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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Ubuntu 12.10 KVM Virtualization - Ubuntu 12.04, CentOS 6.3,
"Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 - Static Web Page Serving",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",14355.36,13932.75,13953.91
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",13577.57,13084.28,13021.25
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",18530.78,18466.18,18266.11
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",12611.34,12417.31,12860.1
"C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",22.817,22.82,22.887
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",23.844,23.909,23.897
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",30.539,30.517,31.059
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",32.472,32.427,32.464
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",32.482,32.452,32.456
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",33.231,33.048,33.224
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Compile",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",89.19,76.48,73.08,72.05,71.48,72.11
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",76.3,171.55,157.73,171.73,167.4,161.03
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",55,59.75,63.69,68.98,70.46,63.2
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",29.72,29.39,27.77,27.83,26.91,27.44
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",167.56,186.51,219.8,220.46,232.95,196.94
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",49.14,44.82,42.94,49.59,50.58,40.31
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Initial Create",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",94.59,88.29,91.84
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",106.79,80.56,111.93,83.22,108.25,103.2
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",61.51,80.87,83.23,82.24,82.18,63.86
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",40.97,40.7,40.44
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",97.27,114.76,117.35,116.73,115.13,115.69
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",44.66,36.71,44.83,48.61,42.01,44.51
"Dbench 4.0 - Client Count: 1",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",41.6529,41.7054,41.4376
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",34.5239,34.5646,34.4335
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",38.0507,38.8932,39.2246
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",27.4712,28.012,27.7916
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",26.6998,26.9657,27.1305
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",30.6274,30.8262,30.5528
"Dolfyn 0.527 - Computational Fluid Dynamics",
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"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",24.277963161469,23.883666992188,23.90965294838
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",24.681205034256,24.667259216309,24.667454957962
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",24.65222287178,24.678306818008,24.617705106735
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",25.121407985687,25.081624984741,25.009202003479
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",26.882162094116,26.834341049194,26.896845817566
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",27.572160005569,27.318399906158,27.268357038498
"FFmpeg 1.0 - H.264 HD To NTSC DV",
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"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",18.660242080688,18.338972806931,18.041097164154
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",21.398871898651,20.622393131256,20.856298923492
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",18.602262020111,18.064538002014,18.129056930542
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",21.745451927185,20.507788181305,21.277937889099
"FFTE 5.0 - Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",5769.3693103744,5746.3047383714,5771.5643459796
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",5659.8297731065,5727.3241509732,5756.9833507373
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",5461.9037706861,5454.5124369735,5490.7529234852
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",5469.9121435828,5469.4234814299,5471.9113897696
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",5797.1925615612,5993.2297817546,5985.8189926331
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",5920.0323255176,5687.5593747332,5922.1120408672
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 - Operation: Blur",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",138,138,138
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",131,131,131
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",141,141,141
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",131,133,134
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",138,137,138
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",128,127,128
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 - Operation: Sharpen",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",105,105,105
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",103,103,103
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",107,107,107
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",104,104,104
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",102,103,103
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",99,97,96
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 - Operation: Resizing",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",170,170,170
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",164,165,165
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",178,178,178
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",167,168,168
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",164,165,163
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",106,111,136,124,126,131
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 - Operation: HWB Color Space",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",191,192,192
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",187,185,185
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",198,197,198
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",191,191,192
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",183,183,183
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",176,175,174
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 - Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",138,139,139
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",133,133,133
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",137,137,137
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",133,133,132
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",134,133,134
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",129,130,130
"John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 - Test: Blowfish",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",8208,8136,8136
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",7920,7342,6840,7200,7128,7128
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",8064,7984,8064
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",4608,7776,7848,7841,7699,7776
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",3600,7776,7776,7776,7699,7699
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",5929,7488,3105,3005,7488,7485
"LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 - WAV To MP3",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",13.535653114319,13.519696950912,13.484029054642,13.605945110321,13.493489027023
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",13.628406047821,13.61718416214,13.738432884216,13.60924911499,13.630840063095
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",13.564935207367,13.59890794754,13.543430805206,13.563645124435,13.608592987061
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",13.703700065613,13.642889022827,13.647675037384,13.677803039551,13.649303913116
