Hi all. I've been using my W10 VM for about two years now, and it's always felt...laggy. I access the VM with RDP, and both remote and locally, things tend to get choppy a lot, especially when I'm using stock charting programs. The 2D graphics sometimes lag, and other times, it's input, or processing latency. I was hoping that someone could take a look at my configuration and see if there is any room for improvements. I am absolutely open to all suggestions. I can provide any information or test/benchmark results if needed! Thank you very much in advance!
Unraid 6.12.3
Server Specs:
Supermicro X9DRH-7TF/7F/iTF/iF
Dual Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
64 GiB DDR3 Multi-bit ECC
VM vDisk on SSD cache with 2x SAS HUSMM3280ASS20
8c8t pinned to VM
16gb of RAM assigned
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<domain type='kvm'>
<name>Windows 10</name>
<uuid>593c8070-c9c4-7659-2f86-60b81184caa8</uuid>
<metadata>
<vmtemplate xmlns="unraid" name="Windows 10" icon="windows.png" os="windows10"/>
</metadata>
<memory unit='KiB'>16777216</memory>
<currentMemory unit='KiB'>16777216</currentMemory>
<memoryBacking>
<nosharepages/>
</memoryBacking>
<vcpu placement='static'>16</vcpu>
<cputune>
<vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='16'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='40'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='2' cpuset='17'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='3' cpuset='41'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='4' cpuset='18'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='5' cpuset='42'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='6' cpuset='19'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='7' cpuset='43'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='8' cpuset='20'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='9' cpuset='44'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='10' cpuset='21'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='11' cpuset='45'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='12' cpuset='22'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='13' cpuset='46'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='14' cpuset='23'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='15' cpuset='47'/>
</cputune>
<resource>
<partition>/machine</partition>
</resource>
<os>
<type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-5.1'>hvm</type>
<loader readonly='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/OVMF_CODE-pure-efi.fd</loader>
<nvram>/etc/libvirt/qemu/nvram/593c8070-c9c4-7659-2f86-60b81184caa8_VARS-pure-efi.fd</nvram>
</os>
<features>
<acpi/>
<apic/>
<hyperv mode='custom'>
<relaxed state='on'/>
<vapic state='on'/>
<spinlocks state='on' retries='8191'/>
<vendor_id state='on' value='none'/>
</hyperv>
</features>
<cpu mode='host-passthrough' check='none' migratable='on'>
<topology sockets='1' dies='1' cores='8' threads='2'/>
<cache mode='passthrough'/>
</cpu>
<clock offset='localtime'>
<timer name='hypervclock' present='yes'/>
<timer name='hpet' present='no'/>
</clock>
<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
<on_crash>restart</on_crash>
<devices>
<emulator>/usr/local/sbin/qemu</emulator>
<disk type='file' device='disk'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback'/>
<source file='/mnt/user/domains/Windows 10/vdisk1.img'/>
<target dev='hdc' bus='virtio'/>
<boot order='1'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
</disk>
<disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
<source file='/mnt/user/isos/gparted-live-1.5.0-1-amd64.iso'/>
<target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
<readonly/>
<address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
</disk>
<disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
<source file='/mnt/user/isos/virtio-win-0.1.190-1.iso'/>
<target dev='hdb' bus='ide'/>
<readonly/>
<address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='1'/>
</disk>
<controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
<controller type='ide' index='0'>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/>
</controller>
<controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
</controller>
<controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-ehci1'>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x7'/>
</controller>
<controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci1'>
<master startport='0'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>
</controller>
<controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci2'>
<master startport='2'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x1'/>
</controller>
<controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci3'>
<master startport='4'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x2'/>
</controller>
<interface type='bridge'>
<mac address='52:54:00:92:ab:38'/>
<source bridge='br0'/>
<model type='virtio-net'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
</interface>
<serial type='pty'>
<target type='isa-serial' port='0'>
<model name='isa-serial'/>
</target>
</serial>
<console type='pty'>
<target type='serial' port='0'/>
</console>
<channel type='unix'>
<target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>
<address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/>
</channel>
<input type='tablet' bus='usb'>
<address type='usb' bus='0' port='1'/>
</input>
<input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
<input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
<graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes' websocket='-1' listen='0.0.0.0' keymap='en-us'>
<listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/>
</graphics>
<audio id='1' type='none'/>
<video>
<model type='qxl' ram='65536' vram='65536' vgamem='16384' heads='1' primary='yes'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
</video>
<memballoon model='virtio'>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/>
</memballoon>
</devices>
<seclabel type='dynamic' model='dac' relabel='yes'/>
</domain>