From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
Subject: Re: Benchmark [Re: [Call For Testing] VirtualBox for FreeBSD! take 4]
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:44:24 -0600

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> Maho NAKATA wrote:
>> I did a benchmark with Virtualbox:
>> My environment:
>> * Core 2 Quad, Q6600@3GHz
>> * Windows XP SP3@host SP2@VBOX with GuestAddon
>> * http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalMark/
>>   CrystalMark 2004R3
>> * Sapphire X1650
>> * VBOX is running on FBSD7.2-REL/amd64
>>   using http://people.freebsd.org/~miwi/vbox/virtualbox_5.tgz
>> * Running with fullscreen mode 1280x1024 32bit
>> Here is the result
>> -----------------------------------------
>>       host(4CPU) host(1CPU) vbox(1CPU)
>> Mark   173047       90925    86496
>> ALU     50985       13493    13060
>> FPU     63746       15126    15323
>> MEM     21822       25582    16516
>> HDD      9336        9331    30600(*)
>> GDI     15153       15195     5127
>> D2D      5997        5998     5108
>> OGL      6200        6200      762
>> -----------------------------------------
>> (*)somehow lot faster
>> I don't know how to use two CPUs, even changing setting
>> doesn't change.
>> Usually I cannot usually launch VirtualBox even by root.
>> A workaround is that invoking and killing VirtualBox
>> many times for me. After some tries I can launch...
>> thanks
>>
>
> I take it that you're running freebsd on the "bare metal" in your 4CPU
> and 1CPU tests, and running WinXP on the bare metal in the vbox test?
yes.

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> If so, are you using ATA disks and the ATA driver for all instances
I use SATA for host machine and ATA as VirtualBox machine.

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> of FreeBSD?  If so, then the lack of NCQ in the FreeBSD ATA driver
> would
> explain the HDD test result.  I see similar results with VMWare.
Ok, I see

Thanks for your clarification.

Best,
-- Nakata Maho http://accc.riken.jp/maho/ , http://ja.openoffice.org/
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