Ubuntu 12.04 AMD vs. Intel Virtualization

Intel Core i7-3960X Sandy Bridge Extreme and AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 benchmarking of various Ubuntu 12.04 LTS virtualization options with the Precise Linux 3.2 kernel. Testing of bare metal, Xen, KVM, and Oracle VM VirtualBox virtualization methods from this Intel Sandy Bridge Extreme Edition and AMD Bulldozer systems that were running in the same configuration for the duration of testing. This Linux virtualization benchmarking is for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal
March 24 2012
 
Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM
March 24 2012
 
Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen
March 24 2012
 
Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox
March 25 2012
 
AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal
March 25 2012
 
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March 25 2012
 
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March 25 2012
 
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August 08 2012
 
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Ubuntu 12.04 AMD vs. Intel Virtualization, "7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 - Compress Speed Test", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",25112,25122,24812 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",22194,20637,20935,21508 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",23604,23629,24054 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",5030,5353,5218 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",17574,17404,17535 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",13320,13309,13176 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",15321,14619,15718,14652,14645 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",14741,14697,14803 "C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time", Lower Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",37.419,37.228,37.455 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",39.421,39.401,39.438 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",39.476,39.515,39.487 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",56.89,55.975,56.691 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",46.027,46.019,46.032 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",52.235,52.226,52.337 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",46.547,46.589,46.645 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",62.244,62.293,62.441 "Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Compile", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",415.68,433.63,437.68 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",291.75,316.57,315.44,321.45,314.62,316.88 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",389.79,368.48,377.67 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",364.8,337.45,350.36,339.81,350.79 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",611.6,576,582.17 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",358.9,509.86,506.1,519.93,503.17,515.25 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",309.53,332.88,333.39,335.62,344.04,338.83 "Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Initial Create", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",206.13,227.49,226.71 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",152.11,162.16,161.87,160.62 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",140.64,145.17,146.47 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",143.02,143.49,135.11 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",223.95,230.23,231.44 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",140.17,148.29,143.66 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",162.01,183.27,185.96,186.62,185.3,187.96 "Crafty 23.4 - Elapsed Time", Lower Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",90.9,91.02,90.97 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",93.65,93.97,93.85 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",91.72,92.69,93.23 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",99.05,99.55,99.27 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",105.04,105.6,105.38 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",124.62,124.55,124.71 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",108.13,107.9,107.95 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",88.55,88.46,88.18 "Dbench 4.0 - Client Count: 1", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",300.761,300.417,300.474 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",268.022,267.351,269.615 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",255.442,254.778,254.78 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",112.298,114.206,115.319 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",175.663,175.715,175.562 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",113.381,113.483,113.257 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",152.389,153.117,153.042 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",11.7143,11.8033,12.5787,12.6154,12.5755,12.5848 "GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Blur", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",118,117,118 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",113,113,113 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",98,98,99 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",89,91,90 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",114,114,114 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",95,95,94 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",110,110,110 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",92,92,92 "GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: HWB Color Space", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",162,162,162 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",157,157,157 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",146,146,146 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",135,134,134 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",162,162,162 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",133,133,132 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",155,155,156 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",142,142,142 "GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",85,85,85 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",83,83,83 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",77,77,77 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",63,62,60 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",67,67,67 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",59,57,57 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",69,69,69 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",62,62,62 "GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Resizing", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",146,146,146 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",138,138,138 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",129,130,130 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",100,96,95 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",131,131,130 