laptop VMware testing on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-3740QM: Processor: 2 x Intel Core i7-3740QM @ 2.69GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 10240MB, Disk: 107GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371, 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 Core i7-3740QM . 13.00 |================================================= Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.9.0 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-3740QM . 21.38 |================================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-3740QM . 56.19 |================================================= Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-3740QM . 63.24 |================================================= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-3740QM . 11.50 |=================================================