diskr1500g VMware testing on Debian 8.7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. diskr1500g: Processor: Intel Xeon X5670 @ 2.93GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 17GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Debian 8.7, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better diskr1500g . 96.94 |=========================================================== SQLite 3.8.10.2 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better diskr1500g . 12.47 |=========================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better diskr1500g . 137.87 |========================================================== Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better diskr1500g . 438.69 |========================================================== Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better diskr1500g . 587.61 |========================================================== Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better diskr1500g . 650.43 |========================================================== Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better diskr1500g . 267.63 |========================================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better diskr1500g . 326.82 |========================================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better diskr1500g . 474.70 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better diskr1500g . 29.20 |=========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better diskr1500g . 30.43 |=========================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better diskr1500g . 463.63 |========================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better diskr1500g . 168.28 |========================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better diskr1500g . 491.62 |========================================================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better diskr1500g . 13.72 |=========================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better diskr1500g . 2862 |============================================================ Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better diskr1500g . 27.39 |=========================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better diskr1500g . 6115.31 |=========================================================