bench-results VMware testing on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. cfq1: Processor: Intel Core i7-3630QM @ 2.39GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 1024 MB DRAM, 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 cfq2: Processor: Intel Core i7-3630QM @ 2.39GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 1024 MB DRAM, 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 cfq3: Processor: Intel Core i7-3630QM @ 2.39GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 1024 MB DRAM, 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 noop1: Processor: Intel Core i7-3630QM @ 2.39GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 1024 MB DRAM, 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 Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better cfq1 .. 32.35 |===================================================== cfq2 .. 37.47 |============================================================= cfq3 .. 39.04 |================================================================ noop1 . 37.98 |==============================================================