the-beast The IOzone benchmark tests the hard disk drive / file-system performance. the-beast: Processor: AMD Phenom 8650 Triple-Core @ 2.65GHz (Total Cores: 3), Motherboard: FOXCONN A7GM-S 2.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 3961MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WDC WD1001FALS-0 + 1500GB SAMSUNG HD154UI + 2GB Gizmo! JR., Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series 512MB (700/500MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: H213H OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-24-server (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.5.5, Display Server: X.Org Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: fglrx 8.80.5, OpenGL: 3.3.10362, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 usb-drive-super-talent: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz (Total Cores: 2), Motherboard: Dell 0U692R, Chipset: Intel Mobile 4 Series Chipset Hub + ICH9M-E, Memory: 1897MB, Disk: 160GB Seagate ST9160314AS + 8GB USB2FlashStorage, Graphics: Intel Mobile 4 Series Chipset IGP 256MB, Audio: IDT 92HD71B7X OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.5.1, Display Server: X.Org Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: intel 2.12.0, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x800 vostro-a90-ssd: Processor: Intel Atom CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz (Total Cores: 2), Motherboard: Dell CN0H65, Chipset: Intel Mobile 945GME + ICH7-M, Memory: 999MB, Disk: Seagate STEC PATA 8GB, Graphics: Intel Mobile 945GME Express IGP 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC268 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.36-3.dmz.2-liquorix-686 (i686), Desktop: KDE 4.5.5, Display Server: X.Org Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: intel 2.12.0, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x600 2011-01-21 03:24: Processor: AMD Phenom 8650 Triple-Core @ 2.65GHz (Total Cores: 3), Motherboard: FOXCONN A7GM-S 2.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 3961MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WDC WD1001FALS-0 + 1500GB SAMSUNG HD154UI + 2GB Gizmo! JR., Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series 512MB (700/500MHz), Monitor: H213H OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-24-server (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.5.5, Display Server: X.Org Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: fglrx 8.80.5, OpenGL: 3.3.10362, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 natty: Processor: AMD Phenom 8650 Triple-Core @ 2.65GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: FOXCONN A7GM-S 2.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WDC WD1001FALS-0 + 1500GB SAMSUNG HD154UI, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: H213H OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-server (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.6.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.0.902 (1.10.1 RC 2), Display Driver: radeon 6.14.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better the-beast .............. 191.15 |============================== usb-drive-super-talent . 262.50 |========================================== vostro-a90-ssd ......... 6.73 |= 2011-01-21 03:24 ....... 289.74 |============================================== natty .................. 278.47 |============================================ IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better the-beast .............. 3181.07 |======================================== usb-drive-super-talent . 3038.99 |====================================== vostro-a90-ssd ......... 1091.65 |============== 2011-01-21 03:24 ....... 3278.81 |========================================= natty .................. 3563.30 |============================================= IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better the-beast .............. 203.23 |================================ usb-drive-super-talent . 14.48 |== vostro-a90-ssd ......... 7.96 |= 2011-01-21 03:24 ....... 290.34 |============================================== natty .................. 286.52 |============================================= IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better the-beast .............. 3630.10 |========================================= usb-drive-super-talent . 3560.79 |======================================== vostro-a90-ssd ......... 1303.90 |=============== 2011-01-21 03:24 ....... 3521.63 |======================================== natty .................. 3958.37 |============================================= IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better the-beast .............. 205.20 |============================== usb-drive-super-talent . 13.97 |== vostro-a90-ssd ......... 8.02 |= 2011-01-21 03:24 ....... 295.06 |============================================ natty .................. 310.95 |============================================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better the-beast .............. 2862.32 |============================================ usb-drive-super-talent . 2953.65 |============================================= vostro-a90-ssd ......... 799.13 |============ 2011-01-21 03:24 ....... 2797.25 |=========================================== natty .................. 2933.07 |=============================================