ALI-vs-AWS
KVM testing on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


ali.c4.xlarge: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2667 v4 @ 3.19GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: Alibaba Cloud ECS, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB RAM, Disk: 99GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-62-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: KVM

aws.c4.xlarge: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 97GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-1041-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ali.c4.xlarge . 20.36 |====================================
aws.c4.xlarge . 31.69 |========================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
ali.c4.xlarge . 1269 |=====================================
aws.c4.xlarge . 1977 |=========================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ali.c4.xlarge . 20.57 |========================================================
aws.c4.xlarge . 16.40 |=============================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
ali.c4.xlarge . 1282 |=========================================================
aws.c4.xlarge . 1021 |=============================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ali.c4.xlarge . 24.34 |=======================================
aws.c4.xlarge . 34.91 |========================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
ali.c4.xlarge . 1517 |========================================
aws.c4.xlarge . 2178 |=========================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ali.c4.xlarge . 20.65 |========================================================
aws.c4.xlarge . 16.01 |===========================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
ali.c4.xlarge . 1287 |=========================================================
aws.c4.xlarge . 997  |============================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ali.c4.xlarge . 17981.39 |=================================================
aws.c4.xlarge . 19482.27 |=====================================================


RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0
Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ali.c4.xlarge . 18110.49 |=========================================
aws.c4.xlarge . 23626.44 |=====================================================


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Copy
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ali.c4.xlarge . 33363.72 |=============================================
aws.c4.xlarge . 39335.88 |=====================================================


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Scale
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ali.c4.xlarge . 19092.56 |=========================================
aws.c4.xlarge . 24582.78 |=====================================================


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Triad
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ali.c4.xlarge . 20748.80 |========================================
aws.c4.xlarge . 27261.08 |=====================================================


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Add
MB/s > Higher Is Better
ali.c4.xlarge . 20767.26 |========================================
aws.c4.xlarge . 27264.94 |=====================================================


iPerf 3.1.3
Server Address: 0.0.0.0 - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 60 Seconds - Test: TCP - Parallel: 10
Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better
ali.c4.xlarge . 849.45 |=======================================================
aws.c4.xlarge . 730.00 |===============================================


iPerf 3.1.3
Server Address: 0.0.0.0 - Server Port: 5201 - Duration: 60 Seconds - Test: UDP - Parallel: 10
Mbits/sec > Higher Is Better
ali.c4.xlarge . 5.78 |=========================================================
aws.c4.xlarge . 5.78 |=========================================================


Gzip Compression
2GB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ali.c4.xlarge . 11.42 |==================================================
aws.c4.xlarge . 12.74 |========================================================


FFmpeg 3.3.3
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
ali.c4.xlarge . 11.77 |====================================================
aws.c4.xlarge . 12.63 |========================================================


OpenSSL 1.0.1f
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
ali.c4.xlarge . 317.63 |=======================================================
aws.c4.xlarge . 265.13 |==============================================


Stress-NG 0.07.26
Test: CPU Stress
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
ali.c4.xlarge . 780.62 |=======================================================
aws.c4.xlarge . 706.00 |==================================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
ali.c4.xlarge . 18519.82 |=====================================================
aws.c4.xlarge . 15767.01 |=============================================