Results VMware testing on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. A1: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.40GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371 / Creative, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.6, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: vmware 13.1.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 11.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 640x480, System Layer: VMware AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better A1 . 621.54 |================================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better A1 . 13288.76 |================================================================ Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better A1 . 13216.06 |================================================================ Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better A1 . 14257.26 |================================================================ Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better A1 . 14290.09 |================================================================ SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better A1 . 1166.01 |================================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better A1 . 524.94 |================================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better A1 . 267.47 |================================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better A1 . 1827.59 |================================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better A1 . 2116.64 |================================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better A1 . 1096.15 |================================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better A1 . 125.76 |================================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better A1 . 7.88 |==================================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better A1 . 14.06 |===================================================================