x230 Intel Core i7-3520M testing with a LENOVO 2306CTO and Intel Ivy on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. msata_boot: Processor: Intel Core i7-3520M @ 2.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 2306CTO, Chipset: Intel Ivy DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB HITACHI HTS54505 + 256GB M4-CT256M4SSD3, Graphics: Intel Ivy, Audio: Realtek ALC269VC, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.14.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better msata_boot . 17820.97 |======================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better msata_boot . 122.17 |========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better msata_boot . 11148.39 |======================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better msata_boot . 10464.87 |======================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better msata_boot . 4666 |============================================================