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",105,105,105 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",123,123,124 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",116,117,116 "GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Sharpen", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",87,87,87 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",85,85,85 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",81,81,81 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",66,66,66 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",64,64,64 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",55,56,55 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",85,80,81 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",63,63,64 "Himeno Benchmark 3.0 - Poisson Pressure Solver", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",1357.925285,1356.59929,1357.199132 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",1322.328123,1321.296499,1322.811533 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",1351.671662,1352.061556,1351.21841 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",1256.602396,1262.693251,1257.155994 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",633.124238,631.328673,631.141308 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",549.465479,547.836836,544.551828 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",648.460486,649.913284,649.905858 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",1481.862192,1477.679352,1477.470367 "John The Ripper 1.7.9 - Test: Blowfish", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",6538,6595,6552 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",6021,6423,6366 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",6062,5389,5918,4881,5472,6222 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",2640,1889,1760,1936,2428,2419 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",6400,6345,6412 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",5308,5443,5346 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",6189,6201,6096 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",2558,2725,2807,2678,2720 "LZMA Compression - 256MB File Compression", Lower Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",155.81951498985,154.97085309029,155.03741908073 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",198.65539598465,197.16428995132,197.97818493843 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",144.59783291817,144.9406580925,143.46590399742 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",208.50054502487,210.86219501495,209.0687148571 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",152.23645615578,152.49073600769,152.25860619545 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",208.02553701401,207.93185400963,206.65929198265 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",181.70985007286,183.64271998405,181.69291996956 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",152.9118309021,153.15308308601,152.63678407669 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: BT.A", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",16444.72,16434.37,16310.3 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",13783.95,14303.04,14197.86 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",15106.39,15147.22,14685.64 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",3706.29,3524.26,3571.58 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",11866.73,11911.87,11832.06 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",9678.01,9545.32,9588.28 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",11031.92,10795.15,10832.49 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",8253.45,8384,8360.87 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: CG.B", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",3314.7,3304.83,3301.89 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",3084.49,3091.03,2724.58,2990.68,2863.12,2894.31 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",2921.55,2672.3,2963.84,2897.97,2813.26,2779.94 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",629.94,733.72,609.77,737.91,699.5,639.83 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",2481.11,2481.57,2480.64 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",2126.54,2121.21,2126.35 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",2342.44,2349.94,2326.92 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",1305.6,1305.61,1283.68 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: EP.B", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",306.7,304.47,305.4 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",276.02,302.04,301.56,301.85,299.78,301.16 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",297.11,297.81,297.61 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",209.98,207.36,206.18 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",177.13,177.81,177.5 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",148.8,148.46,149.38 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",166.32,165.28,164.19 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",186.98,186.65,186.3 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: FT.B", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",9098.84,9102.36,9107.07 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",8596.5,8586.19,8584.3 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",8687.51,8682.31,8709.19 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",4649.43,4709.31,4977.97,4969,5042.79,4881.82 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",6408.87,6402.74,6364.82 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",5548.95,5512.19,5502.44 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",6047.05,6029.85,6056.71 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",5721.06,5686.77,5716.29 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: IS.C", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",154.24,154.35,155.13 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",84.96,85.13,84.81 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",153.9,153.99,154.09 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",81.54,80.4,80.89 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",107.53,107.48,107.58 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",64.1,63.25,63.86 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",73.73,74.05,73.39 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",166.26,166.21,166.88 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: LU.A", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",15285.66,15468.19,15425.4 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",12086.72,12319.05,10359.72,11430.11,13865.06,12742.6 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",10439.5,13690.19,10828.33,13447.06,8600.59,12475.46 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",2529.37,2616.33,2468.15 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",11534.11,11634.74,11624.22 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",9906.02,9743.99,9545.91 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",10730.97,10616.15,10526.65 