before tweak Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 testing with a Sony VAIO and NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS 512MB on Ubuntu 12.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. before tweak: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 @ 2.27GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Sony VAIO, Chipset: Intel Mobile 4 MCH + ICH9M, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SVP200S + 320GB Hitachi HTS54323 + 8GB SD08G, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS 512MB (580/680MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC262, Network: Marvell 88E8040 PCI-E Fast + Intel WiFi Link 5100 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.51, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.51, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better before tweak . 233.99 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better before tweak . 253.26 |========================================================