Ubuntu 12.04 Intel i7 Clarksfield Virtualization Linux virtualization testing under Ubuntu 12.04 with the Linux 3.2 kernel on an Intel Core i7 Clarksfield mobile platform with KVM and Xen and VirtualBox virtualization technologies. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel.
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Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network Monitor OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution System Layer Core i7 720QM Bare Metal KVM Xen VirtualBox Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores) LENOVO 4318CTO Intel Core DMI 4096MB 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160 NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz) Conexant CX20585 Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-20-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.6.0 X Server 1.11.3 nouveau 0.0.16 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.6 ext4 1600x900 QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores) Bochs Red Hat Virtio 3072MB 35GB 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 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores) Xen HVM domU v4.1.2 Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC Ensoniq ES1370 Xen HVM domU 4.1.2 innotek VirtualBox v1.2 41GB VBOX HDD Chromium Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio VBOX monitor Intel 82540EM Gigabit Unity 5.6.0 vboxvideo 1.0.1 2.1 VirtualBox OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - Core i7 720QM: Bare Metal, Core i7 720QM: KVM, Core i7 720QM: VirtualBox: --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 - Core i7 720QM: Bare Metal, Core i7 720QM: KVM, Core i7 720QM: VirtualBox: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr System Details - Core i7 720QM: Bare Metal: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3rc2. Compiz was running on this system. - Core i7 720QM: KVM: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3rc2. - Core i7 720QM: VirtualBox: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3rc2. Compiz was running on this system.
nginx: Static Web Page Serving npb: UA.A npb: SP.A npb: MG.B npb: LU.A npb: IS.C npb: FT.B npb: EP.B npb: CG.B npb: BT.A openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples nero2d: Total Time n-queens: Elapsed Time ffmpeg: AVI To NTSC VCD encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 encode-flac: WAV To FLAC crafty: Elapsed Time compress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compression compress-lzma: 256MB File Compression c-ray: Total Time build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile build-imagemagick: Time To Compile mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment hmmer: Pfam Database Search john-the-ripper: Blowfish scimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiply scimark2: Monte Carlo scimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation scimark2: Fast Fourier Transform scimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorization scimark2: Composite compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver graphics-magick: Sharpen graphics-magick: Resizing graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding graphics-magick: HWB Color Space graphics-magick: Blur gmpbench: Total Time x264: H.264 Video Encoding vpxenc: vpxenc tiobench: Rand Write - 64MB - 8 dbench: 1 compilebench: Initial Create compilebench: Compile Core i7 720QM Bare Metal KVM Xen VirtualBox 14515.87 20.33 2838.97 2499.28 5194.24 86.10 2667.01 92.80 1483.68 5451.11 42.08 69 830.21 361.45 15.92 24.32 10.04 109.34 19.57 174.96 106.88 184.79 94.34 14.62 35.22 2199 1137.79 345.25 781.62 184.22 1226.06 734.99 8840 1072.63 41 88 41 107 73 1737.30 58.30 9.90 92.69 205.88 92.69 108.49 11874.67 17.88 2563.75 2449.35 4731.30 63.24 2505.97 90.62 1359.37 5158.19 41.05 70 851.10 368.68 16.60 24.95 10.34 114.51 20.43 225.05 108.76 206.75 103.35 19.72 28.76 2090 932.06 336.37 755.19 138.35 1085.13 649.42 7680 1016.47 40 84 40 104 70 1701 48.83 7.70 23.85 134.70 77.58 91.06 10309.62 12.86 2386.11 2149.73 3691.36 54.71 2406.95 83.83 1235.88 5021.54 25.83 74 1347.62 583.99 25.68 39.71 16.18 177.66 20.82 231.66 112.64 279.43 127.77 20.24 30.20 1947 714.21 209.31 488.98 149.60 765.75 465.57 7955 659.29 32 58 31 67 45 1063.20 51.68 8.70 48.20 202.98 74.43 101.71 4317.10 13.84 2022.45 1898.41 3430.40 50.78 1990.73 79.24 956.65 3620.56 87 983.69 418.92 21.38 31.63 13.99 136.15 24.74 259.56 141.48 334.02 149.54 38.17 40.94 764.77 298.46 643.09 120.77 891.40 544.91 5299 857.32 31 60 31 76 51 1471.90 29.61 5.59 22.54 57.98 61.25 OpenBenchmarking.org
