diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 31b34665f..04f69d272 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -627,6 +627,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "vmm-sys-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "performance-metrics"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs 4.0.0",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "serde_json",
+ "test_infra",
+ "vmm-sys-util",
+ "wait-timeout",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pkg-config"
 version = "0.3.24"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d5b38122b..429cd97bf 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ members = [
     "net_util",
     "option_parser",
     "pci",
+    "performance-metrics",
     "qcow",
     "rate_limiter",
     "vfio_user",
diff --git a/performance-metrics/Cargo.toml b/performance-metrics/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9d81d7aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/performance-metrics/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[package]
+name = "performance-metrics"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["The Cloud Hypervisor Authors"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dependencies]
+dirs = "4.0.0"
+lazy_static= "1.4.0"
+serde_json = "1.0.78"
+test_infra = { path = "../test_infra" }
+vmm-sys-util = "0.9.0"
+wait-timeout = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/performance-metrics/src/main.rs b/performance-metrics/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..429602207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/performance-metrics/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,265 @@
+// Custom harness to run performance tests
+
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate lazy_static;
+extern crate test_infra;
+
+mod performance_tests;
+
+use performance_tests::*;
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
+
+pub struct PerformanceTestControl {
+    test_time: u32,
+    test_iterations: u32,
+    queue_num: Option<u32>,
+    queue_size: Option<u32>,
+    net_rx: Option<bool>,
+    fio_ops: Option<FioOps>,
+}
+
+impl Default for PerformanceTestControl {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            test_time: 10,
+            test_iterations: 30,
+            queue_num: Default::default(),
+            queue_size: Default::default(),
+            net_rx: Default::default(),
+            fio_ops: Default::default(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// A performance test should finish within the a certain time-out and
+/// return a performance metrics number (including the average number and
+/// standard deviation)
+struct PerformanceTest {
+    pub name: &'static str,
+    pub func_ptr: fn(&PerformanceTestControl) -> f64,
+    pub control: PerformanceTestControl,
+}
+
+impl Hash for PerformanceTest {
+    fn hash<H: Hasher>(&self, state: &mut H) {
+        self.name.hash(state);
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialEq for PerformanceTest {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
+        self.name == other.name
+    }
+}
+
+impl Eq for PerformanceTest {}
+
+impl PerformanceTest {
+    pub fn run(&self) -> (f64, f64) {
+        println!("Running test: '{}' ...", self.name);
+
+        let mut metrics = Vec::new();
+        for _ in 0..self.control.test_iterations {
+            metrics.push((self.func_ptr)(&self.control));
+        }
+
+        let mean = mean(&metrics).unwrap();
+        let std_dev = std_deviation(&metrics).unwrap();
+
+        println!(
+            "{} ... ok: mean = {}, std_dev = {}",
+            self.name, mean, std_dev
+        );
+
+        (mean, std_dev)
+    }
+}
+
+fn mean(data: &[f64]) -> Option<f64> {
+    let count = data.len();
+
+    if count > 0 {
+        Some(data.iter().sum::<f64>() / count as f64)
+    } else {
+        None
+    }
+}
+
+fn std_deviation(data: &[f64]) -> Option<f64> {
+    let count = data.len();
+
+    if count > 0 {
+        let mean = mean(data).unwrap();
+        let variance = data
+            .iter()
+            .map(|value| {
+                let diff = mean - *value;
+                diff * diff
+            })
+            .sum::<f64>()
+            / count as f64;
+
+        Some(variance.sqrt())
+    } else {
+        None
+    }
+}
+
+lazy_static! {
+    static ref TEST_LIST: HashSet<PerformanceTest> = {
+        let mut m = HashSet::new();
+        m.insert(PerformanceTest {
+            name: "performance_boot_time",
+            func_ptr: performance_boot_time,
+            control: PerformanceTestControl {
+                test_time: 2,
+                test_iterations: 10,
