compressionBenchmark VMware testing on CentOS 6.3 via the Phoronix Test Suite. results: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 @ 2.20GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 1024 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371, Network: AMD 79c970 OS: CentOS 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.i686 (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.6, Display Driver: vmware 11.0.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: VMware 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better results . 1092 |===============================================================