Samsung 840 250GB Intel Core i7 740Q testing with a ASUS N61Jq v1.0 and AMD Radeon HD 6570M/5700 1024MB on Ubuntu 13.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Samsung SSD 840: Processor: Intel Core i7 740Q @ 1.73GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS N61Jq v1.0, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6570M/5700 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC269, Monitor: HSD160PHW1, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8131 Gigabit + Atheros AR9285 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: fglrx 9.1.11, OpenGL: 4.2.12002, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 . 258.68 |===================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 . 227.92 |=====================================================