test #1 Intel Core i7-3610QM testing with a Alienware M14xR2 and Intel Ivybridge Mobile on Gentoo n/a via the Phoronix Test Suite. Western Digital WD7500BPKT-7: Processor: Intel Core i7-3610QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Alienware M14xR2, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 750GB Western Digital WD7500BPKT-7, Graphics: Intel Ivybridge Mobile, Audio: Creative CA0132 OS: Gentoo n/a, Kernel: 3.7.8-gentoo (x86_64), Desktop: KDE, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2.901 (1.13.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.2, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1-rc2, Compiler: GCC 4.6.3 + LLVM 3.2svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD7500BPKT-7 . 7402.32 |======================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD7500BPKT-7 . 104.83 |========================================