as Intel Core i7-3720QM testing with a LENOVO 2436CTO and Intel HD 4000 2048MB on Fedora 20 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15: Processor: Intel Core i7-3720QM @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 2436CTO, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096 MB + 8192 MB + 4096 MB + 8192 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 2 x 750GB Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15 + 256GB LITEONIT LMT-256, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 2048MB, Audio: Intel 7 /C210, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Fedora 20, Kernel: 3.15.6-200.fc20.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.2.14, Display Server: X Server 1.14.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.5, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3 20140624, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15 . 2395.35 |=========================================== Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15 . 455.39 |============================================ Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15 . 676.84 |============================================ Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15 . 464.90 |============================================ Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15 . 76.34 |============================================= IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15 . 6606.23 |=========================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15 . 55.71 |============================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15 . 10712.67 |========================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15 . 9.80 |============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15 . 694.54 |============================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15 . 158.23 |============================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15 . 538.50 |============================================ Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15 . 9.81 |============================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15 . 4098 |============================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15 . 14.17 |============================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15 . 19082.99 |==========================================