Comparison of Drupal code execution speed for PHP 5.3-5.6 and 7.0. "Battle of code optimizers" apc vs xcache vs opcache

Test server:

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-1620v2 4c / 8t 3.7 GHz + / 3.9 GHz +
RAM: 64 GB DDR3 ECC 1600 MHz
Intel DC S3500 Series 300 GB.

Centos 6.7:

Linux 2.6.32-40-pve # 1 SMP Fri Jul 24 11:16:05 CEST 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU / Linux

sysctl:

net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
kernel.sysrq = 1
net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1
net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables = 0
net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables = 0
net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-arptables = 0
kernel.msgmnb = 65536
kernel.msgmax = 65536
kernel.shmmax = 4294967295
kernel.shmall = 268435456
net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_max = 99999999
fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 99999999
net.ipv4.tcp_max_tw_buckets = 99999999
net.ipv4.tcp_max_tw_buckets_ub = 65535
net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65536
net.core.somaxconn = 65535
fs.file-max = 99999999
kernel.sem = 1000 128000 128 512
vm.dirty_ratio = 5
fs.aio-max-nr = 262144
kernel.panic = 1
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
net.ipv4.conf.default.send_redirects = 1
net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects = 0
net.ipv4.ip_dynaddr = 1
kernel.shmmni = 4096
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time = 15
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_intvl = 10
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_probes = 5
net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout = 30
net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling = 0
net.ipv4.tcp_sack = 0
net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps = 0

Php

PHP 5.3.29 (cli) (built: Aug 14 2014 14:15:02)
Copyright 1997-2014 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright 1998-2014 Zend Technologies

PHP 5.3.29 (cli) (built: Aug 14 2014 14:15:02)
Copyright 1997-2014 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright 1998-2014 Zend Technologies
with XCache v3.2.0, Copyright 2005-2014, by mOo
with XCache Cacher v3.2.0, Copyright 2005-2014, by mOo

PHP 5.3.29 (cli) (built: Aug 14 2014 14:15:02)
Copyright 1997-2014 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright 1998-2014 Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.0.5, Copyright 1999-2015, by Zend Technologies


The Zend Engine API version 220100525 which is installed, is newer.
Contact Zend Technologies at www.zend.com for a later version of Zend Guard Loader.
PHP 5.4.42 (cli) (built: Jun 12 2015 09:19:10)
Copyright 1997-2014 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.4.0, Copyright 1998-2014 Zend Technologies

PHP 5.4.42 (cli) (built: Jun 12 2015 09:19:10)
Copyright 1997-2014 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.4.0, Copyright 1998-2014 Zend Technologies
with XCache v3.2.0, Copyright 2005-2014, by mOo
with XCache Cacher v3.2.0, Copyright 2005-2014, by mOo

PHP 5.5.27 (cli) (built: Jul 10 2015 23:40:40)
Copyright 1997-2015 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.5.0, Copyright 1998-2015 Zend Technologies

PHP 5.6.11 (cli) (built: Jul 10 2015 22:43:20)
Copyright 1997-2015 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.6.0, Copyright 1998-2015 Zend Technologies

PHP 7.0.0beta3 (cli) (built: Aug 5 2015 19:11:12)
Copyright 1997-2015 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.0.0-dev, Copyright 1998-2015 Zend Technologies

XCache

[xcache]
xcache.shm_scheme = "mmap"
xcache.size = 1G
xcache.count = 8
xcache.slots = 8K
xcache.ttl = 3600
xcache.gc_interval = 3600
xcache.var_size = 64M
xcache.var_count = 2
xcache.var_slots = 8K
xcache.var_ttl = 3600
xcache.mmap_path = "/ tmp / xcache"
xcache.cacher = On
xcache.stat = On
xcache.optimizer = On
xcache.test = Off
xcache.readonly_protection = Off
[xcache.coverager]
xcache.coverager = Off
xcache.coveragedump_directory = ""

Opcache

zend_extension = opcache.so
opcache.enable = 1
opcache.enable_cli = 1
opcache.memory_consumption = 1024
opcache.interned_strings_buffer = 8
opcache.max_accelerated_files = 3907
opcache.fast_shutdown = 1
opcache.blacklist_filename = / etc / php.d / opcache * .blacklist

APC

extension = apc.so
apc.enabled = 1
apc.shm_size = 1024M
apc.ttl = 86400
apc.user_ttl = 7200
apc.num_files_hint = 20000
apc.enable_cli = 1
apc.cache_by_default = 1

