[vfio-users] Performance problem with i5 3330
francesco dicarlo
evilsephiroth at gmail.com
Tue Sep 15 11:53:25 UTC 2015
i will do a clean test with a clean distro then will start to downgrade
nvidia driver...
2015-09-15 13:47 GMT+02:00 overfl0w <xslisx at gmail.com>:
> Hmmm...
> Only thing to try is downgrade host driver and try steam beta/nonbeta on
> both...
>
> Once you enable nvfbc, it should be always on stats as encoder... never
> d3d / nvifr / libva... no matter what app/game/window...
>
>
> On Tuesday, September 15, 2015, francesco dicarlo <evilsephiroth at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Done the shadowplay trick but no gain.
>>
>> I use for testing an htpc.running windows i5 4570 hd4600 and a macbook
>> air so both i5 with intel quick sync.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2015-09-15 13:35 GMT+02:00 Sinisa Tkalec <xslisx at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> What is your client gpu?
>>>
>>> On 09/15/2015 01:26 PM, francesco dicarlo wrote:
>>>
>>> 1)host hardware encoding enabled
>>> 2)gigabit network here
>>> 3)Stats on host (fps counter) and client to check fps and encoding
>>> already activated
>>> 4)Tested with shadowplay service disabled. (Sometimes uses d3d9 other
>>> nvfbc don't know why) DXVA on my htpc...
>>>
>>> Gotta test with previous drivers... But I think it's a matter of load...
>>> Because some games start with 60 fps degrading overtime to 40 - 30 fps).
>>> Host is always at 60...
>>>
>>>
>>> 2015-09-15 13:06 GMT+02:00 Sinisa Tkalec <xslisx at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> You need to toggle shadowplay on/off in geforce experience, or use
>>>> nvfbc-enable.exe (no need for gfe...) from grid sdk to enable better
>>>> streaming support (nvfbc instead of nvifr), and also be sure that you
>>>> enabled host hardware encoding in steam options on host. 100mbps is enough
>>>> for streaming, 1gbps is recommended.
>>>>
>>>> I think I've read somewhere on steam forums that with latest drivers
>>>> and 970 hw encoding may be broken... try downgrade...
>>>>
>>>> You can enable stats on client steam options and bring them up with F6
>>>> to see what encoder/decoder you use, you wanna see nvfbc as encoder. And
>>>> decoder DXVA on windows or vaapi/vdpau on linux client.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 09/15/2015 12:22 PM, francesco dicarlo wrote:
>>>>
>>>> more analysis. disabled some service and I obtained steady 60 fps on
>>>> the vm playing directly from the monitor attached.
>>>>
>>>> But there's a problem. I want to do mainly use of steam in home
>>>> streaming so windows vm should be basically headless with no monitor
>>>> attached.
>>>>
>>>> While in local monitor game runs at 60 fps, streaming to other devices
>>>> gets poor performance. Steam is popping up "slow encode" so the encoding of
>>>> h264 video to other devices is not enough. I hope it is not caused from
>>>> removing hyperV enlightments otherwise I'm really screwed up...
>>>> Maybe also network is the bottleneck... Should I trust virtio or do a
>>>> passthrough for a ethernet pci card?
>>>>
>>>> Only thing to do/test, use an empty distro or use an i7...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2015-09-15 12:01 GMT+02:00 francesco dicarlo <evilsephiroth at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> well, yes. My first configuration was without cpu pinning and I had
>>>>> worst performance.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've attached a monitor on the vm to see real performance and it's
>>>>> really low...I've gained some fps but far from what that card can do.
>>>>>
>>>>> King of fighters 13 bare metal 60fps , vm 32 fps.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tried right now removing cputune section from xml and stopping nearly
>>>>> all services that were running on the machine.
>>>>>
>>>>> With there performance, I think neither a fresh installation would be
>>>>> good for performance.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2015-09-15 11:47 GMT+02:00 Okky Hendriansyah <okky at nostratech.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Francesco,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have you tried without CPU pinning at all just like on the Proxmox
>>>>>> box?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> *Okky Hendriansyah*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On September 15, 2015 at 16:44:09, francesco dicarlo (
>>>>>> evilsephiroth at gmail.com) wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> well, if I can't trust sensors how can I monitor temperature? from
>>>>>> within windows? It's always between 55 63 degree so I don't think it's
>>>>>> throttling down.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm currentyl tailing sensors and monitoring htop.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Besides, I tried to lower stream from vm steam limiting to 720p and I
>>>>>> gained some fps... So it's really a cpu problem... It's so strange because
>>>>>> with proxmox I reached 60 fps for a lot of titles without pinning nothing.
