phorotest-1 Intel Core i3-3240 testing with a Dell 0YXT71 and Intel HD 2500 on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. my_workstation: Processor: Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0YXT71, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB ADATA SSD S510 1 + 500GB HGST HTS725050A7, Graphics: Intel HD 2500 (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-45-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.4, 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, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.11 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern - Disk Target: Default Test Directory Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better my_workstation . 94.26 |=======================================================