+                ..Default::default()
+            }
+        });
+        m.insert(PerformanceTest {
+            name: "performance_boot_time_pmem",
+            func_ptr: performance_boot_time_pmem,
+            control: PerformanceTestControl {
+                test_time: 2,
+                test_iterations: 10,
+                ..Default::default()
+            }
+        });
+        m.insert(PerformanceTest {
+            name: "performance_virtio_net_latency",
+            func_ptr: performance_net_latency,
+            control: Default::default(),
+        });
+        m.insert(PerformanceTest {
+            name: "performance_virtio_net_throughput_single_queue_rx",
+            func_ptr: performance_net_throughput,
+            control: PerformanceTestControl {
+                queue_num: Some(1), // used as 'queue_pairs'
+                queue_size: Some(256),
+                net_rx: Some(true),
+                ..Default::default()
+            }
+        });
+        m.insert(PerformanceTest {
+            name: "performance_virtio_net_throughput_single_queue_tx",
+            func_ptr: performance_net_throughput,
+            control: PerformanceTestControl {
+                queue_num: Some(1), // used as 'queue_pairs'
+                queue_size: Some(256),
+                net_rx: Some(false),
+                ..Default::default()
+            }
+        });
+        m.insert(PerformanceTest {
+            name: "performance_virtio_net_throughput_multi_queue_rx",
+            func_ptr: performance_net_throughput,
+            control: PerformanceTestControl {
+                queue_num: Some(2), // used as 'queue_pairs'
+                queue_size: Some(1024),
+                net_rx: Some(true),
+                ..Default::default()
+            }
+        });
+        m.insert(PerformanceTest {
+            name: "performance_virtio_net_throughput_multi_queue_tx",
+            func_ptr: performance_net_throughput,
+            control: PerformanceTestControl {
+                queue_num: Some(2), // used as 'queue_pairs'
+                queue_size: Some(1024),
+                net_rx: Some(false),
+                ..Default::default()
+            }
+        });
+        m.insert(PerformanceTest {
+            name: "performance_block_io_read",
+            func_ptr: performance_block_io,
+            control: PerformanceTestControl {
+                queue_num: Some(1),
+                queue_size: Some(1024),
+                fio_ops: Some(FioOps::Read),
+                ..Default::default()
+            }
+        });
+        m.insert(PerformanceTest {
+            name: "performance_block_io_write",
+            func_ptr: performance_block_io,
+            control: PerformanceTestControl {
+                queue_num: Some(1),
+                queue_size: Some(1024),
+                fio_ops: Some(FioOps::Write),
+                ..Default::default()
+            }
+        });
+        m.insert(PerformanceTest {
+            name: "performance_block_io_random_read",
+            func_ptr: performance_block_io,
+            control: PerformanceTestControl {
+                queue_num: Some(1),
+                queue_size: Some(1024),
+                fio_ops: Some(FioOps::RandomRead),
+                ..Default::default()
+            }
+        });
+        m.insert(PerformanceTest {
+            name: "performance_block_io_random_write",
+            func_ptr: performance_block_io,
+            control: PerformanceTestControl {
+                queue_num: Some(1),
+                queue_size: Some(1024),
+                fio_ops: Some(FioOps::RandomWrite),
+                ..Default::default()
+            }
+        });
+        m.insert(PerformanceTest {
+            name: "performance_block_io_multi_queue_read",
+            func_ptr: performance_block_io,
+            control: PerformanceTestControl {
+                queue_num: Some(2),
+                queue_size: Some(1024),
+                fio_ops: Some(FioOps::Read),
+                ..Default::default()
+            }
+        });
+        m.insert(PerformanceTest {
+            name: "performance_block_io_multi_queue_write",
+            func_ptr: performance_block_io,
+            control: PerformanceTestControl {
+                queue_num: Some(2),
+                queue_size: Some(1024),
+                fio_ops: Some(FioOps::Write),
+                ..Default::default()
+            }
+        });
+        m.insert(PerformanceTest {
+            name: "performance_block_io_multi_queue_random_read",
+            func_ptr: performance_block_io,
+            control: PerformanceTestControl {
+                queue_num: Some(2),
+                queue_size: Some(1024),
