iozone.txt Intel Xeon E5606 testing with a Microsoft Virtual Machine v7.0 and Microsoft Hyper-V virtual VGA on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. myiozone: Processor: Intel Xeon E5606 @ 2.13GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Microsoft Virtual Machine v7.0, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 1024 MB, Disk: 43GB Virtual Disk, Graphics: Microsoft Hyper-V virtual VGA OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: microsoft, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4 IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better myiozone . 228.76 |============================================================ IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better myiozone . 206.71 |============================================================