AHCI mode VS IDE mode
AMD E-350 testing with a Acer JE40_BZ and AMD Radeon HD 6310 256MB on SUSE LINUX 12.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


AHCI mode: 

	Processor: AMD E-350 @ 1.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Acer JE40_BZ, Chipset: AMD Family 14h Root Complex, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 320GB TOSHIBA MK3265GS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6310 256MB (200/533MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Network: Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit + Atheros AR9287 Wireless

	OS: SUSE LINUX 12.1, Kernel: 3.5.0-TuoLei-1.16-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Open64 5.0 + PathScale 4.0.12.1 + Clang, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1366x768

IDE mode: 

	Processor: AMD E-350 @ 1.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Acer JE40_BZ, Chipset: AMD Family 14h Root Complex, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 320GB TOSHIBA MK3265GS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6310 256MB (200/533MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Network: Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit + Atheros AR9287 Wireless

	OS: SUSE LINUX 12.1, Kernel: 3.5.0-TuoLei-1.16-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Open64 5.0 + PathScale 4.0.12.1 + Clang, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1366x768

SB750 - AHCI vs IDE - Test 1: 

	Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 970 @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P, Chipset: AMD ATI RD780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4 x 2048 MB 800MHz, Disk: 500GB SAMSUNG HD502HJ + 250GB SAMSUNG HD250HJ + 499GB My Passport 070A, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: SUSE LINUX 12.1, Kernel: 3.1.10-1.16-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050


AIO-Stress 0.21
Test: Random Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AHCI mode .................... 37.29 |=========================================
IDE mode ..................... 30.26 |=================================
SB750 - AHCI vs IDE - Test 1 . 32.55 |====================================


Flexible IO Tester 1.57
Test: Example Network Job
Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better
AHCI mode .................... 30.67 |========================================
IDE mode ..................... 31.18 |=========================================
SB750 - AHCI vs IDE - Test 1 . 9.14  |============


BlogBench 1.0
Test: Read
Final Score > Higher Is Better
AHCI mode .................... 114606 |===================
IDE mode ..................... 106828 |=================
SB750 - AHCI vs IDE - Test 1 . 245973 |========================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 6
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AHCI mode .................... 17.64 |=======================
IDE mode ..................... 17.62 |=======================
SB750 - AHCI vs IDE - Test 1 . 30.90 |=========================================


IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AHCI mode .................... 1045.48 |============
IDE mode ..................... 1045.44 |============
SB750 - AHCI vs IDE - Test 1 . 3327.05 |=======================================


IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AHCI mode .................... 1632.25 |====================
IDE mode ..................... 1654.96 |=====================
SB750 - AHCI vs IDE - Test 1 . 3127.36 |=======================================


IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AHCI mode .................... 187.76 |========================================
IDE mode ..................... 182.43 |=======================================
SB750 - AHCI vs IDE - Test 1 . 111.93 |========================


IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AHCI mode .................... 204.60 |========================================
IDE mode ..................... 196.35 |======================================
SB750 - AHCI vs IDE - Test 1 . 116.99 |=======================


IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AHCI mode .................... 1817.09 |=====================
IDE mode ..................... 1822.63 |=====================
SB750 - AHCI vs IDE - Test 1 . 3421.17 |=======================================


IOzone 3.405
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AHCI mode .................... 207.57 |========================================
IDE mode ..................... 195.00 |======================================
SB750 - AHCI vs IDE - Test 1 . 118.31 |=======================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AHCI mode .................... 157.26  |=
IDE mode ..................... 120.51  |=
SB750 - AHCI vs IDE - Test 1 . 7927.80 |=======================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AHCI mode .................... 94.82  |=======================
IDE mode ..................... 162.94 |========================================
SB750 - AHCI vs IDE - Test 1 . 124.49 |===============================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AHCI mode .................... 68.59   |
IDE mode ..................... 36.85   |
SB750 - AHCI vs IDE - Test 1 . 6013.86 |=======================================


Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AHCI mode .................... 25.37 |=========================================
IDE mode ..................... 20.98 |==================================
SB750 - AHCI vs IDE - Test 1 . 2.25  |====


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AHCI mode . 162.16 |===========================================================
IDE mode .. 161.33 |===========================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AHCI mode . 37.83 |============================================================
IDE mode .. 36.76 |==========================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Read Compiled Tree
MB/s > Higher Is Better
AHCI mode . 97.92  |======================================================
IDE mode .. 106.57 |===========================================================


Unpacking The Linux Kernel
linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AHCI mode .................... 42.32 |=========================================
IDE mode ..................... 40.13 |=======================================
SB750 - AHCI vs IDE - Test 1 . 8.47  |========


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
AHCI mode . 373 |==============================================================
IDE mode .. 362 |============================================================