+                fio_ops: Some(FioOps::RandomRead),
+                ..Default::default()
+            }
+        });
+        m.insert(PerformanceTest {
+            name: "performance_block_io_multi_queue_random_write",
+            func_ptr: performance_block_io,
+            control: PerformanceTestControl {
+                queue_num: Some(2),
+                queue_size: Some(1024),
+                fio_ops: Some(FioOps::RandomWrite),
+                ..Default::default()
+            }
+        });
+        m
+    };
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    // Run performance tests sequentially and report results (in both readable/json format)
+    // Todo: test filter, report in readable/json format, capture test output unless failed;
+    for test in TEST_LIST.iter() {
+        test.run();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/performance-metrics/src/performance_tests.rs b/performance-metrics/src/performance_tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78ae1b3f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/performance-metrics/src/performance_tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,676 @@
+// Performance tests
+
+use crate::{mean, PerformanceTestControl};
+use serde_json::Value;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::process::{Child, Command, Stdio};
+use std::string::String;
+use std::thread;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use std::{fmt, fs};
+use test_infra::Error as InfraError;
+use test_infra::*;
+use vmm_sys_util::tempdir::TempDir;
+use wait_timeout::ChildExt;
+
+pub const FOCAL_IMAGE_NAME: &str = "focal-server-cloudimg-amd64-custom-20210609-0.raw";
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum WaitTimeoutError {
+    Timedout,
+    ExitStatus,
+    General(std::io::Error),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum Error {
+    BootTimeParse,
+    EthrLogFile(std::io::Error),
+    EthrLogParse,
+    FioOutputParse,
+    Iperf3Parse,
+    Infra(InfraError),
+    Spawn(std::io::Error),
+    Scp(SshCommandError),
+    WaitTimeout(WaitTimeoutError),
+}
+
+impl From<InfraError> for Error {
+    fn from(e: InfraError) -> Self {
+        Self::Infra(e)
+    }
+}
+
+const DIRECT_KERNEL_BOOT_CMDLINE: &str =
+    "root=/dev/vda1 console=hvc0 rw systemd.journald.forward_to_console=1";
+
+// Creates the path for direct kernel boot and return the path.
+// For x86_64, this function returns the vmlinux kernel path.
+// For AArch64, this function returns the PE kernel path.
+fn direct_kernel_boot_path() -> PathBuf {
+    let mut workload_path = dirs::home_dir().unwrap();
+    workload_path.push("workloads");
+
+    let mut kernel_path = workload_path;
+    #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
+    kernel_path.push("vmlinux");
+    #[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")]
+    kernel_path.push("Image");
+
+    kernel_path
+}
+
+// Wait the child process for a given timeout
+fn child_wait_timeout(child: &mut Child, timeout: u64) -> Result<(), WaitTimeoutError> {
+    match child.wait_timeout(Duration::from_secs(timeout)) {
+        Err(e) => {
+            return Err(WaitTimeoutError::General(e));
+        }
+        Ok(s) => match s {
+            None => {
+                return Err(WaitTimeoutError::Timedout);
+            }
+            Some(s) => {
+                if !s.success() {
+                    return Err(WaitTimeoutError::ExitStatus);
+                }
+            }
+        },
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn parse_iperf3_output(output: &[u8], sender: bool) -> Result<f64, Error> {
+    std::panic::catch_unwind(|| {
+        let s = String::from_utf8_lossy(output);
+        let v: Value = serde_json::from_str(&s).expect("'iperf3' parse error: invalid json output");
+
+        let bps: f64 = if sender {
+            v["end"]["sum_sent"]["bits_per_second"]
+                .as_f64()
+                .expect("'iperf3' parse error: missing entry 'end.sum_sent.bits_per_second'")
+        } else {
+            v["end"]["sum_received"]["bits_per_second"]
+                .as_f64()
+                .expect("'iperf3' parse error: missing entry 'end.sum_received.bits_per_second'")
+        };
+
+        bps
+    })
+    .map_err(|_| {
+        eprintln!(
+            "=============== iperf3 output ===============\n\n{}\n\n===========end============\n\n",
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(output)
+        );
+        Error::Iperf3Parse
+    })
+}
+
+fn measure_virtio_net_throughput(
+    test_time: u32,
+    queue_pairs: u32,
+    guest: &Guest,
+    receive: bool,
+) -> Result<f64, Error> {
+    let default_port = 5201;
