[libvirt-users] Amount CPU's

Quick question. In my host, I've got two processors with each 6 cores and each core has two threads. I use iometer to do some testings on hard drive performance. I get the idea that using more cores give me better results in iometer. (if it will improve the speed of my guest is an other question...) For a Windows 2012 R2 server guest, can I just give the guest 24 cores? Just to make shure the os has all the possibilities to run as quickly as possible? Thanks in advance. Dominique.