http://www.linuxinsight.com/how_fast_is_your_disk.html
I came across this utility on Web Hosting Talk and felt that a bunch of good benchmarks would be cool. Almost all of these benchmarks are with near idle disk.
Fujitsu 160GB 2.5″ 7200RPM
Intel ICH9R No Raid
seeker /dev/sda Seeker v2.0, 2007-01-15 Benchmarking /dev/sda [152627MB], wait 30 seconds............................. Results: 58 seeks/second, 17.06 ms random access time hdparm -t /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing buffered disk reads: 172 MB in 3.02 seconds = 57.01 MB/sec
4 x 320GB 7200RPM WD RE3
3ware 9750 512MB Raid 10
seeker /dev/sda Seeker v2.0, 2007-01-15 Benchmarking /dev/sda [610330MB], wait 30 seconds.............................. Results: 80 seeks/second, 12.42 ms random access time hdparm -t /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing buffered disk reads: 560 MB in 3.01 seconds = 186.29 MB/sec
4x 72GB 10K SCSI
IBM 6i + BBU Raid 5
seeker /dev/sdb Seeker v2.0, 2007-01-15 Benchmarking /dev/sdb [210018MB], wait 30 seconds.............................. Results: 111 seeks/second, 8.96 ms random access time hdparm -t /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: Timing buffered disk reads: 260 MB in 3.02 seconds = 86.19 MB/sec
4x 72GB 10K SCSI
HP 641 + BBU Raid 10
seeker /dev/sda Seeker v2.0, 2007-01-15 Benchmarking /dev/sda [35328MB], wait 30 seconds.............................. Results: 117 seeks/second, 8.54 ms random access time hdparm -t /dev/cciss/c0d0 /dev/cciss/c0d0: Timing buffered disk reads: 206 MB in 3.10 seconds = 66.42 MB/sec
8x 320GB 7200RPM SATA
Dell Perc 5i 512MB Raid 5
seeker /dev/sda Seeker v2.0, 2007-01-15 Benchmarking /dev/sda [35328MB], wait 30 seconds.............................. Results: 117 seeks/second, 8.54 ms random access time hdparm -t /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing buffered disk reads: 740 MB in 3.00 seconds = 246.48 MB/sec
2x 72GB 10k SCSI
IBM 6i + BBU Raid 1
seeker /dev/sda Seeker v2.0, 2007-01-15 Benchmarking /dev/sda [70007MB], wait 30 seconds.............................. Results: 118 seeks/second, 8.42 ms random access time hdparm -t /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing buffered disk reads: 150 MB in 3.02 seconds = 49.66 MB/sec
2x 15k Maxtor Maxline SCSI
Compaq Smart Array Raid 1
seeker /dev/cciss/c0d0 Seeker v2.0, 2007-01-15 Benchmarking /dev/cciss/c0d0 [70089MB], wait 30 seconds.............................. Results: 178 seeks/second, 5.61 ms random access time hdparm -t /dev/cciss/c0d0 /dev/cciss/c0d0: Timing buffered disk reads: 206 MB in 3.01 seconds = 68.48 MB/sec
4x 300GB Seagate Cheetah 15k
Adaptec 5405 Raid 10
seeker /dev/sda Seeker v2.0, 2007-01-15 Benchmarking /dev/sda [571392MB], wait 30 seconds.............................. Results: 198 seeks/second, 5.03 ms random access time hdparm -t /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing buffered disk reads: 1236 MB in 3.00 seconds = 411.95 MB/sec
4x 146GB Seagate Cheetah 15k
Dell Perc 6i Raid 10
Seeker v2.0, 2007-01-15, http://www.linuxinsight.com/how_fast_is_your_disk.html Benchmarking /dev/sda [278784MB], wait 30 seconds.............................. Results: 208 seeks/second, 4.80 ms random access time hdparm -t /dev/sda /dev/sda Timing buffered disk reads: 888 MB in 3.00 seconds = 295.57 MB/sec
Intel x25-m 80GB SSD
Intel ICH10R
seeker /dev/sdc Seeker v2.0, 2007-01-15 Benchmarking /dev/sdc [76319MB], wait 30 seconds.............................. Results: 5074 seeks/second, 0.20 ms random access time hdparm -t /dev/sdc /dev/sdc: Timing buffered disk reads: 668 MB in 3.00 seconds = 222.47 MB/sec