Ubuntu 12.04 Core i7 KVM Virtualization

Linux virtualization testing under Ubuntu 12.04 with the Linux 3.2 kernel on an Intel Core i7 platform. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Ubuntu 12.04 Core i7 KVM Virtualization Linux virtualization testing under Ubuntu 12.04 with the Linux 3.2 kernel on an Intel Core i7 platform. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com. Bare Metal: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 KVM: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 35GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Generic 1af4 ID 20, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 5.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: cirrus 1.3.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: QEMU 1.0 SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 1226.06 |========================================================= KVM ........ 1085.13 |================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 184.22 |========================================================== KVM ........ 138.35 |============================================ SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 781.62 |========================================================== KVM ........ 755.19 |======================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 345.25 |========================================================== KVM ........ 336.37 |========================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 1137.79 |========================================================= KVM ........ 932.06 |=============================================== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal . 109.34 |======================================================= KVM ........ 114.51 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 92.69 |=========================================================== KVM ........ 23.85 |=============== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 734.99 |========================================================== KVM ........ 649.42 |=================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 108.49 |========================================================== KVM ........ 91.06 |================================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 92.69 |=========================================================== KVM ........ 77.58 |================================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 116.35 |================= KVM ........ 386.60 |========================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal . 10.04 |========================================================= KVM ........ 10.34 |=========================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal . 24.32 |========================================================== KVM ........ 24.95 |=========================================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 205.88 |========================================================== KVM ........ 134.70 |====================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal . 35.22 |=========================================================== KVM ........ 28.76 |================================================ Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal . 14.62 |============================================ KVM ........ 19.72 |=========================================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal . 174.96 |============================================= KVM ........ 225.05 |========================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 1072.63 |========================================================= KVM ........ 1016.47 |====================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 5451.11 |========================================================= KVM ........ 5158.19 |====================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 1483.68 |========================================================= KVM ........ 1359.37 |==================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 92.80 |=========================================================== KVM ........ 90.62 |========================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 2667.01 |========================================================= KVM ........ 2505.97 |====================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 86.10 |=========================================================== KVM ........ 63.24 |=========================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 5194.24 |========================================================= KVM ........ 4731.30 |==================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 2499.28 |========================================================= KVM ........ 2449.35 |======================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 2838.97 |========================================================= KVM ........ 2563.75 |=================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 20.33 |=========================================================== KVM ........ 17.88 |==================================================== N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal . 361.45 |========================================================= KVM ........ 368.68 |========================================================== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal . 94.34 |===================================================== KVM ........ 103.35 |========================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 8840 |============================================================ KVM ........ 7680 |==================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 2199 |============================================================ KVM ........ 2090 |========================================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal . 19.57 |========================================================= KVM ........ 20.43 |=========================================================== Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal . 830.21 |========================================================= KVM ........ 851.10 |========================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal . 184.79 |==================================================== KVM ........ 206.75 |========================================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 9.90 |============================================================ KVM ........ 7.70 |=============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 73 |============================================================== KVM ........ 70 |=========================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 107 |============================================================= KVM ........ 104 |=========================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 41 |============================================================== KVM ........ 40 |============================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 88 |============================================================== KVM ........ 84 |=========================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 41 |============================================================== KVM ........ 40 |============================================================ x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 58.30 |=========================================================== KVM ........ 48.83 |================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal . 106.88 |========================================================= KVM ........ 108.76 |========================================================== FFmpeg 0.10 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal . 15.92 |========================================================= KVM ........ 16.60 |=========================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal . 69 |============================================================= KVM ........ 70 |============================================================== NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 14515.87 |======================================================== KVM ........ 11874.67 |============================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 42.08 |=========================================================== KVM ........ 41.05 |========================================================== GMPbench 0.2 Total Time GMPbench Score > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 1737.30 |========================================================= KVM ........ 1701.00 |========================================================