2014-06-26-1317 Running pts/hdparm-read-1.0.0 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Seagate ST3160812AS: Processor: Intel Pentium D 3.20GHz @ 3.19GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0HH807, Chipset: Intel 82945G/GZ/P/PL + ICH7, Memory: 2 x 512 MB DDR-533MHz, Disk: 160GB Seagate ST3160812AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS 128MB, Audio: Intel 82801G, Monitor: DELL 1704FPT, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit PCI OS: LinuxMint 17, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.2.13, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Western Digital WD5000AAKS-7: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 @ 2.67GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0M017G, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10R, Memory: 4 x 1024 MB DDR2-800MHz, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKS-7, Graphics: Intel 4 IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Broadcom BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n OS: LinuxMint 17, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.2.13, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 hdparm Timed Disk Reads Disk To Read: /dev/sda5 MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST3160812AS .......... 32.64 |============================= Western Digital WD5000AAKS-7 . 46.32 |========================================= hdparm Timed Disk Reads Disk To Read: /dev/sda1 MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST3160812AS .......... 63.28 |============================= Western Digital WD5000AAKS-7 . 89.12 |========================================= hdparm Timed Disk Reads Disk To Read: /dev/sda MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST3160812AS .......... 64.40 |============================= Western Digital WD5000AAKS-7 . 91.09 |=========================================