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",13.635544061661,13.637950897217,13.611767053604,13.612982034683,13.615089893341
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",13.87992477417,13.864926815033,13.823231220245,13.851562023163,13.833655834198
"Minion 0.12 - Benchmark: Bibd",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",117.056088,119.163211,119.047733
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",138.483416,139.530789,140.171864
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",116.085708,117.082987,115.955457
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",125.64858,125.440009,125.148357
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",118.155956,117.815772,117.694391
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",120.409377,120.047616,119.299903
"Minion 0.12 - Benchmark: Graceful",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",72.847923,73.065073,73.536754
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",75.228025,76.167515,75.971135
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",69.297105,69.716217,70.090627
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",72.934921,73.38276,73.619907
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",71.985392,72.988606,73.107091
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",73.455986,75.574613,74.973849
"Minion 0.12 - Benchmark: Solitaire",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",113.886191,115.828722,116.164847
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",131.487659,130.361193,131.323314
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",111.194768,111.342423,115.359728
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",122.796723,123.229762,121.173917
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",110.239706,110.997658,110.061145
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",117.077174,116.21658,116.416679
"Minion 0.12 - Benchmark: Quasigroup",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",155.322386,155.2946,157.488566
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",155.714163,156.343841,156.021658
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",155.410449,156.357579,157.339551
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",157.235032,155.971272,156.750288
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",155.070491,156.166922,156.667409
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",161.531121,159.766079,161.085376
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: BT.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",12846.52,12823.29,12823.71
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",11297.98,11587.46,11677.98
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",12784.24,12921.73,12876.1
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",12104.05,11802.13,11791.37
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",12933.12,12942.98,12932.43
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",9562.54,9705.28,8633.26,6178.77,7007.62,8991.62
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: CG.B",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",1530.18,1531.07,1530.47
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",1472.11,1454.12,1444.22
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",1168.39,1084.54,1080.38,1089.34,1082.62
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",1514.86,1519.66,1505.01
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",1567.57,1563.15,1566.89
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",973.28,721.94,1085.85,1112.5,999.92,1203.27
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: EP.B",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",388.33,385.32,388.03
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",381.3,380.05,374.84
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",364.87,368.29,373.15
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",327.59,366.97,367.93,367.24,366.39,365.02
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",353.34,353.72,353.92
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",270.15,345.1,279.54,302.01,346.28,337.1
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: FT.B",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",6374.82,6368.24,6347.55
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",5931.16,5830.35,5900.07
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",5736.68,5694.85,5371.46,5355.3,5439.87
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",5880.5,5922.26,5870.75
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",6318.27,6321.86,6307.68
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",5948.35,5919.01,5979.52
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: IS.C",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",187.92,188.93,188.8
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",115.61,114.08,115.46
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",189.07,188.74,188.67
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",114.17,114,114.7
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",148.2,148.21,148.22
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",110.17,110.16,110.18
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: LU.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",12865.14,12781.61,12858.94
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",11295.5,9787.46,9251.63,9411.53,10311.78,10907.05
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",13067.94,12714.84,12972.28
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",11987.62,10339.51,11072.86,9878.83,10534.99,5962.5
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",11608.29,11613.6,10994.09
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",7154.79,11172.13,11274.76,11189.26,11166.68,6348.14
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: MG.B",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",2721.41,2727.56,2725.39
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",2489.39,2478.05,2549.89
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",2371.47,2374.54,2364.69
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",2604.56,2556.42,2615.99
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",2928.64,2922.01,2918.12
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",978.1,1325.52,1601.78,732.17,2502.53,580.08
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: SP.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",3614.17,3668.33,3646.17
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",3427.25,3356.68,3319.62
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",3854.39,3835.78,3873.53
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",3365.77,3353.56,3221.71
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",3888.33,3867.65,3878.57
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",1477.07,1872.64,1450.23,1522.34,1582,2288.17
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: UA.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",52.7,52.23,52.88
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",39.54,34.24,36.2,36.07,37.73,36.91
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",45.47,45.24,44.31
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",40.55,46.98,28,46.14,38.05,47.87
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",53.69,54.01,54.04
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",36.73,43.38,49.68,49.87,50.01,50.02
"Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",439.23087215424
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",448.96381902695
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",446.7737891674
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",450.00223708153
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",461.20601201057
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",466.43172097206
