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",13783.95,14303.04,14197.86
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",15106.39,15147.22,14685.64
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Resizing",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",146,146,146
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",138,138,138
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",129,130,130
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",1644.98,1651.61,1658.3,1658.3
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",1484.06,1478.7,1462.86,1468.1
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",1606.27,1612.6,1618.97,1631.87
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",1939.39,1939.39,1939.39,1946.47
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",1742.92,1731.6
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",1932.37,1918.47,1932.37,1932.37
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Composite",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",1061.22,1063.28,1059.16,1065.21
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",958.4,961.26,952.6,956.48
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",1048.69,1048,1052.12,1053.9
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: HWB Color Space",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",162,162,162
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",157,157,157
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",146,146,146
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",85,85,85
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",83,83,83
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",77,77,77
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Sharpen",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",87,87,87
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",85,85,85
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",81,81,81
"NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 - Static Web Page Serving",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",17638.87,17567.53,17708.58
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",16097.08,16788.79,17316.31,16499.93
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",17862.23,17758.65,17745.35
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: FT.B",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",9098.84,9102.36,9107.07
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",8596.5,8586.19,8584.3
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",8687.51,8682.31,8709.19
"Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 - 256MB File Compression",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",6.1262249946594,6.034991979599,6.0239789485931
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",6.7847399711609,6.3874201774597,6.3313369750977,6.2802381515503,6.3378791809082
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",6.25102186203,6.9053680896759,6.2546999454498,6.2503490447998,6.295469045639,6.2950367927551
"C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",37.419,37.228,37.455
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",39.421,39.401,39.438
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",39.476,39.515,39.487
"Crafty 23.4 - Elapsed Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",90.9,91.02,90.97
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",93.65,93.97,93.85
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",91.72,92.69,93.23
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: EP.B",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",306.7,304.47,305.4
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",276.02,302.04,301.56,301.85,299.78,301.16
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",297.11,297.81,297.61
"FFmpeg 0.10 - AVI To NTSC VCD",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",12.346498966217,12.252034187317,12.303115844727
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",12.658051967621,12.556527853012,12.66622710228
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",12.579768896103,12.436879873276,12.482313871384
"Himeno Benchmark 3.0 - Poisson Pressure Solver",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",1357.925285,1356.59929,1357.199132
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",1322.328123,1321.296499,1322.811533
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",1351.671662,1352.061556,1351.21841
"GMPbench 0.2 - Total Time",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",
"Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",708.08568382263
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",715.71842908859
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",713.80950689316
"FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 - WAV To FLAC",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",6.8045392036438,6.7966279983521,6.8067128658295,6.7885508537292,6.8053050041199
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",6.8742718696594,6.8373630046844,6.85551404953,6.8472990989685,6.8294711112976
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",6.9428560733795,6.8507549762726,6.8199608325958,6.8415968418121,6.8435471057892
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",964.11,967.15,967.15,967.15
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",961.08,964.11,955.1,961.08
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",958.08,961.08,958.08,958.08
"LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 - WAV To MP3",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",17.815719842911,17.79224395752,17.774029016495,17.797278881073,17.807718038559
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",17.940086841583,17.906681060791,17.914657115936,17.987651109695,17.972126960754
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",17.953564882278,17.95445895195,17.936277151108,17.923933029175,17.953525066376
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Monte Carlo",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",441.87,443.69,441.87,441.87
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",441.87,440.06,440.06,441.87
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",440.06,440.06,440.06,438.26
"N-Queens 1.0 - Elapsed Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",256.504,256.488
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",257.921,257.836
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",257.871,257.596
"OpenSSL 1.0.0e - RSA 4096-bit Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",74.5,74.5,75.5,75.4
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",75,74.9,75.1,74.4
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",75.3,75.1,74.3,75.2
"Smallpt 1.0 - Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",21,21,21
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",21,21,21
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",22,21,21
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: UA.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",73.2,73.14,73.02
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",51.06,65.61,65.61,29.07,62.66,67.73
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",53.57,37.24,41.61,43.54,49.03,51.53
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: SP.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",9332.06,9366.33,9322.7
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",6684.61,5927.8,5931.17,6696.22,8395.18,8408.02
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",7156.09,6645.2,7116.45,6861.5
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: MG.B",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",10169.25,10194.29,10113
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",9257.07,5582.6,9454.68,7726.82,8948.2,9568.27
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",5535.8,9090.14,5725.88,7368.6,9179.07,9292.17
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: LU.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",15285.66,15468.19,15425.4
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",12086.72,12319.05,10359.72,11430.11,13865.06,12742.6
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",10439.5,13690.19,10828.33,13447.06,8600.59,12475.46
"Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 - Multiple Sequence Alignment",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",5.0141248703003,4.7886328697205,4.8763120174408
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",7.4278748035431,6.5461339950562,7.4123220443726,7.4666011333466,8.7177159786224,7.1099472045898
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",7.6946609020233,8.2047209739685,7.3403949737549,7.7849810123444,7.3832621574402,7.4268209934235
"John The Ripper 1.7.9 - Test: Blowfish",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",6538,6595,6552
"Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",6021,6423,6366
"Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",6062,5389,5918,4881,5472,6222