m1.small Intel Xeon E5645 testing on Amazon Linux AMI 2012.03 via the Phoronix Test Suite. m1.small: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.00GHz (1 Core), Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2012.03, Kernel: 3.2.21-1.32.6.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20110731, File-System: ext4 2012-07-09 18:32: Processor: Intel Core i7 950 @ 3.07GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P6T6 WS REVOLUTION, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 6 x 2048 MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 MI, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460/PCIe/SSE2 1024MB (715/1800MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1989B, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 2012-07-11 17:22: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.40GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB RAM, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-virtual (x86_64), File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU 1.0 2012-07-11 19:03: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.40GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB RAM, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-virtual (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU 1.0 2012-07-11 19:25: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.40GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB RAM, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-virtual (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU 1.0 BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 LPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ......... 6657542.97 |============== 2012-07-09 18:32 . 22151515.80 |=============================================== 2012-07-11 17:22 . 2933028.80 |====== 2012-07-11 19:03 . 5736429.03 |============ 2012-07-11 19:25 . 5905753.60 |============= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ......... 6112.51 |================== 2012-07-09 18:32 . 16998.11 |================================================== 2012-07-11 17:22 . 5858.58 |================= 2012-07-11 19:03 . 6718.24 |==================== 2012-07-11 19:25 . 6194.65 |================== PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ......... 9509 |====================================== 2012-07-09 18:32 . 2407 |========= 2012-07-11 17:22 . 13429 |===================================================== 2012-07-11 19:03 . 6821 |=========================== 2012-07-11 19:25 . 6699 |==========================