>>>>>> I'm starting to think that It's not enough for all processes on that
>>>>>> machine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2015-09-15 11:20 GMT+02:00 Blank Field <ihatethisfield at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hardware sensors, i mean.
>>>>>>> On Sep 15, 2015 12:20 PM, "Blank Field" <ihatethisfield at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Linux hardware often lie, recheck it.
>>>>>>>> On Sep 15, 2015 12:19 PM, "Sinisa Tkalec" <xslisx at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You wanna set cpu like this:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> <vcpu placement='static'>3</vcpu>
>>>>>>>>> <cputune>
>>>>>>>>> <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='0'/>
>>>>>>>>> <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='1'/>
>>>>>>>>> <vcpupin vcpu='2' cpuset='2'/>
>>>>>>>>> </cputune>
>>>>>>>>> <os>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> <cpu mode='host-passthrough'>
>>>>>>>>> <topology sockets='1' cores='3' threads='1'/>
>>>>>>>>> </cpu>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 09/15/2015 11:16 AM, francesco dicarlo wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Done with the scan. Nothing found...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Besides running only malwarebytes anti-malware on win vm hogged
>>>>>>>>> guest cpu to 70% and all 3 cores assigned to vm on the host went at 65%.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Only scanning... For the sake of completeness, I will post my vm
>>>>>>>>> xml.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> <domain type='kvm' id='12' xmlns:qemu='
>>>>>>>>> http://libvirt.org/schemas/domain/qemu/1.0'>
>>>>>>>>> <name>win8.1</name>
>>>>>>>>> <uuid>f7060f72-6428-40fe-b19e-6ced0837149e</uuid>
>>>>>>>>> <memory unit='KiB'>8388608</memory>
>>>>>>>>> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>8388608</currentMemory>
>>>>>>>>> <vcpu placement='static' cpuset='0-2'>3</vcpu>
>>>>>>>>> <resource>
>>>>>>>>> <partition>/machine</partition>
>>>>>>>>> </resource>
>>>>>>>>> <os>
>>>>>>>>> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-trusty'>hvm</type>
>>>>>>>>> <loader>/usr/share/ovmf/OVMF.fd</loader>
>>>>>>>>> <bootmenu enable='yes'/>
>>>>>>>>> </os>
>>>>>>>>> <features>
>>>>>>>>> <acpi/>
>>>>>>>>> <hyperv>
>>>>>>>>> <relaxed state='off'/>
>>>>>>>>> <vapic state='off'/>
>>>>>>>>> <spinlocks state='off'/>
>>>>>>>>> </hyperv>
>>>>>>>>> </features>
>>>>>>>>> <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
>>>>>>>>> <model fallback='allow'>SandyBridge</model>
>>>>>>>>> <vendor>Intel</vendor>
>>>>>>>>> <topology sockets='1' cores='3' threads='1'/>
>>>>>>>>> <feature policy='require' name='vme'/>
>>>>>>>>> <feature policy='require' name='dtes64'/>
>>>>>>>>> <feature policy='require' name='vmx'/>
>>>>>>>>> <feature policy='require' name='erms'/>
>>>>>>>>> <feature policy='require' name='xtpr'/>
>>>>>>>>> <feature policy='require' name='smep'/>
>>>>>>>>> <feature policy='require' name='pcid'/>
>>>>>>>>> <feature policy='require' name='est'/>
>>>>>>>>> <feature policy='require' name='monitor'/>
>>>>>>>>> <feature policy='require' name='tm'/>
>>>>>>>>> <feature policy='require' name='acpi'/>
>>>>>>>>> <feature policy='require' name='osxsave'/>
>>>>>>>>> <feature policy='require' name='ht'/>
>>>>>>>>> <feature policy='require' name='pdcm'/>
>>>>>>>>> <feature policy='require' name='fsgsbase'/>
>>>>>>>>> <feature policy='require' name='f16c'/>
>>>>>>>>> <feature policy='require' name='ds’/>
>>>>>>>>> <feature policy='require' name='tm2'/>
>>>>>>>>> <feature policy='require' name='ss'/>
>>>>>>>>> <feature policy='require' name='pbe'/>
>>>>>>>>> <feature policy='require' name='ds_cpl'/>
>>>>>>>>> <feature policy='require' name='rdrand'/>
>>>>>>>>> </cpu>
>>>>>>>>> <clock offset='localtime'>
>>>>>>>>> <timer name='hypervclock' present='no'/>
>>>>>>>>> <timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/>
>>>>>>>>> <timer name='pit' tickpolicy='delay'/>
>>>>>>>>> <timer name='hpet' present='no'/>
>>>>>>>>> </clock>
>>>>>>>>> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
>>>>>>>>> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
