IOZONE VirtualBox testing on CentOS 6.7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. vmware: Processor: 4 x Intel Core i7-6820HQ @ 2.71GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 64GB VMware Virtual S + 13GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371 / Creative, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-43-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: vmware 13.1.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050, System Layer: VMware bare: Processor: Intel Core i5-2540M @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0CMN08, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD90BXX, Monitor: DELL P2414H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-42-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080 vmware-nested: Processor: Intel Core i7-6820HQ @ 2.71GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Oracle VirtualBox v1.2, Memory: 490MB, Disk: 43GB VBOX HDD OS: CentOS 6.7, Kernel: 2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VirtualBox IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 9888.17 |====================================================== bare .......... 5304.85 |============================= vmware-nested . 48.37 | IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 10573.78 |===================================================== bare .......... 508.93 |=== vmware-nested . 49.03 | IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 10752.56 |===================================================== bare .......... 509.85 |=== vmware-nested . 56.25 | IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 7501.41 |====================================================== bare .......... 4836.19 |=================================== vmware-nested . 61.86 | IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 8121.92 |====================================================== bare .......... 510.43 |=== vmware-nested . 51.76 | IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 8485.96 |====================================================== bare .......... 506.01 |=== vmware-nested . 43.49 | IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 278.48 |============================================ bare .......... 345.51 |======================================================= vmware-nested . 162.18 |========================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 286.19 |========================================= bare .......... 387.68 |======================================================= vmware-nested . 166.35 |======================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 246.00 |================================== bare .......... 398.68 |======================================================= vmware-nested . 159.24 |====================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 277.31 |========================================= bare .......... 375.98 |======================================================= vmware-nested . 170.41 |========================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 251.37 |================================= bare .......... 422.97 |======================================================= vmware-nested . 164.38 |===================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 231.18 |=============================== bare .......... 404.00 |======================================================= vmware-nested . 166.55 |======================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 10176.59 |===================================================== bare .......... 5932.03 |=============================== vmware-nested . 57.04 | IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 10868.28 |===================================================== bare .......... 506.96 |== vmware-nested . 48.91 | IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 11345.17 |===================================================== bare .......... 508.88 |== vmware-nested . 61.20 | IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 6876.85 |====================================================== bare .......... 3798.21 |============================== vmware-nested . 59.79 | IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 6884.04 |====================================================== bare .......... 3150.40 |========================= vmware-nested . 53.77 | IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 278.72 |=============================================== bare .......... 327.00 |======================================================= vmware-nested . 180.03 |============================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 248.31 |====================================== bare .......... 362.34 |======================================================= vmware-nested . 166.04 |========================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 219.55 |================================ bare .......... 380.37 |======================================================= vmware-nested . 158.81 |======================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 272.84 |======================================================= bare .......... 266.48 |====================================================== vmware-nested . 152.76 |=============================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 269.86 |======================================================= bare .......... 242.20 |================================================= vmware-nested . 155.21 |================================ IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 7190.61 |====================================================== bare .......... 3995.04 |============================== vmware-nested . 54.59 | IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better vmware ........ 273.53 |======================================================= bare .......... 217.47 |============================================ vmware-nested . 151.94 |===============================