dd KVM testing on Ubuntu 17.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. QEMU HDD: Processor: Intel Core i7-6770HQ @ 2.59GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996) (Ubuntu-1.8.2-1ubuntu1 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 107GB QEMU HDD, Graphics: EFI VGA, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600, System Layer: KVM Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better QEMU HDD . 2278 |============================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better QEMU HDD . 583333 |============================================================