Ubuntu 14.04 Performance Various open-source benchmarks by the Phoronix Test Suite v5.4.1 (Lipki). Seagate ST3320620AS - Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO ThinkCentre M8300T, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: Intel HD 2000 (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Monitor: LCD-MONITOR, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-44-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST3320620AS - Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection . 74.58 |=============== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST3320620AS - Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection . 72.67 |=============== Loopback TCP Network Performance Time To Transfer 10GB Via Loopback Seconds < Lower Is Better Seagate ST3320620AS - Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection . 11.58 |=============== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Seagate ST3320620AS - Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection . 45 |================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Seagate ST3320620AS - Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection . 12254 |=============== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Seagate ST3320620AS - Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection . 85.56 |===============