hyper-v microsoft testing on Ubuntu 14.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Virtual Disk - Intel Core i7-4790K: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.05GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Microsoft Virtual Machine, Memory: 5120MB, Disk: 69GB Virtual Disk OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080, System Layer: microsoft RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual Disk - Intel Core i7-4790K . 18623.41 |================================ RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual Disk - Intel Core i7-4790K . 19382.39 |================================ PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Virtual Disk - Intel Core i7-4790K . 6466 |==================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Virtual Disk - Intel Core i7-4790K . 20.78 |=================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Virtual Disk - Intel Core i7-4790K . 26270.10 |================================