n VMware testing on Red Hat 7.3 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Xeon E5-2695 v2: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2695 v2 @ 2.40GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 1024 MB DRAM, Disk: 54GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Red Hat 7.3, Kernel: 3.10.0-514.21.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1672x1254, System Layer: VMware FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E5-2695 v2 . 13.99 |=============================================== Intel Xeon E5-2695 v2 . 14.14 |================================================ Intel Xeon E5-2695 v2 . 14.03 |================================================ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.5 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E5-2695 v2 . 25.85 |================================================ Intel Xeon E5-2695 v2 . 25.88 |================================================ Intel Xeon E5-2695 v2 . 25.87 |================================================ 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E5-2695 v2 . 2705 |=================================================