Server benchmark 2011: Hetzner EQ 4 Dedicated Server
- 2011
- Hetzner EQ 4 Dedicated Server
- i7-920 Quadcore
- 8 GB RAM
- 750 GB HD RAID1
- 100 GB backup space
- 10 TB traffic/mo
- Debian 6.0 64 bit
- Tests run 2011-07-26
UnixBench 5.1.2 ./Run dhry2reg whetstone-double syscall pipe context1 spawn execl shell1 shell8 shell16 ======================================================================== BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.2) System: Catz: GNU/Linux OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.32-5-amd64 -- #1 SMP Tue Jun 14 09:42:28 UTC 2011 Machine: x86_64 (unknown) Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8") CPU 0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (5346.9 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization CPU 1: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (5346.3 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization CPU 2: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (5346.3 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization CPU 3: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (5346.3 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization CPU 4: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (5346.3 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization CPU 5: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (5346.3 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization CPU 6: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (5346.3 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization CPU 7: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (5346.3 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization 22:55:09 up 21 days, 20:05, 1 user, load average: 0.08, 0.02, 0.01; runlevel ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benchmark Run: Tue Jul 26 2011 22:55:09 - 23:19:23 8 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests Dhrystone 2 using register variables 27555642.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Double-Precision Whetstone 3512.6 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples) Execl Throughput 2357.0 lps (29.8 s, 2 samples) Pipe Throughput 2393202.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Pipe-based Context Switching 115468.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Process Creation 10283.4 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 5230.0 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) 2172.6 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 3838.4 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples) System Call Overhead 4013754.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) System Benchmarks Partial Index BASELINE RESULT INDEX Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 27555642.4 2361.2 Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 3512.6 638.7 Execl Throughput 43.0 2357.0 548.1 Pipe Throughput 12440.0 2393202.5 1923.8 Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 115468.1 288.7 Process Creation 126.0 10283.4 816.1 Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 5230.0 1233.5 Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) --- 2172.6 --- Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 3838.4 6397.3 System Call Overhead 15000.0 4013754.3 2675.8 ======== System Benchmarks Index Score (Partial Only) 1258.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benchmark Run: Tue Jul 26 2011 23:19:23 - 23:43:41 8 CPUs in system; running 8 parallel copies of tests Dhrystone 2 using register variables 118285351.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Double-Precision Whetstone 22650.0 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples) Execl Throughput 26026.9 lps (29.8 s, 2 samples) Pipe Throughput 10075448.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Pipe-based Context Switching 2152219.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Process Creation 78921.4 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 37678.9 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) 2463.9 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 4935.7 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples) System Call Overhead 13352672.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) System Benchmarks Partial Index BASELINE RESULT INDEX Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 118285351.9 10135.8 Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 22650.0 4118.2 Execl Throughput 43.0 26026.9 6052.8 Pipe Throughput 12440.0 10075448.0 8099.2 Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 2152219.6 5380.5 Process Creation 126.0 78921.4 6263.6 Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 37678.9 8886.5 Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) --- 2463.9 --- Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 4935.7 8226.2 System Call Overhead 15000.0 13352672.2 8901.8 ======== System Benchmarks Index Score (Partial Only) 7083.1
the best of three subsequent test runs of
dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 11.4294 s, 93.9 MB/s
the best of three subsequent test runs of
hdparm -t dev
Timing buffered disk reads: 334 MB in 3.01 seconds = 110.84 MB/sec
Disclaimer: based on my experience disk performance testing with dd and hdparm are crude methods. The real-life disk load of a web service cannot be emulated with dd or hdparm.