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VM ComparisonProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsNetworkOSKernelCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionSystem LayerBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)2 x Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores)Dell 0TT740Intel 5000X MCH16384MB1000GB PERC 6/iAMD ATI ES1000 128MBBroadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 GigabitUbuntu 12.043.2.0-37-generic (x86_64)GCC 4.6ext41024x768Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores)14336MB60GBXen 4.1.2 HypervisorIntel Core 2 Duo T7700 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores)BochsRed Hat Virtio45GBCirrus Logic GD 5446Red Hat Virtio device800x600QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores)3.5.0-23-generic (x86_64)QEMU 1.02 x Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores)Dell 0TT74016384MB1000GB PERC 6/i128MB3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64)1024x768OpenBenchmarking.orgDisk Details- Baremetal (ondemand), Baremetal (Performance): CFQ / barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattrProcessor Details- Baremetal (ondemand): Scaling Governor: ondemand- Baremetal (Performance): Scaling Governor: performance- LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): Scaling Governor: ondemandSystem Details- Baremetal (ondemand): Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3.- Baremetal (Performance): Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Python 2.7.3.- Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): Python 2.7.3.- KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): Python 2.7.3.- KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): Python 2.7.3.- LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): Python 2.7.3.Compiler Details- Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS), KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS), KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS), LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): --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 Disk Mount Options Details- Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr- KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): barrier=1,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw,user_xattr- KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw- LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): barrier=1,data=ordered,relatime,rw,user_xattr

Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Logarithmic Result OverviewPhoronix Test SuiteSQLiteFlexible IO Testerhdparm Timed Disk ReadsPostgreSQL pgbenchCompile BenchTimed Linux Kernel CompilationTimed MrBayes AnalysisThreaded I/O TesterApache BenchmarkNGINX BenchmarkFS-MarkRAMspeed SMPIOzonePostMarkGzip CompressionParallel BZIP2 CompressionBlogBenchJohn The RipperPyBenchGnuPGPHPBenchLAME MP3 EncodingC-RayMencoderFFTEFLAC Audio EncodingOpenSSLCacheBench

VM Comparisonapache: Static Web Page Servingnginx: Static Web Page Servingpgbench: PostgreSQL TPC-B Transactions Per Secondopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancecyclictest: clock_nanosleep TIME_ABSTIME, Interval 10000 ms, 10000 Loopscyclictest: clock_nanosleep TIME_ABSTIME, Interval 500 ms, 100000 Loopscyclictest: POSIX Timer, Interval 10000 ms, 10000 Loopscyclictest: POSIX Timer, Interval 500 ms, 100000 Loopsphpbench: PHP Benchmark Suitepybench: Python Benchmark Suitemencoder: AVI To LAVCgnupg: 1GB File Encryptionencode-mp3: WAV To MP3encode-flac: WAV To FLACcompress-gzip: 2GB File Compressioncompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionc-ray: Raytracing, 1600x1200, 16 Threads, 8xAAbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilejohn-the-ripper: Blowfishcachebench: Read / Modify / Writemrbayes: Primate Phylogeny Analysis (Bayes)ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routineramspeed: Triad - Floating Pointramspeed: Triad - Integerpostmark: NetApp Disk Transaction Performancecompilebench: Compiletiobench: Seq Write - 128 MB - 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 4 GBtiobench: Rand Write - 64 MB - 16 - 4 k Block Size - Total 1 GBtiobench: Rand Write - 2 MB - 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 64 MBtiobench: Rand Read - 128 MB - 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 4 GBtiobench: Seq Read - 1.024 MB - 32 - 64 k Block Size - Total 32 GBiozone: 64kB - 8GB - Write Performanceiozone: 64kB - 32GB - Read Performanceiozone: 1MB - 8GB - Write Performanceiozone: 1MB - 32GB - Read Performancehdparm-read: /dev/sdablogbench: Readfs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSyncfs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Sizesqlite: Default Test Directoryfio: Intel IOMeter File Server Access PatternBaremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)14486.2614187.482541.7161.708610760426295637.3112.2023.3710.3015.906.6937.3386.43621914219.2723.673614.785317.755157.282395353.40126.837.27853.294248.8691.70128.53139.23128.03139.47128.83344940945.67134.3810.652571.1712787.7014174.442596.3761.50758660369293837.3712.2123.3510.2915.776.7137.2685.25624014225.0319.833603.485321.305156.482403353.87125.907.33827.644222.6991.89128.70138.92128.30137.92128.85345025928.23135.6311.522592.099219.4010100.591379.4761.107168737158729297337.8312.5623.9910.3618.257.1938.28103.98606414098.9630.213573.963811.913594.221724298.77116.496.96647.351628.5675.46118.08120.86117.75120.79121.76326710744.10121.1315.702618.0010814.3014508.971389.0361.375953616059552297637.8512.3023.5910.3617.647.3437.59182.91592614159.8438.473568.135185.524566.421984288.82121.127.00498.153436.1585.58122.25133.86121.94132.24116.53321802953.93124.7532.582540.8311346.7815282.501359.1761.135953586158861303837.8212.4623.6010.3517.907.6837.58185.79614414147.3435.553593.495185.255033.521942133.26120.506.78138.293628.2564.02120.0065.67111.6092.43378.66322967962.00128.6324.80698.7411201.4811181.343634.9261.7059460296037.4112.1923.3810.2516.076.7137.3187.28624014218.5924.863576.885312.115149.902245338.46124.117.13915.803560.3290.97124.87137.37126.75137.26133.17332072930.8762.43600.432567.48OpenBenchmarking.org

