test compare test test_real: Processor: Intel Core i7 950 @ 3.07GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P6X58D-E, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB 1066MHz, Disk: 400GB Seagate ST3400832NS + 64GB SAMSUNG MMCRE64G + 1000GB Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.18.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 1.0.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 640x480 kvm: Processor: Intel Core i7 950 @ 3.07GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P6X58D-E, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB 1066MHz, Disk: 400GB Seagate ST3400832NS + 64GB SAMSUNG MMCRE64G + 1000GB Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.18.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 1.0.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 640x480 CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better test_real . 5.39 |============================================================= kvm ....... 5.34 |============================================================ Loopback TCP Network Performance Time To Transfer 10GB Via Loopback Seconds < Lower Is Better kvm . 16.76 |==================================================================