DigitalOcean QEMU 1.0 testing on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Apache: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.40GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 512 MB RAM, Disk: 20GB, Graphics: Device 1234:1111, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU 1.0 Build Apache: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.40GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 512 MB RAM, Disk: 20GB, Graphics: Device 1234:1111, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU 1.0 Build PHP: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.40GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 512 MB RAM, Disk: 20GB, Graphics: Device 1234:1111, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU 1.0 7-Zip Compression: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.40GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 512 MB RAM, Disk: 20GB, Graphics: Device 1234:1111, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU 1.0 Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Apache . 3522.93 |============================================================= Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Build Apache . 199.61 |======================================================== Build Apache . 197.53 |======================================================= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Build PHP . 190.63 |=========================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better 7-Zip Compression . 2011 |=====================================================