results Intel Core i7 720Q testing with a Dell Studio XPS 1645 and AMD Mobility Radeon HD 4670 1024MB on Fedora 20 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7 720Q: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell Studio XPS 1645, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: AMD Mobility Radeon HD 4670 1024MB, Audio: IDT 92HD73C1X5, Network: Broadcom NetLink BCM5784M Gigabit PCIe + Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 OS: Fedora 20, Kernel: 3.13.7-200.fc20.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.4, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.0.4 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20131212, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7 720Q . 3099 |================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7 720Q . 7793.36 |=============================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7 720Q . 8353.88 |=============================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 840 - Intel Core i7 720Q . 60.64 |=================================