Apache Benchmark

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.4.3Static Web Page ServingXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 19.79, N = 3SE +/- 4.95, N = 3SE +/- 123.01, N = 3SE +/- 31.26, N = 3SE +/- 15.49, N = 3SE +/- 15.69, N = 39219.4011201.4810814.3011346.7814486.2612787.701. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -O2 -pthread

NGINX Benchmark

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterNGINX Benchmark 1.0.11Static Web Page ServingXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 5.37, N = 3SE +/- 15.03, N = 3SE +/- 156.09, N = 3SE +/- 70.65, N = 3SE +/- 10.15, N = 3SE +/- 25.73, N = 310100.5911181.3414508.9715282.5014187.4814174.441. (CC) gcc options: -lpthread -lcrypt -lcrypto -lz

PostgreSQL pgbench

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11PostgreSQL TPC-B Transactions Per SecondXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)8001600240032004000SE +/- 6.75, N = 3SE +/- 32.90, N = 3SE +/- 21.38, N = 6SE +/- 3.60, N = 3SE +/- 22.76, N = 3SE +/- 35.61, N = 31379.473634.921389.031359.172541.712596.371. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -lpgport -lpq -lcrypt -ldl -lm

OpenSSL

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1cRSA 4096-bit PerformanceXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)1428425670SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 361.1061.7061.3761.1361.7061.501. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

Cyclictest

Cyclictest is a high-resolution test program for measuring the Linux kernel latencies. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgms Average, Fewer Is BetterCyclictest 0.84Kernel Latency: clock_nanosleep TIME_ABSTIME, Interval 10000 ms, 10000 LoopsXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)1632486480SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3715959871. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lrt -lpthread -lrttest

OpenBenchmarking.orgms Average, Fewer Is BetterCyclictest 0.84Kernel Latency: clock_nanosleep TIME_ABSTIME, Interval 500 ms, 100000 LoopsXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)1530456075SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3685353651. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lrt -lpthread -lrttest

OpenBenchmarking.orgms Average, Fewer Is BetterCyclictest 0.84Kernel Latency: POSIX Timer, Interval 10000 ms, 10000 LoopsXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)1632486480SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 37361581081. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lrt -lpthread -lrttest

OpenBenchmarking.orgms Average, Fewer Is BetterCyclictest 0.84Kernel Latency: POSIX Timer, Interval 500 ms, 100000 LoopsXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)1632486480SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3716061761. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lrt -lpthread -lrttest

PHPBench

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterPHPBench 0.8.1PHP Benchmark SuiteXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)13K26K39K52K65KSE +/- 198.40, N = 3SE +/- 898.92, N = 5SE +/- 207.62, N = 3SE +/- 553.47, N = 3SE +/- 458.19, N = 3SE +/- 366.94, N = 3587295946059552588616042660369

