drive tests
AMD A8-3850 APU testing with a ASRock A75M-ITX and ATI Device 9640 on Slackware 13.37.0 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


PX-128M3: 

	Processor: AMD A8-3850 APU @ 2.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock A75M-ITX, Chipset: AMD Device 1705, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB PLEXTOR PX-128M, Graphics: ATI Device 9640, Audio: AMD Hudson Azalia, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Slackware 13.37.0, Kernel: 3.2.2 (x86_64), Display Driver: ati, Compiler: GCC 4.5.3, File-System: ext4

M4-CT128M4SSD2: 

	Processor: AMD A8-3870 APU @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 128GB M4-CT128M4SSD2 + 2 x 1000GB Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6550D 1024MB (530/800MHz), Audio: ATI Device 1714, Monitor: PA246, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Slackware 13.37.0, Kernel: 3.2.5 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.5, Display Driver: fglrx 8.93.4 Catalyst 11.12, OpenGL: 4.2.11399, Compiler: GCC 4.5.3 + Clang 3.0 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

WD1002FAEX-A: 

	Processor: AMD A8-3870 APU @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 128GB M4-CT128M4SSD2 + 2 x 1000GB Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6550D 1024MB (530/800MHz), Audio: ATI Device 1714, Monitor: PA246, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Slackware 13.37.0, Kernel: 3.2.5 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.5, Display Driver: fglrx 8.93.4 Catalyst 11.12, OpenGL: 4.2.11399, Compiler: GCC 4.5.3 + Clang 3.0 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

WD1002FAEX-B: 

	Processor: AMD A8-3870 APU @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 128GB M4-CT128M4SSD2 + 2 x 1000GB Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6550D 1024MB (530/800MHz), Audio: ATI Device 1714, Monitor: PA246, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Slackware 13.37.0, Kernel: 3.2.5 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.5, Display Driver: fglrx 8.93.4 Catalyst 11.12, OpenGL: 4.2.11399, Compiler: GCC 4.5.3 + Clang 3.0 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

M4-CT128M4SSD2-Run2: 

	Processor: AMD A8-3870 APU @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 128GB M4-CT128M4SSD2 + 2 x 1000GB Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0, Graphics: ATI Device 9640 1024MB, Audio: ATI Device 1714, Monitor: PA246, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Slackware 13.37.0, Kernel: 3.2.5 (x86_64), Display Driver: ati, Compiler: GCC 4.5.3 + Clang 3.0 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
PX-128M3 ............ 224.61 |=================================================
M4-CT128M4SSD2 ...... 214.40 |===============================================
WD1002FAEX-A ........ 102.49 |======================
WD1002FAEX-B ........ 108.54 |========================
M4-CT128M4SSD2-Run2 . 210.47 |==============================================


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
PX-128M3 ............ 477.19 |==============================================
M4-CT128M4SSD2 ...... 420.77 |========================================
WD1002FAEX-A ........ 87.72  |========
WD1002FAEX-B ........ 92.14  |=========
M4-CT128M4SSD2-Run2 . 510.05 |=================================================


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
PX-128M3 ............ 222.27 |=================================================
M4-CT128M4SSD2 ...... 217.42 |================================================
WD1002FAEX-A ........ 94.00  |=====================
WD1002FAEX-B ........ 98.54  |======================
M4-CT128M4SSD2-Run2 . 216.62 |================================================


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
PX-128M3 ............ 483.13 |==============================================
M4-CT128M4SSD2 ...... 423.03 |========================================
WD1002FAEX-A ........ 73.02  |=======
WD1002FAEX-B ........ 81.91  |========
M4-CT128M4SSD2-Run2 . 516.44 |=================================================


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
PX-128M3 ............ 220.87 |=================================================
M4-CT128M4SSD2 ...... 214.73 |================================================
WD1002FAEX-A ........ 74.29  |================
WD1002FAEX-B ........ 89.70  |====================
M4-CT128M4SSD2-Run2 . 217.93 |================================================


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
PX-128M3 ............ 298.14 |=================================
M4-CT128M4SSD2 ...... 336.80 |======================================
WD1002FAEX-A ........ 83.42  |=========
WD1002FAEX-B ........ 72.32  |========
M4-CT128M4SSD2-Run2 . 436.12 |=================================================