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dbench v1.0.0 (Disk Benchmarks)
Dbench is a benchmark designed by the Samba project as a free alternative to netbench, but dbench contains only file-system calls for testing the disk performance.
System Hardware
digitalocean-dbench-20120818-102550
Processor: QEMU Virtual CPU 1.0 @ 2.33GHz (Total Cores: 1), Motherboard: Unknown, Chipset: Intel 440FX - 82441FX PMC + SB, Memory: 238MB, Disk: 21GB QEMU HARDDISK, Graphics: VMware SVGA II Adapter
System Software
digitalocean-dbench-20120818-102550
OS: CentOS release 6.3 (Final), Kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Display Driver: vmware, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: Unknown
Additional Details
digitalocean-dbench-20120818-102550
Test Administrator:
Test Date/Time: 2012-08-18 14:48:44
Phoronix Test Suite: v2.6.0
Test Notes:
Disk Scheduler: CFQ. This system was using QEMU virtualization.
Test Results
Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 1

Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 6

Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 12

Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 48

Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 128

Compare these results against your Linux PC. Run phoronix-test-suite benchmark anon-25174-3542-31370 and wait for the results (with comparative numbers) to appear. It's as easy as that!
Global ID: anon-25174-3542-31370