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",2474.87,2475.87,2454.31 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: MG.B", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",10169.25,10194.29,10113 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",9257.07,5582.6,9454.68,7726.82,8948.2,9568.27 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",5535.8,9090.14,5725.88,7368.6,9179.07,9292.17 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",1357.31,1759.4,1219.28,1264.4,1375.77,1607 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",4629.94,4592.69,4625.91 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",4007.87,3957.83,2746.71,2675.96,3972.11,3969.28 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",4120.44,4137.25,4182.74 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",2723.21,3018.67,2822.79,2946.61,3644.8,3344.78 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: SP.A", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",9332.06,9366.33,9322.7 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",6684.61,5927.8,5931.17,6696.22,8395.18,8408.02 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",7156.09,6645.2,7116.45,6861.5 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",1112.89,1090.63,1098.37 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",5440.24,5528.49,5356 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",4599.86,4482.94,4542.33 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",4974.95,4856.12,4950.65 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",3241.21,3240.34,3306.22 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: UA.A", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",73.2,73.14,73.02 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",51.06,65.61,65.61,29.07,62.66,67.73 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",53.57,37.24,41.61,43.54,49.03,51.53 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",2.58,2.76,2.9,2.67,2.76,3.06 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",39.29,38.69,39.26 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",32.49,32.59,32.37 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",35.93,35.65,35.99 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",6.57,6.65,7.36,6.9,7.06,7.22 "NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 - Static Web Page Serving", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",17638.87,17567.53,17708.58 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",16097.08,16788.79,17316.31,16499.93 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",17862.23,17758.65,17745.35 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",3595.35,3460.4,3460.39 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",17859.64,17598.77,17660.13 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",8639.31,8595.62,8497.75 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",20281.32,19657.27,19990.61 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",17209,17169.47,17195.68 "Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 - Total Time", Lower Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",708.08568382263 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",715.71842908859 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",713.80950689316 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",749.63130998611 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",1038.7323150635 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",1239.3850109577 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",1050.5742080212 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",503.64502191544 "OpenSSL 1.0.0e - RSA 4096-bit Performance", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",74.5,74.5,75.5,75.4 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",75,74.9,75.1,74.4 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",75.3,75.1,74.3,75.2 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",72.7,72.2,70.6,72.4 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",70.8,69.9,69.7,71 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",60.6,61.6,60.6,61.6 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",69.9,69.9,70.2,69.9 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",81.8,80.6,81.6,81.7 "Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 - 256MB File Compression", Lower Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",6.1262249946594,6.034991979599,6.0239789485931 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",6.7847399711609,6.3874201774597,6.3313369750977,6.2802381515503,6.3378791809082 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",6.25102186203,6.9053680896759,6.2546999454498,6.2503490447998,6.295469045639,6.2950367927551 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",14.642451047897,13.547646045685,13.104779005051,12.900304079056,13.856974124908,13.150133132935 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",8.3656661510468,8.3611450195312,8.2494349479675 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",9.4787569046021,9.8012020587921,9.5338759422302 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",8.2818610668182,9.0295150279999,8.20689702034,8.7521538734436,9.0133390426636,8.3125479221344 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",9.9871439933777,9.9883229732513,9.8844199180603 "SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Composite", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",1061.22,1063.28,1059.16,1065.21 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",958.4,961.26,952.6,956.48 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",1048.69,1048,1052.12,1053.9 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",897.03,907.47,910.78,913.38 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",808.21,811.41,811.04,807.5 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",638.23,632.63,634.74,714.2,634.83,629.95,634.22,634.82 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",748.39,748.79,747.32,748.88 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",1063.8,1070.82,1072.5,1077.38 "SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",1939.39,1939.39,1939.39,1946.47 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",1742.92,1731.6 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",1932.37,1918.47,1932.37,1932.37 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",1611.28,1626.02,1682.44,1656.31 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",1748.63,1760.18,1754.39 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",1396.16,1396.16,1396.16,1577.91,1396.16,1381.69,1396.16,1407.21 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",1641.03,1641.03,1635.99,1641.03 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",1997.5,2012.58,2005.01,2020.2 "SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",315.73,314.57,289.07,312.28 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",180.51,179.76 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",306.68,307.78,311.14,308.89 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",172.51,169.1,173.91,171.13 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",79.23,79.23,78.93,79.23 