NGINX Benchmark Static Web Page Serving OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 233.31, N = 3 SE +/- 182.32, N = 6 SE +/- 43.86, N = 3 SE +/- 23.03, N = 3 14515.87 11874.67 4317.10 10309.62 1. (CC) gcc options: -lpthread -lcrypt -lz
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 VirtualBox Xen 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.44, N = 6 20.33 17.88 13.84 12.86 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 VirtualBox Xen 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 SE +/- 0.83, N = 3 SE +/- 12.86, N = 3 SE +/- 8.65, N = 3 SE +/- 33.93, N = 3 2838.97 2563.75 2022.45 2386.11 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 VirtualBox Xen 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 16.77, N = 3 SE +/- 4.99, N = 3 SE +/- 23.87, N = 3 SE +/- 57.39, N = 6 2499.28 2449.35 1898.41 2149.73 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 VirtualBox Xen 1100 2200 3300 4400 5500 SE +/- 14.35, N = 3 SE +/- 16.46, N = 3 SE +/- 19.71, N = 3 SE +/- 44.88, N = 3 5194.24 4731.30 3430.40 3691.36 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 KVM VirtualBox Xen 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 1.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 86.10 63.24 50.78 54.71 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 KVM VirtualBox Xen 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 SE +/- 13.83, N = 3 SE +/- 4.41, N = 3 SE +/- 41.00, N = 6 SE +/- 81.29, N = 6 2667.01 2505.97 1990.73 2406.95 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 KVM VirtualBox Xen 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.55, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 92.80 90.62 79.24 83.83 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 VirtualBox Xen 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 2.86, N = 3 SE +/- 9.05, N = 3 SE +/- 34.37, N = 6 SE +/- 16.23, N = 3 1483.68 1359.37 956.65 1235.88 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
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 KVM VirtualBox Xen 1200 2400 3600 4800 6000 SE +/- 13.41, N = 3 SE +/- 17.14, N = 3 SE +/- 1.69, N = 3 SE +/- 27.39, N = 3 5451.11 5158.19 3620.56 5021.54 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Bare Metal KVM Xen 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.05, N = 4 SE +/- 0.05, N = 4 SE +/- 0.09, N = 4 42.08 41.05 25.83 1. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 69 70 87 74 1. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp -O3
Open FMM Nero2D Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 Total Time Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 300 600 900 1200 1500 830.21 851.10 983.69 1347.62 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -lfftw3 -llapack -lblas -lgfortran -lquadmath -lm
N-Queens Elapsed Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 130 260 390 520 650 SE +/- 0.25, N = 2 SE +/- 0.08, N = 2 SE +/- 0.47, N = 2 SE +/- 0.15, N = 2 361.45 368.68 418.92 583.99 1. (CC) gcc options: -static -O2
FFmpeg AVI To NTSC VCD OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FFmpeg 0.10 AVI To NTSC VCD Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 15.92 16.60 21.38 25.68 1. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lm -pthread
LAME MP3 Encoding WAV To MP3 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.03, N = 5 SE +/- 0.32, N = 5 SE +/- 0.06, N = 5 24.32 24.95 31.63 39.71
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.06, N = 5 SE +/- 0.20, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 10.04 10.34 13.99 16.18 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -lm
Crafty Elapsed Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 1.05, N = 3 SE +/- 1.16, N = 3 109.34 114.51 136.15 177.66 1. (CC) gcc options: -lstdc++ -lm
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 256MB File Compression OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 19.57 20.43 24.74 20.82 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lpthread -lbz2
LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.52, N = 3 SE +/- 1.14, N = 3 SE +/- 1.22, N = 3 174.96 225.05 259.56 231.66 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 1.50, N = 3 106.88 108.76 141.48 112.64 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
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 VirtualBox Xen 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 0.83, N = 3 SE +/- 0.93, N = 3 SE +/- 8.50, N = 6 SE +/- 0.95, N = 3 184.79 206.75 334.02 279.43
