nex-vs-aws KVM testing on Debian GNU/Linux 8 via the Phoronix Test Suite. nex-vs-aws-compression-nex: Processor: 2 x Intel Core (Haswell) @ 2.39GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996), Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB RAM QEMU, Disk: 46GB, Graphics: Red Hat QXL paravirtual graphic card, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Debian GNU/Linux 8, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: KVM 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better nex-vs-aws-compression-nex . 6879 |============================================ Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better nex-vs-aws-compression-nex . 25.55 |=========================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better nex-vs-aws-compression-nex . 17.90 |=========================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better nex-vs-aws-compression-nex . 467.55 |==========================================