Linux 4.15 KTPI KVM Test VM
KVM testing for a future article on Phoronix.com.


Linux 4.15-rc5: 

	Processor: 16 x Intel Core (Skylake) @ 2.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 64GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 32256MB, Audio: QEMU Generic, Network: Red Hat Virtio device

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.15.0-rc5 (x86_64) 20180103, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.2.2 (LLVM 5.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: KVM

KVM Guest With KPTI: 

	Processor: 16 x Intel Core (Skylake) @ 2.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 64GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 32256MB, Audio: QEMU Generic, Network: Red Hat Virtio device

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.15.0-rc6-ptipts4 (x86_64) 20180103, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.2.2 (LLVM 5.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: KVM


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.15-rc5 ...... 4.71 |==================================================
KVM Guest With KPTI . 4.83 |===================================================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP Stencil
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.15-rc5 ...... 12.45 |===============================================
KVM Guest With KPTI . 13.19 |==================================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.15-rc5 ...... 16.68 |===============================================
KVM Guest With KPTI . 17.66 |==================================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.15-rc5 ...... 2554.59 |================================================
KVM Guest With KPTI . 2545.19 |================================================


ebizzy 0.3

Records/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.15-rc5 ...... 54223 |==================================================
KVM Guest With KPTI . 49828 |==============================================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.15-rc5 ...... 24.72 |=================================================
KVM Guest With KPTI . 25.01 |==================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.15-rc5 ...... 55.57 |=================================================
KVM Guest With KPTI . 56.82 |==================================================


Gzip Compression
2GB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.15-rc5 ...... 11.09 |=================================================
KVM Guest With KPTI . 11.27 |==================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.15-rc5 ...... 4876.59 |================================================
KVM Guest With KPTI . 4710.34 |==============================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.15-rc5 ...... 273.41 |=================================================
KVM Guest With KPTI . 259.78 |===============================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.15-rc5 ...... 5512.91 |================================================
KVM Guest With KPTI . 5163.74 |=============================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SADD
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.15-rc5 ...... 1928599.42 |============================================
KVM Guest With KPTI . 1972192.67 |=============================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: LPUSH
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.15-rc5 ...... 1760072.10 |=============================================
KVM Guest With KPTI . 1600664.92 |=========================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.15-rc5 ...... 2551905.58 |=============================================
KVM Guest With KPTI . 2228273.04 |=======================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.15-rc5 ...... 1858243.06 |=============================================
KVM Guest With KPTI . 1698670.38 |=========================================


Stress-NG 0.07.26
Test: Crypto
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.15-rc5 ...... 2963.76 |================================================
KVM Guest With KPTI . 2842.62 |==============================================


Stress-NG 0.07.26
Test: Semaphores
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.15-rc5 ...... 1818458.81 |=============================================
KVM Guest With KPTI . 1825916.14 |=============================================


Stress-NG 0.07.26
Test: Socket Activity
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.15-rc5 ...... 9484.77 |================================================
KVM Guest With KPTI . 8248.41 |==========================================


Stress-NG 0.07.26
Test: Context Switching
Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.15-rc5 ...... 7795910.87 |=============================================
KVM Guest With KPTI . 6399566.30 |=====================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.15-rc5 ...... 37384.15 |===============================================
KVM Guest With KPTI . 34209.96 |===========================================