radiks-iozone Intel Core i7-3820QM testing with a LENOVO 2436CTO and Intel 3rd Gen Core on Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite. OCZ VERTEX4: Processor: Intel Core i7-3820QM @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 2436CTO, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 256GB OCZ VERTEX4, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC269VC, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Linux, Kernel: 3.4.5-1-ck (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.12.3, Display Driver: intel 2.18.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.1 20120721, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better OCZ VERTEX4 . 9116.40 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better OCZ VERTEX4 . 8446.22 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better OCZ VERTEX4 . 334.66 |========================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better OCZ VERTEX4 . 321.25 |========================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better OCZ VERTEX4 . 9279.35 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better OCZ VERTEX4 . 335.03 |=========================================================