SvcOps Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor testing on Scientific Linux 6.3 via the Phoronix Test Suite. m1.medium: Processor: Intel Xeon E5430 @ 2.66GHz (1 Core), Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 394GB OS: Scientific Linux 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor m1.large: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2651 v2 @ 1.80GHz (2 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 827GB OS: Scientific Linux 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor m1.xlarge: Processor: Intel Xeon E5430 @ 2.66GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 1654GB OS: Scientific Linux 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor m3.medium: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 @ 2.49GHz (1 Core), Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 20GB OS: Scientific Linux 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor m3.large: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 30GB OS: Scientific Linux 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor m3.xlarge: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 74GB OS: Scientific Linux 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor m3.2xlarge: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 @ 2.49GHz (8 Cores), Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 148GB OS: Scientific Linux 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor IOzone 3.405 Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better m1.medium .. 83.86 |== m1.large ... 1355.16 |================================ m1.xlarge .. 1045.08 |======================== m3.medium .. 34.41 |= m3.large ... 1983.66 |============================================== m3.xlarge .. 1817.80 |========================================== m3.2xlarge . 2448.55 |========================================================= IOzone 3.405 Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better m1.medium .. 16.77 |======= m1.large ... 40.14 |================ m1.xlarge .. 76.62 |============================== m3.medium .. 28.85 |=========== m3.large ... 40.53 |================ m3.xlarge .. 142.11 |======================================================== m3.2xlarge . 147.76 |========================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better m1.medium .. 1133 |================================== m1.large ... 1153 |=================================== m1.xlarge .. 1030 |=============================== m3.medium .. 872 |========================== m3.large ... 1752 |===================================================== m3.xlarge .. 1630 |================================================= m3.2xlarge . 1989 |============================================================ Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better m1.medium .. 3329.72 |======= m1.large ... 11492.99 |======================== m1.xlarge .. 3445.38 |======= m3.medium .. 7269.77 |=============== m3.large ... 10391.32 |====================== m3.xlarge .. 14607.19 |=============================== m3.2xlarge . 26581.93 |======================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better m1.medium .. 3360.03 |======= m1.large ... 8907.09 |=================== m1.xlarge .. 3400.30 |======= m3.medium .. 7305.12 |================ m3.large ... 10510.16 |====================== m3.xlarge .. 14924.38 |================================ m3.2xlarge . 26289.03 |======================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better m1.medium .. 3601.96 |======= m1.large ... 10955.68 |===================== m1.xlarge .. 3524.41 |======= m3.medium .. 6770.01 |============= m3.large ... 10953.73 |===================== m3.xlarge .. 15088.87 |============================= m3.2xlarge . 29390.25 |======================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better m1.medium .. 3606.60 |======= m1.large ... 10340.33 |==================== m1.xlarge .. 3660.51 |======= m3.medium .. 6862.46 |============= m3.large ... 10913.87 |===================== m3.xlarge .. 15001.13 |============================= m3.2xlarge . 28985.78 |======================================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.medium .. 114.62 |================================================ m1.large ... 54.32 |======================= m1.xlarge .. 34.65 |============== m3.medium .. 139.23 |========================================================== m3.large ... 52.35 |====================== m3.xlarge .. 28.27 |============ m3.2xlarge . 14.58 |====== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.medium .. 48.45 |=================================================== m1.large ... 26.45 |============================ m1.xlarge .. 17.32 |================== m3.medium .. 55.54 |=========================================================== m3.large ... 24.53 |========================== m3.xlarge .. 12.65 |============= m3.2xlarge . 7.99 |======== Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Microseconds < Lower Is Better m1.medium .. 4267 |========================================= m1.large ... 4993 |================================================ m1.xlarge .. 4523 |============================================ m3.medium .. 6200 |============================================================ m3.large ... 3060 |============================== m3.xlarge .. 3060 |============================== m3.2xlarge . 3053 |============================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better m1.medium .. 537 |======= m1.large ... 910 |============ m1.xlarge .. 937 |============= m3.medium .. 363 |===== m3.large ... 1098 |=============== m3.xlarge .. 2194 |============================== m3.2xlarge . 4378 |============================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.medium .. 47 |======================= m1.large ... 66 |================================ m1.xlarge .. 71 |================================== m3.medium .. 40 |=================== m3.large ... 94 |============================================== m3.xlarge .. 111 |====================================================== m3.2xlarge . 126 |============================================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better m1.medium .. 594.45 |========================= m1.large ... 808.99 |=================================== m1.xlarge .. 569.30 |======================== m3.medium .. 651.92 |============================ m3.large ... 