7 VMware testing on CentOS Linux 7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Virtual disk: Processor: 16 x Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 @ 2.40GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 12 x 16384 MB DRAM, Disk: 64GB Virtual disk + 7 x 1049GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 4.7.0-0.rc4.git0.1.el7.centos.x86_64 (x86_64) 20160621, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.4, Display Driver: vmware 13.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1672x1254, System Layer: VMware Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 90.28 |========================================================= Virtual disk . 74.14 |=============================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 6 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 137.24 |======================================================== Virtual disk . 89.38 |==================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 12 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 168.86 |======================================================== Virtual disk . 87.58 |============================= Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 48 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 182.37 |======================================================= Virtual disk . 185.15 |======================================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 128 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 166.06 |=============================================== Virtual disk . 199.74 |======================================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 256 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 174.87 |======================================== Virtual disk . 245.06 |========================================================