hdd Intel Core i5 750 testing with a ASUS Maximus III GENE and Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 512MB on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. hdd1: Processor: Intel Core i5 750 @ 2.67GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Maximus III GENE, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST31000528AS, Graphics: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 512MB, Audio: VIA VT2020, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Ralink RT2890 Wireless 802.11n PCIe OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-78-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.6 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better hdd1 . 4869.91 |=============================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better hdd1 . 5735.87 |=============================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better hdd1 . 101.10 |================================================================ IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better hdd1 . 99.28 |================================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better hdd1 . 6199.03 |=============================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better hdd1 . 99.99 |=================================================================