Hetzner EX 4S Unixbench, dd and htparm results

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The Unixbench results for the Hetzner EX 4S servers recently featured on HackerNews. (dd and htparm tests at the bottom) - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3537513 - http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produkte_rootserver/ex4s To compare with AWS, see the Unixbench results from: http://blog.cloudharmony.com/2010/05/what-is-ecu-cpu-benchmarking-in-cloud.html TLDR; the €59/mo EX 4S scores higher (1729) than AWS m2.4xlarge (1511) on single threaded loads. Postscript -- Cloudharmony didn't post their numbers for concurrent loads, but in a later test, our c1.xlarge scores 2119.7 vs the EX 4S's 6255.0 concurrent score. There are lies, damned lies, and benchmarks. (YMMV) # # # # # # # ##### ###### # # #### # # # # ## # # # # # # # ## # # # # # # # # # # # ## ##### ##### # # # # ###### # # # # # # ## # # # # # # # # # # # # ## # # # # # # # ## # # # # #### # # # # # ##### ###### # # #### # # Version 5.1.3 Based on the Byte Magazine Unix Benchmark Multi-CPU version Version 5 revisions by Ian Smith, Sunnyvale, CA, USA January 13, 2011 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 8 x Dhrystone 2 using register variables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 x Double-Precision Whetstone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 x Execl Throughput 1 2 3 8 x File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1 2 3 8 x File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1 2 3 8 x File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1 2 3 8 x Pipe Throughput 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 x Pipe-based Context Switching 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 x Process Creation 1 2 3 8 x System Call Overhead 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 x Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 1 2 3 8 x Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1 2 3 ======================================================================== BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3) System: Ubuntu-1004-lucid-64-minimal: GNU/Linux OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.32-35-server -- #78-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 11 16:26:12 UTC 2011 Machine: x86_64 (unknown) Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8") CPU 0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (6824.1 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization CPU 1: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (6822.9 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization CPU 2: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (6822.9 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization CPU 3: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (6822.9 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization CPU 4: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (6822.9 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization CPU 5: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (6822.9 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization CPU 6: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (6822.9 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization CPU 7: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (6822.9 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization 14:41:30 up 48 min, 2 users, load average: 2.35, 2.57, 2.46; runlevel 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benchmark Run: Thu Feb 02 2012 14:41:30 - 15:10:20 8 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests Dhrystone 2 using register variables 42592018.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Double-Precision Whetstone 4413.2 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples) Execl Throughput 2726.0 lps (29.7 s, 2 samples) File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1387097.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples) File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 374704.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples) File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 3141467.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples) Pipe Throughput 2786201.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Pipe-based Context Switching 97047.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Process Creation 8155.5 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 5017.3 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 4051.6 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples) System Call Overhead 4798195.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 42592018.4 3649.7 Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 4413.2 802.4 Execl Throughput 43.0 2726.0 634.0 File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1387097.0 3502.8 File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 374704.7 2264.1 File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 3141467.5 5416.3 Pipe Throughput 12440.0 2786201.6 2239.7 Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 97047.1 242.6 Process Creation 126.0 8155.5 647.3 Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 5017.3 1183.3 Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 4051.6 6752.7 System Call Overhead 15000.0 4798195.8 3198.8 ======== System Benchmarks Index Score 1729.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benchmark Run: Thu Feb 02 2012 15:10:20 - 15:39:25 8 CPUs in system; running 8 parallel copies of tests Dhrystone 2 using register variables 169056657.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Double-Precision Whetstone 28505.8 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples) Execl Throughput 32740.7 lps (29.4 s, 2 samples) File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1043771.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples) File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 263226.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples) File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 3041585.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples) Pipe Throughput 12146738.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Pipe-based Context Switching 2675816.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Process Creation 96694.0 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 40760.7 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 5271.3 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples) System Call Overhead 10112177.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 169056657.1 14486.4 Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 28505.8 5182.9 Execl Throughput 43.0 32740.7 7614.1 File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1043771.7 2635.8 File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 263226.5 1590.5 File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 3041585.9 5244.1 Pipe Throughput 12440.0 12146738.3 9764.3 Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 2675816.1 6689.5 Process Creation 126.0 96694.0 7674.1 Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 40760.7 9613.4 Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 5271.3 8785.5 System Call Overhead 15000.0 10112177.2 6741.5 ======== System Benchmarks Index Score 6255.0 -- dd test (dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync) 16384+0 records in 16384+0 records out 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 5.86529 s, 183 MB/s -- hdparm -t /dev/md3 Timing buffered disk reads: 520 MB in 3.01 seconds = 172.80 MB/sec