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hdparm-read v1.0.0 (Disk Benchmarks)
The hdparm utility is used for simple benchmarking the systems hard drive.
System Hardware
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Processor: Intel Core i5-2500 CPU @ 3.29GHz (Total Cores: 4), Motherboard: Gigabyte H67MA-UD2H-B3, Chipset: Intel Device 0100, System Memory: 7987MB, Disk: 240GB Corsair Force GT + 120GB Corsair Force 3 + 1000GB WDC WD1002FAEX-0, Graphics: nVidia Device 1189, Monitor: 1619w
System Software
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OS: PTS Desktop Live 2010.1, Kernel: 2.6.33-rc6-phx10 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.29.91, Display Server: X.Org Server 1.7.5, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: SquashFS + AuFS, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
Additional Details
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Test Administrator: ptslive
Test Date/Time: June 30, 2012 11:45 PM
Phoronix Test Suite: v2.4.1
Test Notes:
Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Firefox was running on this system
Test Results
hdparm Timed Disk Reads
Disk To Read: /dev/sda

hdparm Timed Disk Reads
Disk To Read: /dev/sda1

hdparm Timed Disk Reads
Disk To Read: /dev/sda2

hdparm Timed Disk Reads
Disk To Read: /dev/sdb

hdparm Timed Disk Reads
Disk To Read: /dev/sdb1

hdparm Timed Disk Reads
Disk To Read: /dev/sdb2

hdparm Timed Disk Reads
Disk To Read: /dev/sdc

hdparm Timed Disk Reads
Disk To Read: /dev/sdc1

Compare these results against your Linux PC. Run phoronix-test-suite benchmark ptslive-18928-29423-21606 and wait for the results (with comparative numbers) to appear. It's as easy as that!
Global ID: ptslive-18928-29423-21606