All hard disks Intel Core i7-4790K testing with a ASUS Z97-PRO GAMER and ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 4096MB on LinuxMint 2 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Samsung SSD 850: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z97-PRO GAMER, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB Samsung SSD 850 + 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1CM1 + 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103SJ, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 4096MB (1227/3505MHz), Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, Network: Intel Connection OS: LinuxMint 2, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 3.0.6, Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.45.11, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3600x1080 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 850 . 40.37 |====================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 850 . 451.28 |===================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 850 . 525.14 |===================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 850 . 467.60 |=====================================================