test QEMU testing on Debian 7.7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 2048 MB RAM - QEMU Virtual: Processor: QEMU Virtual @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Red Hat KVM, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB RAM, Disk: 39GB, Graphics: Device 1234:1111, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Debian 7.7, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better 2048 MB RAM - QEMU Virtual . 2399.92 |========================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better 2048 MB RAM - QEMU Virtual . 13.86 |=========================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better 2048 MB RAM - QEMU Virtual . 7398.53 |========================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better 2048 MB RAM - QEMU Virtual . 7330.44 |========================================= Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better 2048 MB RAM - QEMU Virtual . 473.44 |==========================================