PyBench

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterPyBench 2008-08-14Python Benchmark SuiteXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)7001400210028003500SE +/- 2.19, N = 3SE +/- 12.17, N = 3SE +/- 13.93, N = 3SE +/- 11.93, N = 3SE +/- 3.46, N = 3SE +/- 3.79, N = 3297329602976303829562938

Mencoder

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMencoder 1.1AVI To LAVCXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)918273645SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 337.8337.4137.8537.8237.3137.37-lXext -lX11 -lGL-lXext -lX11 -lGL1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -ffast-math -lz -lpthread -ldl -rdynamic

GnuPG

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGnuPG 1.4.101GB File EncryptionXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)3691215SE +/- 0.05, N = 4SE +/- 0.02, N = 4SE +/- 0.04, N = 4SE +/- 0.04, N = 4SE +/- 0.04, N = 4SE +/- 0.04, N = 412.5612.1912.3012.4612.2012.21

LAME MP3 Encoding

LAME is an MP3 encoder licensed under the LGPL. This test measures the time required to encode a WAV file to MP3 format. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)612182430SE +/- 0.33, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 523.9923.3823.5923.6023.3723.35

FLAC Audio Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1WAV To FLACXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)3691215SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 510.3610.2510.3610.3510.3010.29-logg-logg1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lm

Gzip Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGzip Compression2GB File CompressionXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)48121620SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 318.2516.0717.6417.9015.9015.77

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File CompressionXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)246810SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 6SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 37.196.717.347.686.696.711. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread

C-Ray

This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Raytracing, 1600x1200, 16 Threads, 8xAAXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)918273645SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 338.2837.3137.5937.5837.3337.261. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)4080120160200SE +/- 1.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.83, N = 3SE +/- 1.24, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.93, N = 3103.9887.28182.91185.7986.4385.25

John The Ripper

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Password Hasing: BlowfishXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)13002600390052006500SE +/- 16.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 225.30, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 20.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 36064624059266144621962401. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl

CacheBench

This is a performance test of CacheBench, which is part of LLCbench. CacheBench is designed to test the memory and cache bandwidth performance Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCacheBenchTest: Read / Modify / WriteXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 18.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 5.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 314098.9614218.5914159.8414147.3414219.2714225.031. (CC) gcc options: -lrt

Timed MrBayes Analysis

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2Primate Phylogeny Analysis (Bayes)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)918273645SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 330.2124.8638.4735.5523.6719.83

FFTE

FFTE is a package by Daisuke Takahashi to compute Discrete Fourier Transforms of 1-, 2- and 3- dimensional sequences of length (2^p)*(3^q)*(5^r). Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterFFTE 5.0Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT RoutineXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)8001600240032004000SE +/- 17.08, N = 3SE +/- 49.70, N = 3SE +/- 19.82, N = 3SE +/- 1.69, N = 3SE +/- 11.57, N = 3SE +/- 13.91, N = 33573.963576.883568.133593.493614.783603.481. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread

RAMspeed SMP

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterRAMspeed SMP 3.5.0Type: Triad - Benchmark: Floating PointXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)110022003300440055003811.915312.115185.525185.255317.755321.30

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterRAMspeed SMP 3.5.0Type: Triad - Benchmark: IntegerXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)110022003300440055003594.225149.904566.425033.525157.285156.48

PostMark

This is a test of NetApp's PostMark benchmark designed to simulate small-file testing similar to the tasks endured by web and mail servers. This test profile will set PostMark to perform 25,000 transactions with 500 files simultaneously with the file sizes ranging between 5 and 512 kilobytes. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51NetApp Disk Transaction PerformanceXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)5001000150020002500SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 6.67, N = 3SE +/- 15.67, N = 3SE +/- 5.33, N = 3SE +/- 7.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31724224519841942239524031. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Compile Bench

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)80160240320400SE +/- 1.89, N = 3SE +/- 5.52, N = 3SE +/- 4.03, N = 6SE +/- 30.07, N = 6SE +/- 5.14, N = 3SE +/- 5.08, N = 3298.77338.46288.82133.26353.40353.87

Threaded I/O Tester

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Sequential Write - Size Per Thread: 128 MB - Thread Count: 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 4 GBXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)306090120150SE +/- 0.72, N = 4SE +/- 0.65, N = 4SE +/- 0.65, N = 4SE +/- 0.63, N = 4SE +/- 1.68, N = 4SE +/- 0.71, N = 4116.49124.11121.12120.50126.83125.90