>>>>>>>>> <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
>>>>>>>>> <pm>
>>>>>>>>> <suspend-to-mem enabled='no'/>
>>>>>>>>> <suspend-to-disk enabled='no'/>
>>>>>>>>> </pm>
>>>>>>>>> <devices>
>>>>>>>>> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
>>>>>>>>> <disk type='file' device='disk'>
>>>>>>>>> <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none' io='native'/>
>>>>>>>>> <source file='/home/repo/vmdisk/win8vmgame.img'/>
>>>>>>>>> <backingStore/>
>>>>>>>>> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
>>>>>>>>> <boot order='1'/>
>>>>>>>>> <alias name='virtio-disk0'/>
>>>>>>>>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05'
>>>>>>>>> function='0x0'/>
>>>>>>>>> </disk>
>>>>>>>>> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-ehci1'>
>>>>>>>>> <alias name='usb0'/>
>>>>>>>>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04'
>>>>>>>>> function='0x7'/>
>>>>>>>>> </controller>
>>>>>>>>> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci1'>
>>>>>>>>> <alias name='usb0'/>
>>>>>>>>> <master startport='0'/>
>>>>>>>>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04'
>>>>>>>>> function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>
>>>>>>>>> </controller>
>>>>>>>>> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci2'>
>>>>>>>>> <alias name='usb0'/>
>>>>>>>>> <master startport='2'/>
>>>>>>>>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04'
>>>>>>>>> function='0x1'/>
>>>>>>>>> </controller>
>>>>>>>>> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci3'>
>>>>>>>>> <alias name='usb0'/>
>>>>>>>>> <master startport='4'/>
>>>>>>>>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04'
>>>>>>>>> function='0x2'/>
>>>>>>>>> </controller>
>>>>>>>>> <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>
>>>>>>>>> <alias name='pci.0'/>
>>>>>>>>> </controller>
>>>>>>>>> <controller type='ide' index='0'>
>>>>>>>>> <alias name='ide0'/>
>>>>>>>>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01'
>>>>>>>>> function='0x1'/>
>>>>>>>>> </controller>
>>>>>>>>> <interface type='bridge'>
>>>>>>>>> <mac address='52:54:00:db:d1:3e'/>
>>>>>>>>> <source bridge='br0'/>
>>>>>>>>> <target dev='vnet0'/>
>>>>>>>>> <model type='virtio'/>
>>>>>>>>> <alias name='net0'/>
>>>>>>>>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03'
>>>>>>>>> function='0x0'/>
>>>>>>>>> </interface>
>>>>>>>>> <serial type='pty'>
>>>>>>>>> <source path='/dev/pts/5'/>
>>>>>>>>> <target port='0'/>
>>>>>>>>> <alias name='serial0'/>
>>>>>>>>> </serial>
>>>>>>>>> <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/5'>
>>>>>>>>> <source path='/dev/pts/5'/>
>>>>>>>>> <target type='serial' port='0'/>
>>>>>>>>> <alias name='serial0'/>
>>>>>>>>> </console>
>>>>>>>>> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
>>>>>>>>> <driver name='vfio'/>
>>>>>>>>> <source>
>>>>>>>>> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00'
>>>>>>>>> function='0x0'/>
>>>>>>>>> </source>
>>>>>>>>> <alias name='hostdev0'/>
>>>>>>>>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06'
>>>>>>>>> function='0x0'/>
>>>>>>>>> </hostdev>
>>>>>>>>> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
>>>>>>>>> <driver name='vfio'/>
>>>>>>>>> <source>
>>>>>>>>> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00'
>>>>>>>>> function='0x1'/>
>>>>>>>>> </source>
>>>>>>>>> <alias name='hostdev1'/>
>>>>>>>>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07'
>>>>>>>>> function='0x0'/>
>>>>>>>>> </hostdev>
>>>>>>>>> <memballoon model='virtio'>
>>>>>>>>> <alias name='balloon0'/>
>>>>>>>>> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02'
>>>>>>>>> function='0x0'/>
>>>>>>>>> </memballoon>
>>>>>>>>> </devices>
>>>>>>>>> <qemu:commandline>
>>>>>>>>> <qemu:arg value='-cpu'/>
>>>>>>>>> <qemu:arg value='host,kvm=off'/>
>>>>>>>>> <qemu:arg value='-vga'/>
>>>>>>>>> <qemu:arg value='none'/>
>>>>>>>>> </qemu:commandline>
>>>>>>>>> </domain>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2015-09-15 11:04 GMT+02:00 francesco dicarlo <
>>>>>>>>> evilsephiroth at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> hmm a pretty new installation with only installed nvidia drivers
>>>>>>>>>> and steam ? it's an image from a reliable source. just checking with
