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 . 11808.80 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 16085.37 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 11496.11 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 15533.77 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 10686.29 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 17689.32 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 12271.17 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 18162.96 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 18656.67 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 17272.02 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 17616.18 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 20340.13 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1.76 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 3.08 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1.75 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 3.25 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 21251.31 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 21403.39 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 21826.16 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 20978.20 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1.68 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2.99 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1.99 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 3.40 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 6.51 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 10.07 |========================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 7.21 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 8.41 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 5.42 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 7.86 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 5.79 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 8.50 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 6916.66 |======================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 11545.00 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 6750.02 |======================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 12019.03 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 7186.97 |======================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 11211.89 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 6559.51 |======================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 11857.66 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 15333.96 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 15635.43 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 14413.41 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 16661.63 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1.49 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 3.43 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1.41 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2.71 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 14101.27 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 15948.35 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 14718.02 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 15379.01 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2.22 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 3.79 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2.05 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 4.16 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 3.87 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 8.70 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 4.33 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 6.23 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 5.02 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 6.77 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 4.68 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 7.01 |==========================================================