bull2 2 x Intel Xeon E5345 testing with a MICRO-STAR MS-9172-01S v040 and Matrox s MGA G200e [Pilot] (SEP1) on CentOS Linux 7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Seagate ST373455SS: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5345 @ 2.33GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MICRO-STAR MS-9172-01S v040, Chipset: Intel 5000P MCH, Memory: 8 x 2048 MB DDR2-533MHz 72T256420HFD3SB, Disk: 2 x 73GB Seagate ST373455SS, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200e [Pilot] (SEP1), Monitor: SL23T-1 LED, Network: Intel 80003ES2LAN Gigabit OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 640x480 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: / - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST373455SS . 1.19 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: / - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST373455SS . 1.19 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Sync - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: / - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST373455SS . 1.19 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: / - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST373455SS . 5.86 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Sync - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: / - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST373455SS . 1.18 |====================================================