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 test-kvm-8k-intel-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 |============================= test-kvm-8k-intel-ahci . 409.12 |================================= 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 |==================== test-kvm-8k-intel-ahci . 1117.84 |================== 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 |===================================== test-kvm-8k-intel-ahci . 30.39 |=============================================== 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 |=============================================== test-kvm-8k-intel-ahci . 70.62 |===================================== 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 |============================================== test-kvm-8k-intel-ahci . 110.28 |========================================= 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 |================================================ test-kvm-8k-intel-ahci . 2.68 |======================= 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 |=============================== test-kvm-8k-intel-ahci . 408.34 |================================== 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 |============================================== test-kvm-8k-intel-ahci . 188.96 |============================== 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 |======================================== test-kvm-8k-intel-ahci . 617.07 |============================================ 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 |================================================ test-kvm-8k-intel-ahci . 0.65 |=========================================== 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 |================================== test-kvm-8k-intel-ahci . 594.22 |============================================== 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 |====================================== test-kvm-8k-intel-ahci . 120.37 |============================================== 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 |========================================= test-kvm-8k-intel-ahci . 121.00 |============================================= 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 |===================================== test-kvm-8k-intel-ahci . 15.12 |================================== 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 |===================================== test-kvm-8k-intel-ahci . 22.80 |=================================== 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 |============================================= test-kvm-8k-intel-ahci . 6262.25 |============================================= 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 |============================================= test-kvm-8k-intel-ahci . 8.12 |================================================