neg Intel Core i7-3610QM testing with a SAMSUNG SAMSUNG_NP1234567890 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 2048MB on arch rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite. ext4-kernel3.9-test: Processor: Intel Core i7-3610QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: SAMSUNG SAMSUNG_NP1234567890, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000LM024 HN-M, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 2048MB (405/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VC, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: arch rolling, Kernel: 3.9.11-1-mainline (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.14.2, Display Driver: modesetting 0.8.0, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130725 + TCC 0.9.26 + Clang 3.3 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Example Network Job Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better ext4-kernel3.9-test . 3.01 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better ext4-kernel3.9-test . 11834.85 |===============================================