fio_ssd 2 x Intel Core (Haswell no TSX) testing with a QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996) and Cirrus Logic GD 5446 on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. ssd_test1: Processor: 2 x Intel Core (Haswell no TSX) @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 1024 MB RAM QEMU, Disk: 9GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: / - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better ssd_test1 . 41082 |============================================================ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: / - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better ssd_test1 . 2612.40 |========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: / - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better ssd_test1 . 41841 |============================================================ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: / - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better ssd_test1 . 2558.50 |========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: / - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better ssd_test1 . 11890 |============================================================ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: / - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better ssd_test1 . 782.42 |=========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: / - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better ssd_test1 . 12021 |============================================================ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: / - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better ssd_test1 . 798.16 |=========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: / - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better ssd_test1 . 46757 |============================================================ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: / - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better ssd_test1 . 2900.60 |========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: / - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better ssd_test1 . 47166 |============================================================ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: / - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better ssd_test1 . 3012.30 |========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: / - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better ssd_test1 . 13121 |============================================================ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: / - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better ssd_test1 . 814.91 |=========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: / - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better ssd_test1 . 13071 |============================================================ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: / - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better ssd_test1 . 847.41 |===========================================================