jde VMware testing on CentOS 6.8 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 @ 2.29GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 20480MB, Disk: 11GB Virtual disk + 5GB Virtual disk + 9GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: CentOS 6.8, Kernel: 2.6.32-642.1.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware Java SciMark 2.0 FFT Performance Mflops > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 . 837.15 |=============================================== Java SciMark 2.0 SOR Performance Mflops > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 . 1190.03 |============================================== Java SciMark 2.0 Composite Performance Mflops > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 . 1578.23 |============================================== Java SciMark 2.0 Monte Carlo Performance Mflops > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 . 637.33 |=============================================== Bork File Encrypter 1.4 File Encryption Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 . 11.96 |================================================ Sunflow Rendering System 0.07.2 Global Illumination + Image Synthesis Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 . 4.50 |=================================================