database benchmark VMware testing on CentOS 6.5 via the Phoronix Test Suite. run 1: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 @ 3.29GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 1024 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: CentOS 6.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: vmware 12.0.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: VMware PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better run 1 . 190.02 |=============================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better run 1 . 653.96 |=============================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better run 1 . 1401.01 |==============================================================