hdparmread Intel Celeron G440 testing with a Gigabyte H61M-S2V-B3 and ASUS NVIDIA GeForce 210 512MB on LinuxMint 17.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite. hdd: Processor: Intel Celeron G440 @ 1.60GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Gigabyte H61M-S2V-B3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB 1066MHz, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250410AS, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce 210 512MB (589/667MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: LinuxMint 17.1, Kernel: 3.13.0-37-generic (i686), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.4.8, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 hdparm Timed Disk Reads Disk To Read: /dev/sda MB/s > Higher Is Better hdd . 55.24 |================================================================== hdparm Timed Disk Reads Disk To Read: /dev/sda1 MB/s > Higher Is Better hdd . 55.31 |================================================================== hdparm Timed Disk Reads Disk To Read: /dev/sda5 MB/s > Higher Is Better hdd . 86.51 |================================================================== hdparm Timed Disk Reads Disk To Read: /dev/sda6 MB/s > Higher Is Better hdd . 84.17 |================================================================== hdparm Timed Disk Reads Disk To Read: /dev/sda7 MB/s > Higher Is Better hdd . 88.28 |==================================================================