fio-1 QEMU 1.0 testing on Ubuntu 12.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. qcow2-prealloc: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.66GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 32GB, Graphics: Red Hat Device 0100, Audio: Generic 1af4 ID 20, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: QEMU 1.0 Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better qcow2-prealloc . 985.49 |======================================================