ubuntu-macmini-tio Intel Core i7-2635QM testing with a Apple Mac-7BA5B2794B2CDB12 and Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Seagate ST9500420ASG: Processor: Intel Core i7-2635QM @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-7BA5B2794B2CDB12, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 10240MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Seagate ST9500420ASG, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-36-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 640x480 Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST9500420ASG . 1.32 |================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST9500420ASG . 6948.35 |=============================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST9500420ASG . 70.89 |================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 4 MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST9500420ASG . 8591.02 |===============================================