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",71.78,71.78,71.3,78.36,71.78,71.78,71.78 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",83.23,82.91,82.91,83.23 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",255.41,257.72,256.18,257.72 "SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",1644.98,1651.61,1658.3,1658.3 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",1484.06,1478.7,1462.86,1468.1 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",1606.27,1612.6,1618.97,1631.87 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",1356.29,1422.22,1347.37,1412.41 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",1069.45,1069.45,1063.9,1063.9 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",736.69,726.24,734.05,839.34,736.69,731.43,734.05,726.24 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",882.76,882.76,882.76,886.58 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",1545.66,1551.52,1557.41,1569.35 "Smallpt 1.0 - Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples", Lower Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",21,21,21 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",21,21,21 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",22,21,21 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",28,29,30 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",33,33,33 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",38,38,38 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",34,34,34 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",117,117,116 "Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",175.272,174.297,174.934,173.98 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",9.651,9.479,9.531,9.601 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",135.874,135.283,135.552,136.857 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",38.357,34.074,34.328,35.631,34.991,37.28,35.063,37.138 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",257.185,249.445,250.706,255.576 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",40.239,40.323,41.89,40.474 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",9.665,9.679,9.455,9.556 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",2.402,2.339,2.325,2.377 "Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 - Pfam Database Search", Lower Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",12.30513381958,12.036936998367,12.069494962692 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",10.906995773315,10.630497932434,10.475049972534 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",9.8737850189209,9.7032260894775,9.6381959915161 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",31.11058807373,28.701076984406,29.274710893631,30.669647932053,29.934895038605 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",16.8794028759,16.654890060425,16.6140229702 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",17.359349012375,16.571974992752,16.223928928375 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",15.720541954041,14.405766010284,14.713631868362,13.748921871185,13.679383039474,14.536952972412 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",14.207536935806,13.770027160645,13.652762174606 "Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 - Time To Compile", Lower Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",41.964617967606,41.921264886856,42.314543008804 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",41.366359949112,41.544276952744,41.01483798027 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",50.293492078781,50.403675079346,50.368571043015 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",58.842184066772,57.446866989136,58.48860502243 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",56.232461929321,56.092581033707,55.769795894623 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",61.45251083374,61.078830957413,61.121364116669 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",54.114120960236,53.859082937241,53.630435943604 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",79.056884050369,79.265313148499,79.105063915253 "Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 - Time To Compile", Lower Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",66.959409952164,65.033440828323,65.133948802948 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",77.847206830978,75.538065910339,76.16530585289 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",118.29528808594,115.28712415695,116.67744708061 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",123.22491884232,113.25804400444,114.62323999405,116.13472485542,114.57042098045 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",92.940562963486,90.074321985245,90.571166992188 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",114.75236201286,110.26458597183,110.6617629528 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",99.753695011139,96.751511096954,96.995210170746 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",160.0330619812,156.80198097229,157.22673296928 "Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 - Multiple Sequence Alignment", Lower Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",5.0141248703003,4.7886328697205,4.8763120174408 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",7.4278748035431,6.5461339950562,7.4123220443726,7.4666011333466,8.7177159786224,7.1099472045898 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",7.6946609020233,8.2047209739685,7.3403949737549,7.7849810123444,7.3832621574402,7.4268209934235 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",59.562542915344,62.25750207901,60.124615907669 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",7.5935370922089,6.9722120761871,7.0008301734924,7.0182049274445,6.2079470157623,7.0470759868622 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",23.533854961395,21.530831813812,21.882567167282,22.225798130035,21.898073196411,21.301609039307 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",11.190222024918,11.662420034409,11.556074142456 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",8.736937046051,8.5408420562744,8.080668926239,8.6276857852936 "VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 - vpxenc", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",23.68,23.63,23.31 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",19.64,19.61,19.75 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",23.1,23.35,23.08 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",8.01,7.92,7.89 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",19.83,19.9,19.85 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",14.97,15.09,15.1 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",14.66,15.56,14.72 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",10.7,10.93,10.88 "x264 2011-12-06 - H.264 Video Encoding", Higher Results Are Better "Intel Core i7 3960X: Bare Metal",167.7,172.54,171.07 "Intel Core i7 3960X: KVM",137.32,138.69,142.51 "Intel Core i7 3960X: Xen",156.99,151.98,160.66 "Intel Core i7 3960X: VirtualBox",27.4,26.93,26.75 "AMD FX-8150: Bare Metal",131.03,132.22,132.98 "AMD FX-8150: VirtualBox",80.44,85.69,85.3 "AMD FX-8150: KVM",111.34,116.98,113.43 "Intel Core i7 3820X: Xen",106.01,109.69,110.4