VMware Fusion Benchmarks - Main Rig VMware testing on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. VMware Fusion 5.0.3: Processor: Intel Core i7-3615QM @ 2.29GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 69GB VMware Virtual S + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-53-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: vmware 12.0.1, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1347, System Layer: VMware VMware Fusion 6.0.0: Processor: Intel Core i7-3615QM @ 2.29GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 69GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-53-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: vmware 12.0.1, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2559x1347, System Layer: VMware GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better VMware Fusion 5.0.3 . 99 |===================================================== VMware Fusion 6.0.0 . 98 |==================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better VMware Fusion 5.0.3 . 64 |==================================================== VMware Fusion 6.0.0 . 65 |===================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better VMware Fusion 5.0.3 . 123 |==================================================== VMware Fusion 6.0.0 . 123 |==================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better VMware Fusion 5.0.3 . 152 |==================================================== VMware Fusion 6.0.0 . 152 |==================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better VMware Fusion 5.0.3 . 95 |===================================================== VMware Fusion 6.0.0 . 95 |===================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better VMware Fusion 5.0.3 . 55.52 |================================================== VMware Fusion 6.0.0 . 54.88 |================================================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better VMware Fusion 5.0.3 . 100 |=================================================== VMware Fusion 6.0.0 . 102 |==================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better VMware Fusion 5.0.3 . 16.51 |================================================ VMware Fusion 6.0.0 . 17.06 |================================================== Ogg Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better VMware Fusion 5.0.3 . 9.61 |=================================================== VMware Fusion 6.0.0 . 9.63 |===================================================