test Intel Xeon E5450 testing with a Intel 440BX under Ubuntu 11.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. test: Processor: Intel Xeon E5450 @ 2.99GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 86GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: vmware 11.0.3, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1716x942 IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better test . 332.76 |================================================================ IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better test . 1922.18 |=============================================================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better test . 402.77 |================================================================ IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better test . 2047.26 |=============================================================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better test . 415.93 |================================================================ IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better test . 1932.12 |===============================================================