> $ sudo /sbin/hdparm -Tt /dev/sda > /dev/sda: > Timing buffer-cache reads: 1988 MB in 2.00 seconds = 994.00 MB/sec > Timing buffered disk reads: 198 MB in 3.01 seconds = 65.78 MB/sec > > I seem to get quit different readings each time I run hdparm. I've said this a LOT of times before, I'll summarize it this time: hdparm is not a benchmark hdparm is a really unreliable crappy way to measure disk throughput tiobench (http://tiobench.sf.net) is a much more reliable way to do this, or basically every single other benchmark out there.
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