resultramspeed VMware testing on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.4 via the Phoronix Test Suite. linux64: Processor: 2 x Intel Core i7-4702MQ @ 2.19GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 2048 MB + 1024 MB DRAM, Disk: 64GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.4, Kernel: 2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: vmware 12.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better linux64 . 12598.31 |=========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Triad - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better linux64 . 13215.25 |=========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Scale - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better linux64 . 11905.29 |=========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Copy - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better linux64 . 11603.37 |=========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Add - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better linux64 . 13402.56 |=========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better linux64 . 12417.13 |=========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Triad - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better linux64 . 13520.25 |=========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Scale - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better linux64 . 12493.32 |=========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Copy - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better linux64 . 11732.88 |=========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Add - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better linux64 . 13056.07 |===========================================================