core7_5 Intel Core i7 920 testing with a ASUS P6T and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB on Ubuntu 13.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Seagate ST31000340AS: Processor: Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.06GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P6T, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST31000340AS + 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKS-0 + 119GB MR9260-4i, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB (800/2000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-1-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.13.1.901 (1.13.2 RC 1), Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.19, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.19, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST31000340AS . 19025.11 |============================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST31000340AS . 19123.28 |============================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Seagate ST31000340AS . 53.71 |================================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Seagate ST31000340AS . 15821.24 |==============================================