(solved) QEMU starting Windows guest in Linux host eats up RAM

[masaoliou]

QEMU launches Windows 8 guest from Linux host very slowly - slower than in my old ordinary PCs with Athlon II X2 on motherboard with AM3 socket.

The command I use follows.

qemu-system-x86_64 -m 4G,maxmem=4G -cpu max -machine pc,accel=kvm -drive file=QEMU/win8/disk1.img,index=0,media=disk,format=raw -drive file=QEMU/win8/disk2.img,index=1,media=disk,format=raw -netdev user,id=n1 -device e1000,netdev=n1

problem: QEMU gradually eats up RAM even argument -m 4G,maxmem=4G  is given.

This symptom (memory usage) doesn't occur to my old ordinary PCs with various brands of motherboards.

BIOS version: 02.44

[masaoliou]

I'm very sorry! I misinterpreted the memory usage.
It's the browser that ate 2 GB memory. There is nothing wrong with this hardware or BIOS although the Windows guest runs slower in this machine with AMD PRO A12-8870 CPU than in my PC with Asrock N68C-GS4-FX motherboard and Athlon II X2 500 CPU.