host-vs-guest Running pts/iozone-1.8.0 via the Phoronix Test Suite. host-centos6.5-noraid: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2620 0 @ 2.00GHz (24 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0TTH1R, Memory: 8 x 8192 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 2 x 1000GB Seagate ST91000640NS OS: CentOS 6.6, Kernel: 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4 guest-centos6.5-noraid: Processor: 16 x QEMU Virtual (cpu64-rhel6) @ 2.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Red Hat KVM, Memory: 2 x 16384 MB RAM, Disk: 10GB OS: CentOS 6.6, Kernel: 2.6.32-504.3.3.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better host-centos6.5-noraid .. 4905.05 |============================================= guest-centos6.5-noraid . 2737.61 |========================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better host-centos6.5-noraid .. 4162.36 |============================================= guest-centos6.5-noraid . 2328.70 |========================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better host-centos6.5-noraid .. 87.30 |=============================================== guest-centos6.5-noraid . 58.18 |=============================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better host-centos6.5-noraid .. 84.67 |=============================================== guest-centos6.5-noraid . 58.97 |================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better host-centos6.5-noraid .. 5217.00 |============================================= guest-centos6.5-noraid . 3137.55 |=========================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better host-centos6.5-noraid .. 86.01 |=============================================== guest-centos6.5-noraid . 59.76 |=================================