Ubuntu 17.10 KVM vs. VirtualBox On EPYC

KVM testing on Ubuntu 17.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1712296-AL-VM226275415.

Ubuntu 17.10 KVM vs. VirtualBox On EPYCProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionSystem LayerVirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUsAMD EPYC 7601 32-Core @ 2.20GHz (16 Cores)Oracle VirtualBox v1.2Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC97280MB123GB VBOX HDDInnoTek VirtualBoxIntel 82801AA AC 97 AudioVBOX monitorIntel 82540EM GigabitUbuntu 17.104.13.0-16-generic (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.26.1Wayland3.3 Mesa 17.2.2 (LLVM 5.0 128 bits)GCC 7.2.0ext41848x983Oracle VirtualBox16 x AMD Opteron 23xx (Gen 3 Class Opteron) @ 2.20GHz (16 Cores)QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996)10240MB113GBllvmpipe 9600MBQEMU GenericRed Hat Virtio device1024x768KVMOpenBenchmarking.orgEnvironment Details- GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS=JS ERROR;JS LOG GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT=stderrCompiler Details- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v System Details- Python 2.7.14.

Ubuntu 17.10 KVM vs. VirtualBox On EPYCnpb: EP.Cparboil: OpenMP LBMparboil: OpenMP CUTCPparboil: OpenMP Stencilrodinia: OpenMP LavaMDgo-benchmark: jsongo-benchmark: buildgo-benchmark: garbagejohn-the-ripper: Blowfishttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mappingx264: H.264 Video Encodingcompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testebizzy: build-linux-kernel: Time To Compileprimesieve: 1e12 Prime Number Generationencode-mp3: WAV To MP3openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performanceredis: GETredis: SETpybench: Total For Average Test Timesapache: Static Web Page Servingphpbench: PHP Benchmark SuiteVirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUs385.25105.987.5724.20100.71116340302590045663128066105927207.58169.4527444531709141.8835.7412.631081.601248795.961016097.5618738100.67312433393.1857.336.0216.4079.46919214620588571084218396712921262.06213.944264385991576.3423.4511.981514.201749018.101176726.25187220292.21339675OpenBenchmarking.org

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: EP.C

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.CVirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUs90180270360450SE +/- 22.23, N = 6SE +/- 6.32, N = 4385.25393.181. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -march=native -pthread -lmpi_usempif08 -lmpi_mpifh -lmpi2. Open MPI 2.1.1

Parboil

Test: OpenMP LBM

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP LBMVirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUs20406080100SE +/- 1.92, N = 6SE +/- 0.33, N = 3105.9857.331. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

Parboil

Test: OpenMP CUTCP

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP CUTCPVirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUs246810SE +/- 0.11, N = 6SE +/- 0.04, N = 37.576.021. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

Parboil

Test: OpenMP Stencil

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParboil 2.5Test: OpenMP StencilVirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUs612182430SE +/- 0.88, N = 6SE +/- 0.30, N = 324.2016.401. (CXX) g++ options: -lm -lpthread -lgomp -ffast-math -fopenmp

Rodinia

Test: OpenMP LavaMD

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRodinia 2.4Test: OpenMP LavaMDVirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUs20406080100SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3100.7179.461. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lOpenCL

Go Benchmarks

Test: json

OpenBenchmarking.orgNanoseconds/Operation, Fewer Is BetterGo BenchmarksTest: jsonVirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUs2M4M6M8M10MSE +/- 339697.84, N = 6SE +/- 42857.22, N = 3116340309192146

Go Benchmarks

Test: build

OpenBenchmarking.orgNanoseconds/Operation, Fewer Is BetterGo BenchmarksTest: buildVirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUs6000M12000M18000M24000M30000MSE +/- 374791452.11, N = 3SE +/- 55707179.08, N = 32590045663120588571084

Go Benchmarks

Test: garbage

OpenBenchmarking.orgNanoseconds/Operation, Fewer Is BetterGo BenchmarksTest: garbageVirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUs600K1200K1800K2400K3000KSE +/- 52861.45, N = 3SE +/- 21004.91, N = 328066102183967

John The Ripper

Test: Blowfish

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: BlowfishVirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUs3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 78.34, N = 3SE +/- 109.24, N = 35927129211. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt

TTSIOD 3D Renderer

Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping

OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3aPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingVirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUs60120180240300SE +/- 1.55, N = 3SE +/- 3.79, N = 5207.58262.061. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -mtune=native -flto -msse -mrecip -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mssse3 -lSDL -lstdc++

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2017-09-08H.264 Video EncodingVirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUs50100150200250SE +/- 1.86, N = 3SE +/- 3.70, N = 4169.45213.941. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fPIC -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed TestVirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUs9K18K27K36K45KSE +/- 463.42, N = 3SE +/- 693.39, N = 427444426431. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread

ebizzy

OpenBenchmarking.orgRecords/s, More Is Betterebizzy 0.3VirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUs200K400K600K800K1000KSE +/- 7075.54, N = 6SE +/- 9432.08, N = 35317098599151. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -lpthread -O3 -march=native

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13Time To CompileVirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUs306090120150SE +/- 3.64, N = 6SE +/- 1.39, N = 3141.8876.34

Primesieve

1e12 Prime Number Generation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPrimesieve 6.21e12 Prime Number GenerationVirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUs816243240SE +/- 0.89, N = 6SE +/- 0.06, N = 335.7423.451. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -rdynamic -lpthread

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.5WAV To MP3VirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUs3691215SE +/- 0.15, N = 10SE +/- 0.02, N = 512.6311.981. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -ffast-math -funroll-loops -fschedule-insns2 -fbranch-count-reg -fforce-addr -pipe -lm

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1gRSA 4096-bit PerformanceVirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUs30060090012001500SE +/- 7.40, N = 3SE +/- 16.20, N = 31081.601514.201. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

Redis

Test: GET

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterRedis 3.0.1Test: GETVirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUs400K800K1200K1600K2000KSE +/- 48178.25, N = 6SE +/- 61538.28, N = 61248795.961749018.101. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -pthread

Redis

Test: SET

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterRedis 3.0.1Test: SETVirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUs300K600K900K1200K1500KSE +/- 17210.79, N = 4SE +/- 12225.44, N = 31016097.561176726.251. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -pthread

PyBench

Total For Average Test Times

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterPyBench 2008-08-14Total For Average Test TimesVirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUs400800120016002000SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 1.76, N = 318731872

Apache Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.4.7Static Web Page ServingVirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUs4K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 42.82, N = 3SE +/- 356.19, N = 38100.6720292.211. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -O2 -pthread

PHPBench

PHP Benchmark Suite

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterPHPBench 0.8.1PHP Benchmark SuiteVirtualBox 16 vCPUsKVM 16 vCPUs70K140K210K280K350KSE +/- 6460.79, N = 6SE +/- 2036.10, N = 3312433339675

Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.4