Amazon Linux AMI 2017.03
Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon testing on CentOS 6.7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Tests for a future article. Using c4.4xlarge instance type.


Amazon Linux 2017.03: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function

	OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2017.03, Kernel: 4.9.20-11.31.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.3 20140911, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

CentOS 6.7: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

	OS: CentOS 6.7, Kernel: 2.6.32-573.18.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Debian Linux 8.7: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 8GB

	OS: Debian 8.7, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function

	OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.3, Kernel: 3.10.0-514.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function

	OS: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2, Kernel: 4.4.21-90-default (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-1013-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Amazon Linux 2017.03 . 22917.46 |================================
CentOS 6.7 ........... 16987.97 |========================
Debian Linux 8.7 ..... 33065.96 |==============================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 21216.68 |==============================


Go Benchmarks
Test: http
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Amazon Linux 2017.03 . 6844  |=======
Debian Linux 8.7 ..... 47322 |=================================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 6258  |======


Go Benchmarks
Test: json
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Amazon Linux 2017.03 . 8836345  |=====
Debian Linux 8.7 ..... 83658849 |==============================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 10175942 |======


Go Benchmarks
Test: garbage
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Amazon Linux 2017.03 . 2041680  |======
Debian Linux 8.7 ..... 14503994 |==============================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 2065101  |=======


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Amazon Linux 2017.03 ..................... 11404 |=============================
CentOS 6.7 ............................... 10752 |===========================
Debian Linux 8.7 ......................... 11197 |============================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 ............. 11231 |=============================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2 . 11332 |=============================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......................... 11389 |=============================


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Amazon Linux 2017.03 ..................... 1067.90 |===========================
CentOS 6.7 ............................... 1059.97 |===========================
Debian Linux 8.7 ......................... 1055.70 |===========================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 ............. 1055.13 |===========================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2 . 1067.60 |===========================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Amazon Linux 2017.03 ..................... 5.60 |============================
CentOS 6.7 ............................... 6.03 |==============================
Debian Linux 8.7 ......................... 5.53 |============================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 ............. 5.79 |=============================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2 . 5.58 |============================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......................... 5.60 |============================


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
Amazon Linux 2017.03 ......... 142245 |===============
CentOS 6.7 ................... 126715 |=============
Debian Linux 8.7 ............. 170771 |==================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 . 164637 |=================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 384274 |========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Amazon Linux 2017.03 ..................... 2054.51 |==========================
CentOS 6.7 ............................... 1713.01 |=====================
Debian Linux 8.7 ......................... 2038.52 |==========================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2 . 1887.63 |========================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......................... 2157.95 |===========================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Amazon Linux 2017.03 ..................... 2114.22 |=========================
CentOS 6.7 ............................... 1945.99 |=======================
Debian Linux 8.7 ......................... 2082.16 |=========================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2 . 2276.30 |===========================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......................... 2257.46 |===========================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: LPUSH
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Amazon Linux 2017.03 ..................... 1184497.92 |=====================
CentOS 6.7 ............................... 971955.00  |=================
Debian Linux 8.7 ......................... 1245114.13 |======================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 ............. 1094898.67 |====================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2 . 1336550.84 |========================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......................... 1272985.83 |=======================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Amazon Linux 2017.03 ..................... 1528692.13 |======================
CentOS 6.7 ............................... 1197155.92 |=================
Debian Linux 8.7 ......................... 1595012.87 |=======================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 ............. 1352249.63 |===================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2 . 1666703.67 |========================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......................... 1629653.84 |=======================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Amazon Linux 2017.03 ..................... 1185129.46 |======================
CentOS 6.7 ............................... 853600.75  |================
Debian Linux 8.7 ......................... 1253321.79 |=======================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 ............. 1084639.33 |====================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2 . 1317555.00 |========================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......................... 1239542.79 |=======================


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Amazon Linux 2017.03 ..................... 34.83 |=====================
CentOS 6.7 ............................... 47.95 |=============================
Debian Linux 8.7 ......................... 29.18 |==================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 ............. 28.64 |=================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2 . 37.92 |=======================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......................... 33.08 |====================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Amazon Linux 2017.03 ..................... 24.61 |==========================
CentOS 6.7 ............................... 24.14 |==========================
Debian Linux 8.7 ......................... 26.96 |=============================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2 . 27.15 |=============================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......................... 26.93 |=============================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Amazon Linux 2017.03 ..................... 69.86 |=========================
CentOS 6.7 ............................... 76.99 |============================
Debian Linux 8.7 ......................... 80.46 |=============================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 ............. 80.00 |=============================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 12.2 . 71.91 |==========================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......................... 75.38 |===========================