less VMware testing on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. vm in esxi: Processor: 2 x Intel Core i7-7700HQ @ 2.81GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 32GB Virtual disk, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-31-generic (i686), Desktop: Unity 7.2.6, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: vmware 13.1.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600, System Layer: VMware ubuntu_ESXi: Processor: 2 x Intel Core i7-7700HQ @ 2.81GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 32GB Virtual disk, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-31-generic (i686), Desktop: Unity 7.2.6, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: vmware 13.1.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600, System Layer: VMware 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better ubuntu_ESXi . 5910 |=========================================================== Timed GCC Compilation 7.2 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better ubuntu_ESXi . 3328.28 |======================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better ubuntu_ESXi . 397.52 |========================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better vm in esxi . 78.19 |===========================================================