vps-multicore VMware testing on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-4820K: Processor: 2 x Intel Core i7-4820K @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 43GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371 / Creative, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-85-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1920, System Layer: VMware Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4820K . 6.74 |=================================================== Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Microseconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4820K . 2163 |=================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4820K . 3816 |=================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4820K . 1663.49 |================================================ 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4820K . 14229 |================================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4820K . 36.00 |================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4820K . 33.31 |================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4820K . 11.94 |================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4820K . 121 |==================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4820K . 484.90 |=================================================