Really low UNIXBench Final Score?

bill32

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

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Isn't this really really bad in comparison to other VPSs?

Thanks,
Bill

dancom96

What version of unixbench are you using? And yes, it is really low, I get 600 on my $19 /yr AlienVPS

sleddog

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.

bill32

I'm running unixbench-4.1.0-wht-2.

Francisco

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

dancom96

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

sleddog

@bill32 said: I'm running unixbench-4.1.0-wht-2.

As noted on the WHT link above, "The old Unixbench 4.1-WHT variants produce poor results, especially on Xen environment."

bill32

Ooops! Silly me for using such an old version. I'm now retesting with 5.1.2...

bill32

My new final score is 203.0. Still not too high, but better than 40!

Naruto

@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

Kairus

@Naruto said: You used my link from that other thread right?

I'm pretty sure referral/affiliate links are looked down upon here..

bill32

@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

Naruto

@Kairus said: I'm pretty sure referral/affiliate links are looked down upon here..

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;

@bill32 said: @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

It's okay... things happen. At least now I know they didn't remove it themselves.

dancom96

@Naruto: it says you have 1 core..