SvcOps Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor testing on Scientific Linux 6.3 via the Phoronix Test Suite. hw_dbhost: Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 6272 @ 2.10GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: HP ProLiant DL385p Gen8, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 8 x 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 300GB LOGICAL VOLUME + 3 x 1200GB LOGICAL VOLUME, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200EH, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit PCIe OS: Scientific 6.4, Kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4 m1.xl: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 1654GB OS: Scientific Linux 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor i2: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 734GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2013.09, Kernel: 3.4.73-64.112.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3 20120306, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon c1.xl: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2650 0 @ 1.80GHz (8 Cores), Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 1654GB OS: Scientific Linux 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor IOzone 3.405 Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better i2 ........ 6606.46 |========================================================= hw_dbhost . 2973.90 |========================== m1.xl ..... 1374.57 |============ i2 ........ 6735.37 |========================================================== c1.xl ..... 552.22 |===== IOzone 3.405 Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better i2 ........ 376.19 |================================================= hw_dbhost . 454.60 |=========================================================== m1.xl ..... 273.97 |==================================== i2 ........ 377.40 |================================================= c1.xl ..... 101.97 |============= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better hw_dbhost . 2443 |====================================== m1.xl ..... 1194 |=================== i2 ........ 3927 |============================================================= c1.xl ..... 1199 |=================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better i2 ........ 19489.52 |================================== hw_dbhost . 32982.90 |========================================================= m1.xl ..... 15194.79 |========================== i2 ........ 19538.01 |================================== c1.xl ..... 12636.77 |====================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better i2 ........ 20508.75 |===================================== hw_dbhost . 31223.84 |========================================================= m1.xl ..... 15113.01 |============================ i2 ........ 20501.93 |===================================== c1.xl ..... 12419.60 |======================= Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better i2 ........ 20889.68 |==================================== hw_dbhost . 33256.31 |========================================================= m1.xl ..... 15888.07 |=========================== i2 ........ 20920.41 |==================================== c1.xl ..... 14212.62 |======================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better i2 ........ 20150.25 |=================================== hw_dbhost . 32634.68 |========================================================= m1.xl ..... 15789.65 |============================ i2 ........ 20194.23 |=================================== c1.xl ..... 14019.06 |======================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better i2 ........ 26.40 |======================================================== hw_dbhost . 14.48 |=============================== m1.xl ..... 28.28 |============================================================ i2 ........ 26.25 |======================================================== c1.xl ..... 17.85 |====================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better i2 ........ 13.26 |========================================= hw_dbhost . 19.58 |============================================================ m1.xl ..... 15.04 |============================================== i2 ........ 13.29 |========================================= c1.xl ..... 9.08 |============================ Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Microseconds < Lower Is Better hw_dbhost . 4030 |==================================================== m1.xl ..... 4740 |============================================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better i2 ........ 2302 |========== hw_dbhost . 13907 |============================================================ m1.xl ..... 2006 |========= i2 ........ 2316 |========== c1.xl ..... 3144 |============== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better hw_dbhost . 119 |======================================================= m1.xl ..... 75 |================================== i2 ........ 135 |============================================================== c1.xl ..... 82 |====================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better i2 ........ 1234.79 |========================================================== hw_dbhost . 420.94 |==================== m1.xl ..... 740.21 |=================================== i2 ........ 1234.51 |========================================================== c1.xl ..... 813.61 |====================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better i2 ........ 118.98 |=========================================================== hw_dbhost . 21.91 |=========== m1.xl ..... 112.09 |======================================================== i2 ........ 118.94 |=========================================================== c1.xl ..... 60.50 |============================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better i2 ........ 18.65 |=========================================================== hw_dbhost . 4.32 |============== m1.xl ..... 19.09 |============================================================ i2 ........ 18.67 |=========================================================== c1.xl ..... 11.26 |=================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 3000 Fall Seconds < Lower Is Better hw_dbhost . 10.75 |======================================================== m1.xl ..... 11.61 |============================================================ i2 ........ 6.92 |==================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Convex Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better hw_dbhost . 3.01 |====================================================== m1.xl ..... 3.37 |============================================================= i2 ........ 2.30 |========================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better i2 ........ 141.81 |================================= hw_dbhost . 185.86 |=========================================== m1.xl ..... 237.65 |======================================================= i2 ........ 141.88 |================================= c1.xl ..... 256.23 |=========================================================== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better hw_dbhost . 148.35 |===================================================== m1.xl ..... 153.38 |====================================================== i2 ........ 100.09 |==================================== c1.xl ..... 166.16 |=========================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better i2 ........ 17.93 |================================== hw_dbhost . 27.47 |==================================================== m1.xl ..... 31.59 |============================================================ i2 ........ 17.94 |================================== c1.xl ..... 30.16 |========================================================= FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better i2 ........ 20.64 |========================================= hw_dbhost . 22.68 |============================================= m1.xl ..... 30.04 |============================================================ i2 ........ 20.66 |========================================= c1.xl ..... 27.35 |======================================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better i2 ........ 215.43 |========= hw_dbhost . 1419.27 |========================================================== m1.xl ..... 176.53 |======= i2 ........ 215.33 |========= c1.xl ..... 438.83 |================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better hw_dbhost . 8035.13 |================================================ m1.xl ..... 7158.01 |=========================================== i2 ........ 9609.79 |========================================================== c1.xl ..... 7422.83 |============================================= PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better i2 ........ 81486 |============================================================ hw_dbhost . 48472 |==================================== m1.xl ..... 43715 |================================ i2 ........ 81354 |============================================================ c1.xl ..... 42020 |===============================