VM Comparison

Virtualization Comparison

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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

VM Comparisoncyclictest: POSIX Timer, Interval 10000 ms, 10000 Loopssqlite: Default Test Directoryfio: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Patternpgbench: PostgreSQL TPC-B Transactions Per Secondcompilebench: Compiletiobench: Rand Read - 128 MB - 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 4 GBbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilefs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Sizeiozone: 64kB - 32GB - Read Performancecyclictest: clock_nanosleep TIME_ABSTIME, Interval 500 ms, 100000 Loopscyclictest: POSIX Timer, Interval 500 ms, 100000 Loopscyclictest: clock_nanosleep TIME_ABSTIME, Interval 10000 ms, 10000 Loopsmrbayes: Primate Phylogeny Analysis (Bayes)apache: Static Web Page Servingnginx: Static Web Page Servingiozone: 1MB - 32GB - Read Performancetiobench: Seq Read - 1.024 MB - 32 - 64 k Block Size - Total 32 GBramspeed: Triad - Integerramspeed: Triad - Floating Pointpostmark: NetApp Disk Transaction Performancefs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSynccompress-gzip: 2GB File Compressioniozone: 1MB - 8GB - Write Performancecompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressioniozone: 64kB - 8GB - Write Performancetiobench: Seq Write - 128 MB - 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 4 GBtiobench: Rand Write - 64 MB - 16 - 4 k Block Size - Total 1 GBblogbench: Readjohn-the-ripper: Blowfishpybench: Python Benchmark Suitegnupg: 1GB File Encryptionphpbench: PHP Benchmark Suiteencode-mp3: WAV To MP3c-ray: Raytracing, 1600x1200, 16 Threads, 8xAAmencoder: AVI To LAVCffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routineencode-flac: WAV To FLACopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancecachebench: Read / Modify / Writetiobench: Rand Write - 2 MB - 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 64 MBhdparm-read: /dev/sdaBaremetal (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)1010.652571.172541.71353.404248.8686.43134.38139.2367823.6714486.2614187.48139.4791.705157.285317.752395945.6715.90128.036.69128.53126.837.273449406219295612.206042623.3737.3337.313614.7810.3061.7014219.27853.29128.83811.522592.092596.37353.874222.6985.25135.63138.9256719.8312787.7014174.44137.9291.895156.485321.302403928.2315.77128.306.71128.70125.907.333450256240293812.216036923.3537.2637.373603.4810.2961.5014225.03827.64128.857315.702618.001379.47298.771628.56103.98121.13120.8668717130.219219.4010100.59120.7975.463594.223811.911724744.1018.25117.757.19118.08116.496.963267106064297312.565872923.9938.2837.833573.9610.3661.1014098.96647.35121.766132.582540.831389.03288.823436.15182.91124.75133.8653605938.4710814.3014508.97132.2485.584566.425185.521984953.9317.64121.947.34122.25121.127.003218025926297612.305955223.5937.5937.853568.1310.3661.3714159.84498.15116.535824.80698.741359.17133.263628.25185.79128.6365.6753615935.5511346.7815282.5092.4364.025033.525185.251942962.0017.90111.607.68120.00120.506.783229676144303812.465886123.6037.5837.823593.4910.3561.1314147.34138.29378.66600.432567.483634.92338.463560.3287.2862.43137.3724.8611201.4811181.34137.2690.975149.905312.112245930.8716.07126.756.71124.87124.117.133320726240296012.195946023.3837.3137.413576.8810.2561.7014218.59915.80133.17OpenBenchmarking.org

Cyclictest

Kernel Latency: POSIX Timer, Interval 10000 ms, 10000 Loops

OpenBenchmarking.orgms Average, Fewer Is BetterCyclictest 0.84Kernel Latency: POSIX Timer, Interval 10000 ms, 10000 LoopsBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)1632486480SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 6SE +/- 1.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 38105861731. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lrt -lpthread -lrttest