Timed ImageMagick Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.76, N = 3 SE +/- 1.85, N = 3 94.34 103.35 149.54 127.77
Timed MAFFT Alignment Multiple Sequence Alignment OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.26, N = 6 SE +/- 0.55, N = 6 SE +/- 0.68, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 14.62 19.72 38.17 20.24 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread
Timed HMMer Search Pfam Database Search OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 35.22 28.76 40.94 30.20 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm
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 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 14.62, N = 3 SE +/- 16.15, N = 3 SE +/- 34.63, N = 6 2199 2090 1947 1. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt
SciMark Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 1.29, N = 4 SE +/- 5.28, N = 4 SE +/- 10.27, N = 8 SE +/- 0.62, N = 4 1137.79 932.06 764.77 714.21
SciMark Computational Test: Monte Carlo OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 SE +/- 2.07, N = 4 SE +/- 4.12, N = 8 SE +/- 0.24, N = 4 345.25 336.37 298.46 209.31
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 VirtualBox Xen 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.95, N = 4 SE +/- 3.40, N = 4 SE +/- 8.66, N = 4 SE +/- 1.01, N = 4 781.62 755.19 643.09 488.98
SciMark Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.89, N = 4 SE +/- 0.73, N = 4 SE +/- 1.95, N = 4 SE +/- 0.74, N = 4 184.22 138.35 120.77 149.60
SciMark Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 1.63, N = 4 SE +/- 2.11, N = 4 SE +/- 21.93, N = 8 SE +/- 1.88, N = 4 1226.06 1085.13 891.40 765.75
SciMark Computational Test: Composite OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 160 320 480 640 800 SE +/- 0.40, N = 4 SE +/- 1.45, N = 4 SE +/- 8.34, N = 8 SE +/- 0.47, N = 4 734.99 649.42 544.91 465.57
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 79.56, N = 3 SE +/- 138.39, N = 6 SE +/- 43.92, N = 3 SE +/- 17.70, N = 3 8840 7680 5299 7955 1. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 1.46, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 3.86, N = 3 SE +/- 3.05, N = 3 1072.63 1016.47 857.32 659.29 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 41 40 31 32 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 VirtualBox Xen 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 88 84 60 58 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 VirtualBox Xen 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.50, N = 4 41 40 31 31 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 VirtualBox Xen 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 107 104 76 67 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Blur OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 73 70 51 45 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GMPbench Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org GMPbench Score, More Is Better GMPbench 0.2 Total Time Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 400 800 1200 1600 2000 1737.30 1701.00 1471.90 1063.20 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
x264 H.264 Video Encoding OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 5 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.61, N = 3 58.30 48.83 29.61 51.68
VP8 libvpx Encoding vpxenc OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 9.90 7.70 5.59 8.70 1. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lvpx -lm -lpthread
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 KVM VirtualBox Xen 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.36, N = 4 SE +/- 0.37, N = 5 SE +/- 0.76, N = 8 SE +/- 6.52, N = 8 92.69 23.85 22.54 48.20
Dbench Client Count: 1 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 Bare Metal KVM Xen 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 3.36, N = 6 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 205.88 134.70 202.98 1. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt
Compile Bench Test: Initial Create OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.86, N = 3 SE +/- 3.31, N = 3 SE +/- 3.13, N = 3 92.69 77.58 57.98 74.43
Compile Bench Test: Compile OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile Bare Metal KVM VirtualBox Xen 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 1.29, N = 3 SE +/- 1.17, N = 3 SE +/- 1.58, N = 3 108.49 91.06 61.25 101.71
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