Benchmark for KVM under Dell PowerEdge C6520

Here are some virtual machine test results running under QEMU/KVM on a Dell PowerEdge C6520 with a Xeon Gold 5320 CPU and 256GB memory. This VM was set up as part of a CloudStack test environment.

Results Overview

Hardware	Dell PowerEdge C6520
CPU	4x Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5320 CPU @ 2.20GHz
Hypervisor	KVM
Memory	8GB
Disk	Virtual, via NFS
Operating System	Rocky Linux 8.5
Score	1115.8 / 2927.4

Raw Output

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   BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3)

   System: rocky2: GNU/Linux
   OS: GNU/Linux -- 4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5.x86_64 -- #1 SMP Thu Mar 10 20:59:28 UTC 2022
   Machine: x86_64 (x86_64)
   Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
   CPU 0: QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+ (4389.7 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 1: QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+ (4389.7 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 2: QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+ (4389.7 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   CPU 3: QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+ (4389.7 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET
   12:34:39 up 5 min,  2 users,  load average: 0.16, 0.10, 0.05; runlevel 2022-03-16

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Benchmark Run: Wed Mar 16 2022 12:34:39 - 13:02:34
4 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       48544673.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     6019.5 MWIPS (9.2 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               4743.7 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        502156.1 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          125097.4 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       1749534.1 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              631167.7 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 128482.9 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               8719.4 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   7964.4 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   2425.0 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         449490.6 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   48544673.3   4159.8
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       6019.5   1094.4
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       4743.7   1103.2
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     502156.1   1268.1
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     125097.4    755.9
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    1749534.1   3016.4
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     631167.7    507.4
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     128482.9    321.2
Process Creation                                126.0       8719.4    692.0
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       7964.4   1878.4
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       2425.0   4041.6
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     449490.6    299.7
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System Benchmarks Index Score                                        1115.8

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Benchmark Run: Wed Mar 16 2022 13:02:34 - 13:30:30
4 CPUs in system; running 4 parallel copies of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables      193741912.4 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                    24052.9 MWIPS (9.3 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                              11556.2 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        810413.8 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          210586.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       2867155.1 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                             2526621.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 522571.7 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                              34806.0 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                  18192.1 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   2806.1 lpm   (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                        1608364.7 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0  193741912.4  16601.7
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0      24052.9   4373.3
Execl Throughput                                 43.0      11556.2   2687.5
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     810413.8   2046.5
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     210586.0   1272.4
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    2867155.1   4943.4
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0    2526621.8   2031.0
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     522571.7   1306.4
Process Creation                                126.0      34806.0   2762.4
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4      18192.1   4290.6
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       2806.1   4676.8
System Call Overhead                          15000.0    1608364.7   1072.2
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System Benchmarks Index Score                                        2927.4