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 |========================================================