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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: 2 x Intel Xeon CPU E5620 @ 2.40GHz (Total Cores: 16), Motherboard: IBM 69Y4356, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10, System Memory: 16073MB, Disk: 598GB ServeRAID M5014, Graphics: Matrox Graphics MGA G200EV, Monitor: Philips 170B
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: 1280x1024
Additional Details
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Test Administrator: ptslive
Test Date/Time: February 21, 2012 03:51 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/sda7

Compare these results against your Linux PC. Run phoronix-test-suite benchmark ptslive-26288-27507-6207 and wait for the results (with comparative numbers) to appear. It's as easy as that!
Global ID: ptslive-26288-27507-6207