fioprawkvm KVM QEMU 2.0.0 testing on Ubuntu 14.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. QEMU HDD: Processor: 4 x QEMU Virtual 2.0.0 @ 3.19GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 32GB QEMU HDD, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.6.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: cirrus 1.5.2, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: KVM QEMU 2.0.0 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.11 Test: Example Network Job - Disk Target: Default Test Directory Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better QEMU HDD . 66.98 |============================================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.11 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern - Disk Target: Default Test Directory Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better QEMU HDD . 4201.78 |===========================================================