SQLite

Test Target: Default Test Directory

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSQLite 3.7.3Test Target: Default Test DirectoryBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)130260390520650SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 6SE +/- 0.35, N = 6SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 311.5210.6524.8032.58600.4315.701. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -ldl -lpthread

Flexible IO Tester

Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds (Run Time), Fewer Is BetterFlexible IO Tester 1.57Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access PatternBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)6001200180024003000SE +/- 94.86, N = 3SE +/- 15.68, N = 3SE +/- 28.61, N = 6SE +/- 10.65, N = 3SE +/- 10.86, N = 3SE +/- 26.50, N = 32592.092571.17698.742540.832567.482618.00

PostgreSQL pgbench

PostgreSQL TPC-B Transactions Per Second

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11PostgreSQL TPC-B Transactions Per SecondBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)8001600240032004000SE +/- 35.61, N = 3SE +/- 22.76, N = 3SE +/- 3.60, N = 3SE +/- 21.38, N = 6SE +/- 32.90, N = 3SE +/- 6.75, N = 32596.372541.711359.171389.033634.921379.471. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -lpgport -lpq -lcrypt -ldl -lm

Compile Bench

Test: Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)80160240320400SE +/- 5.08, N = 3SE +/- 5.14, N = 3SE +/- 30.07, N = 6SE +/- 4.03, N = 6SE +/- 5.52, N = 3SE +/- 1.89, N = 3353.87353.40133.26288.82338.46298.77

Threaded I/O Tester

Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 128 MB - Thread Count: 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 4 GB

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 GBBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)9001800270036004500SE +/- 17.25, N = 4SE +/- 29.07, N = 4SE +/- 213.84, N = 8SE +/- 2.92, N = 4SE +/- 22.63, N = 4SE +/- 4.99, N = 44222.694248.863628.253436.153560.321628.56

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)4080120160200SE +/- 0.93, N = 3SE +/- 1.04, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.83, N = 3SE +/- 1.24, N = 385.2586.43185.79182.9187.28103.98

FS-Mark

Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB SizeBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)306090120150SE +/- 2.18, N = 3SE +/- 2.34, N = 4SE +/- 1.39, N = 3SE +/- 2.62, N = 6SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.86, N = 3135.63134.38128.63124.7562.43121.131. (CC) gcc options: -static

IOzone

Record Size: 64kB - File Size: 32GB - Disk Test: Read Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64kB - File Size: 32GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)306090120150SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 24.89, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.80, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 3138.92139.2365.67133.86137.37120.861. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Cyclictest

Kernel Latency: clock_nanosleep TIME_ABSTIME, Interval 500 ms, 100000 Loops

OpenBenchmarking.orgms Average, Fewer Is BetterCyclictest 0.84Kernel Latency: clock_nanosleep TIME_ABSTIME, Interval 500 ms, 100000 LoopsBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)1530456075SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3565353681. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lrt -lpthread -lrttest

Cyclictest

Kernel Latency: POSIX Timer, Interval 500 ms, 100000 Loops

OpenBenchmarking.orgms Average, Fewer Is BetterCyclictest 0.84Kernel Latency: POSIX Timer, Interval 500 ms, 100000 LoopsBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)1632486480SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3676160711. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lrt -lpthread -lrttest

Cyclictest

Kernel Latency: clock_nanosleep TIME_ABSTIME, Interval 10000 ms, 10000 Loops

OpenBenchmarking.orgms Average, Fewer Is BetterCyclictest 0.84Kernel Latency: clock_nanosleep TIME_ABSTIME, Interval 10000 ms, 10000 LoopsBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)1632486480SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3785959711. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lrt -lpthread -lrttest

Timed MrBayes Analysis

Primate Phylogeny Analysis (Bayes)

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2Primate Phylogeny Analysis (Bayes)Baremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)918273645SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 319.8323.6735.5538.4724.8630.21

