mniovh1 VMware testing on Debian 8.0 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Virtual disk: Processor: 4 x AMD Opteron 4386 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 54GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Debian 8.0, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), File-System: ext3, System Layer: VMware Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 110.47 |======================================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 6 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 220.08 |======================================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 12 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 262.47 |======================================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 48 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 273.02 |======================================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 128 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 238.03 |======================================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 256 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 237.50 |========================================================