sistema-linux KVM testing on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Xeon Platinum 8168: Processor: 8 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 @ 2.69GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: DigitalOcean Droplet v20171212, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 16384 MB RAM, Disk: 97GB, Graphics: Red Hat QXL paravirtual graphic card, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-116-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 . 16.30 |============================================= Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 . 744.92 |============================================ Threaded I/O Tester 20170503 64MB Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 . 14643.47 |========================================== Threaded I/O Tester 20170503 64MB Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 . 37.55 |============================================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 . 4338 |============================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 . 8.39 |============================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 7.392 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 . 3.67 |============================================== Crafty 25.2 Elapsed Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 . 6847365 |=========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 . 32.02 |============================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 . 9.08 |============================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 . 272.26 |============================================ dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 . 49.35 |============================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 . 35.85 |============================================= GnuPG 1.4.22 2GB File Encryption Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 . 15.77 |============================================= OpenSSL 1.1.0f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 . 1694.60 |=========================================== PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 . 1619 |==============================================