Nginx:

nginx version: nginx / 1.9.3
built by gcc 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-16) (GCC)
built with OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips 11 Feb 2013
TLS SNI support enabled
configure arguments: --prefix = / etc / nginx --sbin-path = / usr / sbin / nginx --conf-path = / etc / nginx / nginx.conf --error-log-path = / var / log / nginx / error.log --http-log-path = / var / log / nginx / access.log --pid-path = / var / run / nginx.pid --http-client-body-temp-path = / var / cache / nginx / client_body --http-proxy-temp-path = / var / cache / nginx / proxy --http-fastcgi-temp-path = / var / cache / nginx / fastcgi --http-uwsgi-temp -path = / var / cache / nginx / uwsgi --http-scgi-temp-path = / var / cache / nginx / scgi --lock-path = / var / run / nginx.lock --pid-path = / var / run / nginx.pid --lock-path = / var / lock / subsys / nginx --user = nginx --group = nginx --with-file-aio --with-ipv6 --with-http_ssl_module - with-http_spdy_module --with-http_realip_module --with-http_addition_module --with-http_xslt_module --with-stream_ssl_module --with-stream --with-threads --with-http_image_filter_module --with-http_geoip_module --with-stream_with -with-http_image_filter_module --with-http_geoip_module --with-stream_with -with-http_image_filter_module - with-http_image_filter_module - with-stream_module with-http_dav_module --with-http_flv_module --with-http_mp4_module --with-http_gunzip_module --with-mail_ssl_module --with-htt p_gzip_static_module --with-http_random_index_module --with-http_secure_link_module --with-http_degradation_module --with-http_stub_status_module - with http src / nginx-1.9.3 / ModSecurity-master / nginx / modsecurity --add-module = / usr / src / nginx-1.9.3 / ngx_cache_purge-master --add-module = / usr / src / nginx-1.9. 3 / ngx_pagespeed-master --add-module = / usr / src / nginx-1.9.3 / nginx-push-stream-module-master --with-cc-opt = '- O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp , -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE = 2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param = ssp-buffer-size = 4 -m64 -mtune = generic '--with-ld-opt = -Wl, -E

worker_processes auto;
timer_resolution 100ms;
pid /var/run/nginx.pid;
thread_pool default threads = 32 max_queue = 655360;
events {
worker_connections 10000;
multi_accept on;
use epoll;
}
http {
include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
default_type application / octet-stream;
log_format main '$ host - $ remote_user [$ time_local] "$ request"' '$ status $ body_bytes_sent "$ http_referer"' '"$ http_user_agent" "$ http_x_forwarded_for"';
log_format defaultServer '[$ time_local] [$ server_addr] $ remote_addr ($ http_user_agent) -> "$ http_referer" $ host "$ request" $ status';
log_format downloadsLog '[$ time_local] $ remote_addr "$ request"';
log_format Counter '[$ time_iso8601] $ remote_addr $ request_uri? $ query_string';
access_log off;
access_log / dev / null main;
error_log / dev / null;

connection_pool_size 256;
client_header_buffer_size 4k;
client_max_body_size 600m;
large_client_header_buffers 8 32k;
request_pool_size 4k;
output_buffers 1 32k;
postpone_output 1460;
gzip on;
gzip_min_length 1000;
gzip_proxied any;
gzip_types text / plain text / css application / json application / x javascript text / xml application / xml application / xml + rss text / javascript text / x-javascript application / javascript;
gzip_disable "msie6";
gzip_comp_level 6;
gzip_http_version 1.0;
gzip_vary on;

sendfile on;
aio threads;
directio 10m;
tcp_nopush on;
tcp_nodelay on;
server_tokens off;

keepalive_timeout 75 20;
server_names_hash_bucket_size 128;
server_names_hash_max_size 8192;
ignore_invalid_headers on;
server_name_in_redirect off;

ssl_stapling on;
ssl_stapling_verify on;
resolver 8.8.4.4 8.8.8.8 valid = 300s;
resolver_timeout 10s;
ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
ssl_ciphers 'AES128 + EECDH: AES128 + EDH';
ssl_dhparam /etc/ssl/certs/dhparam.pem;
ssl_session_cache shared: SSL: 50m;
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certs.pem;

spdy_headers_comp 1;
add_header Alternate-Protocol 443: npn-spdy / 3;
add_header Strict-Transport-Security “max-age = 63072000; includeSubdomains; ";
add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff;

proxy_buffering off;
proxy_buffer_size 8k;
proxy_buffers 8 64k;
proxy_connect_timeout 300m;
proxy_read_timeout 300m;
proxy_send_timeout 300m;
proxy_store off;
proxy_ignore_client_abort on;

fastcgi_read_timeout 300m;
open_file_cache max = 200000 inactive = 20s;
open_file_cache_valid 30s;
open_file_cache_min_uses 2;
open_file_cache_errors on;

proxy_cache_path / var / cache / nginx / page levels = 2 keys_zone = pagecache: 100m inactive = 1h max_size = 10g;

