d KVM testing on CentOS Linux 7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. linode-dedicated-cpu: Processor: 4 x AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core (4 Cores), Motherboard: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9 2009) (rel-1.12.0-0-ga698c8995f-prebuilt.qemu.org BIOS), Chipset: Intel 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH9, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB RAM QEMU, Disk: 171GB QEMU HDD + QEMU HDD, Graphics: bochsdrmfb, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-1062.4.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: KVM OpenSSL 1.1.1 RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better linode-dedicated-cpu . 281.23 |================================================ GnuPG 1.4.22 2GB File Encryption Seconds < Lower Is Better linode-dedicated-cpu . 26.74 |================================================= John The Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better linode-dedicated-cpu . 98811 |================================================= John The Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better linode-dedicated-cpu . 2835 |================================================== Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Microseconds < Lower Is Better linode-dedicated-cpu . 3523 |================================================== Botan 2.8.0 Test: CAST-256 - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better linode-dedicated-cpu . 89.28 |================================================= Botan 2.8.0 Test: CAST-256 - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better linode-dedicated-cpu . 88.87 |================================================= Botan 2.8.0 Test: Blowfish - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better linode-dedicated-cpu . 191.36 |================================================ Botan 2.8.0 Test: Blowfish - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better linode-dedicated-cpu . 191.97 |================================================ Botan 2.8.0 Test: Twofish - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better linode-dedicated-cpu . 216.64 |================================================ Botan 2.8.0 Test: Twofish - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better linode-dedicated-cpu . 215.21 |================================================ Botan 2.8.0 Test: AES-256 - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better linode-dedicated-cpu . 3623.89 |=============================================== Botan 2.8.0 Test: AES-256 - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better linode-dedicated-cpu . 3571.28 |=============================================== Botan 2.8.0 Test: KASUMI - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better linode-dedicated-cpu . 51.71 |================================================= Botan 2.8.0 Test: KASUMI - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better linode-dedicated-cpu . 54.83 |=================================================