twemlowfreenas Running pts/iozone-1.9.4 via the Phoronix Test Suite. arc_cache: Processor: 2 x Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-36-generic (x86_64), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware no_arc_cache: Processor: 2 x Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-36-generic (x86_64), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better arc_cache .... 4120.05 |================================================ no_arc_cache . 4676.10 |======================================================= IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better arc_cache .... 70.72 |=========================================== no_arc_cache . 94.69 |=========================================================