1320.76 |======================================================== m3.xlarge .. 1292.66 |======================================================= m3.2xlarge . 1335.09 |========================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.medium .. 436.28 |=============================================== m1.large ... 211.70 |======================= m1.xlarge .. 117.53 |============= m3.medium .. 539.59 |========================================================== m3.large ... 246.58 |=========================== m3.xlarge .. 122.95 |============= m3.2xlarge . 61.74 |======= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.medium .. 70.29 |===================================== m1.large ... 44.12 |======================= m1.xlarge .. 28.71 |=============== m3.medium .. 109.37 |========================================================== m3.large ... 40.36 |===================== m3.xlarge .. 20.55 |=========== m3.2xlarge . 10.56 |====== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 3000 Fall Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.medium .. 14.27 |========================================================= m1.large ... 12.10 |================================================ m1.xlarge .. 14.79 |=========================================================== m3.medium .. 14.14 |======================================================== m3.large ... 8.39 |================================= m3.xlarge .. 8.79 |=================================== m3.2xlarge . 7.05 |============================ Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Convex Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.medium .. 3.41 |================================================= m1.large ... 3.86 |======================================================= m1.xlarge .. 3.28 |=============================================== m3.medium .. 4.21 |============================================================ m3.large ... 2.64 |====================================== m3.xlarge .. 2.37 |================================== m3.2xlarge . 2.07 |============================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.medium .. 294.03 |================================================== m1.large ... 283.98 |================================================ m1.xlarge .. 341.93 |========================================================== m3.medium .. 328.69 |======================================================== m3.large ... 158.45 |=========================== m3.xlarge .. 226.56 |====================================== m3.2xlarge . 153.71 |========================== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.medium .. 168.80 |================================================ m1.large ... 164.89 |=============================================== m1.xlarge .. 170.50 |================================================ m3.medium .. 203.99 |========================================================== m3.large ... 98.45 |============================ m3.xlarge .. 100.40 |============================= m3.2xlarge . 98.19 |============================ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.medium .. 31.28 |================================================== m1.large ... 29.53 |=============================================== m1.xlarge .. 32.90 |===================================================== m3.medium .. 36.88 |=========================================================== m3.large ... 19.01 |============================== m3.xlarge .. 18.13 |============================= m3.2xlarge . 18.14 |============================= FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.medium .. 61.57 |==================================================== m1.large ... 40.61 |================================== m1.xlarge .. 30.61 |========================== m3.medium .. 70.31 |=========================================================== m3.large ... 30.50 |========================== m3.xlarge .. 23.50 |==================== m3.2xlarge . 18.88 |================ POV-Ray 3.7.0 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.medium .. 1692.17 |============================================== m1.large ... 822.35 |====================== m1.xlarge .. 448.56 |============ m3.medium .. 2095.33 |========================================================= m3.large ... 825.35 |====================== m3.xlarge .. 417.41 |=========== m3.2xlarge . 210.93 |====== OpenSSL 1.0.1f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.medium .. 46.20 |====== m1.large ... 118.47 |================ m1.xlarge .. 168.73 |======================= m3.medium .. 47.33 |====== m3.large ... 107.97 |=============== m3.xlarge .. 215.90 |============================= m3.2xlarge . 424.97 |========================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better m1.medium .. 714.75 |=============================== m1.large ... 591.79 |========================== m1.xlarge .. 1019.27 |============================================= m3.medium .. 294.60 |============= m3.large ... 1135.11 |================================================== m3.xlarge .. 1301.36 |========================================================= m3.2xlarge . 373.56 |================ NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.medium .. 4684.24 |==================== m1.large ... 7119.38 |============================== m1.xlarge .. 7504.26 |================================ m3.medium .. 2554.53 |=========== m3.large ... 8605.74 |===================================== m3.xlarge .. 11769.16 |================================================== m3.2xlarge . 13134.73 |======================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.medium .. 2492.60 |============= m1.large ... 2939.61 |=============== m1.xlarge .. 4393.66 |====================== m3.medium .. 1498.44 |======== m3.large ... 3721.44 |=================== m3.xlarge .. 5994.24 |============================== m3.2xlarge . 11095.63 |======================================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better m1.medium .. 44968 |===================================== m1.large ... 43477 |==================================== m1.xlarge .. 41625 |================================== m3.medium .. 33749 |============================ m3.large ... 70675 |=========================================================== m3.xlarge .. 70662 |========================================================== m3.2xlarge . 71277 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