gzip2 KVM QEMU testing on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. gzip2: Processor: QEMU Virtual 2.5+ @ 2.10GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: OpenStack Foundation Nova v17.0.0 (1.10.2-1ubuntu1~cloud0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 5GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, 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 QEMU 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better gzip2 . 3436 |=================================================================