fastram VMware testing on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. oldram: Processor: 2 x Intel Core i5 760 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 17GB Virtual disk + 1100GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-62-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1920, System Layer: VMware oldramstream: Processor: 2 x Intel Core i5 760 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 17GB Virtual disk + 1100GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-62-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1920, System Layer: VMware VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.3.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better oldram . 57.32 |=============================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better oldramstream . 12842.39 |====================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better oldramstream . 12770.39 |====================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better oldramstream . 13780.62 |====================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better oldramstream . 13728.30 |======================================================