cannibal QEMU testing on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. QEMU Virtual - Cirrus Logic GD 5446 - Red Hat KVM: Processor: QEMU Virtual @ 2.10GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Red Hat KVM, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 1 x 3968 MB RAM, Disk: 55GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-43-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3, File-System: ext3, System Layer: QEMU IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better QEMU Virtual - Cirrus Logic GD 5446 - Red Hat KVM . 3119.47 |================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better QEMU Virtual - Cirrus Logic GD 5446 - Red Hat KVM . 2917.23 |================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better QEMU Virtual - Cirrus Logic GD 5446 - Red Hat KVM . 536.34 |=================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better QEMU Virtual - Cirrus Logic GD 5446 - Red Hat KVM . 489.25 |=================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better QEMU Virtual - Cirrus Logic GD 5446 - Red Hat KVM . 3448.34 |================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better QEMU Virtual - Cirrus Logic GD 5446 - Red Hat KVM . 473.77 |===================