Debian 8.1 Performance Various open-source benchmarks by the Phoronix Test Suite v5.8.0 (Belev). Virtual disk: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5620 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 4096 MB + 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 54GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Debian 8.1, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: vmware 13.0.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 640x480, System Layer: VMware hdparm Timed Disk Reads Disk To Read: /dev/sda5 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 97.44 |========================================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 312.42 |======================================================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Virtual disk . 19.86 |=========================================================