disk-tests Intel Core i5-2500 testing with a HP 1495 and ASUS NVIDIA GeForce 210 512MB on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i5-2500: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 1495, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HDS72105 + 250GB CT250BX100SSD1 + 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAVS-5, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce 210 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Monitor: Philips 231SL + VX715, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-43-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.13.3, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5-2500 . 39.60 |=================================================== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.9.0 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5-2500 . 85.15 |=================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5-2500 . 164.10 |================================================== Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5-2500 . 64.29 |=================================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5-2500 . 38.44 |===================================================