FS_Mark VMware testing on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. cfq: Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.41GHz (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 FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better cfq . 474.10 |================================================================= cfq . 458.52 |=============================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync Files/s > Higher Is Better cfq . 1063.17 |================================================================ cfq . 1036.28 |============================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better cfq . 661.17 |================================================================= cfq . 653.60 |================================================================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better cfq . 503.47 |================================================================= cfq . 481.07 |==============================================================