phoronix_results.txt Intel Core i5-3320M testing with a LENOVO 2429W53 and Intel HD 4000 on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. ext_hdd: Processor: Intel Core i5-3320M @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 2429W53, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB C400-MTFDDAK256M + 320GB 3200BEV External, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VC, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-43-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.3, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 1600x900 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better ext_hdd . 1260 |=============================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better ext_hdd . 13154.43 |=========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better ext_hdd . 13987.51 |=========================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better ext_hdd . 66.37 |============================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better ext_hdd . 19624.41 |===========================================================