ESXi SSD vs HDD benchmark
Fysical hardware: i7 3930K (6 cores), 16 GB RAM, Plextor 128M2P, Western Digital Caviar Green 1 TB. Virtual hardware: 12 cores, 14 GB RAM


SSD: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 8192 MB + 4096 MB + 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 17GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3

	OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-16-server (x86_64), Display Driver: vmware, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware


Gzip Compression
2GB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
SSD . 13.50 |==================================================================


SQLite 3.7.3
12,500 INSERTs
Seconds < Lower Is Better
SSD . 17.94 |==================================================================


Apache Benchmark 2.2.21
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
SSD . 26983.47 |===============================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
SSD . 222.87 |=================================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
SSD . 631.70 |=================================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Read Compiled Tree
MB/s > Higher Is Better
SSD . 684.29 |=================================================================


IOzone 3.347
8GB Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
SSD . 434.05 |=================================================================


IOzone 3.347
8GB Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
SSD . 6914.02 |================================================================


Dbench 4.0
1 Clients
MB/s > Higher Is Better
SSD . 487.24 |=================================================================


Dbench 4.0
12 Clients
MB/s > Higher Is Better
SSD . 1728.47 |================================================================


Dbench 4.0
48 Clients
MB/s > Higher Is Better
SSD . 2261.21 |================================================================


Dbench 4.0
128 Clients
MB/s > Higher Is Better
SSD . 2023.73 |================================================================


FS-Mark 3.3
1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
SSD . 220.77 |=================================================================


Flexible IO Tester 1.57
Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern
Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better
SSD . 51.18 |==================================================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
64MB Random Read - 32 Threads
MB/s > Higher Is Better
SSD . 13715.24 |===============================================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
64MB Random Write - 32 Threads
MB/s > Higher Is Better
SSD . 250.35 |=================================================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
SSD . 4333 |===================================================================


Unpacking The Linux Kernel
linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2
Seconds < Lower Is Better
SSD . 11.73 |==================================================================