VirtualBox testing on Debian 6.0.5 via the Phoronix Test Suite.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
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test
VirtualBox testing on Debian 6.0.5 via the Phoronix Test Suite.
Virtualbox:
Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.36GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Oracle VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 9GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: InnoTek VirtualBox, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit
OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Driver: vboxvideo 1.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs, System Layer: VirtualBox
VMware 4 cores:
Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 1024 MB DRAM, Disk: 9GB VMware Virtual S + 9GB VMware Virtual I, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit
OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Driver: vmware 11.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs, System Layer: VMware
Virtualbox 4 cores:
Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.28GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Oracle VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 9GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: InnoTek VirtualBox, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit
OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: vboxvideo 1.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs, System Layer: VirtualBox
Xen guest:
Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V LX, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB 1600MHz, Disk: 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 1500GB Seagate ST31500341AS, Graphics: NVIDIA Device 1244, Audio: Realtek ALC887, Monitor: HP 2311, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B
OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs, System Layer: Xen 4.0.1 Hypervisor
Xen guest 4 cores:
Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 4GB
OS: Debian Linux 6.0.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs, System Layer: Xen 4.0.1 Hypervisor
Bare metal:
Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V LX, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB 1600MHz, Disk: 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 1500GB Seagate ST31500341AS, Graphics: NVIDIA Device 1244, Audio: Realtek ALC887, Monitor: HP 2311, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B
OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, File-System: xfs
Xen Dom0:
Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V LX, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB 1600MHz, Disk: 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 1500GB Seagate ST31500341AS, Graphics: NVIDIA Device 1244, Audio: Realtek ALC887, Monitor: HP 2311, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B
OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs, System Layer: Xen 4.0.1 Hypervisor
VMware 4 cores SCSI:
Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 1024 MB DRAM, Disk: 9GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit
OS: Debian 6.0.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: vmware 11.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs, System Layer: VMware
Unpacking The Linux Kernel
linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Virtualbox .......... 306.31 |=================================================
VMware 4 cores ...... 58.90 |=========
Virtualbox 4 cores .. 266.30 |===========================================
Xen guest ........... 11.16 |==
Xen guest 4 cores ... 12.03 |==
Bare metal .......... 9.47 |==
Xen Dom0 ............ 10.22 |==
VMware 4 cores SCSI . 17.37 |===
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 32
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox .......... 43.95 |=======
VMware 4 cores ...... 0.33 |
Virtualbox 4 cores .. 39.93 |======
Xen guest ........... 176.93 |============================
Xen guest 4 cores ... 133.45 |=====================
Bare metal .......... 307.14 |=================================================
Xen Dom0 ............ 214.94 |==================================
VMware 4 cores SCSI . 86.35 |==============
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox .......... 58.03 |=========
VMware 4 cores ...... 0.40 |
Virtualbox 4 cores .. 58.51 |=========
Xen guest ........... 278.53 |=========================================
Xen guest 4 cores ... 266.58 |=======================================
Bare metal .......... 330.83 |=================================================
Xen Dom0 ............ 202.30 |==============================
VMware 4 cores SCSI . 102.57 |===============
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox .......... 70.26 |==========
VMware 4 cores ...... 0.66 |
Virtualbox 4 cores .. 60.83 |=========
Xen guest ........... 271.79 |=======================================
Xen guest 4 cores ... 260.88 |======================================
Bare metal .......... 340.02 |=================================================
Xen Dom0 ............ 261.88 |======================================
VMware 4 cores SCSI . 103.40 |===============
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox .......... 72.42 |===========
VMware 4 cores ...... 1.52 |
Virtualbox 4 cores .. 62.15 |=========
Xen guest ........... 247.38 |=====================================
Xen guest 4 cores ... 277.18 |=========================================
Bare metal .......... 331.76 |=================================================
Xen Dom0 ............ 302.59 |=============================================
VMware 4 cores SCSI . 108.43 |================
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 32
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox .......... 16.06 |
VMware 4 cores ...... 1.80 |
Virtualbox 4 cores .. 16.53 |
Xen guest ........... 30.03 |
Xen guest 4 cores ... 30.43 |
Bare metal .......... 14217.22 |===============================================
Xen Dom0 ............ 9135.61 |==============================
VMware 4 cores SCSI . 20.33 |
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox .......... 48.41 |
VMware 4 cores ...... 7.08 |
Virtualbox 4 cores .. 56.51 |
Xen guest ........... 142.32 |
Xen guest 4 cores ... 149.79 |=
Bare metal .......... 13716.97 |===============================================
Xen Dom0 ............ 9143.89 |===============================
VMware 4 cores SCSI . 72.38 |
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox .......... 1384.04 |=====
VMware 4 cores ...... 11579.82 |==========================================
Virtualbox 4 cores .. 2036.02 |=======
Xen guest ........... 9242.88 |==================================
Xen guest 4 cores ... 5830.27 |=====================
Bare metal .......... 12967.27 |===============================================
Xen Dom0 ............ 9057.63 |=================================
VMware 4 cores SCSI . 11624.45 |==========================================
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox .......... 1805.87 |=======
VMware 4 cores ...... 10633.02 |===========================================