>>>>>>>>>> malwarebytes tool.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I inspected the task manager but nothing came up
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 2015-09-15 10:58 GMT+02:00 BugMaze <bugmaze at networkbreak.net>:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Then check your Windows for malware. Most of them are bitcoin
>>>>>>>>>>> mining proccess that hog the CPU in the background.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ---- francesco dicarlo كتب ----
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 60 degree under gaming. pretty normal for that shitty intel
>>>>>>>>>>> cooler... I use sensors from ubuntu repository.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 2015-09-15 10:45 GMT+02:00 BugMaze <bugmaze at networkbreak.net>:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Just a wild guess: Maybe your CPU is throttling, do you monitor
>>>>>>>>>>>> your CPU's temps? I used to have a similar experience to yours, reseating
>>>>>>>>>>>> the cooler with new thermal compound was the magic solution.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> ---- francesco dicarlo كتب ----
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi to all, this is my current hardware:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Cpu: I5 3330
>>>>>>>>>>>> Ram: 12GB DDR3
>>>>>>>>>>>> HD: 3 x 4TB(NAS) + 1x120GB (Ubuntu 14.04)
>>>>>>>>>>>> GPU:Nvidia gtx 970 directCu mini
>>>>>>>>>>>> DVB-S :Dvb-Sky S952 pci express
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm currently using my host for these operations:
>>>>>>>>>>>> -Rtorrent + filebot + irssi + Rutorrent
>>>>>>>>>>>> - Kodi 14 Client
>>>>>>>>>>>> - Vdr Server
>>>>>>>>>>>> - Mysql server for Kodi central repository
>>>>>>>>>>>> - NFS server for exposing my nas drives
>>>>>>>>>>>> - Some cron jobs to update kodi repository
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Usually, cpu usage stays 10 - 15% also with kodi reproducing
>>>>>>>>>>>> media with ram almost free (890MB on 12GB)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I've got a windows 8.1 OVMF virtual machine. No problem with
>>>>>>>>>>>> 970 passthrough.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Removed hyperV enlightenments,kvm=off with latest nvidia
>>>>>>>>>>>> drivers.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Assigned 3vcpus pinning 0-2 with virt-manager ui.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Assigned a raw image of 100GB for testing. Virtio for disk and
>>>>>>>>>>>> network.
>>>>>>>>>>>> There's a bridge br0 on the host machine to provide
>>>>>>>>>>>> connectivity.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Using huge pages also.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Latest ovmf from git.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I use it as a steam streaming server by using only wired
>>>>>>>>>>>> ethernet gigabit.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> My problem is only performance.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> When I fire up a game,qemu process use 90% of 3 cpus and I have
>>>>>>>>>>>> framerate by 15 20 fps while gaming on bare metal goes always at 60fps.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Tried with various games(Borderlands,KOF 13, Child of Light). Client is at
>>>>>>>>>>>> 90% cpu.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I used in the past proxmox for my kvm needs with a i5 3470 and
>>>>>>>>>>>> performance was much more(60 fps) that with kvm-qemu on my current distro.
>>>>>>>>>>>> I can't think that there's so much difference between i5 3330
>>>>>>>>>>>> and i5 3470.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Is there something I'm missing? I'm willing to post
>>>>>>>>>>>> configuration or any other file that you need to do an analysis.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> The last thing that I'm going to do is to use a empty
>>>>>>>>>>>> installation of Ubuntu with nothing installed aside kvm packages to see
>>>>>>>>>>>> performance...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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