Intel Core i7-3930K testing with a Intel DX79SR and eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 4096MB on LinuxMint 17.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the Phoronix Test Suite by running the command: phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1501264-SO-RUMMAGES707
Rummages,
"hdparm Timed Disk Reads - Disk To Read: /dev/sda3",
Higher Results Are Better
"hdparm Timed Disk Reads 20150126",490.57,501.64,500.99,496.49,501.42
"1080p H.264 Video Playback 1.1 - Video Decoding: OS X CoreVideo",
"1080 Playback 20150126",