compile VMware testing on Ubuntu 21.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Virtual disk: Processor: 8 x Intel Xeon Gold 6154 (24 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX (6.00 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 86GB Virtual disk, Graphics: llvmpipe 16GB, Network: Intel 82545EM OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.8.0-49-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.7, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.9, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 20.2.6 (LLVM 11.0.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1743x926, System Layer: VMware 20210913: Processor: 8 x Intel Xeon Gold 6154 (24 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX (6.00 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 86GB Virtual disk, Graphics: llvmpipe, Network: Intel 82545EM OS: Ubuntu 21.04, Kernel: 5.11.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9 + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 21.0.3 (LLVM 12.0.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 10.3.0, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1689x1024, System Layer: VMware 20211007: Processor: 8 x Intel Xeon Gold 6154 (24 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX (6.00 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 86GB Virtual disk, Graphics: llvmpipe, Network: Intel 82545EM OS: Ubuntu 21.04, Kernel: 5.11.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9 + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 21.0.3 (LLVM 12.0.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 10.3.0, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1918x1048, System Layer: VMware kernel: Processor: 8 x Intel Xeon Gold 6154 (24 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX (6.00 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 86GB Virtual disk, Graphics: llvmpipe, Network: Intel 82545EM OS: Ubuntu 21.04, Kernel: 5.11.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9 + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 21.0.3 (LLVM 12.0.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 10.3.0, File-System: zfs, Screen Resolution: 1918x1048, System Layer: VMware Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1027.35 |======================================================= 20210913 ..... 497.60 |=========================== 20211007 ..... 1001.24 |===================================================== kernel ....... 1030.08 |======================================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 155.47 |======================================================== 20210913 ..... 63.11 |======================= 20211007 ..... 156.24 |======================================================== kernel ....... 154.83 |======================================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 875.43 |======================================================= 20210913 ..... 368.57 |======================= 20211007 ..... 889.42 |======================================================== kernel ....... 887.84 |======================================================== SQLite 3.30.1 Threads / Copies: 1 Seconds < Lower Is Better kernel ....... 14.45 |============================================== Virtual disk . 17.94 |========================================================= SQLite 3.30.1 Threads / Copies: 8 Seconds < Lower Is Better kernel ....... 25.84 |========================================================= Virtual disk . 23.53 |==================================================== SQLite 3.30.1 Threads / Copies: 32 Seconds < Lower Is Better kernel ....... 48.65 |========================================================= Virtual disk . 41.36 |================================================ SQLite 3.30.1 Threads / Copies: 64 Seconds < Lower Is Better kernel ....... 87.50 |================================================= Virtual disk . 100.26 |======================================================== SQLite 3.30.1 Threads / Copies: 128 Seconds < Lower Is Better kernel ....... 171.16 |=========================================== Virtual disk . 223.18 |======================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 2202 |========================================================== Virtual disk . 1960 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 1097 |========================================================== Virtual disk . 976 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 134 |=========================================================== Virtual disk . 113 |================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 34367 |========================================================= Virtual disk . 28767 |================================================ Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 947 |================================================= Virtual disk . 1132 |========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 470 |================================================= Virtual disk . 562 |=========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 54.1 |======================================================== Virtual disk . 55.9 |========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 13533 |====================================================== Virtual disk . 14300 |========================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 2145 |========================================================== Virtual disk . 1918 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 1069 |========================================================== Virtual disk . 955 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 888 |=========================================================== Virtual disk . 659 |============================================ Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 227333 |======================================================== Virtual disk . 168667 |========================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 915 |============================================== Virtual disk . 1144 |========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 454 |=============================================== Virtual disk . 568 |=========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 516 |=========================================================== Virtual disk . 429 |================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 131667 |======================================================== Virtual disk . 110000 |=============================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 309.6 |========================================================= Virtual disk . 289.9 |===================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 989.7 |========================================================= Virtual disk . 863.2 |================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 303.5 |========================================================= Virtual disk . 288.2 |====================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync Files/s > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 861.5 |========================================================= Virtual disk . 765.9 |=================================================== Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better kernel . 1760.89 |============================================================= Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better kernel . 215.47 |============================================================== IOR 3.3.0 Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 1819.33 |======================================================= Virtual disk . 1035.53 |=============================== IOR 3.3.0 Block Size: 4MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 2348.76 |======================================================= Virtual disk . 1368.16 |================================ IOR 3.3.0 Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 2417.22 |======================================================= Virtual disk . 1924.93 |============================================ IOR 3.3.0 Block Size: 16MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 2238.00 |======================================================= Virtual disk . 1951.67 |================================================ IOR 3.3.0 Block Size: 32MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 1911.11 |====================================================== Virtual disk . 1929.13 |======================================================= IOR 3.3.0 Block Size: 64MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 1925.26 |===================================================== Virtual disk . 1989.60 |======================================================= IOR 3.3.0 Block Size: 256MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 2321.72 |==================================================== Virtual disk . 2477.43 |======================================================= IOR 3.3.0 Block Size: 512MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 2238.68 |================================================== Virtual disk . 2461.14 |======================================================= IOR 3.3.0 Block Size: 1024MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 1735.73 |===================================================== Virtual disk . 1817.48 |======================================================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better kernel ....... 1752 |========================================================== Virtual disk . 1582 |====================================================