host-benchmark
2 x Intel Xeon X5675 testing with a Dell XS23-TY35 and ASPEED ASPEED Family on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Intel Xeon X5675: 

	Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon X5675 @ 3.07GHz (24 Cores), Motherboard: Dell XS23-TY35, Chipset: Intel 5500 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 60416MB, Disk: 599GB MR9260-8i, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel 82576 Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4

kvm-benchmark: 

	Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 3.07GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: OpenStack Foundation Nova v2013.1, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 128GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-38-virtual (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU 1.0

esx-benchmark: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon X5675 @ 3.07GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 129GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3

	OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-22-server (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware

esx-ubuntu12.04-benchmark: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon X5675 @ 3.07GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 129GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware


Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Copy
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Intel Xeon X5675 .......... 16281.09 |===============================
kvm-benchmark ............. 15971.75 |===============================
esx-benchmark ............. 21196.53 |=========================================
esx-ubuntu12.04-benchmark . 21020.53 |=========================================


Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Scale
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Intel Xeon X5675 .......... 15424.26 |================================
kvm-benchmark ............. 14719.38 |==============================
esx-benchmark ............. 19805.48 |=========================================
esx-ubuntu12.04-benchmark . 19652.05 |=========================================


Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Triad
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Intel Xeon X5675 .......... 17126.25 |==================================
kvm-benchmark ............. 15316.90 |==============================
esx-benchmark ............. 20657.11 |=========================================
esx-ubuntu12.04-benchmark . 20525.89 |=========================================


Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Add
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Intel Xeon X5675 .......... 16642.60 |==================================
kvm-benchmark ............. 14710.86 |==============================
esx-benchmark ............. 20157.55 |=========================================
esx-ubuntu12.04-benchmark . 19964.19 |=========================================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Xeon X5675 .......... 4.26 |=========================
kvm-benchmark ............. 7.74 |=============================================
esx-benchmark ............. 6.54 |======================================
esx-ubuntu12.04-benchmark . 7.77 |=============================================


NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel Xeon X5675 .......... 15399.53 |=================================
kvm-benchmark ............. 14396.94 |===============================
esx-benchmark ............. 18932.33 |=========================================
esx-ubuntu12.04-benchmark . 18880.41 |=========================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.3
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel Xeon X5675 .......... 12442.30 |=======================
kvm-benchmark ............. 15116.48 |============================
esx-benchmark ............. 15089.53 |============================
esx-ubuntu12.04-benchmark . 22321.80 |=========================================