Ubuntu 12.10 KVM Virtualization - Ubuntu 12.04, CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.10 virtualization performance benchmarking with KVM virtual machines against an Intel Core i7 Sandy Bridge Extreme Edition i7-3960X host with hardware virtualization on Linux 3.5. Ubuntu Linux virtualization results compared to KVM on Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS and CentOS 6.3 from the same hardware system. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution System Layer CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 Bare Metal Host KVM Bare Metal Host KVM Bare Metal Host KVM Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores) Intel DX79SI Intel Xeon E5/Core 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz 64GB OCZ VERTEX AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB Intel C600/X79 DELL S2409W Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection CentOS 6.3 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 (x86_64) GNOME 2.28.2 X Server 1.10.6 radeon 6.14.2 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.4.6 20120305 ext4 1920x1080 QEMU Virtual @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores) Red Hat KVM Red Hat Virtio 4096MB 20GB Cirrus Logic GD 5446 Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW Red Hat Virtio device cirrus 1.3.2 2.1 Mesa 7.11 1024x768 QEMU Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores) Intel DX79SI Intel Sandy Bridge DMI2 8192MB 64GB OCZ VERTEX AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB Realtek ALC892 DELL S2409W Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-29-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.14.0 X Server 1.11.3 radeon 6.14.99 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.6 1920x1080 QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores) Bochs Red Hat Virtio 4096MB 20GB LLVMpipe Generic 1af4 ID 20 Red Hat Virtio device Unity 2D 5.14.0 cirrus 1.3.2 1024x768 QEMU 1.0 Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores) Intel DX79SI Intel Xeon E5/Core 8192MB 64GB OCZ VERTEX AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB Realtek ALC892 DELL S2409W Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection Ubuntu 12.10 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64) Unity 6.8.0 X Server 1.13.0 radeon 6.99.99 2.1 Mesa 9.0 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.7 1920x1080 QEMU Virtual 1.2.0 @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores) Bochs Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC 4096MB 24GB LLVMpipe Generic 1af4 ID 21 Red Hat Virtio device cirrus 1.5.1 1024x768 QEMU 1.2.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-dssi --disable-libjava-multilib --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-maintainer-mode --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-cloog --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --with-ppl --with-tune=generic - CentOS 6.3: KVM: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-dssi --disable-libjava-multilib --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-maintainer-mode --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-cloog --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --with-ppl --with-tune=generic - Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host: --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++ --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 - Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM: --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++ --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 - Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --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 - Ubuntu 12.10: KVM: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --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 Processor Details - CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host, Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host, Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host: Scaling Governor: ondemand System Details - CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host: Python 2.6.6. SELinux: Enabled. - CentOS 6.3: KVM: Python 2.6.6. SELinux: Enabled. - Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3. Compiz was running on this system. - Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM: Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3. - Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.3. Compiz was running on this system. - Ubuntu 12.10: KVM: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.3. Compiz was running on this system. Disk Mount Options Details - CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host, CentOS 6.3: KVM: barrier=1,data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabel Disk Details - Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr - Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM: CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr - Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw - Ubuntu 12.10: KVM: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
