cp_disk_ssd-local VMware testing on Ubuntu 10.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. From within VMware, using pts/disk on a VM stored on the local SSD (Vertex 3 Max IOPS 128GB) of the ESXi 5.0 server. cp_disk_ssd-local: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon X5650 @ 2.66GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-39-server (x86_64), Display Driver: vmware, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware cp_disk_ssd-intel: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon X5650 @ 2.66GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-39-server (x86_64), Display Driver: vmware, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better cp_disk_ssd-local . 16.90 |==================================================== cp_disk_ssd-intel . 16.60 |=================================================== SQLite 3.7.3 12,500 INSERTs Seconds < Lower Is Better cp_disk_ssd-local . 22.26 |=================================================== cp_disk_ssd-intel . 22.72 |==================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better cp_disk_ssd-local . 134.81 |=================================================== cp_disk_ssd-intel . 132.85 |================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better cp_disk_ssd-local . 253.72 |================================================== cp_disk_ssd-intel . 258.38 |=================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better cp_disk_ssd-local . 325.05 |================================================== cp_disk_ssd-intel . 334.69 |=================================================== IOzone 3.347 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better cp_disk_ssd-local . 148.61 |================================ cp_disk_ssd-intel . 240.26 |=================================================== IOzone 3.347 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better cp_disk_ssd-local . 277.41 |================================== cp_disk_ssd-intel . 420.89 |=================================================== Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better cp_disk_ssd-local . 211.67 |=================================================== cp_disk_ssd-intel . 203.09 |================================================= Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better cp_disk_ssd-local . 556.91 |============================================= cp_disk_ssd-intel . 626.82 |=================================================== Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better cp_disk_ssd-local . 585.36 |============================================= cp_disk_ssd-intel . 664.74 |=================================================== Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better cp_disk_ssd-local . 644.37 |============================================= cp_disk_ssd-intel . 733.17 |=================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better cp_disk_ssd-local . 90.73 |==================================== cp_disk_ssd-intel . 130.10 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better cp_disk_ssd-local . 101.77 |=================================================== cp_disk_ssd-intel . 97.49 |================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better cp_disk_ssd-local . 7077.68 |=========================================== cp_disk_ssd-intel . 8294.48 |================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better cp_disk_ssd-local . 58.83 |==================================================== cp_disk_ssd-intel . 44.01 |======================================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better cp_disk_ssd-local . 3125 |=============================================== cp_disk_ssd-intel . 3526 |===================================================== AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better cp_disk_ssd-local . 1465.73 |============================================= cp_disk_ssd-intel . 1630.14 |================================================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better cp_disk_ssd-local . 18.81 |==================================================== cp_disk_ssd-intel . 15.54 |===========================================