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Really low UNIXBench Final Score?
Hi,
I just got a new XEN PV VPS with 1 CPU core, 1GB RAM, and 2GB swap.
Sounds great, right? But the UNIXBench final score comes out to a mere 40.6!
Here's CPU info:
cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 23
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5460 @ 3.16GHz
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 3166.672
cache size : 6144 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu de tsc msr pae cx8 cmov pat clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht constant_tsc up pni ssse3 sse4_1 hypervisor
bogomips : 6333.34
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 38 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
Here's the UNIXBench results:
INDEX VALUES
TEST BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 376783.7 5924223.4 157.2
Double-Precision Whetstone 83.1 1025.3 123.4
Execl Throughput 188.3 861.6 45.8
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 2672.0 14455.0 54.1
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1077.0 3785.0 35.1
File Read 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 15382.0 114830.0 74.7
Pipe-based Context Switching 15448.6 19740.6 12.8
Pipe Throughput 111814.6 65063.3 5.8
Process Creation 569.3 1514.4 26.6
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 44.8 256.8 57.3
System Call Overhead 114433.5 392153.0 34.3
=========
FINAL SCORE 40.6
Isn't this really really bad in comparison to other VPSs?
Thanks,
Bill
Comments
What version of unixbench are you using? And yes, it is really low, I get 600 on my $19 /yr AlienVPS
Which version of Unixbench?
If you haven't already, have a look at http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=924581
Use the same version and take note of the suggestion to disable disk I/O testing.
Lot's there to compare yours with.
I'm running unixbench-4.1.0-wht-2.
Is this an HVM based VM?
L54xx don't handle HVM/KVM based solutions very well and give meh performance.
EDIT - Nevermind, saw the PV. That's odd then, PV plays fine on the 54xx's
Francisco
Use 5.1.2, since that's what people use now and see what you get
http://byte-unixbench.googlecode.com/files/unixbench-5.1.2.tar.gz
As noted on the WHT link above, "The old Unixbench 4.1-WHT variants produce poor results, especially on Xen environment."
Ooops! Silly me for using such an old version. I'm now retesting with 5.1.2...
My new final score is 203.0. Still not too high, but better than 40!
@bill32, I know where you got that! Here is mine. http://i.imgur.com/Y1XMH.png
I have 8 cores because I asked if I could pay extra to have 8 guaranteed instead of 4 with 4 burst or whatever. It doesn't show you as a referral for me though... it did earlier today but not now. You used my link from that other thread right? FML
I'm pretty sure referral/affiliate links are looked down upon here..
@Naruto: I tried to buy a VPS with your link but my credit card didn't work (payment gateway was not responding). After an hour with their support, I reset my browser and finally it worked. Sorry it didn't go through :S
Start here and scroll down. Even if they're not allowed I was only asking due to the previous relevance. He was totally under my pre-existing link and he apparently did buy and now I has no referrals. D;
It's okay... things happen. At least now I know they didn't remove it themselves.
@Naruto: it says you have 1 core..