Virtualbox 4 cores .. 2008.01 |========
Xen guest ........... 5631.43 |=======================
Xen guest 4 cores ... 5753.05 |=======================
Bare metal .......... 11642.11 |===============================================
Xen Dom0 ............ 6088.07 |=========================
VMware 4 cores SCSI . 8960.87 |====================================
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 32
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox .......... 271.93 |=================================
VMware 4 cores ...... 23.71 |===
Virtualbox 4 cores .. 122.97 |===============
Xen guest ........... 246.95 |==============================
Xen guest 4 cores ... 261.07 |================================
Bare metal .......... 368.66 |=============================================
Xen Dom0 ............ 226.65 |===========================
VMware 4 cores SCSI . 405.53 |=================================================
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox .......... 347.61 |===================================
VMware 4 cores ...... 42.54 |====
Virtualbox 4 cores .. 382.38 |=======================================
Xen guest ........... 274.07 |============================
Xen guest 4 cores ... 278.26 |============================
Bare metal .......... 484.09 |=================================================
Xen Dom0 ............ 371.04 |======================================
VMware 4 cores SCSI . 401.51 |=========================================
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox .......... 342.47 |===================================
VMware 4 cores ...... 81.91 |========
Virtualbox 4 cores .. 301.58 |===============================
Xen guest ........... 327.86 |==================================
Xen guest 4 cores ... 332.89 |==================================
Bare metal .......... 474.93 |=================================================
Xen Dom0 ............ 467.48 |================================================
VMware 4 cores SCSI . 455.52 |===============================================
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox .......... 312.27 |===============================
VMware 4 cores ...... 73.31 |=======
Virtualbox 4 cores .. 404.96 |=========================================
Xen guest ........... 333.98 |==================================
Xen guest 4 cores ... 355.20 |====================================
Bare metal .......... 487.14 |=================================================
Xen Dom0 ............ 461.36 |==============================================
VMware 4 cores SCSI . 442.16 |============================================
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 32
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox .......... 188.09 |
VMware 4 cores ...... 63.22 |
Virtualbox 4 cores .. 37.04 |
Xen guest ........... 172.09 |
Xen guest 4 cores ... 156.59 |
Bare metal .......... 18147.18 |===============================================
Xen Dom0 ............ 12365.68 |================================
VMware 4 cores SCSI . 405.71 |=
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox .......... 322.51 |=
VMware 4 cores ...... 133.03 |
Virtualbox 4 cores .. 112.58 |
Xen guest ........... 747.55 |==
Xen guest 4 cores ... 653.11 |==
Bare metal .......... 17909.18 |===============================================
Xen Dom0 ............ 12389.49 |=================================
VMware 4 cores SCSI . 654.39 |==
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox .......... 1088.63 |===
VMware 4 cores ...... 14774.27 |========================================
Virtualbox 4 cores .. 2243.59 |======
Xen guest ........... 12421.39 |=================================
Xen guest 4 cores ... 7934.74 |=====================
Bare metal .......... 17513.73 |===============================================
Xen Dom0 ............ 12448.73 |=================================
VMware 4 cores SCSI . 15994.42 |===========================================
Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox .......... 2089.27 |======
VMware 4 cores ...... 13601.46 |=====================================
Virtualbox 4 cores .. 2240.36 |======
Xen guest ........... 7485.59 |=====================
Xen guest 4 cores ... 8038.02 |======================
Bare metal .......... 17093.73 |===============================================
Xen Dom0 ............ 8122.49 |======================
VMware 4 cores SCSI . 15280.99 |==========================================
Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Add
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ......... 12579.13 |========================================
VMware 4 cores ..... 13104.55 |==========================================
Virtualbox 4 cores . 15092.34 |================================================
Xen guest .......... 12183.62 |=======================================
Xen guest 4 cores .. 14106.98 |=============================================
Bare metal ......... 12025.47 |======================================
Xen Dom0 ........... 11726.73 |=====================================
Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Triad
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ......... 12960.63 |========================================
VMware 4 cores ..... 13446.39 |=========================================
Virtualbox 4 cores . 15558.40 |================================================
Xen guest .......... 12552.96 |=======================================
Xen guest 4 cores .. 14545.17 |=============================================
Bare metal ......... 12376.93 |======================================
Xen Dom0 ........... 12052.39 |=====================================
Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Scale
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ......... 11855.46 |=======================================
VMware 4 cores ..... 12479.44 |=========================================
Virtualbox 4 cores . 14686.09 |================================================
Xen guest .......... 11427.50 |=====================================
Xen guest 4 cores .. 12991.27 |==========================================
Bare metal ......... 11324.61 |=====================================
Xen Dom0 ........... 11146.20 |====================================
Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Copy
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ......... 12809.28 |=======================================
VMware 4 cores ..... 12843.90 |========================================
Virtualbox 4 cores . 15606.92 |================================================
Xen guest .......... 11704.50 |====================================
Xen guest 4 cores .. 13361.46 |=========================================
Bare metal ......... 11547.41 |====================================
Xen Dom0 ........... 11434.29 |===================================
POV-Ray 3.6.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Virtualbox ......... 581 |====================================================
VMware 4 cores ..... 564 |===================================================
Virtualbox 4 cores . 588 |=====================================================
