Brick+Hitachi_02
hdparm-read v1.0.0 (Disk Benchmarks)
The hdparm utility is used for simple benchmarking the systems hard drive.
System Hardware
2011-03-27 13:08
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz @ 2.99GHz (Total Cores: 2), Motherboard: Hewlett-Packard 0868h, Chipset: Intel 82875P/E7210 + ICH5/ICH5R, Memory: 1001MB, Disk: 82GB Maxtor 6Y080P0, Graphics: Quadro NVS 400/AGP/SSE2
System Software
2011-03-27 13:08
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-28-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X.Org Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nvidia 96.43.19, OpenGL: 1.5.8, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Additional Details
2011-03-27 13:08
Test Administrator: hl
Test Date/Time: 2011-03-27 13:08:09
Phoronix Test Suite: v2.8.0
Test Notes:
Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Compiz and Firefox were running on this system.
Test Results
hdparm Timed Disk Reads
Disk To Read: /dev/sdb

Compare these results against your Linux PC. Run phoronix-test-suite benchmark anon-26324-32726-29641 and wait for the results (with comparative numbers) to appear. It's as easy as that!
Global ID: anon-26324-32726-29641