April7 Intel Core i7 920 testing with a MSI X58 PLATINUM SLI(MS-7522) v1.0 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 1024MB on Ubuntu 13.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT1: Processor: Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58 PLATINUM SLI(MS-7522) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 2000GB Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT1 + 2 x 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARS-00M + 2 x 2000GB Hitachi HDS72202 + 2000GB Western Digital WD2002FAEX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 1024MB (550/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: LG W2253, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 319.60, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT1 . 3013 |============================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT1 . 10399.88 |========================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT1 . 11037.86 |========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT1 . 35.93 |============================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT1 . 17147.64 |==========================================