aio VMware testing on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. vm4_001: Processor: Intel Xeon E7- 8837 @ 2.66GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 27GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1672x1254, System Layer: VMware AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better vm4_001 . 895.04 |============================================================= AIO-Stress 0.21 CPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better vm4_001 . MIN: 2663 AVG: 2663 MAX: 2663 AIO-Stress 0.21 CPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better vm4_001 . MIN: 0 AVG: 24 MAX: 100 AIO-Stress 0.21 Drive Read Speed Monitor MB/s < Lower Is Better vm4_001 . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 0.0 MAX: 0.1 AIO-Stress 0.21 Drive Write Speed Monitor MB/s < Lower Is Better vm4_001 . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 0.1 MAX: 0.5 AIO-Stress 0.21 Memory Usage Monitor Megabytes < Lower Is Better vm4_001 . MIN: 110 AVG: 1303 MAX: 1403 AIO-Stress 0.21 System Iowait Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better vm4_001 . MIN: 0 AVG: 63 MAX: 99