NeuerPC Intel Core i5-3570K testing with a Gigabyte Z77X-D3H and Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core on LinuxMint 14 via the Phoronix Test Suite. SAMSUNG SSD 830 - Intel Core i5-3570K: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-D3H, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG SSD 830 + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EFRX-68A + 1000GB My Book, Graphics: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core, Audio: VIA VT2020, Monitor: HP w2216, Network: Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit OS: LinuxMint 14, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 1.6.7, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.9, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better SAMSUNG SSD 830 - Intel Core i5-3570K . 553 |================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better SAMSUNG SSD 830 - Intel Core i5-3570K . 14518.06 |============================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better SAMSUNG SSD 830 - Intel Core i5-3570K . 15471.63 |============================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better SAMSUNG SSD 830 - Intel Core i5-3570K . 35.68 |================================