a Running pts/iozone-1.8.0 via the Phoronix Test Suite. config_b: Processor: Intel Core i7-6700 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS B150M-PLUS, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake /DRAM, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1SB1, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-45-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1107 Seagate ST1000DM003-1SB1: Processor: Intel Core i7-6700 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS B150M-PLUS, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake /DRAM, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1SB1, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-45-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1107 FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better config_b . 26.70 |============================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST1000DM003-1SB1 . 168.88 |============================================ IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST1000DM003-1SB1 . 169.62 |============================================ IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST1000DM003-1SB1 . 172.20 |============================================