Server benchmark 2011: Xencon x|pro 512 VPS
- 2011
- Xencon x|pro 512 VPS
- Dual CPU
- 0.5 GB RAM
- 40 GB HD (RAID 1/RAID 10)
- with automated backups
- 0.5 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
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BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.2)
System: catz: GNU/Linux
OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.34-xen-r4 -- #1 SMP Wed May 18 13:17:51 Local time zone must be set--see zic
Machine: i686 (unknown)
Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
CPU 0: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4801.8 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, Intel virtualization
CPU 1: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4801.8 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, Intel virtualization
19:54:08 up 22 min, 1 user, load average: 0.56, 0.52, 0.24; runlevel 2
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Benchmark Run: Di Jul 26 2011 19:54:08 - 20:18:00
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 12060827.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 2014.4 MWIPS (10.2 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 2030.6 lps (29.9 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 820447.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 128187.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 3596.7 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 4130.7 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) 395.2 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 787.3 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 785506.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Partial Index BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 12060827.4 1033.5
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 2014.4 366.3
Execl Throughput 43.0 2030.6 472.2
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 820447.6 659.5
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 128187.3 320.5
Process Creation 126.0 3596.7 285.4
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 4130.7 974.2
Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) --- 395.2 ---
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 787.3 1312.2
System Call Overhead 15000.0 785506.9 523.7
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System Benchmarks Index Score (Partial Only) 578.2
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Benchmark Run: Di Jul 26 2011 20:18:00 - 20:41:53
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 23585260.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 4063.8 MWIPS (10.1 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 3059.3 lps (29.9 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 1621337.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 236297.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 5613.5 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 6071.3 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) 397.4 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 793.9 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 1367733.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Partial Index BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 23585260.1 2021.0
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 4063.8 738.9
Execl Throughput 43.0 3059.3 711.5
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 1621337.2 1303.3
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 236297.0 590.7
Process Creation 126.0 5613.5 445.5
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 6071.3 1431.9
Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) --- 397.4 ---
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 793.9 1323.2
System Call Overhead 15000.0 1367733.4 911.8
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System Benchmarks Index Score (Partial Only) 949.9
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) kopiert, 16,3025 s, 65,9 MB/s
the best of three subsequent test runs of
hdparm -t dev
Timing buffered disk reads: 224 MB in 3.01 seconds = 74.53 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.