iozone-phy-4k-2g Intel Core i7-2600 testing with a Dell 0V5HMK and Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT1) on RedHatEnterpriseServer 6.2 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14: Processor: Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0V5HMK, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14 + 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKX-7, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Desktop (GT1), Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Monitor: DELL U2312HM, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: RedHatEnterpriseServer 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20110731, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14 . 7442.78 |=========================================== Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14 . 7280.51 |========================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14 . 119.79 |============================================ Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14 . 117.47 |===========================================