Intel Ivy Bridge Linux Virtualization Intel Core i7-3770K testing with a ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0 and Intel Ivy Bridge on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Running KVM virtualization on i7-3770K host for a future article on Phoronix.com looking at the KVM and Oracle VM VirtualBox virtualization performance with Intel Ivy Bridge hardware. Bare Metal: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Ivy Bridge, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux KVM: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 26GB, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Generic 1af4 ID 20, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 5.10.0, 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 VirtualBox 4.1.12: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.49GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: innotek VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 39GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: Chromium, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Monitor: VBOX monitor, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: vboxvideo 1.0.1, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080, System Layer: VirtualBox 4.1.12_Ubuntur77245 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 38.06 |=========================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal ........ 122.07 |=================================================== VirtualBox 4.1.12 . 36.50 |=============== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal ........ 27.63 |==================================================== VirtualBox 4.1.12 . 19.00 |==================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal ........ 27.51 |==================================================== Linux KVM ......... 22.86 |=========================================== VirtualBox 4.1.12 . 5.88 |=========== x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal ........ 151.00 |=================================================== Linux KVM ......... 127.30 |=========================================== VirtualBox 4.1.12 . 14.06 |===== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Bare Metal ........ 5631.79 |================================================== Linux KVM ......... 5616.60 |================================================== VirtualBox 4.1.12 . 5338.20 |=============================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Bare Metal ........ 1638.06 |================================================== Linux KVM ......... 1623.49 |================================================== VirtualBox 4.1.12 . 895.32 |=========================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Bare Metal ........ 21332 |==================================================== Linux KVM ......... 18371 |============================================= VirtualBox 4.1.12 . 7491 |================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 5977 |============================================================ Linux KVM .. 5853 |=========================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal ........ 24196.28 |================================================= Linux KVM ......... 16900.70 |================================== VirtualBox 4.1.12 . 4391.28 |========= OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 100.33 |========================================================== Linux KVM .. 99.80 |========================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal ........ 203.76 |=================================================== Linux KVM ......... 135.56 |================================== VirtualBox 4.1.12 . 127.81 |================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal ........ 6107.88 |================================================== Linux KVM ......... 5878.07 |================================================ VirtualBox 4.1.12 . 5595.97 |============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal ........ 46.85 |==================================================== Linux KVM ......... 44.52 |================================================= VirtualBox 4.1.12 . 40.76 |============================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Bare Metal ........ 3088.55 |================================================== Linux KVM ......... 1582.58 |========================== VirtualBox 4.1.12 . 1173.80 |=================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal ........ 79.60 |========================= Linux KVM ......... 89.93 |============================ VirtualBox 4.1.12 . 161.91 |=================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal ........ 44.74 |======================================== Linux KVM ......... 46.47 |========================================== VirtualBox 4.1.12 . 57.75 |==================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal ........ 7.88 |==================== Linux KVM ......... 7.92 |==================== VirtualBox 4.1.12 . 20.22 |==================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal ........ 81 |====================== Linux KVM ......... 81 |====================== VirtualBox 4.1.12 . 202 |====================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal ........ 12.90 |====================== Linux KVM ......... 12.98 |====================== VirtualBox 4.1.12 . 30.79 |====================================================