disk-test Intel Core i5-2410M testing with a ASUS N53SV v1.0 and Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP on Ubuntu 12.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. asus n53: Processor: Intel Core i5-2410M @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS N53SV v1.0, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST9500325AS, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Monitor: IPS224, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9285 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.9.5, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.9, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 1 MB/s > Higher Is Better asus n53 . 7.76 |============================================================== hdparm Timed Disk Reads Disk To Read: /dev/sda5 MB/s > Higher Is Better asus n53 . 72.22 |============================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better asus n53 . 3901.80 |=========================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better asus n53 . 38.59 |============================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better asus n53 . 10353.79 |========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better asus n53 . 38.34 |============================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better asus n53 . 6954.60 |=========================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 32MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better asus n53 . 1.19 |==============================================================