i7 Intel Core i7-3770S testing with a Intel DH77DF and NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 2048MB on Ubuntu 12.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770S @ 3.10GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH77DF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 750GB Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15 + 3001GB Western Digital WD30EZRX-00D + 500GB TOSHIBA MK5056GS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 2048MB (901/891MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC898, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.6.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2.902 (1.13.3 RC 2), Display Driver: NVIDIA 313.26, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 313.26, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + CUDA 4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15 . 5815 |============================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15 . 14103.10 |========================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15 . 14930.33 |========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15 . 35.31 |============================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15 . 9570.01 |===========================================