vmware VMware testing on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Virtual disk - Intel Core i5-2540M: Processor: Intel Core i5-2540M @ 2.59GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 11GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-30-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Core i5-2540M . 21.77 |=================================== SQLite 3.7.3 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Core i5-2540M . 96.38 |=================================== CacheBench Test: Read MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Core i5-2540M . 2455.89 |================================= CacheBench Test: Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Core i5-2540M . 11643.18 |================================ CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Core i5-2540M . 15720.62 |================================ x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Core i5-2540M . 30.12 |=================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Core i5-2540M . 139.46 |================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Core i5-2540M . 10.25 |=================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Core i5-2540M . 6911.50 |=================================