Tiobench benchmarks Test performance Noop run 1: Processor: Intel Core i7-2635QM @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 26GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-40-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware Noop run 2: Processor: Intel Core i7-2635QM @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 26GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-40-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Noop run 1 . 841.68 |========================================================== Noop run 2 . 663.32 |============================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Noop run 1 . 76.30 |=========================================================== Noop run 2 . 75.03 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Noop run 1 . 9765.73 |========================================================= Noop run 2 . 8902.26 |==================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Noop run 1 . 6960.07 |========================================================= Noop run 2 . 6623.10 |======================================================