Processor VMware testing on CentOS 5.6 via the Phoronix Test Suite. VMware: Processor: Intel Xeon 5160 @ 2.99GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: VMware VMware Virtual, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 17GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: CentOS 5.6, Kernel: 2.6.18-308.1.1.el5 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.1.2 20080704, File-System: ext3, System Layer: VMware BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 LPS > Higher Is Better VMware . 15143671.40 |========================================================= BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Register Arithmetic LPS > Higher Is Better VMware . 2181772.27 |========================================================== BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Integer Arithmetic LPS > Higher Is Better VMware . 2167656.13 |========================================================== BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Floating-Point Arithmetic LPS > Higher Is Better VMware . 1583164.73 |==========================================================