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Oracle VirtualBox testing on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


VM 2cpus: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 2.59GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Oracle VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 42GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: InnoTek VirtualBox, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Monitor: VBOX monitor, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-49-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x795, System Layer: Oracle VirtualBox

VM 4cpus: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 2.59GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Oracle VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 42GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: InnoTek VirtualBox, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Monitor: VBOX monitor, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-52-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x795, System Layer: Oracle VirtualBox

VM 4cores host io cache: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 2.59GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Oracle VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 42GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: InnoTek VirtualBox, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Monitor: VBOX monitor, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-52-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x795, System Layer: Oracle VirtualBox

VM 4cpus host io cache: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 2.59GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Oracle VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 42GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: InnoTek VirtualBox, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Monitor: VBOX monitor, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-52-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x795, System Layer: Oracle VirtualBox

VM 3cores host io cache: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 2.59GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: Oracle VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 42GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: InnoTek VirtualBox, Audio: Intel 82801AA AC 97 Audio, Monitor: VBOX monitor, Network: Intel 82540EM Gigabit

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-52-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x795, System Layer: Oracle VirtualBox


Gzip Compression
2GB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
VM 2cpus ................ 14.86 |==============================================
VM 2cpus ................ 14.68 |=============================================
VM 4cpus ................ 14.51 |=============================================
VM 4cores host io cache . 14.19 |============================================
VM 4cpus host io cache .. 13.85 |===========================================
VM 3cores host io cache . 13.90 |===========================================