Fedora 19 Linux 3.9 KVM vs. Xen Virtualization

Intel Core i7-4770K testing on Fedora 19 x86_64 with KVM virtualization. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Fedora 19 Linux 3.9 KVM vs. Xen VirtualizationProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionOpenGLSystem LayerBare MetalLinux KVMXenIntel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores)Intel DH87RLIntel Haswell DRAM15360MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3Intel Haswell IGPIntel Haswell HDMIVA2431Intel Connection I217-VFedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat)3.9.8-300.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64)KDE 4.10.4X Server 1.14.1intel 2.21.8GCC 4.8.1 20130603ext41920x1080QEMU Virtual 1.4.2 @ 3.49GHz (8 Cores)BochsIntel 440FX- 82441FX PMC12288MB16GBLLVMpipeGeneric 1af4 ID 22Red Hat Virtio deviceFedora 19modesetting 0.6.02.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.41024x768KVM QEMU 1.4.2Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.49GHz (8 Cores)Xen HVM domU v4.2.2Ensoniq ES1370Xen HVM domU 4.2.2OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --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-initfini-array --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-maintainer-mode --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-cloog=/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.8.1-20130603/obj-x86_64-redhat-linux/cloog-install --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-isl=/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.8.1-20130603/obj-x86_64-redhat-linux/isl-install --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-tune=generic Processor Details- Bare Metal: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemandSystem Details- SELinux: Enabled.Disk Mount Options Details- data=ordered,relatime,rw,seclabel

Bare MetalLinux KVMXenResult OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%132%164%196%228%TTSIOD 3D RendererNGINX Benchmarkx264Timed MAFFT AlignmentPostMarkVP8 libvpx EncodingFFmpegJohn The RipperTimed HMMer SearchHimeno BenchmarkParallel BZIP2 CompressionFLAC Audio EncodingC-RayFFTEDolfynOpenSSLSmallpt

Fedora 19 Linux 3.9 KVM vs. Xen Virtualizationpostmark: Disk Transaction Performancedolfyn: Computational Fluid Dynamicsffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routinehmmer: Pfam Database Searchmafft: Multiple Sequence Alignmentblake2: Phoronix Test Suite v4.8.0m1john-the-ripper: Blowfishjohn-the-ripper: Traditional DESjohn-the-ripper: MD5ttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mappingvpxenc: vpxencx264: H.264 Video Encodinghimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverc-ray: Total Timecompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesencode-flac: WAV To FLACffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancenginx: Static Web Page ServingBare MetalLinux KVMXen412129.126049.1310.275.645.2965581012366741360128.0026.26159.621496.7822.968.78854.7512.73147.4712850.36394829.205912.7610.806.66635798080004051256.0721.82130.511380.7323.619.22874.8414.74143.5010223.16340930.225816.5911.286.855.62566987310003974878.9522.99147.581433.2723.979.40875.0314.35144.2710199.95OpenBenchmarking.org

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 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceBare MetalLinux KVMXen9001800270036004500SE +/- 22.67, N = 3SE +/- 42.00, N = 3SE +/- 15.33, N = 34121394834091. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceBare MetalLinux KVMXen7001400210028003500Min: 4098 / Avg: 4120.67 / Max: 4166Min: 3906 / Avg: 3948 / Max: 4032Min: 3378 / Avg: 3408.67 / Max: 34241. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Dolfyn

Dolfyn is a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code of modern numerical simulation techniques. The Dolfyn test profile measures the execution time of the bundled computational fluid dynamics demos that are bundled with Dolfyn. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterDolfyn 0.527Computational Fluid DynamicsBare MetalLinux KVMXen714212835SE +/- 0.49, N = 4SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 329.1229.2030.22
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterDolfyn 0.527Computational Fluid DynamicsBare MetalLinux KVMXen714212835Min: 27.69 / Avg: 29.12 / Max: 29.83Min: 28.6 / Avg: 29.2 / Max: 30.19Min: 30.19 / Avg: 30.22 / Max: 30.25

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 RoutineBare MetalLinux KVMXen13002600390052006500SE +/- 2.17, N = 3SE +/- 15.63, N = 3SE +/- 13.18, N = 36049.135912.765816.591. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterFFTE 5.0Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT RoutineBare MetalLinux KVMXen11002200330044005500Min: 6044.78 / Avg: 6049.13 / Max: 6051.41Min: 5894.15 / Avg: 5912.76 / Max: 5943.81Min: 5790.25 / Avg: 5816.59 / Max: 5830.421. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp

