patrik-dufresne KVM testing on Debian 8.7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. test-kvm-4k: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 34GB QEMU HDD, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Debian 8.7, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM test-kvm-8k: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 34GB QEMU HDD, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Debian 8.7, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM test-kvm-128k: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 34GB QEMU HDD, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Debian 8.7, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM test-kvm-8k-virtio: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 32GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Debian 8.7, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM test-kvm-512: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 34GB QEMU HDD, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Debian 8.7, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM test-kvm-128k-scsi: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 34GB QEMU HDD, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Debian 8.7, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM test-kvm-128k-4disks: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 34GB QEMU HDD, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Debian 8.7, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better test-kvm-4k .......... 461.75 |====================================== test-kvm-8k .......... 556.28 |============================================== test-kvm-128k ........ 249.70 |===================== test-kvm-8k-virtio ... 577.05 |================================================ test-kvm-512 ......... 109.63 |========= test-kvm-128k-scsi ... 172.40 |============== test-kvm-128k-4disks . 178.38 |=============== SQLite 3.8.10.2 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better test-kvm-4k .......... 1928.62 |================================ test-kvm-8k .......... 2094.16 |=================================== test-kvm-128k ........ 2343.72 |======================================= test-kvm-8k-virtio ... 2285.14 |====================================== test-kvm-512 ......... 2793.58 |=============================================== test-kvm-128k-scsi ... 2545.47 |=========================================== test-kvm-128k-4disks . 2390.63 |======================================== Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better test-kvm-4k .......... 17.57 |================================================= test-kvm-8k .......... 16.05 |============================================= test-kvm-128k ........ 15.21 |========================================== test-kvm-8k-virtio ... 14.83 |========================================= test-kvm-512 ......... 13.12 |===================================== test-kvm-128k-scsi ... 15.37 |=========================================== test-kvm-128k-4disks . 14.02 |======================================= Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better test-kvm-4k .......... 53.29 |============================================= test-kvm-8k .......... 57.96 |================================================= test-kvm-8k-virtio ... 52.37 |============================================ test-kvm-512 ......... 44.16 |===================================== test-kvm-128k-scsi ... 52.98 |============================================= test-kvm-128k-4disks . 47.00 |======================================== Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better test-kvm-4k .......... 94.83 |========================================== test-kvm-8k .......... 98.15 |============================================ test-kvm-8k-virtio ... 89.05 |======================================= test-kvm-512 ......... 82.49 |===================================== test-kvm-128k-scsi ... 107.42 |================================================ test-kvm-128k-4disks . 108.30 |================================================ Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better test-kvm-4k .......... 3.12 |============================================== test-kvm-8k .......... 3.36 |================================================== test-kvm-8k-virtio ... 2.10 |=============================== test-kvm-512 ......... 2.51 |===================================== test-kvm-128k-scsi ... 2.94 |============================================ test-kvm-128k-4disks . 2.40 |==================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better test-kvm-4k .......... 283.87 |======================== test-kvm-8k .......... 367.98 |================================ test-kvm-8k-virtio ... 364.67 |=============================== test-kvm-512 ......... 28.85 |== test-kvm-128k-scsi ... 558.59 |================================================ test-kvm-128k-4disks . 544.85 |=============================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better test-kvm-4k .......... 203.90 |=============================================== test-kvm-8k .......... 209.73 |================================================ test-kvm-8k-virtio ... 202.02 |============================================== test-kvm-512 ......... 50.82 |============ test-kvm-128k-scsi ... 110.64 |========================= test-kvm-128k-4disks . 147.84 |================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better test-kvm-4k .......... 373.24 |============================ test-kvm-8k .......... 415.89 |=============================== test-kvm-8k-virtio ... 647.15 |================================================ test-kvm-512 ......... 315.49 |======================= test-kvm-128k-scsi ... 104.83 |======== test-kvm-128k-4disks . 52.80 |==== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better test-kvm-4k .......... 0.35 |============================================ test-kvm-8k .......... 0.38 |================================================ test-kvm-8k-virtio ... 0.37 |============================================== test-kvm-512 ......... 0.29 |==================================== test-kvm-128k-scsi ... 0.40 |================================================== test-kvm-128k-4disks . 0.35 |============================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better test-kvm-4k .......... 315.81 |========================================== test-kvm-8k .......... 332.10 |============================================ test-kvm-8k-virtio ... 364.89 |================================================ test-kvm-512 ......... 60.62 |======== test-kvm-128k-scsi ... 161.61 |===================== test-kvm-128k-4disks . 189.26 |========================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better test-kvm-4k .......... 89.50 |================================================= test-kvm-8k .......... 80.74 |============================================ test-kvm-8k-virtio ... 75.23 |========================================= test-kvm-512 ......... 45.86 |========================= test-kvm-128k-scsi ... 79.74 |============================================ test-kvm-128k-4disks . 80.64 |============================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better test-kvm-4k .......... 91.28 |=================================== test-kvm-8k .......... 95.51 |===================================== test-kvm-8k-virtio ... 118.07 |============================================== test-kvm-512 ......... 53.11 |===================== test-kvm-128k-scsi ... 119.87 |============================================== test-kvm-128k-4disks . 123.91 |================================================ Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better test-kvm-4k .......... 16.88 |======================================== test-kvm-8k .......... 17.11 |======================================== test-kvm-8k-virtio ... 17.32 |========================================= test-kvm-512 ......... 20.93 |================================================= test-kvm-128k-4disks . 16.80 |======================================= Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better test-kvm-4k .......... 23.84 |====================================== test-kvm-8k .......... 24.30 |======================================= test-kvm-8k-virtio ... 24.01 |====================================== test-kvm-512 ......... 30.60 |================================================= test-kvm-128k-4disks . 23.54 |====================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better test-kvm-4k .......... 5291.17 |=============================================== test-kvm-8k .......... 5213.53 |============================================== test-kvm-8k-virtio ... 5205.51 |============================================== test-kvm-512 ......... 5216.81 |============================================== test-kvm-128k-4disks . 5187.13 |============================================== FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better test-kvm-512 ......... 3.63 |======================================= test-kvm-128k-scsi ... 4.67 |================================================== test-kvm-128k-4disks . 4.08 |============================================