Xen guest .......... 562 |===================================================
Xen guest 4 cores .. 564 |===================================================
Bare metal ......... 561 |===================================================
Xen Dom0 ........... 560 |==================================================
PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox .......... 87918 |==========================================
VMware 4 cores ...... 101960 |=================================================
Virtualbox 4 cores .. 87961 |==========================================
Xen guest ........... 99027 |===============================================
Xen guest 4 cores ... 97144 |==============================================
Bare metal .......... 102431 |=================================================
Xen Dom0 ............ 99536 |================================================
VMware 4 cores SCSI . 101572 |=================================================
OpenSSL 1.0.0e
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ......... 106.15 |=================================================
VMware 4 cores ..... 108.05 |==================================================
Virtualbox 4 cores . 106.00 |=================================================
Xen guest .......... 107.38 |=================================================
Xen guest 4 cores .. 108.10 |==================================================
Bare metal ......... 108.83 |==================================================
Xen Dom0 ........... 108.68 |==================================================
NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox .......... 16241.05 |==============
VMware 4 cores ...... 48839.33 |===========================================
Virtualbox 4 cores .. 15832.99 |==============
Xen guest ........... 29494.94 |==========================
Xen guest 4 cores ... 29715.84 |==========================
Bare metal .......... 53973.85 |===============================================
Xen Dom0 ............ 29020.34 |=========================
VMware 4 cores SCSI . 48107.17 |==========================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ......... 84 |================================================
VMware 4 cores ..... 65 |=====================================
Virtualbox 4 cores . 64 |====================================
Xen guest .......... 90 |===================================================
Xen guest 4 cores .. 64 |====================================
Bare metal ......... 95 |======================================================
Xen Dom0 ........... 90 |===================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ......... 169 |============================================
VMware 4 cores ..... 199 |====================================================
Virtualbox 4 cores . 193 |==================================================
Xen guest .......... 187 |=================================================
Xen guest 4 cores .. 194 |==================================================
Bare metal ......... 204 |=====================================================
Xen Dom0 ........... 181 |===============================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ......... 117 |==================================
VMware 4 cores ..... 153 |=============================================
Virtualbox 4 cores . 149 |===========================================
Xen guest .......... 164 |================================================
Xen guest 4 cores .. 153 |=============================================
Bare metal ......... 182 |=====================================================
Xen Dom0 ........... 146 |===========================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ......... 84 |===============================================
VMware 4 cores ..... 63 |===================================
Virtualbox 4 cores . 61 |==================================
Xen guest .......... 93 |====================================================
Xen guest 4 cores .. 62 |===================================
Bare metal ......... 97 |======================================================
Xen Dom0 ........... 93 |====================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Blur
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox ......... 122 |============================================
VMware 4 cores ..... 121 |===========================================
Virtualbox 4 cores . 118 |==========================================
Xen guest .......... 132 |===============================================
Xen guest 4 cores .. 114 |=========================================
Bare metal ......... 148 |=====================================================
Xen Dom0 ........... 129 |==============================================
FFmpeg 0.10
AVI To NTSC VCD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Virtualbox ......... 9.02 |====================================================
VMware 4 cores ..... 8.76 |==================================================
Virtualbox 4 cores . 9.07 |====================================================
Xen guest .......... 8.68 |==================================================
Xen guest 4 cores .. 8.74 |==================================================
Bare metal ......... 8.57 |=================================================
Xen Dom0 ........... 8.67 |==================================================
Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Virtualbox .......... 28.01 |===============================================
VMware 4 cores ...... 23.49 |========================================
Virtualbox 4 cores .. 29.57 |==================================================
Xen guest ........... 26.22 |============================================
Xen guest 4 cores ... 27.01 |==============================================
Bare metal .......... 18.74 |================================
Xen Dom0 ............ 26.26 |============================================
VMware 4 cores SCSI . 23.18 |=======================================
Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Virtualbox .......... 49.75 |==================================================
VMware 4 cores ...... 45.37 |==============================================
Virtualbox 4 cores .. 49.65 |==================================================
Xen guest ........... 32.06 |================================
Xen guest 4 cores ... 36.01 |====================================
Bare metal .......... 29.39 |==============================
Xen Dom0 ............ 31.77 |================================
VMware 4 cores SCSI . 44.25 |============================================
Apache Benchmark 2.2.21
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Virtualbox .......... 11598.85 |===============
VMware 4 cores ...... 15346.21 |====================
Virtualbox 4 cores .. 11480.35 |===============
Xen guest ........... 8832.25 |===========
Xen guest 4 cores ... 9037.20 |============
Bare metal .......... 36677.94 |===============================================
Xen Dom0 ............ 8912.58 |===========
VMware 4 cores SCSI . 15799.66 |====================