E5-2680 VMware testing on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. x86: Processor: 8 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 0 @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 16384 MB DRAM, Disk: 107GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-87-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware BLAKE2 20130131 Phoronix Test Suite v5.2.1 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better x86 . 4.43 |=================================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better x86 . 20.27 |================================================================== AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better x86 . 2440.67 |================================================================ x86 . 2365.37 |============================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better x86 . 107.47 |================================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 20170503 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better x86 . 7628.10 |================================================================ Threaded I/O Tester 20170503 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better x86 . 20.86 |================================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 20170503 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better x86 . 35170.00 |=============================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 20170503 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better x86 . 297.15 |=================================================================