ThrustVPS XEN HVM Benchmark

Update (25-Aug-2010): Rus Foster from ThrustVPS.com is a blackmailer and a person with low self-esteem. He actually blackmailed me to hand him over certain domain names which he thinks believes is breaching the AUP. My accounts, VPS and the $60 of affiliate commission was terminated. I will advise everyone to KEEP AWAY from Rus Foster and ThrustVPS.com (click here to read the full review)

Unix Benchmark results from ThrustVPS (XEN HVM running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on their West Coast (LA) node) using unixbench v 5.1.2

Specs: 512MB / 15GB XEN HVM running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 32bit

Note: Although the test results from the previous bechmark on their XEN PV is just average, this one is the best benchmark I had on a 512MB VPS ever!

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   Version 5.1.2                      Based on the Byte Magazine Unix Benchmark

   Multi-CPU version                  Version 5 revisions by Ian Smith,
                                      Sunnyvale, CA, USA
   December 22, 2007                  johantheghost at yahoo period com


1 x Dhrystone 2 using register variables  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 x Double-Precision Whetstone  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 x Execl Throughput  1 2 3

1 x File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks  1 2 3

1 x File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks  1 2 3

1 x File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks  1 2 3

1 x Pipe Throughput  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 x Pipe-based Context Switching  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 x Process Creation  1 2 3

1 x System Call Overhead  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 x Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)  1 2 3

1 x Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)  1 2 3

4 x Dhrystone 2 using register variables  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

4 x Double-Precision Whetstone  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

4 x Execl Throughput  1 2 3

4 x File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks  1 2 3

4 x File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks  1 2 3

4 x File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks  1 2 3

4 x Pipe Throughput  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

4 x Pipe-based Context Switching  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

4 x Process Creation  1 2 3

4 x System Call Overhead  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

4 x Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)  1 2 3

4 x Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)  1 2 3

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   BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.2)

   System: localhost: GNU/Linux
   OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.32-24-generic -- #39-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 28 06:07:29 UTC 2010
   Machine: i686 (unknown)
   Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
   CPU 0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5620 @ 2.40GHz (4787.3 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext
   CPU 1: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5620 @ 2.40GHz (4788.7 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext
   CPU 2: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5620 @ 2.40GHz (4793.6 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext
   CPU 3: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5620 @ 2.40GHz (4788.9 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext
   08:38:41 up 1 min,  1 user,  load average: 0.24, 0.14, 0.05; runlevel 2

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Benchmark Run: Thu Aug 12 2010 08:38:41 - 09:07:10
4 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       16188739.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     2503.0 MWIPS (10.1 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               2909.4 lps   (29.6 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        533447.8 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          147009.5 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       1292546.5 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              898724.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                  11947.9 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               6958.8 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   5266.9 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   1807.2 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         968404.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   16188739.8   1387.2
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       2503.0    455.1
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       2909.4    676.6
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     533447.8   1347.1
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     147009.5    888.3
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    1292546.5   2228.5
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     898724.3    722.4
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0      11947.9     29.9
Process Creation                                126.0       6958.8    552.3
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       5266.9   1242.2
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       1807.2   3012.1
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     968404.3    645.6
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                         752.2

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Benchmark Run: Thu Aug 12 2010 09:07:10 - 09:35:45
4 CPUs in system; running 4 parallel copies of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       63458442.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     9814.8 MWIPS (10.1 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                              13593.1 lps   (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        422856.7 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          114278.2 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       1403251.2 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                             3312735.5 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 717177.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                              39660.5 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                  15456.3 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   2031.6 lpm   (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                        3128398.4 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   63458442.8   5437.7
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       9814.8   1784.5
Execl Throughput                                 43.0      13593.1   3161.2
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     422856.7   1067.8
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     114278.2    690.5
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    1403251.2   2419.4
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0    3312735.5   2663.0
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     717177.8   1792.9
Process Creation                                126.0      39660.5   3147.7
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4      15456.3   3645.3
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       2031.6   3385.9
System Call Overhead                          15000.0    3128398.4   2085.6
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System Benchmarks Index Score                                        2293.4

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