fastram VMware testing on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. fastram: Processor: AMD Opteron 6276 @ 2.30GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 34GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-74-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1600, System Layer: VMware moreram: Processor: AMD Opteron 6276 @ 2.30GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 34GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-74-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1600, System Layer: VMware fastramOpt: Processor: AMD Opteron 6276 @ 2.30GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 34GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-74-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1600, System Layer: VMware scottram: Processor: 4 x AMD Opteron 6376 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 34GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-74-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1600, System Layer: VMware scottram2: Processor: 4 x AMD Opteron 6376 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 34GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-74-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1600, System Layer: VMware morecores: Processor: 4 x AMD Opteron 6276 @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 5120MB, Disk: 34GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-74-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1600, System Layer: VMware allcores: Processor: 4 x AMD Opteron 6276 @ 2.30GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 5120MB, Disk: 34GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-74-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1600, System Layer: VMware Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better fastram .. 10140.69 |========================================================= moreram .. 7317.16 |========================================= scottram . 10379.59 |========================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better fastram .. 10090.93 |========================================================= moreram .. 7357.17 |========================================== scottram . 10234.71 |========================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better fastram .. 10911.65 |========================================================= moreram .. 8183.46 |=========================================== scottram . 11015.17 |========================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better fastram .. 10793.36 |========================================================= moreram .. 8134.89 |=========================================== scottram . 10951.19 |========================================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.3.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better fastramOpt . 26.05 |======================================== scottram2 .. 31.86 |================================================= morecores .. 37.59 |========================================================== allcores ... 38.35 |===========================================================