solo VMware testing on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. vm1: Processor: Intel Xeon E7- 8837 @ 2.66GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 86GB 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: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware 2014-07-17 15:50: Processor: Intel Xeon E7- 8837 @ 2.66GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 86GB 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: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware idle: Processor: Intel Xeon E7- 8837 @ 2.66GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 86GB 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: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware cpuperf: Processor: Intel Xeon E7- 8837 @ 2.66GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 86GB 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: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better vm1 .............. 9522.54 |=================================================== 2014-07-17 15:50 . 9423.96 |================================================== StressCPU2 Stress-Test 2 CPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better vm1 ..... MIN: 2663 AVG: 2663 MAX: 2663 cpuperf . MIN: 2663 AVG: 2663 MAX: 2663 StressCPU2 Stress-Test 2 CPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better vm1 ..... MIN: 100 AVG: 100 MAX: 100 cpuperf . MIN: 0 AVG: 97 MAX: 100 StressCPU2 Stress-Test 2 Drive Write Speed Monitor MB/s < Lower Is Better vm1 . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 0.4 MAX: 20.9 StressCPU2 Stress-Test 2 Memory Usage Monitor Megabytes < Lower Is Better vm1 ..... MIN: 507 AVG: 508 MAX: 508 cpuperf . MIN: 435 AVG: 435 MAX: 436 Idle Power Usage Minutes Idle: 1 microAmps idle . MIN: 298 AVG: 299 MAX: 300 Idle Power Usage CPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better idle . MIN: 2663 AVG: 2663 MAX: 2663 Idle Power Usage CPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better idle . MIN: 0.5 AVG: 0.6 MAX: 1.0 Idle Power Usage Memory Usage Monitor Megabytes < Lower Is Better idle . MIN: 432 AVG: 432 MAX: 432 StressCPU2 Stress-Test 2 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better cpuperf . MIN: 321 AVG: 322 MAX: 323