adoado VMware testing on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 1: Processor: Intel Xeon E7- 8837 @ 2.66GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 32GB 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 1 . 9603.34 |================================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 CPU Frequency Monitor Megahertz < Lower Is Better 1 . MIN: 2663 AVG: 2663 MAX: 2663 Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 CPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better 1 . MIN: 0 AVG: 95 MAX: 100 Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Drive Read Speed Monitor MB/s < Lower Is Better 1 . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 0.7 MAX: 36.1 Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Memory Usage Monitor Megabytes < Lower Is Better 1 . MIN: 589 AVG: 1072 MAX: 1567