tio VMware testing on CentOS Linux 7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Virtual disk: Processor: 16 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 @ 2.60GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 12 x 16384 MB DRAM, Disk: 64GB Virtual disk + 7 x 1049GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 4.7.0-0.rc4.git0.1.el7.centos.x86_64 (x86_64) 20160621, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Driver: vmware 13.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1672x1254, System Layer: VMware Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 5369.37 |======================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 8519.57 |======================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 4974.64 |======================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 7300.59 |======================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 5785.55 |======================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 9230.29 |======================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 5488.40 |======================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 8674.51 |======================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 12873.93 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 13896.73 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 13335.38 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 13721.80 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1.73 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2.86 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1.60 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 3.02 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 14346.92 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 13550.75 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 14706.81 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 14306.62 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2.03 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 3.30 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2.10 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 3.04 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 4.88 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 6.96 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 4.97 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 6.86 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 5.79 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 7.50 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 5.86 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 9.14 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 4427.99 |======================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 6801.62 |======================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 4487.98 |======================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 7110.11 |======================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 4364.25 |======================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 7299.43 |======================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 4227.35 |======================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 7329.72 |======================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 10973.93 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 11420.67 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 10675.07 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 10300.78 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1.23 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 3.16 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1.58 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2.86 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 10865.40 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 11247.65 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 10435.24 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 10690.84 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1.52 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2.15 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1.27 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2.70 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 4.69 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 5.69 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 4.39 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 5.75 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 3.93 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 6.05 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 4.46 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 5.68 |==========================================================