iozone-01 Intel Core i5-3470 testing with a ASRock B75 Pro3-M and Intel Ivy Bridge on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. izone01: Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock B75 Pro3-M, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-9YN1 + 64GB M4-CT064M4SSD1, Graphics: Intel Ivy Bridge (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VX2270, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.18.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.9, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better izone01 . 9013.80 |============================================================ IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better izone01 . 196.52 |=============================================================