phoronix-pts-disk VMware testing on Debian 7.8 via the Phoronix Test Suite. pts/disk benchmark: Processor: Intel Xeon X5650 @ 2.67GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 107GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Debian 7.8, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext3, System Layer: VMware AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better pts/disk benchmark . 412.02 |================================================== SQLite 3.7.3 12,500 INSERTs Seconds < Lower Is Better pts/disk benchmark . 832.97 |================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better pts/disk benchmark . 12.90 |=================================================== Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better pts/disk benchmark . 34.90 |=================================================== Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better pts/disk benchmark . 35.54 |=================================================== Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better pts/disk benchmark . 27.81 |=================================================== Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better pts/disk benchmark . 9.16 |==================================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better pts/disk benchmark . 18.40 |=================================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better pts/disk benchmark . 19.07 |=================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better pts/disk benchmark . 7024.28 |================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better pts/disk benchmark . 13.38 |=================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better pts/disk benchmark . 136.91 |================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better pts/disk benchmark . 55.12 |=================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better pts/disk benchmark . 359.55 |================================================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better pts/disk benchmark . 23.33 |=================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better pts/disk benchmark . 404 |===================================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better pts/disk benchmark . 113.24 |================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better pts/disk benchmark . 7137.82 |=================================================