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 test-8k-scsi-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 test-kvm-4k-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 test-kvm-16k-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 test-kvm-32k: 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-ahci: 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 |=============== test-8k-scsi-4disks .. 414.68 |================================== test-kvm-4k-4disks ... 358.36 |============================== test-kvm-16k-4disks .. 432.50 |==================================== test-kvm-32k ......... 107.51 |========= test-kvm-8k-ahci ..... 363.73 |============================== 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 |======================================== test-8k-scsi-4disks .. 2474.42 |========================================== test-kvm-4k-4disks ... 2338.64 |======================================= test-kvm-16k-4disks .. 2593.42 |============================================ test-kvm-32k ......... 2579.29 |=========================================== test-kvm-8k-ahci ..... 1244.40 |===================== 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 |============================= test-8k-scsi-4disks .. 14.64 |============================== test-kvm-4k-4disks ... 15.19 |=============================== test-kvm-16k-4disks .. 13.76 |============================ test-kvm-32k ......... 18.40 |====================================== test-kvm-8k-ahci ..... 24.02 |================================================= 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 |========================== test-8k-scsi-4disks .. 55.32 |============================== test-kvm-4k-4disks ... 56.68 |=============================== test-kvm-16k-4disks .. 53.91 |============================= test-kvm-32k ......... 70.38 |====================================== test-kvm-8k-ahci ..... 89.66 |================================================= 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 |========================================== test-8k-scsi-4disks .. 95.61 |===================================== test-kvm-4k-4disks ... 101.00 |======================================= test-kvm-16k-4disks .. 100.74 |======================================= test-kvm-32k ......... 105.30 |========================================= test-kvm-8k-ahci ..... 124.59 |================================================ 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 |====================== test-8k-scsi-4disks .. 2.56 |======================= test-kvm-4k-4disks ... 2.74 |========================= test-kvm-16k-4disks .. 2.39 |====================== test-kvm-32k ......... 4.06 |===================================== test-kvm-8k-ahci ..... 5.53 |================================================== 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 |=============================================== test-8k-scsi-4disks .. 363.09 |=============================== test-kvm-4k-4disks ... 274.38 |======================== test-kvm-16k-4disks .. 420.90 |==================================== test-kvm-32k ......... 397.59 |================================== test-kvm-8k-ahci ..... 372.00 |================================ 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 |========================= test-8k-scsi-4disks .. 236.88 |======================================= test-kvm-4k-4disks ... 194.81 |================================ test-kvm-16k-4disks .. 232.88 |======================================= test-kvm-8k-ahci ..... 288.36 |================================================ 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 |==== test-8k-scsi-4disks .. 345.97 |========================== test-kvm-4k-4disks ... 439.98 |================================= test-kvm-16k-4disks .. 431.03 |================================ test-kvm-8k-ahci ..... 559.93 |========================================== 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 |======================== test-8k-scsi-4disks .. 0.33 |======================= test-kvm-4k-4disks ... 0.26 |================== test-kvm-16k-4disks .. 0.35 |======================== test-kvm-8k-ahci ..... 0.73 |================================================== 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 |==================== test-8k-scsi-4disks .. 359.00 |======================================= test-kvm-4k-4disks ... 297.35 |================================ test-kvm-16k-4disks .. 383.65 |========================================== test-kvm-8k-ahci ..... 443.46 |================================================ 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 |======================================== test-8k-scsi-4disks .. 81.10 |======================================== test-kvm-4k-4disks ... 81.59 |========================================= test-kvm-16k-4disks .. 85.15 |========================================== test-kvm-8k-ahci ..... 98.61 |================================================= 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 |================================================ test-8k-scsi-4disks .. 97.09 |====================================== test-kvm-4k-4disks ... 87.05 |================================== test-kvm-16k-4disks .. 92.65 |==================================== test-kvm-8k-ahci ..... 110.74 |=========================================== 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 |======================================= test-8k-scsi-4disks .. 17.15 |======================================== test-kvm-4k-4disks ... 17.13 |======================================== test-kvm-16k-4disks .. 16.75 |======================================= test-kvm-8k-ahci ..... 16.30 |====================================== 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 |====================================== test-8k-scsi-4disks .. 24.08 |======================================= test-kvm-4k-4disks ... 24.49 |======================================= test-kvm-16k-4disks .. 23.34 |===================================== test-kvm-8k-ahci ..... 23.78 |====================================== 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 |======================================= test-8k-scsi-4disks .. 5228.29 |======================================= test-kvm-4k-4disks ... 5164.65 |======================================= test-kvm-16k-4disks .. 5161.69 |======================================= test-kvm-8k-ahci ..... 6240.16 |=============================================== 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 |=========================== test-8k-scsi-4disks .. 4.52 |============================== test-kvm-4k-4disks ... 4.90 |================================ test-kvm-16k-4disks .. 4.43 |============================= test-kvm-32k ......... 5.65 |===================================== test-kvm-8k-ahci ..... 7.65 |==================================================