Table 2 List of system statistics and micro-benchmarks comparing an original Windows XP performance and Windows XP inside a virtual machine (Guest OS).
From: Software platform virtualization in chemistry research and university teaching
ID | Task | WINDOWS XP Host | WINDOWS XP Guest VM | of Guest VM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
System benchmarks | Â | Â | Â | |
1 | Operating system start time | 2 min | 1 min | 50% less time |
2 | Size of windows system folder | 6.95 GByte | 3.01 GByte | 57% less space |
3 | RAM memory requirement (IDLE) | 760 MByte | 150 MByte | 80% less RAM |
4 | Average hard disk transfer rate | 180 MByte/sec | 127 MByte/sec | 70% |
Single CPU core benchmarks | Â | Â | Â | |
5 | NIST SciMark 2.0a (JAVA 1.6 Server) | score of 661 | score of 621 | 94% |
6 | Molgen Demo - count all23862255 isomers of C12H12 | 42.23 sec | 46.20 sec | 91% |
7 | CDK Descriptor GUI -- Kier & Hall SMARTS for all C8H16O2 isomers | 100 sec | 95 sec | 95% |
8 | Seven Golden Rules -- generate all 28008691 formulas below 1000 Da | 42 sec | 42 sec | 100% |
Dual CPU core benchmarks | Â | Â | Â | |
9 | ChemAxon Marvin - calculate all stereoisomers of C8H16O2 | 21 sec | 42 sec | 50% |
10 | MZMine2 -- chromatographic alignment of LC-MS runs | 70 sec | 130 sec | 54% |