Server Bench Intel Core i7 860 testing with a Intel DP55KG and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT on Ubuntu 13.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. trailer0 bcache: Processor: Intel Core i7 860 @ 2.79GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DP55KG, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 2048 MB + 4096 MB + 2048 MB + 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 840 + 5 x 2000GB Western Digital WD2003FYYS-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: NEC LCD1560V, Network: Intel 82578DC Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-13-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: modesetting 0.8.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: xfs trailer0 raid5: Processor: Intel Core i7 860 @ 2.79GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DP55KG, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 2048 MB + 4096 MB + 2048 MB + 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 840 + 5 x 2000GB Western Digital WD2003FYYS-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: NEC LCD1560V, Network: Intel 82578DC Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-13-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: modesetting 0.8.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: xfs trailer0 bcache try2: Processor: Intel Core i7 860 @ 2.79GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DP55KG, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 2048 MB + 4096 MB + 2048 MB + 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 840 + 5 x 2000GB Western Digital WD2003FYYS-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: NEC LCD1560V, Network: Intel 82578DC Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-13-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: modesetting 0.8.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: xfs AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better trailer0 bcache ...... 401.31 |======== trailer0 raid5 ....... 2451.00 |=============================================== trailer0 bcache try2 . 426.19 |========