Test Box Specs

All versions of PHP compiled locally using gcc-4.9.2 -O2

configure flags
./configure --disable-debug       --with-apxs2=/usr/bin/apxs2 \
            --enable-zend-signals --with-gd \
            --without-pear        --with-jpeg-dir=/usr \
            --with-png-dir=/usr   --with-vpx-dir=/usr \
            --with-t1lib=/usr     --with-freetype-dir=/usr \
            --enable-exif         --enable-gd-native-ttf \
            --with-zlib           --with-mysql=/usr \
            --with-gmp            --with-zlib-dir=/usr \
            --with-gettext        --with-kerberos \
            --with-imap-ssl       --with-mcrypt=/usr/local \
            --with-iconv          --enable-sockets \
            --with-openssl        --with-pspell \
            --with-pdo-sqlite     --with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd \
            --enable-soap         --enable-xmlreader \
            --enable-phar=shared  --with-xsl \
            --enable-ftp          --enable-cgi \
            --with-curl=/usr      --with-tidy \
            --with-xmlrpc         --enable-mbstring \
            --enable-sysvsem      --enable-sysvshm \
            --enable-shmop        --with-readline \
            --enable-pcntl        --enable-fpm \
            --enable-intl         --enable-zip \
            --with-imap           --with-mysqli=mysqlnd \
            --enable-calendar     --prefix=/usr/local \
            --enable-huge-code-pages \
            --with-mysql-sock=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock \
            --with-config-file-scan-dir=/etc/php7/conf.d \
            --with-config-file-path=/etc/php7 

php.ini
[PHP]
zend.multibyte=On
date.timezone="America/Los_Angeles"
display_startup_errors=On
zend.enable_gc=Off
include_path="/usr/local/lib/php"
default_charset="UTF-8"
error_reporting=-1

variables_order=GPCS
sendmail_path=""

max_execution_time=60
memory_limit=512M
post_max_size=1024M
cgi.force_redirect=0
cgi.fix_pathinfo=1

magic_quotes=0
magic_quotes_gpc=0
user_ini.filename=
realpath_cache_size=2M
cgi.check_shebang_line=0

max_input_vars=1000
max_file_uploads=50

zend_extension=opcache.so
opcache.enable=1
opcache.memory_consumption=256
opcache.interned_strings_buffer=8
opcache.max_accelerated_files=10000
opcache.revalidate_freq=60
opcache.fast_shutdown=1
opcache.enable_cli=1
opcache.huge_code_pages=1

php-fpm.d/www.conf
[www]
user = www-data
group = www-data
listen = /var/run/php-fpm.sock
listen.owner = www-data
listen.group = www-data
listen.mode = 0660

pm = static
pm.max_children = 10
pm.status_path = /status
ping.path = /ping
ping.response = pong

nginx.conf
user www-data;
worker_processes 4;
pid /var/run/nginx.pid;

events {
        worker_connections 768;
}

http {
        sendfile on;
        tcp_nopush on;
        tcp_nodelay on;
        keepalive_timeout 65;
        types_hash_max_size 2048;

        include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
        default_type application/octet-stream;

        access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
        error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;

        gzip on;
        gzip_disable "msie6";

        include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
        include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
}

php.conf
location ~ \.php {
  include                  fastcgi_params;
  fastcgi_keep_conn        on;
  fastcgi_index            index.php;
  fastcgi_split_path_info  ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
  fastcgi_param PATH_INFO  $fastcgi_path_info;
  fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
  fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
  fastcgi_pass             unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
}
hhvm.conf
location ~ \.php$ {
  include           fastcgi_params;
  fastcgi_keep_conn on;
  fastcgi_pass      unix:/var/run/hhvm/server.sock;
  fastcgi_index     index.php;
  fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}

sites-enabled/wordpress
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name wordpress;
    root /var/www/wordpress;
    access_log /var/log/nginx/wordpress-access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/wordpress-error.log;

    location / {
        index     index.html index.htm index.php;
        autoindex on;
    }

    location ~ /\.  { return 403; }

    include backend.conf;
}

HipHop VM 3.10.1 (rel) from http://dl.hhvm.com/ubuntu

server.ini
pid = /var/run/hhvm/pid
hhvm.server.file_socket = /var/run/hhvm/server.sock
hhvm.server.type = fastcgi
hhvm.server.default_document = index.php
hhvm.log.use_log_file = true
hhvm.log.file = /var/log/hhvm/error.log
hhvm.repo.central.path = /var/run/hhvm/hhvm.hhbc
php.ini
session.save_handler = files
session.save_path = /var/lib/php5
session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440

hhvm.log.level = Warning
hhvm.log.always_log_unhandled_exceptions = true
hhvm.log.runtime_error_reporting_level = 8191
hhvm.mysql.typed_results = false