dbench: 1 compilebench: Compile compilebench: Initial Create npb: BT.A npb: CG.B npb: EP.B npb: FT.B npb: IS.C npb: LU.A npb: MG.B npb: SP.A npb: UA.A dolfyn: Computational Fluid Dynamics ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine scimark2: Monte Carlo scimark2: Fast Fourier Transform scimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiply scimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorization scimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation john-the-ripper: Blowfish ttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping vpxenc: vpxenc x264: H.264 Video Encoding graphics-magick: Blur graphics-magick: Sharpen graphics-magick: Resizing graphics-magick: HWB Color Space graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile build-php: Time To Compile c-ray: Total Time compress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compression smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 encode-opus: WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode ffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DV minion: Bibd minion: Graceful minion: Solitaire minion: Quasigroup nero2d: Total Time povray: Total Time openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance pgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Second apache: Static Web Page Serving CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 Bare Metal Host KVM Bare Metal Host KVM Bare Metal Host KVM 26.93 204.04 112.82 12936.18 1565.87 353.66 6315.94 148.21 11405.33 2922.92 3878.18 53.91 26.87 5925.41 325.88 322.76 2040.56 2250.35 1174.66 7054 164.16 138 103 164 183 134 57.00 21.55 32.46 5.76 60 13.62 117.89 72.69 110.43 155.97 461.21 666 121.27 30.67 46.23 43.56 8346.52 1016.13 313.36 5948.96 110.17 9717.63 1286.70 1698.74 46.62 27.39 5843.23 322.69 314.00 1995.36 2204.18 1160.22 5750 48.14 128 97 122 175 130 69.01 26.04 33.17 6.09 62 13.85 119.92 74.67 116.57 160.79 466.43 678 119.70 271.67 38.72 63.51 75.65 12860.69 1101.05 368.77 5519.63 188.83 12918.35 2370.23 3854.57 45.01 24.65 5469.06 539.23 284.98 1812.39 2341.80 1176.92 8037 187.77 28.77 210.52 141 107 178 198 137 57.20 20.92 30.71 6.14 60 13.58 18.27 116.37 69.70 112.63 156.37 446.77 661 121.53 385.90 18421.02 27.76 28.18 40.70 11899.18 1513.18 360.19 5891.17 114.29 9962.72 2592.32 3313.68 41.27 25.07 5470.42 536.54 241.54 1943.54 2240.92 1171.30 7258 63.89 23.75 164.66 133 104 168 191 133 65.05 24.52 32.45 5.93 60 13.66 21.18 125.41 73.31 122.40 156.65 450.00 664 121.00 238.90 12629.58 41.60 75.73 91.57 12831.17 1530.57 387.23 6363.54 188.55 12835.23 2724.79 3642.89 52.60 24.02 5762.41 400.61 343.63 2015.28 2367.75 1176.92 8160 171.05 28.85 211.31 138 105 170 192 139 61.08 22.22 22.84 5.67 64 13.53 9.43 18.35 118.42 73.15 115.29 156.04 439.23 649 121.20 407.19 14080.67 34.51 150.96 98.99 11521.14 1456.82 378.73 5887.19 115.05 10160.83 2505.78 3367.85 36.78 24.67 5714.71 407.79 229.09 1863.96 2197.08 1170.18 7260 64.53 23.63 165.36 131 103 165 186 133 71.25 25.80 23.88 6.35 65 13.64 10.15 20.96 139.40 75.79 131.06 156.03 448.96 658 120.57 341.02 13227.70 OpenBenchmarking.org
Dbench Client Count: 1 CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 Bare Metal Host KVM 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 26.93 30.67 38.72 27.76 41.60 34.51 1. (CC) gcc options: -lpopt
Compile Bench Test: Compile CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile Bare Metal Host KVM 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 10.07, N = 6 SE +/- 1.70, N = 6 SE +/- 2.34, N = 6 SE +/- 0.46, N = 6 SE +/- 2.79, N = 6 SE +/- 15.11, N = 6 204.04 46.23 63.51 28.18 75.73 150.96
Compile Bench Test: Initial Create CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create Bare Metal Host KVM 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 3.14, N = 6 SE +/- 1.62, N = 6 SE +/- 4.12, N = 6 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 1.82, N = 3 SE +/- 5.54, N = 6 112.82 43.56 75.65 40.70 91.57 98.99
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: BT.A CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Bare Metal Host KVM 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 3.41, N = 3 SE +/- 586.38, N = 6 SE +/- 40.43, N = 3 SE +/- 102.48, N = 3 SE +/- 7.67, N = 3 SE +/- 114.60, N = 3 12936.18 8346.52 12860.69 11899.18 12831.17 11521.14 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: CG.B CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Bare Metal Host KVM 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 1.37, N = 3 SE +/- 67.78, N = 6 SE +/- 16.90, N = 5 SE +/- 4.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 8.16, N = 3 1565.87 1016.13 1101.05 1513.18 1530.57 1456.82 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: EP.B CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Bare Metal Host KVM 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 13.90, N = 6 SE +/- 2.40, N = 3 SE +/- 6.53, N = 6 SE +/- 0.96, N = 3 SE +/- 1.98, N = 3 353.66 313.36 368.77 360.19 387.23 378.73 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: FT.B CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Bare Metal Host KVM 1400 2800 4200 5600 7000 SE +/- 4.26, N = 3 SE +/- 17.47, N = 3 SE +/- 81.59, N = 5 SE +/- 15.80, N = 3 SE +/- 8.22, N = 3 SE +/- 29.81, N = 3 6315.94 5948.96 5519.63 5891.17 6363.54 5887.19 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: IS.C CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Bare Metal Host KVM 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.49, N = 3 148.21 110.17 188.83 114.29 188.55 115.05 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Bare Metal Host KVM 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 205.62, N = 3 SE +/- 943.88, N = 6 SE +/- 105.44, N = 3 SE +/- 852.66, N = 6 SE +/- 26.87, N = 3 SE +/- 336.38, N = 6 11405.33 9717.63 12918.35 9962.72 12835.23 10160.83 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: MG.B CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Bare Metal Host KVM 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 SE +/- 3.07, N = 3 SE +/- 287.58, N = 6 SE +/- 2.91, N = 3 SE +/- 18.25, N = 3 SE +/- 1.80, N = 3 SE +/- 22.30, N = 3 2922.92 1286.70 2370.23 2592.32 2724.79 2505.78 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: SP.A CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Bare Metal Host KVM 800 1600 2400 3200 4000 SE +/- 5.97, N = 3 SE +/- 133.33, N = 6 SE +/- 10.90, N = 3 SE +/- 46.12, N = 3 SE +/- 15.72, N = 3 SE +/- 31.57, N = 3 3878.18 1698.74 3854.57 3313.68 3642.89 3367.85 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: UA.A CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Bare Metal Host KVM 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 2.25, N = 6 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 3.09, N = 6 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.73, N = 6 53.91 46.62 45.01 41.27 52.60 36.78 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
