gzip-apps QEMU 2.1.2 testing on CentOS 6.7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Xeon L5520: Processor: 8 x Intel Xeon L5520 @ 2.27GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Memory: 4096 MB + 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 17GB Virtual disk + 1611GB Virtual disk + 215GB Virtual disk OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.4.4.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1672x1254, System Layer: VMware VMAmbarigzip: Processor: 6 x QEMU Virtual 2.1.2 @ 2.00GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 3 x 16384 MB RAM QEMU, Disk: 738GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: CentOS 6.7, Kernel: 2.6.32-573.8.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU 2.1.2 Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon L5520 . 27.76 |===================================================== VMAmbarigzip ..... 21.75 |==========================================