hd1 Intel Core i7-6700HQ testing with a ASUS N752VX v1.0 and ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 2048MB on Ubuntu 16.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. hd1: Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS N752VX v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB SanDisk SD8SNAT1 + 1000GB HGST HTS541010A9, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 2048MB (993/1001MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC255, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.57, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 hdparm Timed Disk Reads Disk To Read: /dev/sda MB/s > Higher Is Better hd1 . 510.53 |================================================================= hdparm Timed Disk Reads Disk To Read: /dev/sdb MB/s > Higher Is Better hd1 . 99.46 |==================================================================