Dolfyn Computational Fluid Dynamics CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Bare Metal Host KVM 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 26.87 27.39 24.65 25.07 24.02 24.67
FFTE Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine Bare Metal Host KVM 1300 2600 3900 5200 6500 SE +/- 64.15, N = 3 SE +/- 77.84, N = 3 SE +/- 11.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.76, N = 3 SE +/- 8.08, N = 3 SE +/- 28.75, N = 3 5925.41 5843.23 5469.06 5470.42 5762.41 5714.71 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp -pthread -lmpi_f90 -lmpi_f77 -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -lm
SciMark Computational Test: Monte Carlo CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Bare Metal Host KVM 120 240 360 480 600 SE +/- 0.29, N = 4 SE +/- 0.25, N = 4 SE +/- 0.34, N = 4 SE +/- 0.84, N = 4 SE +/- 11.96, N = 8 SE +/- 6.26, N = 4 325.88 322.69 539.23 536.54 400.61 407.79
SciMark Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Bare Metal Host KVM 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 4.45, N = 4 SE +/- 0.58, N = 4 SE +/- 0.45, N = 4 SE +/- 0.17, N = 4 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 SE +/- 0.40, N = 4 322.76 314.00 284.98 241.54 343.63 229.09
SciMark Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Bare Metal Host KVM 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 33.16, N = 3 SE +/- 38.72, N = 4 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 SE +/- 2.31, N = 4 SE +/- 4.76, N = 4 SE +/- 4.05, N = 4 2040.56 1995.36 1812.39 1943.54 2015.28 1863.96
SciMark Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Bare Metal Host KVM 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 SE +/- 15.54, N = 4 SE +/- 6.49, N = 4 SE +/- 3.84, N = 4 SE +/- 2.62, N = 4 SE +/- 4.33, N = 4 2250.35 2204.18 2341.80 2240.92 2367.75 2197.08
SciMark Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Bare Metal Host KVM 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 SE +/- 1.09, N = 4 SE +/- 1.30, N = 4 SE +/- 1.12, N = 4 SE +/- 1.30, N = 4 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 1174.66 1160.22 1176.92 1171.30 1176.92 1170.18
John The Ripper Test: Blowfish CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Blowfish Bare Metal Host KVM 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 691.04, N = 6 SE +/- 887.22, N = 6 SE +/- 26.67, N = 3 SE +/- 530.46, N = 6 SE +/- 24.00, N = 3 SE +/- 148.01, N = 6 7054 5750 8037 7258 8160 7260 1. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl
TTSIOD 3D Renderer Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org FPS, More Is Better TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping Bare Metal Host KVM 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.52, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.56, N = 3 164.16 48.14 187.77 63.89 171.05 64.53 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -mtune=native -flto -msse -mrecip -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mssse3 -lSDL -lstdc++
VP8 libvpx Encoding vpxenc Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Bare Metal Host KVM 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 4 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 28.77 23.75 28.85 23.63 1. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lvpx -lm -lpthread
x264 H.264 Video Encoding Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2012-10-03 H.264 Video Encoding Bare Metal Host KVM 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 4.93, N = 6 SE +/- 2.84, N = 6 SE +/- 4.91, N = 6 SE +/- 2.89, N = 4 210.52 164.66 211.31 165.36
GraphicsMagick Operation: Blur CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Blur Bare Metal Host KVM 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 138 128 141 133 138 131 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lXext -lX11 -lbz2 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Sharpen Bare Metal Host KVM 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 103 97 107 104 105 103 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lXext -lX11 -lbz2 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Resizing CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Resizing Bare Metal Host KVM 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 4.74, N = 6 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 164 122 178 168 170 165 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lXext -lX11 -lbz2 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: HWB Color Space CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: HWB Color Space Bare Metal Host KVM 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 183 175 198 191 192 186 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lXext -lX11 -lbz2 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Bare Metal Host KVM 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 134 130 137 133 139 133 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lXext -lX11 -lbz2 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation Time To Compile CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Bare Metal Host KVM 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.99, N = 6 SE +/- 1.37, N = 6 SE +/- 0.68, N = 3 SE +/- 1.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 0.57, N = 3 57.00 69.01 57.20 65.05 61.08 71.25
