iozonea1 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 testing with a Gigabyte X48-DS4 and AMD Radeon HD 7800 2048MB on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. SAMSUNG HD103UJ: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X48-DS4, Chipset: Intel 82X38/X48 + ICH9R, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103UJ, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7800 2048MB (1100/1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: SyncMaster + SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-62-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.9.90, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.2, OpenGL: 4.3.13374, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better SAMSUNG HD103UJ . 3039.29 |==================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better SAMSUNG HD103UJ . 2683.68 |==================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better SAMSUNG HD103UJ . 63.50 |====================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better SAMSUNG HD103UJ . 63.25 |====================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better SAMSUNG HD103UJ . 3088.76 |==================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better SAMSUNG HD103UJ . 55.81 |======================================================