i386: 0.977 x86: 0.890 graphic: 0.817 device: 0.791 performance: 0.767 semantic: 0.694 PID: 0.687 mistranslation: 0.623 architecture: 0.618 socket: 0.613 network: 0.582 boot: 0.572 user-level: 0.569 ppc: 0.519 arm: 0.491 virtual: 0.486 kernel: 0.477 register: 0.455 debug: 0.422 hypervisor: 0.398 TCG: 0.389 files: 0.379 peripherals: 0.340 permissions: 0.338 VMM: 0.338 vnc: 0.322 risc-v: 0.266 KVM: 0.247 assembly: 0.246 Using -overcommit flag leads to qemu crashing Running the following leads to a qemu crash on startup: jwhite@laptop:~/os$ qemu-system-i386 -overcommit cpu-pm=on qemu-system-i386: -overcommit cpu-pm=on: There is no option group 'overcommit' Segmentation fault (core dumped) jwhite@laptop:~/os$ This fixes the issue: --- ../tmp/qemu-3.0.0/vl.c 2018-08-14 12:10:35.000000000 -0700 +++ vl.c 2018-08-29 14:59:30.151554120 -0700 @@ -2987,6 +2987,7 @@ qemu_add_opts(&qemu_object_opts); qemu_add_opts(&qemu_tpmdev_opts); qemu_add_opts(&qemu_realtime_opts); + qemu_add_opts(&qemu_overcommit_opts); qemu_add_opts(&qemu_msg_opts); qemu_add_opts(&qemu_name_opts); qemu_add_opts(&qemu_numa_opts); It seems to be fixed already: https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=1fdd4748711a62d863744