esx VMware testing on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2 @ 3.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 10240MB, Disk: 107GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-44-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: vmware 12.0.2, Compiler: Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3 + CUDA 4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1553x974, System Layer: VMware Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2 . 8.77 |================================================= Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.9.0 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2 . 12.05 |================================================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2 . 34.00 |================================================ Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2 . 40.24 |================================================ Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2 . 10.01 |================================================