m5.large-sysbench KVM testing on Amazon Linux 2 via the Phoronix Test Suite. m5.large-sysbench: Processor: Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL (1 Core / 2 Threads), Motherboard: Amazon EC2 m5.large (1.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 9GB Amazon Elastic Block Store, Network: Amazon Elastic OS: Amazon Linux 2, Kernel: 4.14.193-149.317.amzn2.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.1 20180712, File-System: xfs, System Layer: KVM Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL: Processor: Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL (1 Core / 2 Threads), Motherboard: Amazon EC2 m5.large (1.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 9GB Amazon Elastic Block Store, Network: Amazon Elastic OS: Amazon Linux 2, Kernel: 4.14.193-149.317.amzn2.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 7.3.1 20180712, File-System: xfs, System Layer: KVM Sysbench 2018-07-28 Test: Memory Events Per Second > Higher Is Better m5.large-sysbench .......... 6069743.29 |====================================== Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL . 6045867.26 |====================================== Sysbench 2018-07-28 Test: CPU Events Per Second > Higher Is Better m5.large-sysbench .......... 1791.15 |========================================= Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL . 1782.02 |========================================= 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL . 5414 |============================================ Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.41 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL . 80.10 |===========================================