benchmark VMware testing on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. benchmark: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2690 0 @ 2.90GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 16384 MB DRAM, Disk: 32GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-23-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: vmware, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware SQLite 3.8.10.2 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better benchmark . 31.84 |============================================================ Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better benchmark . 19.62 |============================================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better benchmark . 170.87 |=========================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better benchmark . 379.22 |=========================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better benchmark . 296.31 |=========================================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better benchmark . 57.21 |============================================================ IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better benchmark . 4380.28 |========================================================== Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better benchmark . 141.67 |=========================================================== Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better benchmark . 361.19 |=========================================================== Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better benchmark . 415.84 |=========================================================== Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better benchmark . 472.34 |=========================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better benchmark . 23.88 |============================================================ Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better benchmark . 13644.62 |========================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better benchmark . 52.34 |============================================================ PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better benchmark . 2388 |============================================================= AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better benchmark . 1641.81 |========================================================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better benchmark . 26.82 |============================================================