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 x264: H.264 Video Encoding compilebench: Compile vpxenc: vpxenc npb: IS.C compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test scimark2: Monte Carlo gmpbench: Total Time encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver crafty: Elapsed Time nero2d: Total Time graphics-magick: Blur n-queens: Elapsed Time ffmpeg: AVI To NTSC VCD encode-flac: WAV To FLAC scimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation graphics-magick: HWB Color Space scimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiply build-imagemagick: Time To Compile scimark2: Composite scimark2: Fast Fourier Transform graphics-magick: Resizing npb: LU.A npb: BT.A compress-lzma: 256MB File Compression hmmer: Pfam Database Search npb: SP.A c-ray: Total Time graphics-magick: Sharpen graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding compress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compression smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples npb: EP.B john-the-ripper: Blowfish npb: UA.A npb: MG.B npb: FT.B npb: CG.B build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment scimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorization tiobench: Rand Write - 64MB - 8 dbench: 1 compilebench: Initial Create Core i7 720QM Bare Metal KVM Xen VirtualBox 14515.87 58.30 108.49 9.90 86.10 8840 345.25 1737.30 24.32 42.08 1072.63 109.34 830.21 73 361.45 15.92 10.04 781.62 107 1137.79 94.34 734.99 184.22 88 5194.24 5451.11 174.96 35.22 2838.97 106.88 41 41 19.57 69 92.80 2199 20.33 2499.28 2667.01 1483.68 184.79 14.62 1226.06 92.69 205.88 92.69 11874.67 48.83 91.06 7.70 63.24 7680 336.37 1701 24.95 41.05 1016.47 114.51 851.10 70 368.68 16.60 10.34 755.19 104 932.06 103.35 649.42 138.35 84 4731.30 5158.19 225.05 28.76 2563.75 108.76 40 40 20.43 70 90.62 2090 17.88 2449.35 2505.97 1359.37 206.75 19.72 1085.13 23.85 134.70 77.58 10309.62 51.68 101.71 8.70 54.71 7955 209.31 1063.20 39.71 25.83 659.29 177.66 1347.62 45 583.99 25.68 16.18 488.98 67 714.21 127.77 465.57 149.60 58 3691.36 5021.54 231.66 30.20 2386.11 112.64 32 31 20.82 74 83.83 1947 12.86 2149.73 2406.95 1235.88 279.43 20.24 765.75 48.20 202.98 74.43 4317.10 29.61 61.25 5.59 50.78 5299 298.46 1471.90 31.63 857.32 136.15 983.69 51 418.92 21.38 13.99 643.09 76 764.77 149.54 544.91 120.77 60 3430.40 3620.56 259.56 40.94 2022.45 141.48 31 31 24.74 87 79.24 13.84 1898.41 1990.73 956.65 334.02 38.17 891.40 22.54 57.98 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 Xen VirtualBox 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 233.31, N = 3 SE +/- 182.32, N = 6 SE +/- 23.03, N = 3 SE +/- 43.86, N = 3 14515.87 11874.67 10309.62 4317.10 1. (CC) gcc options: -lpthread -lcrypt -lz
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 VirtualBox 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.61, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 5 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 58.30 51.68 48.83 29.61
Compile Bench Test: Compile OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile Bare Metal Xen KVM VirtualBox 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 1.58, N = 3 SE +/- 1.29, N = 3 SE +/- 1.17, N = 3 108.49 101.71 91.06 61.25
VP8 libvpx Encoding vpxenc OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Bare Metal Xen KVM VirtualBox 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 9.90 8.70 7.70 5.59 1. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lvpx -lm -lpthread
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 Xen VirtualBox 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 1.02, N = 3 86.10 63.24 54.71 50.78 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
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 VirtualBox 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 79.56, N = 3 SE +/- 17.70, N = 3 SE +/- 138.39, N = 6 SE +/- 43.92, N = 3 8840 7955 7680 5299 1. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 Xen VirtualBox 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 1.85, N = 3 SE +/- 0.76, N = 3 94.34 103.35 127.77 149.54
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
SciMark Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Bare Metal Xen KVM VirtualBox 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.89, N = 4 SE +/- 0.74, N = 4 SE +/- 0.73, N = 4 SE +/- 1.95, N = 4 184.22 149.60 138.35 120.77
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
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 VirtualBox 1100 2200 3300 4400 5500 SE +/- 14.35, N = 3 SE +/- 16.46, N = 3 SE +/- 44.88, N = 3 SE +/- 19.71, N = 3 5194.24 4731.30 3691.36 3430.40 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 Xen VirtualBox 1200 2400 3600 4800 6000 SE +/- 13.41, N = 3 SE +/- 17.14, N = 3 SE +/- 27.39, N = 3 SE +/- 1.69, N = 3 5451.11 5158.19 5021.54 3620.56 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Bare Metal KVM Xen VirtualBox 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.52, N = 3 SE +/- 1.22, N = 3 SE +/- 1.14, N = 3 174.96 225.05 231.66 259.56 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
Timed HMMer Search Pfam Database Search OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search KVM Xen Bare Metal VirtualBox 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 28.76 30.20 35.22 40.94 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm
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 VirtualBox 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 SE +/- 0.83, N = 3 SE +/- 12.86, N = 3 SE +/- 33.93, N = 3 SE +/- 8.65, N = 3 2838.97 2563.75 2386.11 2022.45 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Bare Metal KVM Xen VirtualBox 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 1.50, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 106.88 108.76 112.64 141.48 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Bare Metal KVM Xen VirtualBox 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 41 40 32 31 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
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 256MB File Compression OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Bare Metal KVM Xen VirtualBox 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 19.57 20.43 20.82 24.74 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lpthread -lbz2
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Bare Metal KVM Xen VirtualBox 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 69 70 74 87 1. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp -O3
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 Xen VirtualBox 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.55, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 92.80 90.62 83.83 79.24 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
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
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: MG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Bare Metal KVM Xen VirtualBox 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 16.77, N = 3 SE +/- 4.99, N = 3 SE +/- 57.39, N = 6 SE +/- 23.87, N = 3 2499.28 2449.35 2149.73 1898.41 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 Xen VirtualBox 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 SE +/- 13.83, N = 3 SE +/- 4.41, N = 3 SE +/- 81.29, N = 6 SE +/- 41.00, N = 6 2667.01 2505.97 2406.95 1990.73 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 VirtualBox 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 2.86, N = 3 SE +/- 9.05, N = 3 SE +/- 16.23, N = 3 SE +/- 34.37, N = 6 1483.68 1359.37 1235.88 956.65 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
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 VirtualBox 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 0.83, N = 3 SE +/- 0.93, N = 3 SE +/- 0.95, N = 3 SE +/- 8.50, N = 6 184.79 206.75 279.43 334.02
Timed MAFFT Alignment Multiple Sequence Alignment OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Bare Metal KVM Xen VirtualBox 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.26, N = 6 SE +/- 0.55, N = 6 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.68, N = 3 14.62 19.72 20.24 38.17 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread
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
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 VirtualBox 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.36, N = 4 SE +/- 6.52, N = 8 SE +/- 0.37, N = 5 SE +/- 0.76, N = 8 92.69 48.20 23.85 22.54
Dbench Client Count: 1 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 Bare Metal Xen KVM 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 SE +/- 3.36, N = 6 205.88 202.98 134.70 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 Xen VirtualBox 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.86, N = 3 SE +/- 3.13, N = 3 SE +/- 3.31, N = 3 92.69 77.58 74.43 57.98
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