UFS RAID10 Intel Core i7 X 980 testing with a 7522MS A7522800 and on FreeBSD via the Phoronix Test Suite. FreeBSD 9 UFS RAID10: Processor: Intel Core i7 X 980 (12 Cores), Motherboard: 7522MS A7522800, Memory: 24548MB, Disk: 2699GB, Audio: NVIDIA (Unknown) HD Audio OS: FreeBSD, Kernel: 9.0-RELEASE (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.2.1 + Clang 4.2.1, File-System: ufs Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better FreeBSD 9 UFS RAID10 . 21.36 |================================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better FreeBSD 9 UFS RAID10 . 44.63 |================================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better FreeBSD 9 UFS RAID10 . 70.24 |================================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better FreeBSD 9 UFS RAID10 . 474.49 |================================================ Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better FreeBSD 9 UFS RAID10 . 3478.97 |=============================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better FreeBSD 9 UFS RAID10 . 3.18 |================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better FreeBSD 9 UFS RAID10 . 97 |==================================================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better FreeBSD 9 UFS RAID10 . 12.33 |=================================================