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 GZip 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 GZip Compression - Run 2: 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 x264: 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 VP Encode: 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 Unpack Linux: 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 FFMpeg: 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 |===================================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better GZip Compression ......... 33.47 |============================================= GZip Compression - Run 2 . 31.33 |========================================== x264 2014-01-09 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better x264 . 10.81 |================================================================= VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better VP Encode . 6.29 |============================================================= Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Unpack Linux . 33.81 |========================================================= FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better FFMpeg . 52.11 |===============================================================