rt Running pts/compress-gzip-1.1.0 via the Phoronix Test Suite. VBOX HDD: Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.61GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Oracle VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 490MB, Disk: 11GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: InnoTek VirtualBox, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 640x480, System Layer: VirtualBox 4.3.14 AMD Athlon II X4 620: Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.61GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Oracle VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 490MB, Disk: 11GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: InnoTek VirtualBox, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 640x480, System Layer: VirtualBox 4.3.14 IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better VBOX HDD . 137.74 |============================================================ IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better VBOX HDD . 477.79 |============================================================ Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Athlon II X4 620 . 34.51 |=================================================