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

Compared against original: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.11GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68MX-UD2H-B3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB, Disk: 5997GB MR9240-8i + 2 x 500GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BC14, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 3.2.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: intel, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4


Gzip Compression
2GB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Re-disk test with updated firmware . 14.84 |===================================
Compared against original .......... 13.85 |=================================


SQLite 3.7.3
12,500 INSERTs
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Re-disk test with updated firmware . 1385.47 |======================
Compared against original .......... 2074.02 |=================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Re-disk test with updated firmware . 134.16 |===============================
Compared against original .......... 146.46 |==================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Re-disk test with updated firmware . 120.34 |==================
Compared against original .......... 225.65 |==================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Read Compiled Tree
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Re-disk test with updated firmware . 517.98 |============================
Compared against original .......... 622.95 |==================================


IOzone 3.347
8GB Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Re-disk test with updated firmware . 120.11 |==================================
Compared against original .......... 121.79 |==================================


IOzone 3.347
8GB Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Re-disk test with updated firmware . 111.29 |====================
Compared against original .......... 185.44 |==================================


Dbench 4.0
1 Clients
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Re-disk test with updated firmware . 5.83 |=======================
Compared against original .......... 9.13 |====================================


Dbench 4.0
12 Clients
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Re-disk test with updated firmware . 17.10 |====================
Compared against original .......... 30.52 |===================================


Dbench 4.0
48 Clients
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Re-disk test with updated firmware . 19.98 |===============
Compared against original .......... 45.99 |===================================


Dbench 4.0
128 Clients
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Re-disk test with updated firmware . 22.52 |===================
Compared against original .......... 42.46 |===================================


FS-Mark 3.3
1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Re-disk test with updated firmware . 12.37 |========================
Compared against original .......... 18.02 |===================================


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 |=================================
Compared against original .......... 3524.90 |=================================


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 |===============================
Compared against original .......... 10641.35 |================================


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 |=================================
Compared against original .......... 0.78 |====================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Re-disk test with updated firmware . 270  |==
Compared against original .......... 5000 |====================================


AIO-Stress 0.21
Random Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Re-disk test with updated firmware . 1109.44 |=================================
Compared against original .......... 24.00   |=


Unpacking The Linux Kernel
linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Re-disk test with updated firmware . 14.62 |===================================
Compared against original .......... 10.02 |========================