disk-bench VMware testing on Debian GNU/Linux 7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Virtual disk: Processor: Intel Core i3 550 @ 3.19GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 4096 MB + 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 19GB Virtual disk + 75GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: AMD 79c970 OS: Debian GNU/Linux 7, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-686-pae (i686), Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext3, System Layer: VMware Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 85.83 |========================================================= Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 6 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 56.97 |========================================================= Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 12 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 52.85 |========================================================= Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 48 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 43.43 |========================================================= Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 128 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 25.35 |========================================================= Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 256 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 5.99 |==========================================================