Timed PHP Compilation Time To Compile CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Bare Metal Host KVM 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 1.55, N = 6 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.48, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 21.55 26.04 20.92 24.52 22.22 25.80 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pedantic -ldl -lz -lm
C-Ray Total Time CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Bare Metal Host KVM 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 32.46 33.17 30.71 32.45 22.84 23.88 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 256MB File Compression CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Bare Metal Host KVM 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.18, N = 6 SE +/- 0.10, N = 6 SE +/- 0.35, N = 6 SE +/- 0.25, N = 6 SE +/- 0.18, N = 6 SE +/- 0.47, N = 6 5.76 6.09 6.14 5.93 5.67 6.35 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Bare Metal Host KVM 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 60 62 60 60 64 65 1. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp
LAME MP3 Encoding WAV To MP3 CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Bare Metal Host KVM 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 13.62 13.85 13.58 13.66 13.53 13.64
Opus Codec Encoding WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Opus Codec Encoding 1.0.1 WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode Bare Metal Host KVM 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 9.43 10.15 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -fPIE -pie -logg -lm -lopus
FFmpeg H.264 HD To NTSC DV Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FFmpeg 1.0 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Bare Metal Host KVM 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.36, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 18.27 21.18 18.35 20.96 1. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lasound -lSDL -lm -pthread -lbz2 -lrt
Minion Benchmark: Bibd CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Bibd Bare Metal Host KVM 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.36, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.68, N = 3 SE +/- 0.49, N = 3 117.89 119.92 116.37 125.41 118.42 139.40 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt -lz -lbz2
Minion Benchmark: Graceful CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Graceful Bare Metal Host KVM 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.36, N = 3 SE +/- 0.63, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 72.69 74.67 69.70 73.31 73.15 75.79 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt -lz -lbz2
Minion Benchmark: Solitaire CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Solitaire Bare Metal Host KVM 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 1.36, N = 3 SE +/- 0.63, N = 3 SE +/- 0.71, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 110.43 116.57 112.63 122.40 115.29 131.06 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt -lz -lbz2
Minion Benchmark: Quasigroup CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Quasigroup Bare Metal Host KVM 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.47, N = 3 SE +/- 0.53, N = 3 SE +/- 0.56, N = 3 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 SE +/- 0.73, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 155.97 160.79 156.37 156.65 156.04 156.03 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt -lz -lbz2
Open FMM Nero2D Total Time CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 Total Time Bare Metal Host KVM 100 200 300 400 500 461.21 466.43 446.77 450.00 439.23 448.96 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lfftw3 -llapack -lblas -lgfortran -lquadmath -lm
POV-Ray Total Time CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Bare Metal Host KVM 150 300 450 600 750 666 678 661 664 649 658 1. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -O3 -msse -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -march=k8 -mtune=k8 -malign-double -lz -lm
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Bare Metal Host KVM 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 121.27 119.70 121.53 121.00 121.20 120.57 1. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl
PostgreSQL pgbench TPC-B Transactions Per Second CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second KVM Bare Metal Host 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 3.62, N = 2 SE +/- 2.56, N = 3 SE +/- 1.09, N = 3 SE +/- 2.59, N = 3 SE +/- 1.63, N = 3 271.67 385.90 238.90 407.19 341.02 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -lpgport -lpq -lcrypt -ldl -lm
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Ubuntu 12.10 OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Bare Metal Host KVM 4K 8K 12K 16K 20K SE +/- 79.67, N = 3 SE +/- 128.15, N = 3 SE +/- 137.48, N = 3 SE +/- 175.88, N = 3 18421.02 12629.58 14080.67 13227.70 1. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -O2 -pthread
Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.4