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Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 testing with a Apple Mac-F42C89C8 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 512MB on Ubuntu 13.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


max ssd: 

	Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-F42C89C8, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 512MB (470/635MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Network: Marvell 88E8058 PCI-E Gigabit + Broadcom BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.6.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 313.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 313.30, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900

max ssd ahci: 

	Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-F42C89C8, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 512MB (470/635MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Network: Marvell 88E8058 PCI-E Gigabit + Broadcom BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.6.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 313.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 313.30, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900


Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
max ssd ...... 204.57 |=====================================================
max ssd ahci . 215.56 |========================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
max ssd ...... 390.33 |====================================================
max ssd ahci . 423.66 |========================================================


Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
max ssd ...... 213.65 |========================================================
max ssd ahci . 214.98 |========================================================