home-run Intel Core i7 620M testing with a Sony VAIO and NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M/PCIe/SSE2 1024MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. pts-disk-custom: Processor: Intel Core i7 620M @ 2.67GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Sony VAIO, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2 x 256GB C300-CTFDDAA256M + 1000GB Elements 1023, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M/PCIe/SSE2 1024MB (475/700MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82577LC Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-33-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.9.2, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.60, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.60, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better pts-disk-custom . 14.85 |====================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better pts-disk-custom . 539.65 |===================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better pts-disk-custom . 358.06 |===================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better pts-disk-custom . 313.70 |===================================================== Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 256 MB/s > Higher Is Better pts-disk-custom . 389.54 |===================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better pts-disk-custom . 90.57 |====================================================== Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better pts-disk-custom . 70.25 |====================================================== Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Example Network Job Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better pts-disk-custom . 6.31 |======================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better pts-disk-custom . 500.27 |===================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better pts-disk-custom . 3869 |======================================================= Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better pts-disk-custom . 13.81 |======================================================