fs-mark 2G RAM VMware testing on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Virtual disk: Processor: 8 x Intel Xeon E5620 @ 2.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 1100GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-50-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 365.00 |======================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 586.83 |======================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 235.97 |======================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync Files/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 976.13 |========================================================