fastcgi_cache_path / var / cache / nginx / fpm levels = 2 keys_zone = FPMCACHE: 100m inactive = 1h max_size = 10g;
fastcgi_cache_key "$ scheme $ request_method $ host";
fastcgi_cache_use_stale error timeout invalid_header http_500;
fastcgi_ignore_headers Cache-Control Expires Set-Cookie;
upstream memcached_backend {server 127.0.0.1:11211; }

real_ip_header X-Real-IP;
proxy_set_header Host $ host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $ remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $ proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
allow all;
server {
listen 80 reuseport;
}
include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
}

server {
listen *: 80;
server_name habratest.livelinux.ru www.habratest.livelinux.ru;
root /var/www/habratest.livelinux.ru/web;
index index.html index.htm index.php index.cgi index.pl index.xhtml;
error_page 400 /error/400.html;
error_page 401 /error/401.html;
error_page 403 /error/403.html;
error_page 404 /error/404.html;
error_page 405 /error/405.html;
error_page 500 /error/500.html;
error_page 502 /error/502.html;
error_page 503 /error/503.html;
recursive_error_pages on;
location = /error/400.html {
internal;
}
location = /error/401.html {
internal;
}
location = /error/403.html {
internal;
}
location = /error/404.html {
internal;
}
location = /error/405.html {
internal;
}
location = /error/500.html {
internal;
}
location = /error/502.html {
internal;
}
location = /error/503.html {
internal;
}
error_log /var/log/ispconfig/httpd/habratest.livelinux.ru/error.log;
access_log /var/log/ispconfig/httpd/habratest.livelinux.ru/access.log combined;
location ~ / \. {
deny all;
access_log off;
log_not_found off;
}
location = /favicon.ico {
log_not_found off;
access_log off;
}
location = / robots.txt {
allow all;
log_not_found off;
access_log off;
}
location / stats / {
index index.html index.php;
auth_basic "Members Only";
auth_basic_user_file /var/www/clients/client1/web1/web/stats/.htpasswd_stats;
}
location ^ ~ / awstats-icon {
alias / usr / share / awstats / icon;
}
location ~ \ .php $ {
try_files /70b2e8b422a0dce8501e61dafabafa26.htm php ;
}
location php {
try_files $ uri = 404;
include / etc / nginx / fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $ document_root $ fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
}
location / {
try_files $ uri @rewrite;
}
location @rewrite {
rewrite ^ / index.php;
}
}

php-fpm:

[web1]
listen = /var/lib/php5-fpm/web1.sock
listen.owner = web1
listen.group = client1
listen.mode = 0660
user = web1
group = client1
pm = dynamic
pm.max_children = 10
pm.start_servers = 2
pm.min_spare_servers = 1
pm.max_spare_servers = 5
pm.max_requests = 0
chdir = /
php_admin_value [open_basedir] = / var / www / clients / client1 / web1 / web: / var / www / clients / client1 / web1 / private: / var / www / clients / client1 / web1 / tmp: / var / www / habratest .livelinux.ru / web: /srv/www/habratest.livelinux.ru/web: / usr / share / php5: / usr / share / php: / tmp: / usr / share / phpmyadmin: / etc / phpmyadmin: / var / lib / phpmyadmin
php_admin_value [session.save_path] = "tcp: // localhost: 11211"
php_admin_value [upload_tmp_dir] = / var / www / clients / client1 / web1 / tmp
php_admin_value [sendmail_path] = "/ usr / sbin / sendmail -t -i -fwebmaster@habratest.livelinux.ru"

MariaDB:

Server version: 10.0.21-MariaDB MariaDB Server

[mysqld]

symbolic-links = 0
default_storage_engine = InnoDB
innodb_file_per_table = 1
event_scheduler = on
datadir = / var / lib / mysql
socket = / var / lib / mysql / mysql.sock
connect_timeout = 600000
wait_timeout = 28800
max_connections = 600
max_allowed_packet = 512M
max_connect_errors = 10000
net_read_timeout = 600000
connect_timeout = 600000
net_write_timeout = 600000
innodb_open_files = 512
innodb_buffer_pool_size = 2G
innodb_buffer_pool_instances = 2
innodb_file_format = barracuda
innodb_locks_unsafe_for_binlog = 1
innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit = 2
innodb_flush_method = O_DIRECT
transaction-isolation = READ-COMMITTED
innodb-data-file-path = ibdata1: 10M: autoextend
innodb-log-file-size = 256M
innodb_log_buffer_size = 8M
skip-name-resolve
skip-external-locking
skip-innodb_doublewrite
query_cache_size = 128M
query_cache_type = 1
query_cache_min_res_unit = 2K
join_buffer_size = 8M
read_rnd_buffer_size = 3M
table_definition_cache = 2048
table_open_cache = 2048
thread_cache_size = 128
tmp_table_size = 200M
max_heap_table_size = 200M
log_error = /var/log/mysql/mysql-error.log
key_buffer_size = 256M
optimizer_switch = 'derived_merge = off, derived_with_keys = off'