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64 MB - Thread Count: 16 - 4 k Block Size - Total 1 GBXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)246810SE +/- 0.05, N = 4SE +/- 0.04, N = 4SE +/- 0.08, N = 4SE +/- 0.11, N = 8SE +/- 0.07, N = 4SE +/- 0.08, N = 46.967.137.006.787.277.33

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 2 MB - Thread Count: 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 64 MBXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)2004006008001000SE +/- 8.02, N = 8SE +/- 34.73, N = 8SE +/- 44.52, N = 8SE +/- 22.00, N = 8SE +/- 41.68, N = 8SE +/- 36.48, N = 8647.35915.80498.15138.29853.29827.64

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 128 MB - Thread Count: 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 4 GBXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)9001800270036004500SE +/- 4.99, N = 4SE +/- 22.63, N = 4SE +/- 2.92, N = 4SE +/- 213.84, N = 8SE +/- 29.07, N = 4SE +/- 17.25, N = 41628.563560.323436.153628.254248.864222.69

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterThreaded I/O Tester 0.3.3Test: Sequential Read - Size Per Thread: 1.024 MB - Thread Count: 32 - 64 k Block Size - Total 32 GBXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)20406080100SE +/- 0.31, N = 4SE +/- 0.65, N = 4SE +/- 0.30, N = 4SE +/- 1.66, N = 8SE +/- 0.45, N = 4SE +/- 0.53, N = 475.4690.9785.5864.0291.7091.89

IOzone

The IOzone benchmark tests the hard disk drive / file-system performance. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64kB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)306090120150SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 1.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3118.08124.87122.25120.00128.53128.701. (CC) gcc options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64kB - File Size: 32GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)306090120150SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.80, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 24.89, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3120.86137.37133.8665.67139.23138.921. (CC) gcc options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)306090120150SE +/- 0.80, N = 3SE +/- 1.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 7.78, N = 6SE +/- 0.65, N = 3SE +/- 0.79, N = 3117.75126.75121.94111.60128.03128.301. (CC) gcc options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 32GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)306090120150SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.65, N = 3SE +/- 0.71, N = 3SE +/- 18.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3120.79137.26132.2492.43139.47137.921. (CC) gcc options: -O3

hdparm Timed Disk Reads

The hdparm utility is used for simple benchmarking the system's hard drive. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is Betterhdparm Timed Disk ReadsDisk To Read: /dev/sdaXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)80160240320400SE +/- 1.42, N = 5SE +/- 0.77, N = 5SE +/- 7.77, N = 10SE +/- 56.81, N = 10SE +/- 9.24, N = 10SE +/- 7.78, N = 10121.76133.17116.53378.66128.83128.85

BlogBench

OpenBenchmarking.orgFinal Score, More Is BetterBlogBench 1.0Test: ReadXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)70K140K210K280K350KSE +/- 569.96, N = 3SE +/- 3394.91, N = 3SE +/- 3140.35, N = 3SE +/- 3642.91, N = 3SE +/- 3281.65, N = 3SE +/- 1213.95, N = 33267103320723218023229673449403450251. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread

FS-Mark

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSyncXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)2004006008001000SE +/- 4.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 1.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3744.10930.87953.93962.00945.67928.231. (CC) gcc options: -static

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)306090120150SE +/- 0.86, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 2.62, N = 6SE +/- 1.39, N = 3SE +/- 2.34, N = 4SE +/- 2.18, N = 3121.1362.43124.75128.63134.38135.631. (CC) gcc options: -static

SQLite

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSQLite 3.7.3Test Target: Default Test DirectoryXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)130260390520650SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 6SE +/- 0.19, N = 6SE +/- 0.04, N = 315.70600.4332.5824.8010.6511.521. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -ldl -lpthread

Flexible IO Tester

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds (Run Time), Fewer Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 1.57Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access PatternXen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Baremetal (ondemand)Baremetal (Performance)6001200180024003000SE +/- 26.50, N = 3SE +/- 10.86, N = 3SE +/- 10.65, N = 3SE +/- 28.61, N = 6SE +/- 15.68, N = 3SE +/- 94.86, N = 32618.002567.482540.83698.742571.172592.09