VMWARE-Ramd Virtualisations Ramdisk VMWare-Ramdisk: Processor: 4 x Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.29GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371 / Creative, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-40-generic (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.6.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: vmware 13.0.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1680x902, System Layer: VMware Parallels-Ramdisk: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Parallels Software Virtual, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio + ICH8/R, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB DRAM-667MHz, Disk: 21GB Utopic Testgebie, Graphics: Parallels using NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT, Audio: Intel 82801BA/BAM, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-40-generic (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.6.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 2.8.2, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1680x922, System Layer: Parallels Virtualization Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better VMWare-Ramdisk .... 19.24 |=================================================== Parallels-Ramdisk . 19.79 |==================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better VMWare-Ramdisk .... 33.96 |=================================================== Parallels-Ramdisk . 34.94 |====================================================