m4.large Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon testing on Ubuntu 18.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel 82599 Virtual Function: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 (1 Core / 2 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU (4.2.amazon BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-1035-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel 82599 Virtual Function . 9903.65 |======================================= Loopback TCP Network Performance Time To Transfer 10GB Via Loopback Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel 82599 Virtual Function . 15.68 |========================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel 82599 Virtual Function . 1189 |========================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel 82599 Virtual Function . 45.23 |========================================= OpenSSL 1.1.1 RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel 82599 Virtual Function . 127.77 |======================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel 82599 Virtual Function . 7797.17 |=======================================