wattsup VMware testing on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. try2: 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 try3: 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 RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better try2 . 6871.54 |=============================================================== try3 . 6800.80 |============================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better try2 . 25.73 |================================================================= try3 . 16.31 |========================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better try2 . MIN: 0 AVG: 267 MAX: 392 try3 . MIN: 400 AVG: 417 MAX: 468