nvme-based-raw KVM testing on Debian 9.4 via the Phoronix Test Suite. c2-nvme-raw: Processor: 32 x Intel Core (Broadwell) @ 2.19GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: OpenStack Foundation Nova v14.0.10 (2:1.10.2-58953eb7 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 16384 MB + 16384 MB + 16384 MB + 16384 MB + 16384 MB + 16384 MB + 16384 MB + 5312 MB RAM, Disk: 859GB QEMU HDD, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Debian 9.4, Kernel: 4.9.0-6-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: KVM PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better c2-nvme-raw . 3947 |=========================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better c2-nvme-raw . 35922.66 |======================================================= Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better c2-nvme-raw . 36856.12 |======================================================= Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better c2-nvme-raw . 41675.92 |======================================================= Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better c2-nvme-raw . 42331.54 |======================================================= Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better c2-nvme-raw . 20.69 |========================================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 7.392 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better c2-nvme-raw . 5.62 |=========================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.28 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better c2-nvme-raw . 158 |============================================================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better c2-nvme-raw . 1652.65 |======================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better c2-nvme-raw . 9.36 |=========================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better c2-nvme-raw . 6.69 |=========================================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 3000 Fall Seconds < Lower Is Better c2-nvme-raw . 6.53 |=========================================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Convex Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better c2-nvme-raw . 1.76 |=========================================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better c2-nvme-raw . 414.27 |========================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better c2-nvme-raw . 50.96 |========================================================== FFmpeg 3.4.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better c2-nvme-raw . 20.26 |========================================================== OpenSSL 1.1.0f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better c2-nvme-raw . 2338.35 |======================================================== NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better c2-nvme-raw . 19629.96 |======================================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better c2-nvme-raw . 13812.82 |======================================================= PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better c2-nvme-raw . 266548 |=========================================================