Result Intel Core i7-4790K testing with a ASUS MAXIMUS VII RANGER and 3072MB on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Seagate ST4000DM000-1F21: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII RANGER, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 4001GB Seagate ST4000DM000-1F21 + 500GB Samsung SSD 840 + 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH1, Graphics: 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-gentoo (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1080 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.11 Test: Example Network Job - Disk Target: Default Test Directory Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better Seagate ST4000DM000-1F21 . 20.35 |============================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.11 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern - Disk Target: Default Test Directory Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better Seagate ST4000DM000-1F21 . 5205.48 |===========================================