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 test-kvm-16k-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 |================================ test-kvm-16k-intel-ahci . 476.79 |===================================== 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 |================== test-kvm-16k-intel-ahci . 1266.41 |==================== 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 |============================================== test-kvm-16k-intel-ahci . 23.09 |=================================== 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 |==================================== test-kvm-16k-intel-ahci . 88.74 |============================================== 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 |======================================== test-kvm-16k-intel-ahci . 122.22 |============================================ 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 |======================= test-kvm-16k-intel-ahci . 4.84 |========================================= 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 |================================= test-kvm-16k-intel-ahci . 447.20 |==================================== 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 |======================= test-kvm-16k-intel-ahci . 372.49 |============================================= 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 |========================================= test-kvm-16k-intel-ahci . 680.85 |============================================= 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 |========================================== test-kvm-16k-intel-ahci . 0.53 |================================== 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 |============================================= test-kvm-16k-intel-ahci . 552.50 |========================================== 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 |============================================= test-kvm-16k-intel-ahci . 110.18 |========================================= 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 |============================================ test-kvm-16k-intel-ahci . 113.77 |========================================= 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 |================================= test-kvm-16k-intel-ahci . 15.39 |================================== 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 |================================== test-kvm-16k-intel-ahci . 22.88 |================================== 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 |============================================ test-kvm-16k-intel-ahci . 6233.44 |============================================ 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 |=============================================== test-kvm-16k-intel-ahci . 7.50 |===========================================