mike Intel Core i5-3210M testing with a Dell 0CPWYR (A21 BIOS) and Intel HD 4000 on LinuxMint 18.3 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Seagate ST320LT009-9WC14: Processor: Intel Core i5-3210M @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0CPWYR (A21 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz Kingston KFYHV1-HYC, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST320LT009-9WC14 + 1000GB OneTouch IIIs, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1100MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD93BXX, Monitor: E2340, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Broadcom BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless OS: LinuxMint 18.3, Kernel: 4.13.0-43-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 3.6.7, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST320LT009-9WC14 . 18.77 |============================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: / MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST320LT009-9WC14 . 0.56 |============================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: / MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST320LT009-9WC14 . 6.63 |============================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: / MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST320LT009-9WC14 . 552.28 |============================================ Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: / IOPS > Higher Is Better Seagate ST320LT009-9WC14 . 141450 |============================================ Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: / MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST320LT009-9WC14 . 96.92 |============================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: / IOPS > Higher Is Better Seagate ST320LT009-9WC14 . 24817 |=============================================