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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Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution System Layer Intel Core i7 3960X Bare Metal KVM Xen Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores) Intel DX79SI Intel Sandy DMI2 16384MB 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB Realtek ALC892 DELL P2210H Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-20-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.6.0 X Server 1.11.3 radeon 6.14.99 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.6 ext4 1920x1080 QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores) Bochs Red Hat Virtio 12288MB 16GB LLVMpipe Generic 1af4 ID 20 Red Hat Virtio device Unity 2D 5.6.0 cirrus 1.3.2 1024x768 QEMU 1.0 Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores) Xen HVM domU v4.1.2 Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC 26GB Ensoniq ES1370 Xen HVM domU 4.1.2 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler 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_xattr System 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.
scimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorization scimark2: Fast Fourier Transform scimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation scimark2: Monte Carlo scimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiply crafty: Elapsed Time tiobench: Rand Write - 64MB - 8 scimark2: Composite compilebench: Compile compilebench: Initial Create compilebench: Read Compiled Tree encode-flac: WAV To FLAC encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 dbench: 1 hmmer: Pfam Database Search mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment compress-lzma: 256MB File Compression himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver npb: BT.A npb: CG.B npb: EP.B npb: FT.B npb: IS.C npb: LU.A npb: MG.B npb: SP.A npb: UA.A n-queens: Elapsed Time build-imagemagick: Time To Compile compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test john-the-ripper: Blowfish compress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compression nero2d: Total Time build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile vpxenc: vpxenc graphics-magick: Blur graphics-magick: HWB Color Space graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding graphics-magick: Resizing graphics-magick: Sharpen x264: H.264 Video Encoding c-ray: Total Time ffmpeg: AVI To NTSC VCD smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples nginx: Static Web Page Serving openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance gmpbench: Total Time Intel Core i7 3960X Bare Metal KVM Xen 1941.16 307.91 966.39 442.33 1653.30 90.96 174.62 1062.22 429.00 220.11 1667.52 6.80 17.80 300.55 12.14 4.89 155.28 1357.24 16396.46 3307.14 305.52 9102.76 154.57 15393.08 10158.85 9340.36 73.12 256.50 42.07 25015 6562 6.06 708.09 65.71 23.54 118 162 85 146 87 170.44 37.37 12.30 21 17638.33 74.98 2813.20 1737.26 180.14 960.34 440.97 1473.43 93.82 9.57 957.19 312.79 159.19 1310.97 6.85 17.94 268.33 10.67 7.45 197.93 1322.15 14094.95 2941.37 297.07 8589.00 84.97 12133.88 8422.94 7007.17 56.96 257.88 41.31 21319 6270 6.42 715.72 76.52 19.67 113 157 83 138 85 139.51 39.42 12.63 21 16675.53 74.85 2797.60 1928.90 308.62 958.83 439.61 1617.43 92.55 135.89 1050.68 378.65 144.09 1437.34 6.86 17.94 255.00 9.74 7.64 144.33 1351.65 14979.75 2841.48 297.51 8693.00 153.99 11580.19 7698.61 6944.81 46.09 257.73 50.36 23762 5657 6.38 713.81 116.75 23.18 98 146 77 130 81 156.54 39.49 12.50 21 17788.74 74.98 2781.50 OpenBenchmarking.org
SciMark Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Bare Metal Xen KVM 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 1.77, N = 4 SE +/- 3.47, N = 4 SE +/- 5.66, N = 2 1941.16 1928.90 1737.26
SciMark Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Xen Bare Metal KVM 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 0.95, N = 4 SE +/- 6.32, N = 4 SE +/- 0.38, N = 2 308.62 307.91 180.14
SciMark Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Bare Metal KVM Xen 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.76, N = 4 SE +/- 1.89, N = 4 SE +/- 0.75, N = 4 966.39 960.34 958.83
SciMark Computational Test: Monte Carlo OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Bare Metal KVM Xen 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 0.45, N = 4 SE +/- 0.52, N = 4 SE +/- 0.45, N = 4 442.33 440.97 439.61
SciMark Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Bare Metal Xen KVM 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 3.19, N = 4 SE +/- 5.47, N = 4 SE +/- 4.84, N = 4 1653.30 1617.43 1473.43
Crafty Elapsed Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Bare Metal Xen KVM 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 90.96 92.55 93.82 1. (CC) gcc options: -lstdc++ -lm
Threaded I/O Tester Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 Bare Metal Xen KVM 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.29, N = 4 SE +/- 0.34, N = 4 SE +/- 0.04, N = 4 174.62 135.89 9.57
SciMark Computational Test: Composite OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Bare Metal Xen KVM 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 1.30, N = 4 SE +/- 1.40, N = 4 SE +/- 1.82, N = 4 1062.22 1050.68 957.19
Compile Bench Test: Compile OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile Bare Metal Xen KVM 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 6.76, N = 3 SE +/- 6.17, N = 3 SE +/- 4.32, N = 6 429.00 378.65 312.79
Compile Bench Test: Initial Create OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create Bare Metal KVM Xen 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 6.99, N = 3 SE +/- 2.38, N = 4 SE +/- 1.77, N = 3 220.11 159.19 144.09
Compile Bench Test: Read Compiled Tree OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree Bare Metal Xen KVM 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 3.09, N = 3 SE +/- 4.70, N = 3 SE +/- 13.60, N = 3 1667.52 1437.34 1310.97
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Bare Metal KVM Xen 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 6.80 6.85 6.86 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -lm
LAME MP3 Encoding WAV To MP3 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Bare Metal KVM Xen 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 17.80 17.94 17.94
Dbench Client Count: 1 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 Bare Metal KVM Xen 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 300.55 268.33 255.00 1. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt
Timed HMMer Search Pfam Database Search OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Xen KVM Bare Metal 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 9.74 10.67 12.14 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm
Timed MAFFT Alignment Multiple Sequence Alignment OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Bare Metal KVM Xen 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 6 SE +/- 0.13, N = 6 4.89 7.45 7.64 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread
LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Xen Bare Metal KVM 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.43, N = 3 144.33 155.28 197.93 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver Bare Metal Xen KVM 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 1357.24 1351.65 1322.15 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: BT.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Bare Metal Xen KVM 4K 8K 12K 16K 20K SE +/- 43.19, N = 3 SE +/- 147.53, N = 3 SE +/- 158.44, N = 3 16396.46 14979.75 14094.95 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: CG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Bare Metal KVM Xen 700 1400 2100 2800 3500 SE +/- 3.87, N = 3 SE +/- 57.92, N = 6 SE +/- 43.89, N = 6 3307.14 2941.37 2841.48 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: EP.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Bare Metal Xen KVM 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 0.65, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 4.22, N = 6 305.52 297.51 297.07 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: FT.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Bare Metal Xen KVM 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 2.38, N = 3 SE +/- 8.23, N = 3 SE +/- 3.79, N = 3 9102.76 8693.00 8589.00 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: IS.C OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Bare Metal Xen KVM 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 154.57 153.99 84.97 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Bare Metal KVM Xen 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 55.11, N = 3 SE +/- 484.66, N = 6 SE +/- 805.88, N = 6 15393.08 12133.88 11580.19 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: MG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Bare Metal KVM Xen 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 24.04, N = 3 SE +/- 629.82, N = 6 SE +/- 715.21, N = 6 10158.85 8422.94 7698.61 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: SP.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Bare Metal KVM Xen 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 13.26, N = 3 SE +/- 462.33, N = 6 SE +/- 119.31, N = 4 9340.36 7007.17 6944.81 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: UA.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Bare Metal KVM Xen 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 6.08, N = 6 SE +/- 2.58, N = 6 73.12 56.96 46.09 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
N-Queens Elapsed Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Bare Metal Xen KVM 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.01, N = 2 SE +/- 0.14, N = 2 SE +/- 0.04, N = 2 256.50 257.73 257.88 1. (CC) gcc options: -static -O2
Timed ImageMagick Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile KVM Bare Metal Xen 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 41.31 42.07 50.36
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test Bare Metal Xen KVM 5K 10K 15K 20K 25K SE +/- 101.71, N = 3 SE +/- 146.01, N = 3 SE +/- 343.26, N = 4 25015 23762 21319 1. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread
John The Ripper Test: Blowfish OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Bare Metal KVM Xen 1400 2800 4200 5600 7000 SE +/- 17.15, N = 3 SE +/- 125.58, N = 3 SE +/- 204.91, N = 6 6562 6270 5657 1. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 256MB File Compression OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Bare Metal Xen KVM 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 6 SE +/- 0.09, N = 5 6.06 6.38 6.42 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lpthread -lbz2
Open FMM Nero2D Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 Total Time Bare Metal Xen KVM 150 300 450 600 750 708.09 713.81 715.72 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -lfftw3 -llapack -lblas -lgfortran -lquadmath -lm
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Bare Metal KVM Xen 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.63, N = 3 SE +/- 0.69, N = 3 SE +/- 0.87, N = 3 65.71 76.52 116.75
VP8 libvpx Encoding vpxenc OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Bare Metal Xen KVM 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 23.54 23.18 19.67 1. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lvpx -lm -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Blur OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Bare Metal KVM Xen 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 118 113 98 -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: HWB Color Space OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Bare Metal KVM Xen 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 162 157 146 -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Bare Metal KVM Xen 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 85 83 77 -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Resizing OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Bare Metal KVM Xen 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 146 138 130 -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Bare Metal KVM Xen 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 87 85 81 -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
x264 H.264 Video Encoding OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Bare Metal Xen KVM 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 1.43, N = 3 SE +/- 2.52, N = 3 SE +/- 1.55, N = 3 170.44 156.54 139.51
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Bare Metal KVM Xen 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 37.37 39.42 39.49 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
FFmpeg AVI To NTSC VCD OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FFmpeg 0.10 AVI To NTSC VCD Bare Metal Xen KVM 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 12.30 12.50 12.63 1. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lm -pthread
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Bare Metal KVM Xen 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 21 21 21 1. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp -O3
NGINX Benchmark Static Web Page Serving OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Xen Bare Metal KVM 4K 8K 12K 16K 20K SE +/- 36.94, N = 3 SE +/- 40.72, N = 3 SE +/- 256.40, N = 4 17788.74 17638.33 16675.53 1. (CC) gcc options: -lpthread -lcrypt -lz
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Xen Bare Metal KVM 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.23, N = 4 SE +/- 0.28, N = 4 SE +/- 0.16, N = 4 74.98 74.98 74.85 1. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl
GMPbench Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org GMPbench Score, More Is Better GMPbench 0.2 Total Time Bare Metal KVM Xen 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 2813.20 2797.60 2781.50 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
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