+
+    // 1. start the iperf3 server on the guest
+    for n in 0..queue_pairs {
+        guest
+            .ssh_command(&format!("iperf3 -s -p {} -D", default_port + n))
+            .map_err(InfraError::SshCommand)?;
+    }
+
+    thread::sleep(Duration::new(1, 0));
+
+    // 2. start the iperf3 client on host to measure RX through-put
+    let mut clients = Vec::new();
+    for n in 0..queue_pairs {
+        let mut cmd = Command::new("iperf3");
+        cmd.args(&[
+            "-J", // Output in JSON format
+            "-c",
+            &guest.network.guest_ip,
+            "-p",
+            &format!("{}", default_port + n),
+            "-t",
+            &format!("{}", test_time),
+        ]);
+        // For measuring the guest transmit throughput (as a sender),
+        // use reverse mode of the iperf3 client on the host
+        if !receive {
+            cmd.args(&["-R"]);
+        }
+        let client = cmd
+            .stderr(Stdio::piped())
+            .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+            .spawn()
+            .map_err(Error::Spawn)?;
+
+        clients.push(client);
+    }
+
+    let mut err: Option<Error> = None;
+    let mut bps = Vec::new();
+    let mut failed = false;
+    for c in clients {
+        let mut c = c;
+        if let Err(e) = child_wait_timeout(&mut c, test_time as u64 + 5) {
+            err = Some(Error::WaitTimeout(e));
+            failed = true;
+        }
+
+        if !failed {
+            // Safe to unwrap as we know the child has terminated succesffully
+            let output = c.wait_with_output().unwrap();
+            bps.push(parse_iperf3_output(&output.stdout, receive)?);
+        } else {
+            let _ = c.kill();
+            let output = c.wait_with_output().unwrap();
+            println!(
+                "=============== Client output [Error] ===============\n\n{}\n\n===========end============\n\n",
+                String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout)
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    if let Some(e) = err {
+        Err(e)
+    } else {
+        Ok(bps.iter().sum())
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn performance_net_throughput(control: &PerformanceTestControl) -> f64 {
+    let test_time = control.test_time;
+    let queue_pairs = control.queue_num.unwrap();
+    let queue_size = control.queue_size.unwrap();
+    let rx = control.net_rx.unwrap();
+
+    let focal = UbuntuDiskConfig::new(FOCAL_IMAGE_NAME.to_string());
+    let guest = Guest::new(Box::new(focal));
+
+    let net_params = format!(
+        "tap=,mac={},ip={},mask=255.255.255.0,num_queues={},queue_size={}",
+        guest.network.guest_mac,
+        guest.network.host_ip,
+        queue_pairs * 2,
+        queue_size,
+    );
+
+    let mut child = GuestCommand::new(&guest)
+        .args(&["--cpus", &format!("boot={}", queue_pairs * 2)])
+        .args(&["--memory", "size=4G"])
+        .args(&["--kernel", direct_kernel_boot_path().to_str().unwrap()])
+        .args(&["--cmdline", DIRECT_KERNEL_BOOT_CMDLINE])
+        .default_disks()
+        .args(&["--net", net_params.as_str()])
+        .capture_output()
+        .set_print_cmd(false)
+        .spawn()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let r = std::panic::catch_unwind(|| {
+        guest.wait_vm_boot(None).unwrap();
+        measure_virtio_net_throughput(test_time, queue_pairs, &guest, rx).unwrap()
+    });
+
+    let _ = child.kill();
+    let output = child.wait_with_output().unwrap();
+
+    match r {
+        Ok(r) => r,
+        Err(e) => {
+            handle_child_output(Err(e), &output);
+            panic!("test failed!");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn parse_ethr_latency_output(output: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<f64>, Error> {
+    std::panic::catch_unwind(|| {
+        let s = String::from_utf8_lossy(output);
+        let mut latency = Vec::new();
+        for l in s.lines() {
+            let v: Value = serde_json::from_str(l).expect("'ethr' parse error: invalid json line");
+            // Skip header/summary lines
+            if let Some(avg) = v["Avg"].as_str() {
+                // Assume the latency unit is always "us"
+                latency.push(
+                    avg.split("us").collect::<Vec<&str>>()[0]
+                        .parse::<f64>()
+                        .expect("'ethr' parse error: invalid 'Avg' entry"),
+                );
+            }
+        }
+
+        assert!(
+            !latency.is_empty(),
+            "'ethr' parse error: no valid latency data found"
+        );
+
+        latency
+    })
+    .map_err(|_| {
+        eprintln!(
