fio1 VMware testing on CentOS 6.3 (Final) via the Phoronix Test Suite. fio1: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 @ 2.00GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 21GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371, Network: AMD 79c970 OS: CentOS 6.3 (Final), Kernel: 2.6.32-279.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 Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better fio1 . 40.78 |================================================================= Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Example Network Job Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better fio1 . 63.04 |=================================================================