firmware-updated Intel Core i5-2400 testing with a Gigabyte Z68MX-UD2H-B3 and Intel Sandy IGP on Debian 6.0.4 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Re-disk test with updated firmware: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.11GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68MX-UD2H-B3, Chipset: Intel Sandy DRAM, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB, Disk: 5997GB MR9240-8i + 2 x 500GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BC14, Graphics: Intel Sandy IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Debian 6.0.4, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-openvz-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: intel, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4 Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Re-disk test with updated firmware . 14.84 |=================================== SQLite 3.7.3 12,500 INSERTs Seconds < Lower Is Better Re-disk test with updated firmware . 1385.47 |================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Re-disk test with updated firmware . 134.16 |================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Re-disk test with updated firmware . 120.34 |================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Re-disk test with updated firmware . 517.98 |================================== IOzone 3.347 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Re-disk test with updated firmware . 120.11 |================================== IOzone 3.347 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Re-disk test with updated firmware . 111.29 |================================== Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Re-disk test with updated firmware . 5.83 |==================================== Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Re-disk test with updated firmware . 17.10 |=================================== Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Re-disk test with updated firmware . 19.98 |=================================== Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Re-disk test with updated firmware . 22.52 |=================================== FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Re-disk test with updated firmware . 12.37 |=================================== Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better Re-disk test with updated firmware . 3486.13 |================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Re-disk test with updated firmware . 10279.15 |================================ Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Re-disk test with updated firmware . 0.71 |==================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Re-disk test with updated firmware . 270 |===================================== AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Re-disk test with updated firmware . 1109.44 |================================= Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Re-disk test with updated firmware . 14.62 |===================================