"OpenSSL 1.0.1c - RSA 4096-bit Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",121.7,120.3,121.6
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",120.2,121.3,120.2
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",121.5,121.6,121.5
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",121.1,120.8,121.1
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",121.2,121.3,121.3
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",120,119.9,119.2
"Opus Codec Encoding 1.0.1 - WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",9.4208240509033,9.418135881424,9.4334118366241,9.476368188858,9.4062759876251
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",10.135801076889,10.131009817123,10.198504924774,10.132787942886,10.157765865326
"Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 - 256MB File Compression",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",5.4316000938416,6.4978668689728,5.789785861969,5.4001801013947,5.3905670642853,5.5136830806732
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",8.6616110801697,5.7804179191589,5.9840350151062,5.6622459888458,6.226793050766,5.7639880180359
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",7.4949448108673,5.3917360305786,5.465008020401,6.1366980075836,5.521183013916,6.8379678726196
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",6.0957200527191,5.5705358982086,5.3982019424438,7.0772919654846,5.8102560043335,5.6313459873199
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",6.4783730506897,5.3846280574799,5.4900839328766,6.1380460262299,5.6425681114197,5.4525780677795
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",6.4429800510406,6.053277015686,6.0797011852264,5.7228960990906,6.0483889579773,6.1959249973297
"PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 - TPC-B Transactions Per Second",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",404.224689,404.998144,412.353586
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",344.035761,340.600746,338.438171
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",390.987866,382.777772,383.940779
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",241.066614,237.952465,237.6679
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",275.289508,268.058426
"POV-Ray 3.6.1 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Monte Carlo",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",417.8,322.44,416.18,382.11,416.18,416.18,417.8,416.18
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",389.04,412.98,414.57,414.57
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",538.22,539.57,539.57,539.57
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",536.87,534.2,538.22,536.87
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",325.38,326.37,325.38,326.37
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",322.44,322.44,322.44,323.42
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",343.63,343.63,343.63,343.63
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",229.39,228.78,228.17,230.01
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",284.27,286.17,284.27,285.21
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",241.71,241.71,241.71,241.02
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",311.14,329.09,330.36,320.46
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",313.42,313.42,315.73,313.42
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",2017.73,2027.72,2007.84,2007.84
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",1870.32,1861.82,1870.32,1853.39
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",1812.39,1812.39,1812.39,1812.39
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",1941.23,1941.23,1941.23,1950.48
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",1998.05,2105.91,2017.73
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",2111.34,1950.48,1959.81,1959.81
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",2370.37,2370.37,2370.37,2359.88
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",2185.79,2194.79,2203.86,2203.86
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",2359.88,2339.18,2339.18,2328.97
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",2250.35,2240.9,2240.9,2231.52
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",2250.35,2250.35,2250.35,2250.35
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",2250.35,2194.79,2185.79,2185.79
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",1174.66,1174.66,1179.18,1179.18
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",1170.18,1170.18,1170.18,1170.18
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",1179.18,1174.66,1174.66,1179.18
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",1174.66,1170.18,1170.18,1170.18
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",1174.66,1174.66,1174.66,1174.66
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",1156.93,1161.31,1161.31,1161.31
"Smallpt 1.0 - Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",64,64,64
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",65,65,65
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",59,60,60
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",60,61,60
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",61,60,60
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",63,62,62
"Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 - Time To Compile",
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"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",62.361295938492,60.449239015579,60.439105033875
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",72.3674929142,70.826617956161,70.543986082077
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",58.556478977203,56.382560968399,56.646708965302
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",69.067178010941,63.950829982758,64.264343976974,63.787747859955,64.175796031952
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",61.924627065659,55.669312953949,55.950091838837,56.034605979919,56.443099021912,55.952867984772
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",70.068958044052,68.680115938187,63.299876928329,72.896460056305,67.669326066971,71.421264886856
"Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",22.277434110641,22.202143907547,22.186959981918
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",25.779738903046,25.650570869446,25.967158079147
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",21.106933832169,20.869838953018,20.78470492363
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",25.492306947708,24.004639148712,24.076313972473
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",22.166675806046,21.326511859894,21.160723924637
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",24.609642982483,24.97433590889,33.693742990494,23.274366140366,24.657998085022,25.049335002899
"TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w - Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",171.303,170.759,171.092
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",65.6323,64.184,63.7869
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",187.568,187.942,187.793
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",63.6699,64.0082,63.9926
"CentOS 6.3: Bare Metal Host",164.853,164.064,163.548
"CentOS 6.3: KVM",48.6173,48.7083,47.1071
"VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 - vpxenc",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",28.95,28.93,28.68
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",23.53,23.52,23.83
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",28.79,29.04,28.49
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",22.72,24.15,24.27,23.84
"x264 2012-10-03 - H.264 Video Encoding",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10: Bare Metal Host",186.94,216.32,214.08,217.87,214.94,217.73
"Ubuntu 12.10: KVM",156.81,167.88,167.22,169.52
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Bare Metal Host",185.99,214.37,215.51,217.55,215.62,214.06
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: KVM",151.18,165.47,166.95,171.31,165.4,167.65