fastram VMware testing on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. fastram: Processor: AMD Opteron 6276 @ 2.30GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 34GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-74-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1600, System Layer: VMware moreram: Processor: AMD Opteron 6276 @ 2.30GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 34GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-74-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1600, System Layer: VMware fastramOpt: Processor: AMD Opteron 6276 @ 2.30GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 34GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-74-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1600, System Layer: VMware Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better fastram . 10140.69 |=========================================================== moreram . 7317.16 |=========================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better fastram . 10090.93 |=========================================================== moreram . 7357.17 |=========================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better fastram . 10911.65 |=========================================================== moreram . 8183.46 |============================================ Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better fastram . 10793.36 |=========================================================== moreram . 8134.89 |============================================ VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.3.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better fastramOpt . 26.05 |===========================================================