+            "=============== ethr output ===============\n\n{}\n\n===========end============\n\n",
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(output)
+        );
+        Error::EthrLogParse
+    })
+}
+
+fn measure_virtio_net_latency(guest: &Guest, test_time: u32) -> Result<Vec<f64>, Error> {
+    // copy the 'ethr' tool to the guest image
+    let ethr_path = "/usr/local/bin/ethr";
+    let ethr_remote_path = "/tmp/ethr";
+    scp_to_guest(
+        Path::new(ethr_path),
+        Path::new(ethr_remote_path),
+        &guest.network.guest_ip,
+        //DEFAULT_SSH_RETRIES,
+        1,
+        DEFAULT_SSH_TIMEOUT,
+    )
+    .map_err(Error::Scp)?;
+
+    // Start the ethr server on the guest
+    guest
+        .ssh_command(&format!("{} -s &> /dev/null &", ethr_remote_path))
+        .map_err(InfraError::SshCommand)?;
+
+    thread::sleep(Duration::new(1, 0));
+
+    // Start the ethr client on the host
+    let log_file = guest
+        .tmp_dir
+        .as_path()
+        .join("ethr.client.log")
+        .to_str()
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_string();
+    let mut c = Command::new(ethr_path)
+        .args(&[
+            "-c",
+            &guest.network.guest_ip,
+            "-t",
+            "l",
+            "-o",
+            &log_file, // file output is JSON format
+            "-d",
+            &format!("{}s", test_time),
+        ])
+        .stderr(Stdio::piped())
+        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+        .spawn()
+        .map_err(Error::Spawn)?;
+
+    if let Err(e) = child_wait_timeout(&mut c, test_time as u64 + 5).map_err(Error::WaitTimeout) {
+        let _ = c.kill();
+        return Err(e);
+    }
+
+    // Parse the ethr latency test output
+    let content = fs::read(log_file).map_err(Error::EthrLogFile)?;
+    parse_ethr_latency_output(&content)
+}
+
+pub fn performance_net_latency(control: &PerformanceTestControl) -> f64 {
+    let focal = UbuntuDiskConfig::new(FOCAL_IMAGE_NAME.to_string());
+    let guest = Guest::new(Box::new(focal));
+    let mut child = GuestCommand::new(&guest)
+        .args(&["--cpus", "boot=2"])
+        .args(&["--memory", "size=4G"])
+        .args(&["--kernel", direct_kernel_boot_path().to_str().unwrap()])
+        .args(&["--cmdline", DIRECT_KERNEL_BOOT_CMDLINE])
+        .default_disks()
+        .default_net()
+        .capture_output()
+        .set_print_cmd(false)
+        .spawn()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let r = std::panic::catch_unwind(|| {
+        guest.wait_vm_boot(None).unwrap();
+
+        // 'ethr' tool will measure the latency multiple times with provided test time
+        let latency = measure_virtio_net_latency(&guest, control.test_time).unwrap();
+        mean(&latency).unwrap()
+    });
+
+    let _ = child.kill();
+    let output = child.wait_with_output().unwrap();
+
+    match r {
+        Ok(r) => r,
+        Err(e) => {
+            handle_child_output(Err(e), &output);
+            panic!("test failed!");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn parse_boot_time_output(output: &[u8]) -> Result<f64, Error> {
+    std::panic::catch_unwind(|| {
+        let l: Vec<String> = String::from_utf8_lossy(output)
+            .lines()
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter(|l| l.contains("Debug I/O port: Kernel code"))
+            .map(|l| l.to_string())
+            .collect();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            l.len(),
+            2,
+            "Expecting two matching lines for 'Debug I/O port: Kernel code'"
+        );
+
+        let time_stamp_kernel_start = {
+            let s = l[0].split("--").collect::<Vec<&str>>();
+            assert_eq!(
+                s.len(),
+                2,
+                "Expecting '--' for the matching line of 'Debug I/O port' output"
+            );
+
+            // Sample output: "[Debug I/O port: Kernel code 0x40] 0.096537 seconds"
+            assert!(
+                s[1].contains("0x40"),
+                "Expecting kernel code '0x40' for 'linux_kernel_start' time stamp output"
+            );
+            let t = s[1].split_whitespace().collect::<Vec<&str>>();
+            assert_eq!(
+                t.len(),
+                8,
+                "Expecting exact '8' words from the 'Debug I/O port' output"
+            );
+            assert!(
+                t[7].eq("seconds"),
+                "Expecting 'seconds' as the the last word of the 'Debug I/O port' output"
+            );
+
+            t[6].parse::<f64>().unwrap()
+        };
+
+        let time_stamp_user_start = {
+            let s = l[1].split("--").collect::<Vec<&str>>();
+            assert_eq!(
