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AMD A8-3850 APU testing with a ASRock A75M-ITX and ATI Device 9640 on Slackware 13.37.0 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


PX-128M3: 

	Processor: AMD A8-3850 APU @ 2.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock A75M-ITX, Chipset: AMD Device 1705, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB PLEXTOR PX-128M, Graphics: ATI Device 9640, Audio: AMD Hudson Azalia, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Slackware 13.37.0, Kernel: 3.2.2 (x86_64), Display Driver: ati, Compiler: GCC 4.5.3, File-System: ext4

M4-CT128M4SSD2: 

	Processor: AMD A8-3870 APU @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 128GB M4-CT128M4SSD2 + 2 x 1000GB Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6550D 1024MB (530/800MHz), Audio: ATI Device 1714, Monitor: PA246, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Slackware 13.37.0, Kernel: 3.2.5 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.5, Display Driver: fglrx 8.93.4 Catalyst 11.12, OpenGL: 4.2.11399, Compiler: GCC 4.5.3 + Clang 3.0 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

WD1002FAEX-A: 

	Processor: AMD A8-3870 APU @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 128GB M4-CT128M4SSD2 + 2 x 1000GB Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6550D 1024MB (530/800MHz), Audio: ATI Device 1714, Monitor: PA246, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Slackware 13.37.0, Kernel: 3.2.5 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.5, Display Driver: fglrx 8.93.4 Catalyst 11.12, OpenGL: 4.2.11399, Compiler: GCC 4.5.3 + Clang 3.0 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
PX-128M3 ....... 224.61 |======================================================
M4-CT128M4SSD2 . 214.40 |====================================================
WD1002FAEX-A ... 102.49 |=========================


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
PX-128M3 ....... 477.19 |======================================================
M4-CT128M4SSD2 . 420.77 |================================================
WD1002FAEX-A ... 87.72  |==========


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
PX-128M3 ....... 222.27 |======================================================
M4-CT128M4SSD2 . 217.42 |=====================================================
WD1002FAEX-A ... 94.00  |=======================


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
PX-128M3 ....... 483.13 |======================================================
M4-CT128M4SSD2 . 423.03 |===============================================
WD1002FAEX-A ... 73.02  |========


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
PX-128M3 ....... 220.87 |======================================================
M4-CT128M4SSD2 . 214.73 |====================================================
WD1002FAEX-A ... 74.29  |==================


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
PX-128M3 ....... 298.14 |================================================
M4-CT128M4SSD2 . 336.80 |======================================================
WD1002FAEX-A ... 83.42  |=============