Benchmark for KVM Under AltixXE210
From Leo's Notes
Last edited on 29 March 2015, at 04:19.
Results Overview
| Hardware | AltixXE210 |
|---|---|
| CPU | 4x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5355 @ 2.66GHz |
| Hypervisor | QEMU-KVM |
| Memory | ? |
| Disk | Soft RAID1 (mdadm) 2x 500GB SATA 2 7200RPM |
| Operating System | ScientificLinux 6.3 |
| Score | 496.1 / 915.5 |
Raw Output
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BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3)
System: localhost.localdomain: GNU/Linux
OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64 -- #1 SMP Fri Feb 22 00:31:26 UTC 2013
Machine: x86_64 (x86_64)
Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
CPU 0: QEMU Virtual CPU version (cpu64-rhel6) (5320.0 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSCALL/SYSRET
CPU 1: QEMU Virtual CPU version (cpu64-rhel6) (5320.0 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSCALL/SYSRET
CPU 2: QEMU Virtual CPU version (cpu64-rhel6) (5320.0 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSCALL/SYSRET
CPU 3: QEMU Virtual CPU version (cpu64-rhel6) (5320.0 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSCALL/SYSRET
01:44:08 up 4 min, 1 user, load average: 0.42, 0.39, 0.17; runlevel 3
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Benchmark Run: Wed May 08 2013 01:44:08 - 02:12:14
4 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 23243980.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 1512.5 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 488.4 lps (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 499350.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 151360.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 791721.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 1028436.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 94362.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 1055.6 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 1323.3 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 333.8 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 1201269.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 23243980.0 1991.8
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 1512.5 275.0
Execl Throughput 43.0 488.4 113.6
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 499350.0 1261.0
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 151360.3 914.6
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 791721.3 1365.0
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 1028436.1 826.7
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 94362.3 235.9
Process Creation 126.0 1055.6 83.8
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 1323.3 312.1
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 333.8 556.4
System Call Overhead 15000.0 1201269.0 800.8
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System Benchmarks Index Score 496.1
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Benchmark Run: Wed May 08 2013 02:12:14 - 02:40:26
4 CPUs in system; running 4 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 91942956.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 6045.8 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 1506.0 lps (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 277706.3 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 83388.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 661509.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 4101639.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 302829.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 2485.2 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 2604.9 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 336.8 lpm (60.6 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 2503841.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 91942956.4 7878.6
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 6045.8 1099.2
Execl Throughput 43.0 1506.0 350.2
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 277706.3 701.3
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 83388.4 503.9
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 661509.0 1140.5
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 4101639.7 3297.1
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 302829.6 757.1
Process Creation 126.0 2485.2 197.2
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 2604.9 614.4
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 336.8 561.4
System Call Overhead 15000.0 2503841.1 1669.2
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System Benchmarks Index Score 915.5
Other Information
This should be comparable to the virtual machine under ESXi as it was given the same set of resources. It would appear that VMWare has slightly faster CPU performance.
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