IOzone and H.264 tests Read and write, default settings 1080p GL2 1: Processor: Intel Core i7 840Q @ 1.87GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: HP 1520, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS72505, Graphics: AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870, Audio: IDT 92HD75B3X5, Monitor: LP171WU7-TLB1, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 1080p H.264 Video Playback 1.1 Video Decoding: GL2 Percent 1 . MIN: 1.3 AVG: 6.4 MAX: 15.6 IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 2954.54 |================================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 97.23 |====================================================================