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Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P34(FX) (MS-7641) v4.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 3000 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P34(FX) (MS-7641) v4.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 + 1000GB Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 3000 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Seagate ST3320620AS: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P34(FX) (MS-7641) v4.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 + 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 3000 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OCZ Solid 2: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P34(FX) (MS-7641) v4.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 + 64GB OCZ ILITY, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 3000 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Seagate ST980811AS: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P34(FX) (MS-7641) v4.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 + 80GB Seagate ST980811AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 3000 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 test1: Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 6128 @ 2.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS KGP(M)E-D16, Chipset: ATI RD890 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 2000GB Seagate ST32000641AS + 3 x 2000GB Hitachi HDS5C302, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection OS: SUSE LINUX 11, Kernel: 3.0.58-0.6.6-default (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.3, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 18.50 |============== Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 16.73 |============= Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 13.77 |========== OCZ Solid 2 .................. 53.96 |========================================= Seagate ST980811AS ........... 11.62 |========= test1 ........................ 28.25 |===================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 42.13 |=================== Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 41.60 |================== Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 30.27 |============= OCZ Solid 2 .................. 93.20 |========================================= Seagate ST980811AS ........... 21.53 |========= test1 ........................ 52.50 |======================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 16.85 |============= Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 16.60 |============= Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 17.73 |============== OCZ Solid 2 .................. 53.10 |========================================= Seagate ST980811AS ........... 10.53 |======== test1 ........................ 35.00 |=========================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 85.44 |= Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 113.69 |== Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 66.75 |= OCZ Solid 2 .................. 222.71 |==== Seagate ST980811AS ........... 40.06 |= test1 ........................ 2464.09 |======================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 84.84 |= Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 129.14 |== Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 63.70 |= OCZ Solid 2 .................. 222.80 |==== Seagate ST980811AS ........... 38.39 |= test1 ........................ 2406.98 |======================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 84.37 |=========== Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 126.13 |================= Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 57.98 |======== OCZ Solid 2 .................. 126.15 |================= Seagate ST980811AS ........... 34.15 |===== test1 ........................ 300.18 |======================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 81.53 |=========== Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 125.29 |================= Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 54.04 |======= OCZ Solid 2 .................. 125.54 |================= Seagate ST980811AS ........... 30.95 |==== test1 ........................ 291.58 |======================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 80.47 |= Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 125.30 |== Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 51.15 |= OCZ Solid 2 .................. 222.71 |=== Seagate ST980811AS ........... 40.00 |= test1 ........................ 2626.60 |======================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 80.68 |=========== Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 122.13 |================ Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 54.73 |======= OCZ Solid 2 .................. 125.54 |================= Seagate ST980811AS ........... 31.04 |==== test1 ........................ 297.57 |======================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 67.08 |========================= Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 85.90 |================================ Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 47.75 |================== OCZ Solid 2 .................. 106.65 |======================================== Seagate ST980811AS ........... 28.22 |=========== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 87.94 |=================================== Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 95.77 |====================================== Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 60.86 |======================== OCZ Solid 2 .................. 100.46 |======================================== Seagate ST980811AS ........... 40.82 |================ PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 972 |==================== Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 1069 |====================== Seagate ST3320620AS .......... 607 |============ OCZ Solid 2 .................. 1145 |======================= Seagate ST980811AS ........... 432 |========= test1 ........................ 2061 |========================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 . 167.14 |========================================