+                s.len(),
+                2,
+                "Expecting '--' for the matching line of 'Debug I/O port' output"
+            );
+
+            // Sample output: "Debug I/O port: Kernel code 0x41] 0.198980 seconds"
+            assert!(
+                s[1].contains("0x41"),
+                "Expecting kernel code '0x41' for 'linux_kernel_start' time stamp output"
+            );
+            let t = s[1].split_whitespace().collect::<Vec<&str>>();
+            assert_eq!(
+                t.len(),
+                8,
+                "Expecting exact '8' words from the 'Debug I/O port' output"
+            );
+            assert!(
+                t[7].eq("seconds"),
+                "Expecting 'seconds' as the the last word of the 'Debug I/O port' output"
+            );
+
+            t[6].parse::<f64>().unwrap()
+        };
+
+        time_stamp_user_start - time_stamp_kernel_start
+    })
+    .map_err(|_| {
+        eprintln!(
+            "=============== boot-time output ===============\n\n{}\n\n===========end============\n\n",
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(output)
+        );
+        Error::BootTimeParse
+    })
+}
+
+fn measure_boot_time(cmd: &mut GuestCommand, test_time: u32) -> Result<f64, Error> {
+    let mut child = cmd.capture_output().set_print_cmd(false).spawn().unwrap();
+
+    thread::sleep(Duration::new(test_time as u64, 0));
+    let _ = child.kill();
+    let output = child.wait_with_output().unwrap();
+
+    parse_boot_time_output(&output.stderr).map_err(|e| {
+        eprintln!(
+            "\n\n==== Start child stdout ====\n\n{}\n\n==== End child stdout ====",
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout)
+        );
+        eprintln!(
+            "\n\n==== Start child stderr ====\n\n{}\n\n==== End child stderr ====",
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
+        );
+
+        e
+    })
+}
+
+pub fn performance_boot_time(control: &PerformanceTestControl) -> f64 {
+    let r = std::panic::catch_unwind(|| {
+        let focal = UbuntuDiskConfig::new(FOCAL_IMAGE_NAME.to_string());
+        let guest = Guest::new(Box::new(focal));
+        let mut cmd = GuestCommand::new(&guest);
+
+        let c = cmd
+            .args(&["--memory", "size=1G"])
+            .args(&["--kernel", direct_kernel_boot_path().to_str().unwrap()])
+            .args(&["--cmdline", DIRECT_KERNEL_BOOT_CMDLINE])
+            .args(&["--console", "off"])
+            .default_disks();
+
+        measure_boot_time(c, control.test_time).unwrap()
+    });
+
+    match r {
+        Ok(r) => r,
+        Err(_) => {
+            panic!("test failed!");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn performance_boot_time_pmem(control: &PerformanceTestControl) -> f64 {
+    let r = std::panic::catch_unwind(|| {
+        let focal = UbuntuDiskConfig::new(FOCAL_IMAGE_NAME.to_string());
+        let guest = Guest::new(Box::new(focal));
+        let mut cmd = GuestCommand::new(&guest);
+        let c = cmd
+            .args(&["--memory", "size=1G,hugepages=on"])
+            .args(&["--kernel", direct_kernel_boot_path().to_str().unwrap()])
+            .args(&["--cmdline", "root=/dev/pmem0p1 console=ttyS0 quiet rw"])
+            .args(&["--console", "off"])
+            .args(&[
+                "--pmem",
+                format!(
+                    "file={}",
+                    guest.disk_config.disk(DiskType::OperatingSystem).unwrap()
+                )
+                .as_str(),
+            ]);
+
+        measure_boot_time(c, control.test_time).unwrap()
+    });
+
+    match r {
+        Ok(r) => r,
+        Err(_) => {
+            panic!("test failed!");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub enum FioOps {
+    Read,
+    RandomRead,
+    Write,
+    RandomWrite,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for FioOps {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            FioOps::Read => write!(f, "read"),
+            FioOps::RandomRead => write!(f, "randread"),
+            FioOps::Write => write!(f, "write"),
+            FioOps::RandomWrite => write!(f, "randwrite"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn parse_fio_output(output: &str, fio_ops: &FioOps, num_jobs: u32) -> Result<f64, Error> {
+    std::panic::catch_unwind(|| {
+        let v: Value =
+            serde_json::from_str(output).expect("'fio' parse error: invalid json output");
+        let jobs = v["jobs"]
+            .as_array()
+            .expect("'fio' parse error: missing entry 'jobs'");
+        assert_eq!(
+            jobs.len(),
+            num_jobs as usize,
+            "'fio' parse error: Unexpected number of 'fio' jobs."
