IOZo
iozone v1.5.0 (Disk Benchmarks)
The IOzone benchmark tests the hard disk drive / file-system performance.
System Hardware
Xeon Server
Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon CPU E5620 @ 2.39GHz (Total Cores: 16), Motherboard: Supermicro X8DT3 v2.0, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, System Memory: 24155MB, Disk: 600GB WDC WD6000HLHX-0, Graphics: Matrox Graphics MGA G200eW WPCM450, Monitor: HP S2031
System Software
Xeon Server
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: 1280x1024
Additional Details
Xeon Server
Test Administrator: ptslive
Test Date/Time: September 28, 2011 08:49 PM
Phoronix Test Suite: v2.4.1
Test Notes:
Disk Scheduler: CFQ. Firefox was running on this system
Test Results
IOzone 3.323
Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance

IOzone 3.323
Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance

Compare these results against your Linux PC. Run phoronix-test-suite benchmark ptslive-24741-17885-7240 and wait for the results (with comparative numbers) to appear. It's as easy as that!
Global ID: ptslive-24741-17885-7240