hd1 Intel Core i5-4460 testing with a ASUS H87-PLUS and eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 512MB on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. firsthdtest: Processor: Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS H87-PLUS, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: ASUS VW193T, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-98-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.8.6, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better firsthdtest . 115.11 |========================================================= IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better firsthdtest . 112.23 |========================================================= IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better firsthdtest . 108.93 |========================================================= IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better firsthdtest . 108.51 |========================================================= IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better firsthdtest . 109.55 |========================================================= IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better firsthdtest . 107.32 |=========================================================