jeremy Running pts/aio-stress-1.1.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite. chrome running: Processor: Intel Core 2 6600 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte EP45-UD3P, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10R, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500AHFD-0, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB (567/400MHz), Audio: Creative Labs SB Audigy, Monitor: ViewSonic VP191b + ViewSonic VP2130, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Linux, Kernel: 3.13.8-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 334.21, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20140206 + LLVM 3.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2880x1200 chrome closed: Processor: Intel Core 2 6600 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte EP45-UD3P, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10R, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500AHFD-0, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB (567/400MHz), Audio: Creative Labs SB Audigy, Monitor: ViewSonic VP191b + ViewSonic VP2130, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Linux, Kernel: 3.13.8-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 334.21, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20140206 + LLVM 3.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2880x1200 Western Digital WD1500AHFD-0: Processor: Intel Core 2 6600 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte EP45-UD3P, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10R, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500AHFD-0, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB (567/400MHz), Audio: Creative Labs SB Audigy, Monitor: ViewSonic VP191b + ViewSonic VP2130, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Linux, Kernel: 3.13.8-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 334.21, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20140206 + LLVM 3.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2880x1200 Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better chrome running . 3805.37 |===================================================== chrome closed .. 3817.09 |===================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better chrome running . 3793.91 |===================================================== chrome closed .. 3809.49 |===================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better chrome running . 4666.44 |===================================================== chrome closed .. 4631.93 |===================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better chrome running . 4651.27 |===================================================== chrome closed .. 4645.57 |===================================================== AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD1500AHFD-0 . 32.16 |=========================================