diskSuiteEsxi55 VMware testing on CentOS Linux 7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E7- 4870: Processor: 30 x Intel Xeon E7- 4870 @ 2.39GHz (30 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Memory: 16384 MB + 16384 MB + 8192 MB + 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk + 39GB Virtual disk + 77GB Virtual disk OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.22.2.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E7- 4870 . 1081.54 |================================= SQLite 3.8.10.2 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E7- 4870 . 221.39 |================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E7- 4870 . 1866.88 |================================= IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E7- 4870 . 58.91 |=================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E7- 4870 . 521.39 |================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E7- 4870 . 77.89 |=================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E7- 4870 . 253.76 |================================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E7- 4870 . 19.12 |=================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E7- 4870 . 2039 |==================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E7- 4870 . 25.42 |===================================