aesi-fio Intel Core i7-2600K testing with a Gigabyte Z77X-D3H and Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP 2048MB on Ubuntu 12.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. pts/fio: Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-D3H, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 256GB M4-CT256M4SSD1 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN1, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP 2048MB, Audio: VIA VT2020, Monitor: SONY TV, Network: Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Example Network Job Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better pts/fio . 4.55 |=============================================================== Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better pts/fio . 7677.81 |============================================================