Apache Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.4.3Static Web Page ServingBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 15.69, N = 3SE +/- 15.49, N = 3SE +/- 31.26, N = 3SE +/- 123.01, N = 3SE +/- 4.95, N = 3SE +/- 19.79, N = 312787.7014486.2611346.7810814.3011201.489219.401. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -O2 -pthread

NGINX Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterNGINX Benchmark 1.0.11Static Web Page ServingBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 25.73, N = 3SE +/- 10.15, N = 3SE +/- 70.65, N = 3SE +/- 156.09, N = 3SE +/- 15.03, N = 3SE +/- 5.37, N = 314174.4414187.4815282.5014508.9711181.3410100.591. (CC) gcc options: -lpthread -lcrypt -lcrypto -lz

IOzone

Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 32GB - Disk Test: Read Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 32GB - Disk Test: Read PerformanceBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)306090120150SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 18.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.71, N = 3SE +/- 0.65, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3137.92139.4792.43132.24137.26120.791. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Threaded I/O Tester

Test: Sequential Read - Size Per Thread: 1.024 MB - Thread Count: 32 - 64 k Block Size - Total 32 GB

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 GBBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)20406080100SE +/- 0.53, N = 4SE +/- 0.45, N = 4SE +/- 1.66, N = 8SE +/- 0.30, N = 4SE +/- 0.65, N = 4SE +/- 0.31, N = 491.8991.7064.0285.5890.9775.46

RAMspeed SMP

Type: Triad - Benchmark: Integer

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterRAMspeed SMP 3.5.0Type: Triad - Benchmark: IntegerBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)110022003300440055005156.485157.285033.524566.425149.903594.22

RAMspeed SMP

Type: Triad - Benchmark: Floating Point

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterRAMspeed SMP 3.5.0Type: Triad - Benchmark: Floating PointBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)110022003300440055005321.305317.755185.255185.525312.113811.91

PostMark

NetApp Disk Transaction Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51NetApp Disk Transaction PerformanceBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)5001000150020002500SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 7.67, N = 3SE +/- 5.33, N = 3SE +/- 15.67, N = 3SE +/- 6.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 32403239519421984224517241. (CC) gcc options: -O3

FS-Mark

Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync

OpenBenchmarking.orgFiles/s, More Is BetterFS-Mark 3.3Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSyncBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)2004006008001000SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 1.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 4.34, N = 3928.23945.67962.00953.93930.87744.101. (CC) gcc options: -static

Gzip Compression

2GB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGzip Compression2GB File CompressionBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)48121620SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 315.7715.9017.9017.6416.0718.25

IOzone

Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)306090120150SE +/- 0.79, N = 3SE +/- 0.65, N = 3SE +/- 7.78, N = 6SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 1.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.80, N = 3128.30128.03111.60121.94126.75117.751. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File CompressionBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)246810SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 36.716.697.687.346.717.191. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread

IOzone

Record Size: 64kB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterIOzone 3.405Record Size: 64kB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write PerformanceBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)306090120150SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 1.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 3128.70128.53120.00122.25124.87118.081. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Threaded I/O Tester

Test: Sequential Write - Size Per Thread: 128 MB - Thread Count: 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 4 GB

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 GBBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)306090120150SE +/- 0.71, N = 4SE +/- 1.68, N = 4SE +/- 0.63, N = 4SE +/- 0.65, N = 4SE +/- 0.65, N = 4SE +/- 0.72, N = 4125.90126.83120.50121.12124.11116.49

Threaded I/O Tester

Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64 MB - Thread Count: 16 - 4 k Block Size - Total 1 GB

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 GBBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)246810SE +/- 0.08, N = 4SE +/- 0.07, N = 4SE +/- 0.11, N = 8SE +/- 0.08, N = 4SE +/- 0.04, N = 4SE +/- 0.05, N = 47.337.276.787.007.136.96