Timed HMMer Search

This test searches through the Pfam database of profile hidden markov models. The search finds the domain structure of Drosophila Sevenless protein. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchBare MetalLinux KVMXen3691215SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 310.2710.8011.281. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchBare MetalLinux KVMXen3691215Min: 10.26 / Avg: 10.27 / Max: 10.29Min: 10.65 / Avg: 10.8 / Max: 11.05Min: 11.1 / Avg: 11.28 / Max: 11.581. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm

Timed MAFFT Alignment

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentBare MetalLinux KVMXen246810SE +/- 0.12, N = 6SE +/- 0.24, N = 6SE +/- 0.17, N = 65.646.666.851. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentBare MetalLinux KVMXen3691215Min: 5.31 / Avg: 5.64 / Max: 5.96Min: 6.12 / Avg: 6.66 / Max: 7.7Min: 6.43 / Avg: 6.85 / Max: 7.41. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread

BLAKE2

OpenBenchmarking.orgCycles Per Byte, Fewer Is BetterBLAKE2 20121223Phoronix Test Suite v4.8.0m1Bare MetalXen1.26452.5293.79355.0586.3225SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 65.295.621. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -O3 -march=native -lcrypto -lz
OpenBenchmarking.orgCycles Per Byte, Fewer Is BetterBLAKE2 20121223Phoronix Test Suite v4.8.0m1Bare MetalXen246810Min: 5.29 / Avg: 5.29 / Max: 5.29Min: 5.14 / Avg: 5.62 / Max: 6.251. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -O3 -march=native -lcrypto -lz

John The Ripper

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: BlowfishBare MetalLinux KVMXen14002800420056007000SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 37.33, N = 3SE +/- 79.45, N = 66558635756691. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl
OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: BlowfishBare MetalLinux KVMXen11002200330044005500Min: 6558 / Avg: 6558 / Max: 6558Min: 6320 / Avg: 6357.33 / Max: 6432Min: 5280 / Avg: 5668.67 / Max: 58081. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: Traditional DESBare MetalLinux KVMXen2M4M6M8M10MSE +/- 99840.43, N = 3SE +/- 29103.26, N = 3SE +/- 72727.80, N = 310123667980800087310001. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl
OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: Traditional DESBare MetalLinux KVMXen2M4M6M8M10MMin: 9928000 / Avg: 10123666.67 / Max: 10256000Min: 9764000 / Avg: 9808000 / Max: 9863000Min: 8597000 / Avg: 8731000 / Max: 88470001. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: MD5Bare MetalLinux KVMXen9K18K27K36K45KSE +/- 289.36, N = 3SE +/- 154.30, N = 3SE +/- 334.88, N = 34136040512397481. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl
OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: MD5Bare MetalLinux KVMXen7K14K21K28K35KMin: 40980 / Avg: 41360 / Max: 41928Min: 40224 / Avg: 40512 / Max: 40752Min: 39372 / Avg: 39748 / Max: 404161. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl

TTSIOD 3D Renderer

OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2zPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingBare MetalLinux KVMXen306090120150SE +/- 0.72, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3128.0056.0778.951. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -mtune=native -flto -msse -mrecip -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mssse3 -lSDL -lpthread -lstdc++
OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2zPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingBare MetalLinux KVMXen20406080100Min: 127.12 / Avg: 128 / Max: 129.43Min: 55.99 / Avg: 56.07 / Max: 56.12Min: 78.77 / Avg: 78.95 / Max: 79.051. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -mtune=native -flto -msse -mrecip -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mssse3 -lSDL -lpthread -lstdc++

VP8 libvpx Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0vpxencBare MetalLinux KVMXen612182430SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 326.2621.8222.991. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lvpx -lm -lpthread -fomit-frame-pointer -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0vpxencBare MetalLinux KVMXen612182430Min: 26.01 / Avg: 26.26 / Max: 26.39Min: 21.56 / Avg: 21.82 / Max: 22.12Min: 22.75 / Avg: 22.99 / Max: 23.21. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lvpx -lm -lpthread -fomit-frame-pointer -O3

x264

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2013-06-08H.264 Video EncodingBare MetalLinux KVMXen4080120160200SE +/- 0.95, N = 5SE +/- 0.62, N = 5SE +/- 1.39, N = 5159.62130.51147.581. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2013-06-08H.264 Video EncodingBare MetalLinux KVMXen306090120150Min: 156.14 / Avg: 159.62 / Max: 161.39Min: 128.25 / Avg: 130.51 / Max: 131.88Min: 142.07 / Avg: 147.58 / Max: 149.381. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize

