vmnetwork qemu testing on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. vmnetwork: Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 (7 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX (6.00 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 107GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-45-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.5, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: vmware 13.2.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.5 (LLVM 6.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600, System Layer: VMware 2 x Intel 82540EM: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E3-12xx v2 (Ivy Bridge IBRS) (4 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996) (rel-1.12.0-0-ga698c8995f-prebuilt.qemu.org BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440FX 82441FX PMC, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 20GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 8GB, Network: 2 x Intel 82540EM OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.5, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.5 (LLVM 6.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: qemu Sockperf 3.4 Test: Throughput Messages Per Second > Higher Is Better vmnetwork ......... 322976 |=================================================== 2 x Intel 82540EM . 272747 |=========================================== Sockperf 3.4 Test: Latency Ping Pong usec < Lower Is Better vmnetwork ......... 14.21 |==================================================== 2 x Intel 82540EM . 7.39 |=========================== Sockperf 3.4 Test: Latency Under Load usec < Lower Is Better vmnetwork ......... 35.98 |==================================================== 2 x Intel 82540EM . 36.00 |====================================================