BlogBench

Test: Read

OpenBenchmarking.orgFinal Score, More Is BetterBlogBench 1.0Test: ReadBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)70K140K210K280K350KSE +/- 1213.95, N = 3SE +/- 3281.65, N = 3SE +/- 3642.91, N = 3SE +/- 3140.35, N = 3SE +/- 3394.91, N = 3SE +/- 569.96, N = 33450253449403229673218023320723267101. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread

John The Ripper

Password Hasing: Blowfish

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Password Hasing: BlowfishBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)13002600390052006500SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 20.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 225.30, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 16.00, N = 36240621961445926624060641. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl

PyBench

Python Benchmark Suite

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterPyBench 2008-08-14Python Benchmark SuiteBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)7001400210028003500SE +/- 3.79, N = 3SE +/- 3.46, N = 3SE +/- 11.93, N = 3SE +/- 13.93, N = 3SE +/- 12.17, N = 3SE +/- 2.19, N = 3293829563038297629602973

GnuPG

1GB File Encryption

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGnuPG 1.4.101GB File EncryptionBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)3691215SE +/- 0.04, N = 4SE +/- 0.04, N = 4SE +/- 0.04, N = 4SE +/- 0.04, N = 4SE +/- 0.02, N = 4SE +/- 0.05, N = 412.2112.2012.4612.3012.1912.56

PHPBench

PHP Benchmark Suite

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterPHPBench 0.8.1PHP Benchmark SuiteBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)13K26K39K52K65KSE +/- 366.94, N = 3SE +/- 458.19, N = 3SE +/- 553.47, N = 3SE +/- 207.62, N = 3SE +/- 898.92, N = 5SE +/- 198.40, N = 3603696042658861595525946058729

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3Baremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)612182430SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.33, N = 523.3523.3723.6023.5923.3823.99

C-Ray

Raytracing, 1600x1200, 16 Threads, 8xAA

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Raytracing, 1600x1200, 16 Threads, 8xAABaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)918273645SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 337.2637.3337.5837.5937.3138.281. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Mencoder

AVI To LAVC

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMencoder 1.1AVI To LAVCBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)918273645SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 337.3737.3137.8237.8537.4137.83-lXext -lX11 -lGL-lXext -lX11 -lGL1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -ffast-math -lz -lpthread -ldl -rdynamic

FFTE

Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterFFTE 5.0Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT RoutineBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)8001600240032004000SE +/- 13.91, N = 3SE +/- 11.57, N = 3SE +/- 1.69, N = 3SE +/- 19.82, N = 3SE +/- 49.70, N = 3SE +/- 17.08, N = 33603.483614.783593.493568.133576.883573.961. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread

FLAC Audio Encoding

WAV To FLAC

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1WAV To FLACBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)3691215SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 510.2910.3010.3510.3610.2510.36-logg-logg1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lm

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1cRSA 4096-bit PerformanceBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)1428425670SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 361.5061.7061.1361.3761.7061.101. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

CacheBench

Test: Read / Modify / Write

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCacheBenchTest: Read / Modify / WriteBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 5.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 18.04, N = 314225.0314219.2714147.3414159.8414218.5914098.961. (CC) gcc options: -lrt

Threaded I/O Tester

Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 2 MB - Thread Count: 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 64 MB

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 MBBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)2004006008001000SE +/- 36.48, N = 8SE +/- 41.68, N = 8SE +/- 22.00, N = 8SE +/- 44.52, N = 8SE +/- 34.73, N = 8SE +/- 8.02, N = 8827.64853.29138.29498.15915.80647.35

hdparm Timed Disk Reads

Disk To Read: /dev/sda

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is Betterhdparm Timed Disk ReadsDisk To Read: /dev/sdaBaremetal (Performance)Baremetal (ondemand)KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)80160240320400SE +/- 7.78, N = 10SE +/- 9.24, N = 10SE +/- 56.81, N = 10SE +/- 7.77, N = 10SE +/- 0.77, N = 5SE +/- 1.42, N = 5128.85128.83378.66116.53133.17121.76

Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.5