Himeno Benchmark

The Himeno benchmark is a linear solver of pressure Poisson using a point-Jacobi method. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverBare MetalLinux KVMXen30060090012001500SE +/- 17.04, N = 3SE +/- 73.60, N = 6SE +/- 11.18, N = 31496.781380.731433.271. (CC) gcc options: -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverBare MetalLinux KVMXen30060090012001500Min: 1466.87 / Avg: 1496.78 / Max: 1525.86Min: 1025.09 / Avg: 1380.73 / Max: 1499.33Min: 1411.59 / Avg: 1433.27 / Max: 1448.841. (CC) gcc options: -O3

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 1.1Total TimeBare MetalLinux KVMXen612182430SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 322.9623.6123.971. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeBare MetalLinux KVMXen612182430Min: 22.96 / Avg: 22.96 / Max: 22.96Min: 23.57 / Avg: 23.61 / Max: 23.66Min: 23.92 / Avg: 23.97 / Max: 24.051. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File CompressionBare MetalLinux KVMXen3691215SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 38.789.229.401. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File CompressionBare MetalLinux KVMXen3691215Min: 8.64 / Avg: 8.78 / Max: 8.86Min: 9.15 / Avg: 9.22 / Max: 9.28Min: 9.33 / Avg: 9.4 / Max: 9.521. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread

Smallpt

Smallpt is a C++ global illumination renderer written in less than 100 lines of code. Global illumination is done via unbiased Monte Carlo path tracing and there is multi-threading support via the OpenMP library. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesBare MetalLinux KVMXen20406080100SE +/- 1.45, N = 6SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 38587871. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesBare MetalLinux KVMXen1632486480Min: 83 / Avg: 84.83 / Max: 92Min: 86 / Avg: 87 / Max: 88Min: 87 / Avg: 87 / Max: 871. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp

FLAC Audio Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0WAV To FLACBare MetalLinux KVMXen1.13182.26363.39544.52725.659SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 54.754.845.031. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fvisibility=hidden -lm
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0WAV To FLACBare MetalLinux KVMXen246810Min: 4.7 / Avg: 4.75 / Max: 4.77Min: 4.79 / Avg: 4.84 / Max: 4.88Min: 4.99 / Avg: 5.03 / Max: 5.091. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fvisibility=hidden -lm

FFmpeg

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 1.1H.264 HD To NTSC DVBare MetalLinux KVMXen48121620SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 312.7314.7414.351. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lasound -lSDL -lpthread -lm -pthread -lbz2 -std=c99 -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -fno-tree-vectorize -MMD -MF -MT
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 1.1H.264 HD To NTSC DVBare MetalLinux KVMXen48121620Min: 12.57 / Avg: 12.73 / Max: 13.05Min: 14.54 / Avg: 14.74 / Max: 15.06Min: 14.22 / Avg: 14.35 / Max: 14.621. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lasound -lSDL -lpthread -lm -pthread -lbz2 -std=c99 -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -fno-tree-vectorize -MMD -MF -MT

OpenSSL

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1cRSA 4096-bit PerformanceBare MetalLinux KVMXen306090120150SE +/- 0.73, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 1.57, N = 3147.47143.50144.271. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl
OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1cRSA 4096-bit PerformanceBare MetalLinux KVMXen306090120150Min: 146.1 / Avg: 147.47 / Max: 148.6Min: 141.1 / Avg: 143.5 / Max: 144.7Min: 142.7 / Avg: 144.27 / Max: 147.41. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

NGINX Benchmark

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterNGINX Benchmark 1.0.11Static Web Page ServingBare MetalLinux KVMXen3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 102.51, N = 3SE +/- 53.88, N = 3SE +/- 76.82, N = 312850.3610223.1610199.951. (CC) gcc options: -lpthread -lcrypt -lcrypto -lz -pipe
OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterNGINX Benchmark 1.0.11Static Web Page ServingBare MetalLinux KVMXen2K4K6K8K10KMin: 12744.49 / Avg: 12850.36 / Max: 13055.34Min: 10122.11 / Avg: 10223.16 / Max: 10306.08Min: 10111.29 / Avg: 10199.95 / Max: 10352.941. (CC) gcc options: -lpthread -lcrypt -lcrypto -lz -pipe