+        );
+
+        let read = match fio_ops {
+            FioOps::Read | FioOps::RandomRead => true,
+            FioOps::Write | FioOps::RandomWrite => false,
+        };
+
+        let mut total_bps = 0_f64;
+        for j in jobs {
+            if read {
+                let bytes = j["read"]["io_bytes"]
+                    .as_u64()
+                    .expect("'fio' parse error: missing entry 'read.io_bytes'");
+                let runtime = j["read"]["runtime"]
+                    .as_u64()
+                    .expect("'fio' parse error: missing entry 'read.runtime'")
+                    as f64
+                    / 1000_f64;
+                total_bps += bytes as f64 / runtime as f64;
+            } else {
+                let bytes = j["write"]["io_bytes"]
+                    .as_u64()
+                    .expect("'fio' parse error: missing entry 'write.io_bytes'");
+                let runtime = j["write"]["runtime"]
+                    .as_u64()
+                    .expect("'fio' parse error: missing entry 'write.runtime'")
+                    as f64
+                    / 1000_f64;
+                total_bps += bytes as f64 / runtime as f64;
+            }
+        }
+
+        total_bps
+    })
+    .map_err(|_| {
+        eprintln!(
+            "=============== Fio output ===============\n\n{}\n\n===========end============\n\n",
+            output
+        );
+        Error::FioOutputParse
+    })
+}
+
+pub fn performance_block_io(control: &PerformanceTestControl) -> f64 {
+    let test_time = control.test_time;
+    let queue_num = control.queue_num.unwrap();
+    let queue_size = control.queue_size.unwrap();
+    let fio_ops = control.fio_ops.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+    let focal = UbuntuDiskConfig::new(FOCAL_IMAGE_NAME.to_string());
+    let guest = Guest::new(Box::new(focal));
+    let api_socket = guest
+        .tmp_dir
+        .as_path()
+        .join("cloud-hypervisor.sock")
+        .to_str()
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_string();
+    // The test image can not be created on tmpfs (e.g. /tmp) filesystem,
+    // as tmpfs does not support O_DIRECT
+    let test_dir = TempDir::new_with_prefix("/home/ch").unwrap();
+    let test_img = test_dir
+        .as_path()
+        .join("tmp.img")
+        .to_str()
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_string();
+
+    let mut child = GuestCommand::new(&guest)
+        .args(&["--cpus", &format!("boot={}", queue_num * 2)])
+        .args(&["--memory", "size=4G"])
+        .args(&["--kernel", direct_kernel_boot_path().to_str().unwrap()])
+        .args(&["--cmdline", DIRECT_KERNEL_BOOT_CMDLINE])
+        .default_disks()
+        .default_net()
+        .args(&["--api-socket", &api_socket])
+        .capture_output()
+        .set_print_cmd(false)
+        .spawn()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let r = std::panic::catch_unwind(|| {
+        // Generate a image file for testing
+        assert!(exec_host_command_output(&format!(
+            "dd if=/dev/zero of={} bs=1M count=4096",
+            test_img
+        ))
+        .status
+        .success());
+
+        guest.wait_vm_boot(None).unwrap();
+
+        // Hotplug test disk
+        assert!(Command::new(clh_command("ch-remote"))
+            .args(&[&format!("--api-socket={}", api_socket)])
+            .args(&[
+                "add-disk",
+                &format!(
+                    "path={},num_queues={},queue_size={},direct=on",
+                    test_img, queue_num, queue_size
+                )
+            ])
+            .stderr(Stdio::piped())
+            .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+            .spawn()
+            .unwrap()
+            .wait_timeout(Duration::from_secs(5))
+            .unwrap()
+            .expect("Failed to hotplug test disk image")
+            .success());
+
+        let fio_command = format!(
+            "sudo fio --filename=/dev/vdc --name=test --output-format=json \
+            --direct=1 --bs=4k --ioengine=io_uring --iodepth=64 \
+            --rw={} --runtime={} --numjobs={}",
+            fio_ops, test_time, queue_num
+        );
+        let output = guest
+            .ssh_command(&fio_command)
+            .map_err(InfraError::SshCommand)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        // Parse fio output
+        parse_fio_output(&output, fio_ops, queue_num).unwrap()
+    });
+
+    test_dir.remove().unwrap();
+
+    let _ = child.kill();
+    let output = child.wait_with_output().unwrap();
+
+    match r {
+        Ok(r) => r,
+        Err(e) => {
+            handle_child_output(Err(e), &output);
+            panic!("test failed!");
+        }
+    }
+}