yyyyyy VMware testing on Ubuntu 10.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. yyyyyyyy: Processor: Intel Xeon 3.06GHz @ 3.07GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 2048 MB + 1024 MB DRAM, Disk: 32GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: AMD 79c970 OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-28-generic-pae (i686), Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 640x480, System Layer: VMware Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better yyyyyyyy . 1784.16 |=========================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better yyyyyyyy . 1669.41 |=========================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better yyyyyyyy . 1760.71 |=========================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better yyyyyyyy . 1748.54 |===========================================================